Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sphere Entertainment Group LLC

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
Double-patenting + other1 (20%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
3
Communications
60% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 1 80.8% +18.6%
GRAY, RYAN M 1 87.7% +12.2%
SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 1 75.8% +6.2%
VIEAUX, GARY C 1 78.9% +8.5%
THONG, YEONG JUEN 1 48.3% +51.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18958794 ENCLOSURE FOR COUPLING STORAGE DEVICE TO A COMPUTER KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 5d
18660725 GENERATING VIRTUAL USER DEVICES IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT MIRROR REAL-WORLD USER DEVICES IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT GRAY, RYAN M 40d

Interview Candidates (3)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18319123 FLUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS RELATING TO AN EVENT THONG, YEONG JUEN 8d overdue
18958794 ENCLOSURE FOR COUPLING STORAGE DEVICE TO A COMPUTER KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 5d
18660725 GENERATING VIRTUAL USER DEVICES IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT MIRROR REAL-WORLD USER DEVICES IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT GRAY, RYAN M 40d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2688 1
2611 1
2837 1
2638 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18958794 ENCLOSURE FOR COUPLING STORAGE DEVICE TO A COMPUTER KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Nov 25, 2024
18660725 GENERATING VIRTUAL USER DEVICES IN A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT MIRROR REAL-WORLD USER DEVICES IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENT GRAY, RYAN M 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending May 10, 2024
18439004 AIR AMPLIFIER WITH NOISE SUPPRESSION SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO 2837 DPOther Final Rejection Pending Feb 12, 2024
18332855 CAPTURING IMAGES FOR A SPHERICAL VENUE VIEAUX, GARY C 2638 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 12, 2023
18319123 FLUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR PRESENTING ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS RELATING TO AN EVENT THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 17, 2023

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