Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation has 7 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are handled by 6 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units. This distribution shows a moderate level of variety in the personnel reviewing the company's applications. The 7 pending office actions are spread across 5 distinct art units, which suggests that the mechanical engineering aspects of the portfolio are somewhat varied.

LEICHLITER, CHASE E is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. Practitioners should note that while there are 6 distinct examiners, the concentration in 5 art units may lead to some shared procedural norms during prosecution. With 7 pending office actions in total, the company maintains a focused but distributed presence at the USPTO. The involvement of 6 distinct examiners means that the company must navigate several different individual perspectives. However, the fact that these examiners are housed within only 5 distinct art units provides a slightly more consolidated environment than a perfectly distributed portfolio. This structure requires the company to balance individual examiner preferences with the broader standards of the 5 art units.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

2
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (33%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (33%)
§103 only2 (33%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEICHLITER, CHASE E 2 64.6% +22.3%
NGUYEN, NAM V 1 78.5% +14.3%
GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 1 76.9% +18.3%
CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 1 74.9% +12.6%
ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 1 35.0% +22.7%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19258255 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E —
19187305 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18119605 AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION AND MONITORING OF VEHICLES ON A RACETRACK WITH CORRESPONDING IMAGERY DATA FOR BROADCAST ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 4d overdue
19258255 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E —
19246089 TRACKING SYSTEM NGUYEN, NAM V —
19187305 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E —
18910427 AUTOMATED OR ASSISTED UMPIRING OF BASEBALL GAME USING COMPUTER VISION GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN —
18671447 DETERMINING X,Y,Z,T BIOMECHANICS OF MOVING ACTOR WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 3
2686 1
2425 1
2483 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19258255 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19246089 TRACKING SYSTEM NGUYEN, NAM V 2686 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2025
19187305 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE DATA FOR WAGERING FOR LIVE SPORTS EVENTS LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 23, 2025
18910427 AUTOMATED OR ASSISTED UMPIRING OF BASEBALL GAME USING COMPUTER VISION GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3715 §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18671447 DETERMINING X,Y,Z,T BIOMECHANICS OF MOVING ACTOR WITH MULTIPLE CAMERAS CATTUNGAL, ROWINA J 2425 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 22, 2024
18119605 AUTOMATIC DETERMINATION AND MONITORING OF VEHICLES ON A RACETRACK WITH CORRESPONDING IMAGERY DATA FOR BROADCAST ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL 2483 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation have?

SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation applications?

Chase E Leichliter has the most, with 2 of SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are SportsMEDIA Technology Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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