Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Stats LLC

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

28 pending office actions • 21 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Stats LLC has 30 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are distributed across 27 distinct examiners and 22 distinct art units, indicating broad coverage across both examination personnel and organizational groups.

WILLIAMS, ROSS A is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. The small concentration at that examiner, against the broader assignment pattern, suggests that most matters will require individual prosecution preparation. Counsel can use centralized docketing and common software-technology guidance while tailoring claim arguments to each examiner and art-unit setting.

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

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

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.

20
Hard (71%)
5
Medium (18%)
3
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (18%)
§101 + other14 (50%)
§103 only4 (14%)
Double-patenting only3 (11%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
39% of docket
7
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
32% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILLIAMS, ROSS A 2 61.4% +17.0%
HOANG, PHI 2 82.0% +16.5%
BLAISE, MALINA D 2 57.4% +38.8%
SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 1 72.4% +36.0%
BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 1 25.8% +53.3%
SCHNURR, JOHN R 1 72.1% +10.7%
MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 1 71.4% +14.5%
MAHROUKA, WASSIM 1 86.2% +6.2%
DESIR, PIERRE LOUIS 1 61.8% +34.3%
MA, MICHELLE HAU 1 72.5% +47.8%

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
19171952 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI —
19073446 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI —

Hard Cases (20)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18634321 DEFENSIVE AND FITNESS PLAYER ANALYSIS USING REMOTE TRACKING IN SPORTS HARPER, TRAMAR YONG 30d overdue
17651960 Micro-Level and Macro-Level Predictions in Sports COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 19d
18425901 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE, INTERPRETABLE, AND IMPROVED MATCH AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS IN TEAM SPORTS COLLINS, GARY 21d
17653394 Method and System for Utilizing Machine Learning to Create a Knowledge Graph for Generating In-Game Insights GORMLEY, AARON PATRICK 34d
18361098 Tournament Simulation in Golf PETERS, BRIAN O 61d
19292430 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TRACKING DATA FOR PREDICTING PLAYER RATINGS BOROWSKI, MICHAEL —
19188276 REAL TIME FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MARKET SELECTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A —
19077929 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECURRENT GRAPH NEURAL NET-BASED PLAYER ROLE IDENTIFICATION MAHROUKA, WASSIM —

Interview Candidates (12)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19398806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFORMATION OF SPORTS DATA SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN —
19292430 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TRACKING DATA FOR PREDICTING PLAYER RATINGS BOROWSKI, MICHAEL —
19188276 REAL TIME FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MARKET SELECTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A —
19172258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PANORAMIC AND TACTICAL VIDEO GENERATION SCHNURR, JOHN R —
19171952 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI —
19098746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY FOR AN EVENT SEQUENCE MONTOYA, OSCHTA I —
19073446 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI —
19064094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MACHINE-LEARNING TO EXTRACT AND PROCESS AUDIO DATA DESIR, PIERRE LOUIS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 6
2619 2
2168 1
3624 1
2425 1
2421 1
2665 1
2659 1
2617 1
2674 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19398806 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED TRANSFORMATION OF SPORTS DATA SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN 2168 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2025
19292430 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING TRACKING DATA FOR PREDICTING PLAYER RATINGS BOROWSKI, MICHAEL 3624 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19188276 REAL TIME FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON MARKET SELECTIONS WILLIAMS, ROSS A — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19172258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PANORAMIC AND TACTICAL VIDEO GENERATION SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19171952 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI 2619 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19098746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY FOR AN EVENT SEQUENCE MONTOYA, OSCHTA I 2421 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19077929 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECURRENT GRAPH NEURAL NET-BASED PLAYER ROLE IDENTIFICATION MAHROUKA, WASSIM 2665 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19073446 RECOMMENDATION ENGINE FOR COMBINING IMAGES AND GRAPHICS OF SPORTS CONTENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED GAME METRICS HOANG, PHI 2619 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19064094 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MACHINE-LEARNING TO EXTRACT AND PROCESS AUDIO DATA DESIR, PIERRE LOUIS 2659 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19042384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SPORTS MEDIA CONTENT FOR AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY MA, MICHELLE HAU 2617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19040976 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY FOR PLAYER INDEXING ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19018472 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DAILY-UPDATED RATING OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYER PERFORMANCE IN SPORTS DOSHI, ANKIT B 3715 §101Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19014639 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLAYER REIDENTIFICATION IN BROADCAST VIDEO OSINSKI, MICHAEL S 2674 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2025
19009076 AUDIO PROCESSING FOR DETECTING OCCURRENCES OF LOUD SOUND CHARACTERIZED BY BRIEF AUDIO BURSTS BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2025
19007900 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT AND STYLE PREDICTIONS IN SPORTS BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
18975782 PERSONALIZED LIVE AND REAL-TIME MEDIA STREAMING RAZA, MUHAMMAD A 2449 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18945787 System And Method For Content And Style Predictions In Sports BLAISE, MALINA D 3715 §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18634321 DEFENSIVE AND FITNESS PLAYER ANALYSIS USING REMOTE TRACKING IN SPORTS HARPER, TRAMAR YONG 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18593110 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A COUPLED PLAY, DRIVE, AND MATCH OUTCOME PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR LIVE SPORTS ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18425901 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE, INTERPRETABLE, AND IMPROVED MATCH AND PLAYER PERFORMANCE PREDICTIONS IN TEAM SPORTS COLLINS, GARY 2115 §101 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 29, 2024
18404159 TECHNIQUES FOR TRAINING AND ANALYZING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL HINCKLEY, CHASE PAUL 2124 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18361098 Tournament Simulation in Golf PETERS, BRIAN O 3711 §101 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 28, 2023
17934756 Interactive Gaming in Sports WILLIAMS, ROSS A 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2022
17653394 Method and System for Utilizing Machine Learning to Create a Knowledge Graph for Generating In-Game Insights GORMLEY, AARON PATRICK 2148 §101§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 03, 2022
17651960 Micro-Level and Macro-Level Predictions in Sports COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 §101 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 22, 2022
17645539 Action-Actor Detection with Graph Neural Networks from Spatiotemporal Tracking Data TRAN, DANIEL DUC 2147 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2021
17167400 GENERATING ROLES IN SPORTS THROUGH UNSUPERVISED LEARNING PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS 2125 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 04, 2021
17032951 System and Method for Improved Structural Discovery and Representation Learning of Multi-Agent Data SMITH, KEVIN LEE 2122 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 25, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Stats LLC have?

Stats LLC has 28 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 21 art units and 25 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Stats LLC applications?

Ross A Williams has the most, with 2 of Stats LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Stats LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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