Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 07, 2026

Valve Corporation

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

5
Hard (83%)
1
Medium (17%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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
SCHNURR, JOHN R 1 72.1% +10.7%
PANDYA, SUNIT 1 65.6% +27.9%
SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE 1 81.3% +20.9%
CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 1 56.8% +31.2%
ALLEN, STEPHONE B 1 14.5% +25.3%
STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 1 28.5% +21.7%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17939286 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVIZING CONTENT EXPLORATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 104d overdue
17977873 POLARIZATION COMPENSATION FOR WIRE GRID POLARIZER OF HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM ALLEN, STEPHONE B 78d
19383025 EYE TRACKING USING TIME-BASED FILTERING SCHNURR, JOHN R
18926783 DROP RESISTANT CONTROLLER PANDYA, SUNIT
18911832 DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY USING ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLABLE LENSES SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE

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
17939286 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVIZING CONTENT EXPLORATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 104d overdue
17977873 POLARIZATION COMPENSATION FOR WIRE GRID POLARIZER OF HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM ALLEN, STEPHONE B 78d
19383025 EYE TRACKING USING TIME-BASED FILTERING SCHNURR, JOHN R
18926783 DROP RESISTANT CONTROLLER PANDYA, SUNIT
18911832 DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY USING ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLABLE LENSES SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE
18673058 WIRELESS CHARGING CASE CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2425 1
2841 1
2872 1
3621 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19383025 EYE TRACKING USING TIME-BASED FILTERING SCHNURR, JOHN R 2425 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2025
18926783 DROP RESISTANT CONTROLLER PANDYA, SUNIT §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18911832 DIOPTER ADJUSTMENT FOR A HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY USING ELECTRICALLY-CONTROLLABLE LENSES SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2024
18673058 WIRELESS CHARGING CASE CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 23, 2024
17977873 POLARIZATION COMPENSATION FOR WIRE GRID POLARIZER OF HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEM ALLEN, STEPHONE B 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17939286 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCENTIVIZING CONTENT EXPLORATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §101§112 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022

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