Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

8 pending office actions • 4 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
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.

3
Hard (38%)
3
Medium (38%)
2
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§103 only1 (12%)
§102 only1 (12%)
Double-patenting only2 (25%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
25% of docket
2
Communications
25% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
25% of docket
2
Business / Other
25% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R 1 82.7% +13.3%
CZEKAJ, DAVID J 1 49.2% -8.9%
BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 1 85.6% +10.2%
PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 1 75.5% +28.6%
MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 1 75.3% +27.3%
COLUCCI, MICHAEL C 1 75.8% +15.2%
GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 1 21.8% +7.4%
MOSSER, ROBERT E 1 46.6% +10.0%

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
18986033 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SCENE, CAMERA AND VIEWING PARAMETERS FOR ALTERING PERCEPTION OF 3D IMAGERY BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 83d
19276588 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OUTPUTTING ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT IN VEHICLES NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17602725 SCALABLE SIMULATION AND AUTOMATED TESTING OF MOBILE VIDEOGAMES MOSSER, ROBERT E 16d overdue
19071994 SOCIAL VIDEO PLATFORM FOR GENERATING AND EXPERIENCING CONTENT CZEKAJ, DAVID J
16923033 SOCIAL INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS USING BIOMETRIC SENSOR DATA FOR DETECTION OF NEURO-PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER

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
17602725 SCALABLE SIMULATION AND AUTOMATED TESTING OF MOBILE VIDEOGAMES MOSSER, ROBERT E 16d overdue
18986033 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SCENE, CAMERA AND VIEWING PARAMETERS FOR ALTERING PERCEPTION OF 3D IMAGERY BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 83d
19276588 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OUTPUTTING ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT IN VEHICLES NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R
18978236 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS BASED ON CONTROL PARAMETERS IN VIDEO GAMING PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH
18901126 PROFILE-BASED STANDARD DYNAMIC RANGE AND HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CONTENT GENERATION MANGIALASCHI, TRACY
18827103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MEDIA CONTENT WITH AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF MATCHING VOICES COLUCCI, MICHAEL C

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2484 2
3715 2
2669 1
2655 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19276588 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OUTPUTTING ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT IN VEHICLES NEWLIN, TIMOTHY R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2025
19071994 SOCIAL VIDEO PLATFORM FOR GENERATING AND EXPERIENCING CONTENT CZEKAJ, DAVID J 2484 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
18986033 METHODS FOR CONTROLLING SCENE, CAMERA AND VIEWING PARAMETERS FOR ALTERING PERCEPTION OF 3D IMAGERY BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 DP Non-Final OA 83d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18978236 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS BASED ON CONTROL PARAMETERS IN VIDEO GAMING PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18901126 PROFILE-BASED STANDARD DYNAMIC RANGE AND HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CONTENT GENERATION MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 2669 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2024
18827103 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MULTI-LANGUAGE MEDIA CONTENT WITH AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF MATCHING VOICES COLUCCI, MICHAEL C 2655 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2024
16923033 SOCIAL INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS USING BIOMETRIC SENSOR DATA FOR DETECTION OF NEURO-PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2023
17602725 SCALABLE SIMULATION AND AUTOMATED TESTING OF MOBILE VIDEOGAMES MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2022

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