Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
41 pending office actions • 10 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 41 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days
Yamaha Corporation manages a substantial workload of 39 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. This portfolio is distributed among 21 distinct examiners, which is a high number of individual contacts compared to the 10 distinct art units involved. The breadth of the portfolio across these 10 units indicates a diverse range of technical subject matter within the communications field. Managing 39 pending office actions requires a coordinated strategy to ensure consistency across the 21 distinct examiners reviewing the company's work.
SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT serves as the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 7 busiest examiner pending actions. While there are 39 pending office actions in total, this single examiner handles a significant portion of the work. The remaining actions are split among the other distinct examiners, suggesting that while one examiner is particularly active, the overall prosecution strategy must account for many different examiner styles. The concentration of 7 busiest examiner pending actions with SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT makes this individual a key figure in the company's current prosecution landscape.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (7%) |
| §103 only | 15 (37%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 20 (49%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 8 | 57.1% | +14.5% |
| GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 8 | 54.5% | +50.3% |
| QIN, JIANCHUN | 4 | 69.2% | +14.4% |
| UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 2 | 61.9% | +9.7% |
| SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | 2 | 79.4% | +15.5% |
| KIYABU, KARIN A | 1 | 57.0% | +39.8% |
| BIBBEE, CHAYCE R | 1 | 63.2% | +3.8% |
| VO, HUYEN X | 1 | 83.4% | +19.9% |
| MCCORD, PAUL C | 1 | 69.2% | +25.9% |
| ZHANG, LESHUI | 1 | 77.9% | +35.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19169659 | TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC MODEL | VO, HUYEN X | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18360184 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | WEBB, MARGARET G | 146d overdue |
| 18777936 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | YANG, NIEN | 17d overdue |
| 18112619 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | QIN, JIANCHUN | 14d |
| 19291837 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM | KIYABU, KARIN A | — |
| 19024332 | AUTOMATIC PLAYING PIANO, AUTOMATIC PLAYING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MCCORD, PAUL C | — |
| 19000930 | Method of Processing Sound, Sound Processing Apparatus, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium | ZHANG, LESHUI | — |
| 18885958 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TRAN, TAN H | — |
| 18808232 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICES, MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17952077 | TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 45d overdue |
| 17693059 | Sound Signal Generation Method, Sound Signal Generation Device, Non-transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing Sound Signal Generation Program and Electronic Musical Apparatus | QIN, JIANCHUN | 9d overdue |
| 18112619 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | QIN, JIANCHUN | 14d |
| 19291837 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM | KIYABU, KARIN A | — |
| 19169659 | TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC MODEL | VO, HUYEN X | — |
| 19024332 | AUTOMATIC PLAYING PIANO, AUTOMATIC PLAYING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MCCORD, PAUL C | — |
| 19000930 | Method of Processing Sound, Sound Processing Apparatus, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium | ZHANG, LESHUI | — |
| 18430807 | SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, SOUND GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2837 | 9 |
| 2626 | 2 |
| 2691 | 2 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2654 | 1 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 2692 | 1 |
| 2611 | 1 |
| 2641 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19291837 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM | KIYABU, KARIN A | 2626 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19225093 | Input Device and Input Method | BIBBEE, CHAYCE R | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19169659 | TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC MODEL | VO, HUYEN X | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19024332 | AUTOMATIC PLAYING PIANO, AUTOMATIC PLAYING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | MCCORD, PAUL C | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19000930 | Method of Processing Sound, Sound Processing Apparatus, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium | ZHANG, LESHUI | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18990791 | Audio and Video Processing Device and Processing Device | COHEN, YARON | 2626 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18978362 | MODEL DATA CONTROL METHOD AND MODEL DATA CONTROL DEVICE | LHYMN, SARAH | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18885958 | METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM | TRAN, TAN H | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18821581 | SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SOUND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | ZHU, QIN | 2691 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18821808 | AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | ZHU, RICHARD Z | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18808232 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICES, MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION DEVICES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | RANDHAWA, MANDISH K | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18777936 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | YANG, NIEN | 2484 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | Pending | Jul 19, 2024 |
| 18754850 | Sound Apparatus, Acoustic Device Setting Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Program | HUBER, PAUL W | 2691 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18754638 | Sound Apparatus, Acoustic Device Setting Method, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium Storing Program | BRINEY III, WALTER F | 2692 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18746174 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD | MCCULLEY, RYAN D | 2611 | §103 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18430807 | SOUND GENERATION DEVICE, SOUND GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18409062 | INSTRUMENT | DONELS, JEFFREY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18404088 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, METHOD OF FORMING SOUND EMITTING OPENING FOR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND REINFORCING MEMBER | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
| 18391861 | DEVICE, ENSEMBLE SYSTEM, SOUND REPRODUCING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18512121 | SOUND GENERATION METHOD AND SOUND GENERATION DEVICE USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18512133 | MUSICAL SCORE CREATION DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, MUSICAL SCORE CREATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18503733 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18472432 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18471376 | TEXT PROVIDING METHOD AND TEXT PROVIDING DEVICE | QIN, JIANCHUN | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18472119 | SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SOUND GENERATION METHOD USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
| 18465453 | KEYBOARD APPARATUS | QIN, JIANCHUN | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18465379 | PEDAL DEVICE | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18463059 | SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18449024 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAINING MODEL GENERATING METHOD | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18364774 | PEDAL UNIT AND ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD APPARATUS | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 03, 2023 |
| 18362093 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18360937 | AUDIO ANALYSIS SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND AUDIO ANALYSIS METHOD | SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18360184 | COMMUNICATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE | WEBB, MARGARET G | 2641 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 146d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18341174 | SOUND OUTPUT SYSTEM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18320440 | SOUND PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18127754 | Information Processing Method and Information Processing System | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2023 |
| 18179680 | SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD OF SOUND PROCESSING SYSTEM | GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2023 |
| 18112619 | INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC MUSICAL INSTRUMENT | QIN, JIANCHUN | 2837 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Feb 22, 2023 |
| 17952077 | TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM | SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Sep 23, 2022 |
| 17950697 | REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD, REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM | UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J | 3619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17693059 | Sound Signal Generation Method, Sound Signal Generation Device, Non-transitory Computer Readable Medium Storing Sound Signal Generation Program and Electronic Musical Apparatus | QIN, JIANCHUN | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2022 |
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