Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
44 pending office actions • 7 clients • 38 examiners • 23 art units • 0 of 44 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 46 patents granted in the last 365 days
HEA Law manages 1288 career applications in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The firm currently has 31 pending office actions. The resolved allowance rate pct is 96.27, which reflects the firm's success rate in obtaining patent grants across its career history. This volume of 1288 applications demonstrates the firm's experience in handling diverse mechanical and e-commerce technologies.
The average office actions per allowance is 3.8. This figure indicates that the prosecution process involves multiple rounds of examiner interaction before an allowance is reached. With 1288 career applications and a 96.27 resolved allowance rate pct, the firm shows a consistent ability to secure patent rights. The average of 3.8 office actions per allowance helps practitioners plan for the duration of the prosecution cycle. The 31 pending office actions indicate a steady flow of active cases currently under management.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 | 2 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 15 (34%) |
| §103 only | 19 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (18%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 6 | 48.9% | +35.8% |
| MENGESHA, WEBESHET | 2 | 47.2% | +12.7% |
| LE, HUNG D | 1 | 90.1% | +6.4% |
| MILLER, JAMES H | 1 | 40.9% | +36.5% |
| CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 1 | 64.6% | +30.6% |
| ALGIBHAH, MAHER N | 1 | 88.0% | +19.2% |
| MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 1 | 47.8% | +7.0% |
| FERRER, JEDIDIAH P | 1 | 51.9% | +38.4% |
| KING, BRIAN M | 1 | 70.1% | +23.8% |
| LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 1 | 89.9% | +11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939525 | APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 43d overdue |
| 18686882 | LEARNING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH | 13d |
| 19052236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | SHARON, AYAL I | 16d |
| 19107555 | WATCHING DEVICE, WATCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 22d |
| 17783651 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 28d |
| 17928607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM | SANKS, SCHYLER S | 78d |
| 19310939 | INQUIRY ANSWERING SYSTEM, INQUIRY ANSWERING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | LE, HUNG D | — |
| 19294191 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18743087 | CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 15d overdue |
| 19221524 | SEO INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, SEO INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | FERRER, JEDIDIAH P | 8d |
| 18741730 | GAS REPLACEMENT METHOD FOR EXPANDER OF CRYOCOOLER, CRYOCOOLER, AND GAS REPLACEMENT PIPE | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 15d |
| 19294191 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
| 19287725 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — |
| 19263515 | SEARCH CONTROL SYSTEM, SEARCH CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | ALGIBHAH, MAHER N | — |
| 19211262 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | KING, BRIAN M | — |
| 19211274 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| RAKUTEN GROUP, INC. | 22 |
| Sumitomo | 13 |
| Cybozu | 4 |
| Yaskawa | 2 |
| Sekisui | 1 |
| Cybozu Labs, Inc. | 1 |
| California Institute of Technology | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 7 |
| 3694 | 2 |
| 2165 | 2 |
| 3624 | 2 |
| 2148 | 2 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| 2153 | 1 |
| 2114 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310939 | INQUIRY ANSWERING SYSTEM, INQUIRY ANSWERING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | LE, HUNG D | 2161 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19294191 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19287725 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 3694 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19263515 | SEARCH CONTROL SYSTEM, SEARCH CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ALGIBHAH, MAHER N | 2165 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19228751 | SETTLEMENT SYSTEM, WEARABLE DEVICE, PROCESSING EXECUTION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 3696 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19221524 | SEO INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM, SEO INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | FERRER, JEDIDIAH P | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | May 29, 2025 |
| 19211262 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | KING, BRIAN M | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2025 | |
| 19211274 | JOULE-THOMSON CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 18, 2025 | |
| 19120225 | ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM, ANOMALY DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 2114 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 19091778 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Cybozu, Inc. | MANSFIELD, THOMAS L | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19078190 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 2165 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19107555 | WATCHING DEVICE, WATCHING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Sekisui House, Ltd. | REICHERT, RACHELLE LEIGH | 3686 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19059268 | WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Cybozu Labs, Inc. | WOOLCOCK, MADHU | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 19057854 | SWITCHOVER CONTROL SYSTEM, SWITCHOVER CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ADVINCULA, LAURENZ | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 | |
| 19052236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | SHARON, AYAL I | 3695 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 18981667 | CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATOR | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MENGESHA, WEBESHET | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| 18979726 | SUPERCONDUCTING EQUIPMENT COOLING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD FOR SUPERCONDUCTING EQUIPMENT COOLING DEVICE | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18974842 | ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | California Institute Of Technology | SHAH, MILAP | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 | |
| 18939525 | APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM, APPOINTMENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Cybozu, Inc. | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Nov 07, 2024 |
| 18932637 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | LEVENTAL, YUVAL HAIM | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 | |
| 18919441 | OIL LUBRICATION-TYPE COMPRESSOR FOR CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | ZEC, FILIP | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 | |
| 18898711 | LEARNING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | DHOOGE, DEVIN J | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 | |
| 18884327 | CRYOCOOLER AND FLEXIBLE HOSE FOR CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 | |
| 18783358 | GIFFORD-MCMAHON (GM) CRYOCOOLER FIRST-STAGE DISPLACER, FIRST-STAGE DISPLACER ASSEMBLY, AND GIFFORD-MCMAHON CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18776252 | GROUPWARE SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Cybozu, Inc. | ULRICH, NICHOLAS S | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 | |
| 18743087 | CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18741730 | GAS REPLACEMENT METHOD FOR EXPANDER OF CRYOCOOLER, CRYOCOOLER, AND GAS REPLACEMENT PIPE | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18733762 | DISPLAY CONTROL SYSTEM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM | Cybozu, Inc. | LEE, MARINA | 2192 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18665614 | REGENERATOR MATERIAL FOR CRYOCOOLER, REGENERATOR FOR CRYOCOOLER, AND CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18696981 | LAYOUT ANALYSIS SYSTEM, LAYOUT ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | FATIMA, UROOJ | 2676 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18686882 | LEARNING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH | 2672 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18523917 | PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER AND METHOD FOR COOLING DOWN PULSE TUBE CRYOCOOLER | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | PETTITT, JOHN F | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18488987 | OIL-LUBRICATED CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | MOORE, DEVON TYLEN | 3763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 17787334 | CREDIT DETERMINATION SYSTEM, CREDIT DETERMINATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 3692 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 18088766 | MACHINE LEARNING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING MODEL GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | GALVIN-SIEBENALER, PAUL MICHAEL | 2147 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2022 |
| 17928614 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | TRUONG, BENJAMIN LY | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17928607 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | SANKS, SCHYLER S | 2129 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 78d | Pending | Nov 29, 2022 |
| 17964872 | SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING TEMPERATURE THEREOF | Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. | WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A | 1735 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Oct 12, 2022 |
| 17783651 | ESTIMATION SYSTEM, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Sep 29, 2022 |
| 17911407 | LEARNING MODEL EVALUATION SYSTEM, LEARNING MODEL EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ASGARI, SIMA | 3698 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2022 |
| 17721372 | MACHINE LEARNING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, AND MACHINE LEARNING DATA GENERATION METHOD | Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki | RAMESH, TIRUMALE K | 2121 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2022 |
| 17616674 | LEARNING SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD FOR MULTI-LABEL DATA RECOGNITION | Rakuten Group, Inc. | GORMLEY, AARON PATRICK | 2148 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2021 |
| 17055996 | FRAUD ESTIMATION SYSTEM, FRAUD ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED | 2148 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2020 |
| 16969964 | SEARCH SYSTEM, SEARCH METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Rakuten Group, Inc. | ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY | 2128 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 13, 2020 |
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