Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Patent Capital Group-Match Group, LLC

6 pending office actions • 3 clients • 6 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=51 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

100.0%
Allowance Rate
n=51
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=51
OAs to Allowance
n=16 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=16 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=16 (min 20)
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=51
75.0%
RCE Rate
n=51
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=51

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=5 (min 20)
44.0%
§103 Overcome
n=25
§112 Overcome
n=0 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G06V
Top CPC Subclasses
56%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=51
0
Practitioners
n=51
Apps / Practitioner
n=51 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
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
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only5 (83%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
83% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.1% +49.4%
OWYANG, MICHELLE N 1 76.1% +29.4%
CORBO, NICHOLAS T 1 68.3% +32.0%
BREEN, JAKE TIMOTHY 1 62.5% +66.7%
HAN, BYUNGKWON 1 0.0% +0.0%
HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 1 63.1% +55.2%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18903553 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK ANSARI, AZAM A 46d overdue
17646466 Embedding Normalization Method and Electronic Device Using Same HAN, BYUNGKWON

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18903553 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK ANSARI, AZAM A 46d overdue
18637858 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND OPTIMIZING FOR RELEVANCE IN MATCH-MAKING SYSTEMS OWYANG, MICHELLE N 5d
18534202 Video Generating Apparatus, Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium Thereof CORBO, NICHOLAS T
17933821 Apparatus for Training Model, Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium Thereof BREEN, JAKE TIMOTHY
17545641 Method of Providing User Profile and Apparatus Therefor HICKS, SHIRLEY D.

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Hyperconnect 4
Tinder LLC 1
Match Group, LLC 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21682
36211
24241
21431
21211

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18903553 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USER COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK Tinder LLC ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2024
18637858 SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AND OPTIMIZING FOR RELEVANCE IN MATCH-MAKING SYSTEMS Match Group, LLC OWYANG, MICHELLE N 2168 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Apr 17, 2024
18534202 Video Generating Apparatus, Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium Thereof Hyperconnect LLC CORBO, NICHOLAS T 2424 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2023
17933821 Apparatus for Training Model, Method and Computer Readable Recording Medium Thereof Hyperconnect LLC BREEN, JAKE TIMOTHY 2143 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2022
17646466 Embedding Normalization Method and Electronic Device Using Same Hyperconnect LLC HAN, BYUNGKWON 2121 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2021
17545641 Method of Providing User Profile and Apparatus Therefor Hyperconnect LLC HICKS, SHIRLEY D. 2168 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2021

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