Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
46 pending office actions • 2 clients • 44 examiners • 25 art units • 0 of 46 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 26 (57%) |
| §102 only | 6 (13%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVEISSI, MANSOUR | 2 | 82.9% | +11.8% |
| KINCAID, LESTER G | 2 | 57.6% | +6.5% |
| CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | 1 | 69.7% | +28.6% |
| SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 1 | 82.7% | +12.0% |
| AZIZ, ADNAN | 1 | 77.0% | +34.7% |
| YANG, NIEN | 1 | 73.0% | +28.1% |
| RIVAS, SALVADOR E | 1 | 81.6% | +22.6% |
| KHAWAR, SAAD | 1 | 85.6% | +7.8% |
| PATTON, SPENCER D | 1 | 73.8% | +21.4% |
| CUMMING, WILLIAM D | 1 | 89.9% | +5.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18875138 | METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PLURALITY OF SECOND NODES VIA RESPECTIVE CHANNELS, RELATED FIRST NODES AND RELATED SECOND NODES | RIVAS, SALVADOR E | — |
| 18847233 | METHODS FOR MANAGING POSITIONING RFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES, A RELATED POSITIONING NETWORK NODE AND A RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE | CUMMING, WILLIAM D | — |
| 18844965 | A METHOD, SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS NODE FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18708847 | AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VICTUAL ORDERING SYSTEM | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | 31d overdue |
| 18280410 | ADAPTIVE UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO SPECTRUM | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | 30d overdue |
| 18279574 | METHOD FOR GENERATING LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | KINCAID, LESTER G | 30d overdue |
| 18847257 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF JOINTS OF A ROBOT BASED ON A DESIRED JOINT STATE | PATTON, SPENCER D | 28d overdue |
| 19137706 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR A KINEMATIC STRUCTURE, AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
| 18849864 | DYNAMIC SCHEDULING OF PERIODIC COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | KHAWAR, SAAD | — |
| 18847235 | METHODS FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALLING AND RELATED DEVICES AND NODES | HUQ, OBAIDUL | — |
| 18844345 | A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGE SOURCES | DANG, RACHEL YEN VI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18847257 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF JOINTS OF A ROBOT BASED ON A DESIRED JOINT STATE | PATTON, SPENCER D | 28d overdue |
| 19067941 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | YANG, NIEN | 8d |
| 19148589 | AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | — |
| 19137706 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR A KINEMATIC STRUCTURE, AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | — |
| 19231822 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ON-DEMAND POSITIONING | AZIZ, ADNAN | — |
| 18875138 | METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PLURALITY OF SECOND NODES VIA RESPECTIVE CHANNELS, RELATED FIRST NODES AND RELATED SECOND NODES | RIVAS, SALVADOR E | — |
| 18844965 | A METHOD, SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS NODE FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | — |
| 17794980 | ON-DEMAND TRANSMISSION OF A REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A DISCONNECTED MODE | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Sony | 45 |
| Sony Electronics Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2461 | 3 |
| 2649 | 2 |
| 2646 | 2 |
| 2421 | 1 |
| 3657 | 1 |
| 2484 | 1 |
| 3656 | 1 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 2465 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19148589 | AN INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Sony Group Corporation | CHOWDHURY, SUMAIYA A | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19137706 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COLLISION AVOIDANCE FOR A KINEMATIC STRUCTURE, AND ROBOTIC SYSTEM | Sony Group Corporation | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19231822 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ON-DEMAND POSITIONING | Sony Group Corporation | AZIZ, ADNAN | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 | |
| 19067941 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | Sony Europe B.V. | YANG, NIEN | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Mar 02, 2025 |
| 18875138 | METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A PLURALITY OF SECOND NODES VIA RESPECTIVE CHANNELS, RELATED FIRST NODES AND RELATED SECOND NODES | Sony Group Corporation | RIVAS, SALVADOR E | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2024 | |
| 18849864 | DYNAMIC SCHEDULING OF PERIODIC COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | Sony Group Corporation | KHAWAR, SAAD | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 | |
| 18847257 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A PLURALITY OF JOINTS OF A ROBOT BASED ON A DESIRED JOINT STATE | Sony Group Corporation | PATTON, SPENCER D | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2024 |
| 18847233 | METHODS FOR MANAGING POSITIONING RFERENCE SIGNAL TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES, A RELATED POSITIONING NETWORK NODE AND A RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | CUMMING, WILLIAM D | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 | |
| 18847235 | METHODS FOR DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNALLING AND RELATED DEVICES AND NODES | Sony Group Corporation | HUQ, OBAIDUL | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 14, 2024 | |
| 18883233 | COMMUNICATION GAPS FOR PAGING OF MULTI-SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES | Sony Group Corporation | SHAH, TANMAY K | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 | |
| 18845861 | A METHOD FOR ENABLING A WIRELESS DEVICE TO ACCESS A SERVICE API, A RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE AND RELATED NETWORK NODES | Sony Group Corporation | ALAM, MIRZA F | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 | |
| 18844965 | A METHOD, SYSTEM, AND WIRELESS NODE FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE | Sony Group Corporation | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2024 | |
| 18844890 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENABLING UE TO ACCESS EDGE SERVICE | Sony Group Corporation | LEE, BRYAN Y | 2445 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18844345 | A MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF AN IMAGE FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGE SOURCES | Sony Group Corporation | DANG, RACHEL YEN VI | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 | |
| 18823975 | Systems And Methods For Tracking Persons In An Environment | Sony Electronics Inc. | GEBRESLASSIE, WINTA | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 | |
| 18843256 | A METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANGULAR POSITIONING | Sony Group Corporation | GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2024 | |
| 18838405 | A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE, A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE CONTROLLING NODE AND A COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | NAVAS JR, EDEMIO | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2024 | |
| 18837021 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ADAPTING CONFIGURATION OF DISCONTINUOUS RECEPTION FOR USER EQUIPMENT | Sony Group Corporation | MATTIS, JASON E | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2024 | |
| 18835202 | BEACON SIGNALS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT AT COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE | Sony Europe B.V. | TOWFIGHI, AFSHAWN M | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18727321 | METHODS FOR HANDLING MOBILITY OF A WIRELESS DEVICE AND RELATED NETWORK NODES | Sony Group Corporation | KINCAID, LESTER G | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 | |
| 18726326 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DATA TRANSMISSION FROM USER EQUIPMENT | Sony Group Corporation | WONG, XAVIER S | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 | |
| 18724453 | A METHOD FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION BY A WIRELESS DEVICE, RELATED NETWORK NODE AND RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | BLANTON, JOHN D | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 | |
| 18718776 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICE AND AIDING WIRELESS DEVICES | Sony Group Corporation | COSME, NATASHA W | 2465 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18708847 | AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE, A SYSTEM, AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VICTUAL ORDERING SYSTEM | Sony Group Corporation | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | 3627 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18692825 | METHODS FOR HANDLING ENERGY CONDITIONS OF AN ENERGY HARVESTING WIRELESS DEVICE, A RELATED NETWORK NODE AND A RELATED WIRELESS DEVICE | Sony Group Corporation | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2024 |
| 18684740 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING REFERENCE SIGNAL COMMUNICATION IN A WIRELESS SYSTEM | Sony Group Corporation | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | 2461 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18438495 | DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND METHOD | Sony Group Corporation | CHAE, KYU | 2426 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2024 |
| 18573140 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING JOINT CHANNEL ESTIMATION AT A TRANSMISSION DISRUPTION | Sony Group Corporation | MIAH, LITON | 2642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18290529 | METHODS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION, RELATED WIRELESS DEVICES AND RELATED NETWORK NODES | Sony Group Corporation | VANGAPATY, SRIHARSHA REDDY | 2475 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2023 |
| 18289068 | COVERAGE ENHANCING DEVICES PROVIDING OFDM SYMBOL DELAYS | Sony Group Corporation | ABELSON, RONALD B | 2476 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18287974 | METHODS FOR HANDLING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS DEVICES, RELATED WIRELESS DEVICES AND A RELATED NETWORK NODE | Sony Group Corporation | HO, CHUONG T | 2412 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Oct 23, 2023 |
| 18282751 | DYNAMIC TRANSMISSION PARAMETER VALUES FOR RETRANSMISSIONS | Sony Group Corporation | LY, ANH VU H | 2472 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18282533 | POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL BASED POSITIONING | Sony Group Corporation | AJAYI, JOEL | 2646 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Sep 17, 2023 |
| 18281726 | FILTER MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE FOR RECONFIGURABLE RELAYING DEVICES USING POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING OF DATA SIGNALS AND REFERENCE SIGNALS | Sony Group Corporation | KUNTZ, CURTIS A | 2646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
| 18242424 | IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation | ZHAO, CHRISTINE NMN | 2677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18280410 | ADAPTIVE UPLINK TRANSMISSION IN AN UNLICENSED RADIO SPECTRUM | Sony Group Corporation | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | 2461 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18279574 | METHOD FOR GENERATING LOCATION INFORMATION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK | Sony Group Corporation | KINCAID, LESTER G | 2649 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18230629 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | Sony Europe B.V. | AKHAVANNIK, HADI | 2676 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Aug 05, 2023 |
| 18226528 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSES AND METHODS | Sony Group Corporation | LIEBGOTT, TYLER MICHAEL | 2694 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18270662 | EFFICIENT USAGE OF TIME RESOURCE BLOCKS FOR TRANSMITTING REFERENCE SIGNALS | Sony Group Corporation | SANDHU, NEVENA ZECEVIC | 2474 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18035085 | METHOD FOR POSITIONING IN A NON-TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | Sony Group Corporation | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 02, 2023 |
| 18015701 | BEAM CONFIGURATION FOR ACCESSING AN OPEN SPECTRUM | Sony Group Corporation | KIM, HARRY H | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2023 |
| 18078950 | METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM | Sony Europe B.V. | WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2022 |
| 17794980 | ON-DEMAND TRANSMISSION OF A REFERENCE SIGNAL IN A DISCONNECTED MODE | Sony Group Corporation | OVEISSI, MANSOUR | 2415 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2022 |
| 17563812 | TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MODEL FOR ACTION RECOGNITION | Sony Group Corporation | HUANG, YAO D | 2124 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
| 16968335 | FLEXIBLE ACTIVATION OF EARLY DATA TRANSMISSION | Sony Group Corporation | CUNNINGHAM, KEVIN M | 2461 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2020 |
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