Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

ADP Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

26 pending office actions • 20 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 67 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

ADP Inc. has 29 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 28 examiners across 21 art units, indicating that examiner relationships are mostly unique while technical assignments show more recurring structure.

O'SHEA, BRENDAN S is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. Those matters offer a focused opportunity for consistency review, but the broader docket requires separate examiner tracking. Organizing work by the 21 art units can help align technical review with the relevant prosecution setting.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

20
Hard (77%)
5
Medium (19%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (19%)
§101 + other9 (35%)
§103 only5 (19%)
§112 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (23%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
42% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 2 30.4% +37.2%
GOFMAN, ALEX N 1 68.1% +24.3%
PEACH, POLINA G 1 50.3% +23.8%
BIBBEE, JARED M 1 80.4% +13.5%
WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA 1 75.6% +18.5%
BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 1 17.4% +19.0%
TRUONG, LAN DAI T 1 91.1% +11.6%
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 1 38.5% +39.7%
MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA 1 83.8% +6.5%
MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S 1 85.9% -4.7%

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
19182358 VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS TRUONG, LAN DAI T —
19061598 MESSAGE CALL REQUEST DATA HAVING ERROR FREQUENCY METRICS MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA —

Hard Cases (20)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18752606 BENEFIT VALIDATION NGUYEN, TIEN C 46d overdue
18642485 MULTI-TASK DEEP LEARNING OF CUSTOMER DEMAND PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 36d overdue
17984350 MACHINE LEARNING BASED CODE MAPPING SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW 6d
19245897 PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES BIBBEE, JARED M 34d
18828948 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH MODEL COMPUTING OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 42d
18479769 PREDICTIVE MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY QUANTIFYING EMPLOYEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY BOSWELL, BETH V 83d
19353434 DATABASE DATA REPLICATION TOOL GOFMAN, ALEX N —
19206025 RICH COMMUNICATION SERVICES SECURITY RECRUITING SYSTEM BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA —

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19245897 PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES BIBBEE, JARED M 34d
19353434 DATABASE DATA REPLICATION TOOL GOFMAN, ALEX N —
19338561 MULTI-AGENT PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED QUERY RESOLUTION PEACH, POLINA G —
19225343 PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION STRUCTURE WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA —
19206025 RICH COMMUNICATION SERVICES SECURITY RECRUITING SYSTEM BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA —
19182358 VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS TRUONG, LAN DAI T —
19173377 COMPUTING ACTION SEARCH USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J —
18437006 REPORTING TAXONOMY O'SHEA, BRENDAN S —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2165 2
2113 2
3627 2
3625 2
3626 2
2163 1
2161 1
2407 1
2444 1
3622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19353434 DATABASE DATA REPLICATION TOOL GOFMAN, ALEX N 2163 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 2025
19338561 MULTI-AGENT PROCESSING FRAMEWORK FOR AUTOMATED QUERY RESOLUTION PEACH, POLINA G 2165 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 24, 2025
19245897 PREDICTION OF CACHEABLE QUERIES BIBBEE, JARED M 2161 §102§103Other Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 23, 2025
19225343 PASSWORD-LESS AUTHENTICATION STRUCTURE WOLDEMARIAM, NEGA 2407 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2025
19206025 RICH COMMUNICATION SERVICES SECURITY RECRUITING SYSTEM BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA — §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19182358 VECTOR-BASED HYBRID SEARCH FOR CHATBOTS TRUONG, LAN DAI T 2444 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2025
19173377 COMPUTING ACTION SEARCH USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 08, 2025
19061598 MESSAGE CALL REQUEST DATA HAVING ERROR FREQUENCY METRICS MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA 2113 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19033270 MACHINE LEARNING BASED FORM ANALYSIS AND ERROR DETECTION MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S 2113 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 21, 2025
18981052 AUTOMATIC REPEATING NETWORK OPERATION EXECUTION USING PARTIAL SWITCHES MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M 3627 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18900262 CORRELATION BASED DATA EXTRACTION USING MACHINE LEARNING KAPOOR, DEVAN 2126 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18828948 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GRAPH MODEL COMPUTING OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 3629 §101Other Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18819347 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR DELIVERING DIGITAL CONTENT WONG, LINDA 2655 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819410 CONVERSION FROM SCHEMAS TO PAYROLL POLICIES TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 3625 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18815469 ZERO CODE METADATA-DRIVEN DYNAMIC API ONAT, UMUT 2194 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18759389 PROMPT BASED CONDITIONING OF A GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TSUI, WILSON W 2172 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18752606 BENEFIT VALIDATION NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18642485 MULTI-TASK DEEP LEARNING OF CUSTOMER DEMAND PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE 3624 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18586248 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR QUERY SERVICES HOANG, AMY P 2143 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 23, 2024
18437006 REPORTING TAXONOMY O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 3626 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18434570 MOUNTING BRACKET ASSEMBLY FOR DEVICE JOHNSON, WILLIAM DONALD 3631 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18479769 PREDICTIVE MODELING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMICALLY QUANTIFYING EMPLOYEE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY BOSWELL, BETH V 3625 §101 Final Rejection 83d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18479737 SPARSE INTENT CLUSTERING THROUGH DEEP CONTEXT ENCODERS NGUYEN, LOAN T 2165 §112 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18138611 MICRO-LOAN SYSTEM YU, ARIEL J 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2023
17984350 MACHINE LEARNING BASED CODE MAPPING SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW 2128 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 10, 2022
17965380 SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT TO DETERMINE COMPENSATION O'SHEA, BRENDAN S 3626 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 13, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does ADP Inc. have?

ADP Inc. has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 20 art units and 25 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most ADP Inc. applications?

Brendan S O'Shea has the most, with 2 of ADP Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are ADP Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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