Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Allstate Insurance Company

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

59 pending office actions • 32 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 59 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 74 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Allstate Insurance Company has 60 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio involves 54 distinct examiners and 31 distinct art units, reflecting a broad prosecution footprint with repeated assignments at both levels. The difference between the matter count and examiner count indicates some examiner concentration, while the art-unit count shows a wider range of examination settings.

NGUYEN, TIEN C is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That examiner is a useful focal point for coordinated review, but the docket remains too distributed for a single-examiner strategy to address the portfolio as a whole. Counsel should maintain centralized claim and disclosure standards while tailoring responses to recurring examiner and art-unit contexts.

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

Portfolio Summary

59
Total Pending OAs
25
Non-Final OAs
33
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (2)

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.

42
Hard (71%)
10
Medium (17%)
6
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only19 (32%)
§101 + other19 (32%)
§103 only8 (14%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only4 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (7%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
14% of docket
5
Communications
8% of docket
2
Semiconductors
3% of docket
44
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

590 h
Manual time on pending OAs
118 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
206 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TIEN C 4 68.1% +19.0%
BOND, REED MADISON 2 14.8% +37.9%
EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 2 1.9% +1.0%
HENRY, MATTHEW D 2 29.7% +19.7%
CASS, JEAN PAUL 1 72.9% +25.6%
RUSHING, MARK S 1 76.8% +23.5%
WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 1 38.5% +39.7%
GREGG, MARY M 1 14.0% +14.2%
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 1 70.1% +34.8%
KHATIB, RAMI 1 77.0% +13.7%

Hard Cases (43)

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
18022240 DYNAMIC STATE MACHINE FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 72d overdue
18794923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING DATA ANNOTATIONS COBB, MATTHEW 38d overdue
18104555 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION USING PREDICTIVE MODELS HENRY, MATTHEW D 26d overdue
18104505 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION BASED ON DEMAND HENRY, MATTHEW D 26d overdue
18945363 Determining Body Characteristics Based on Images MILEF, ELDA G 24d overdue
17977112 CUSTOMIZED PLATFORM FOR HOST PROTECTION IN HOME SHARING POINVIL, FRANTZY 19d overdue
18437349 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC LEAD GENERATION AND MESSAGING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 18d overdue
18200065 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING DRIVING ATTRIBUTES HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 5d overdue

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18022240 DYNAMIC STATE MACHINE FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 72d overdue
18104555 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION USING PREDICTIVE MODELS HENRY, MATTHEW D 26d overdue
18104505 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION BASED ON DEMAND HENRY, MATTHEW D 26d overdue
18101755 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORE GENERATION NGUYEN, TIEN C 4d overdue
19224866 SYSTEM GENERATED DAMAGE ANALYSIS USING SCENE TEMPLATES CASS, JEAN PAUL —
19206619 INTELLIGENT VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES RUSHING, MARK S —
19191609 Vehicle Telematics System to Promote Good Driving Behavior Using Positive Feedback and Award Points WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J —
19169598 REAL-TIME HAZARD-BASED NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM AND DATABASE GREGG, MARY M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3694 7
3695 6
3691 5
3624 3
3693 3
3661 2
2689 2
3622 2
3662 2
3669 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19224866 SYSTEM GENERATED DAMAGE ANALYSIS USING SCENE TEMPLATES CASS, JEAN PAUL 3661 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 2025
19206619 INTELLIGENT VEHICLE NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES RUSHING, MARK S 2689 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2025
19191609 Vehicle Telematics System to Promote Good Driving Behavior Using Positive Feedback and Award Points WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J 3622 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 28, 2025
19169598 REAL-TIME HAZARD-BASED NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEM AND DATABASE GREGG, MARY M 3695 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19075119 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING FUEL EFFICIENCY SCORE BASED ON CELL PHONE SENSOR DATA INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 10, 2025
19055732 TRAFFIC BASED DRIVING ANALYSIS KHATIB, RAMI 3669 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19052368 UTILIZING VEHICLE TELEMATICS TO DETECT, EVALUATE, AND RESPOND TO DRIVING BEHAVIORS MORTELL, JOHN F 2689 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2025
19051337 Vehicle Control Systems WEBER, TAMARA L 3667 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending Feb 12, 2025
19046054 ELECTRONICALLY BLOCKING CREATION OF NEW INSURANCE POLICIES AT AN ELECTRONIC INSURANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POE, KEVIN T 3692 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 05, 2025
19031490 Accident Detection and Recovery APPLE, KIRSTEN SACHWITZ 3691 §101 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 18, 2025
19016435 NEXT-GEN AI INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE OPSASNICK, MICHAEL N 2658 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
19001718 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR VEHICLE OCCUPANT DETECTION KING, CURTIS J 2685 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 09, 2025
18985184 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A USER INTERFACE RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI 3688 §101§102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18973424 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DEMAND PREDICTION BOND, REED MADISON 3624 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 09, 2024
18969454 EARLY NOTIFICATION OF NON-AUTONOMOUS AREA NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2024
18967040 GENERATING INSURANCE QUOTES NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18961842 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED APPLICATION DEPLOYMENT CHACKO, JOE 2457 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18945363 Determining Body Characteristics Based on Images MILEF, ELDA G 3694 §101§103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Nov 12, 2024
18936459 END-TO-END PRIVACY ECOSYSTEM ZOUBAIR, NOURA 2434 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 04, 2024
18930646 SELF-SUPERVISED VISION TRANSFORMERS FOR AERIAL IMAGERY RECOGNITION HESS, MICHAEL J 2481 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18897484 INSURANCE BASED ON DRIVING DATA HILMANTEL, ADAM J 3691 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2024
18822410 FEEDBACK LOOP IN MOBILE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND CLAIMS PROCESSING SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Sep 02, 2024
18815114 FOOD DELIVERY SERVICE AND INSURANCE SYSTEMS MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H 3693 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18794923 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBTAINING DATA ANNOTATIONS COBB, MATTHEW 3661 §101§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2024
18764596 INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLICK PRICE GENERATION CARVALHO, ERROL A 3622 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18757691 HOME ASSESSMENT CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18675299 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CONNECTED DRIVING BASED ON DYNAMIC CONTEXTUAL FACTORS HUTCHINSON, ALAN D 3669 — Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18670354 CANONICAL MODEL FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT LIN, ALLEN S 2153 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 21, 2024
18662397 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSURANCE RATING BASED ON TELEMATICS EKECHUKWU, CHINEDU U 3695 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18645758 Simultaneous Hyper Parameter and Feature Selection Optimization Using Evolutionary Boosting Machines COLE, BRANDON S 2128 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 25, 2024
18617074 NEURAL NETWORKS FOR COLLISION DETECTION HUANG, YAO D 2124 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18604013 TEXT MESSAGE CONTROL SYSTEM MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY 2647 §103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18437349 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC LEAD GENERATION AND MESSAGING USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DONAHUE, ZACHARY RYAN 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2024
18419335 PARTS VALUATION AND USE CHANG, EDWARD 3696 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 22, 2024
18528596 INSURANCE CLAIM CAPITATION AND PREDICTIVE PAYMENT MODELING KAZIMI, HANI M 3691 DP Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2023
18377403 CLIMATE RISK ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18377428 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLIMATE MODELING ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18474094 AUTONOMOUS CAR REPAIR NGUYEN, TAN D 3629 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18206841 DETERMINING GEOCODED REGION BASED RATING SYSTEMS FOR DECISIONING OUTPUTS CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 3694 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 07, 2023
18200065 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DETERMINING DRIVING ATTRIBUTES HUYNH, CHRISTINE NGUYEN 3662 §101 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 22, 2023
18133365 Data Processing System for Secure Data Sharing and Customized Output Generation MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 3691 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2023
18123718 PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC EVENT VERIFICATION & SENSOR SELECTION RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A 2857 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2023
18022240 DYNAMIC STATE MACHINE FOR RESCUE OPERATIONS BOND, REED MADISON 3623 §101§103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Feb 20, 2023
18104555 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION USING PREDICTIVE MODELS HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
18104505 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE PROVIDER SELECTION BASED ON DEMAND HENRY, MATTHEW D 3625 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2023
18103211 Pre-License Development Tool HULL, JAMES B 3715 §101 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18101755 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCORE GENERATION NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18100207 REWARDS SYSTEM MAINTENANCE NGUYEN, TIEN C 3694 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2023
17977112 CUSTOMIZED PLATFORM FOR HOST PROTECTION IN HOME SHARING POINVIL, FRANTZY 3693 §101 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17822964 Recommendation of Insurance Products Based on an Inventory Analysis HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 29, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Allstate Insurance Company have?

Allstate Insurance Company has 59 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 32 art units and 53 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Allstate Insurance Company applications?

Tien C Nguyen has the most, with 4 of Allstate Insurance Company's pending office actions.

What technology area are Allstate Insurance Company's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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