Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Barclays Execution Services Limited

Technology area: Computing & Software

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Barclays Execution Services Limited has 7 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating separate examiner and organizational treatment across the profile.

PATEL, KAMINI B is associated with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain consistent treatment of software claim concepts while tailoring prior-art and eligibility analysis to each assignment.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

4
Hard (57%)
3
Medium (43%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only3 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
71% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
14% of docket
1
Business / Other
14% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, KAMINI B 1 85.8% +10.2%
HUSSAIN, IMAD 1 81.8% +15.9%
WANG, RONGFA PHILIP 1 84.7% +6.2%
GUYTON, PHILIP A 1 83.8% +8.8%
CHEN, ZHI 1 60.4% +39.7%
SWIFT, CHARLES M 1 80.6% +22.7%
BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER 1 46.4% +9.2%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19071354 AUTOMATIC NETWORK ADAPTATION HUSSAIN, IMAD —
18767073 EVENT HANDLING FOR DIGITALISED PROCESSES GUYTON, PHILIP A —
18582464 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING EVENTS ON A DATA STREAM SWIFT, CHARLES M —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073637 DETERMINING RISK OF CHANGES TO A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT PATEL, KAMINI B —
18808672 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINFRAME DOWNTIME REDUCTION WANG, RONGFA PHILIP —
18665834 Synthetic Grouping of Processing Tasks CHEN, ZHI —
18035404 SECURE PROCESSING OF PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073637 DETERMINING RISK OF CHANGES TO A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT PATEL, KAMINI B —
19071354 AUTOMATIC NETWORK ADAPTATION HUSSAIN, IMAD —
18665834 Synthetic Grouping of Processing Tasks CHEN, ZHI —
18582464 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING EVENTS ON A DATA STREAM SWIFT, CHARLES M —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2114 1
2453 1
2199 1
2113 1
2196 1
4100 1
3693 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19073637 DETERMINING RISK OF CHANGES TO A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT PATEL, KAMINI B 2114 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19071354 AUTOMATIC NETWORK ADAPTATION HUSSAIN, IMAD 2453 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2025
18808672 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MAINFRAME DOWNTIME REDUCTION WANG, RONGFA PHILIP 2199 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18767073 EVENT HANDLING FOR DIGITALISED PROCESSES GUYTON, PHILIP A 2113 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18665834 Synthetic Grouping of Processing Tasks CHEN, ZHI 2196 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 16, 2024
18582464 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PUBLISHING EVENTS ON A DATA STREAM SWIFT, CHARLES M 4100 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18035404 SECURE PROCESSING OF PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER 3693 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 04, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Barclays Execution Services Limited have?

Barclays Execution Services Limited has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Barclays Execution Services Limited applications?

Kamini B Patel has the most, with 1 of Barclays Execution Services Limited's pending office actions.

What technology area are Barclays Execution Services Limited's patent applications in?

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

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