Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Blackhawk Network Inc.

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

9
Hard (75%)
2
Medium (17%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (25%)
§101 + other6 (50%)
§103 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
92% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR 1 90.8% +8.4%
ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 1 45.9% +51.3%
SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 1 50.6% +45.0%
OYEBISI, OJO O 1 50.2% +11.9%
MOSSER, ROBERT E 1 46.6% +10.0%
MITCHELL, NATHAN A 1 73.0% +9.9%
JACOB, WILLIAM J 1 48.9% +34.9%
WONG, ERIC TAK WAI 1 50.8% +13.6%
LIU, CHIA-YI 1 26.9% +21.5%
KIM, STEVEN S 1 38.4% +39.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19203102 USING CLIENT CERTIFICATES TO COMMUNICATE TRUSTED INFORMATION RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR

Hard Cases (9)

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
18241324 CLIENT CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL CARD FOR USE WITH SELECTED MERCHANTS ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 4d overdue
15796174 System and method for targeted marketing and consumer resource management LIU, CHIA-YI 4d overdue
17737281 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION VIA A MERCHANT'S FOREIGN WEBSITE OYEBISI, OJO O
17615628 PRE-PRINTED AND PRE-SELECTED LOTTERY TICKETS FOR POINT-OF-SALE PURCHASE MOSSER, ROBERT E
17521026 REDEMPTION NETWORK WITH TRANSACTION SEQUENCER MITCHELL, NATHAN A
16930921 Prepaid Card with Savings Feature JACOB, WILLIAM J
15893311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INSTANT REBATES TO CUSTOMERS WONG, ERIC TAK WAI
15335086 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIMICKING POST-PAID USER EXPERIENCE WITH STORED-VALUE CARD ACCOUNTS KIM, STEVEN S

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18241324 CLIENT CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL CARD FOR USE WITH SELECTED MERCHANTS ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 4d overdue
15796174 System and method for targeted marketing and consumer resource management LIU, CHIA-YI 4d overdue
18107111 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING INTELLIGENT CODES IN CONJUNCTION WITH NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 20d
17737281 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION VIA A MERCHANT'S FOREIGN WEBSITE OYEBISI, OJO O
17615628 PRE-PRINTED AND PRE-SELECTED LOTTERY TICKETS FOR POINT-OF-SALE PURCHASE MOSSER, ROBERT E
16930921 Prepaid Card with Savings Feature JACOB, WILLIAM J
15893311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INSTANT REBATES TO CUSTOMERS WONG, ERIC TAK WAI
15335086 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIMICKING POST-PAID USER EXPERIENCE WITH STORED-VALUE CARD ACCOUNTS KIM, STEVEN S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3693 2
3698 2
3691 2
3695 1
3715 1
3627 1
3696 1
3692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19203102 USING CLIENT CERTIFICATES TO COMMUNICATE TRUSTED INFORMATION RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR §103DP Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
18241324 CLIENT CUSTOMIZED VIRTUAL OR PHYSICAL CARD FOR USE WITH SELECTED MERCHANTS ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18107111 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING INTELLIGENT CODES IN CONJUNCTION WITH NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 3698 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 08, 2023
17737281 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING A PURCHASE TRANSACTION VIA A MERCHANT'S FOREIGN WEBSITE OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2022
17615628 PRE-PRINTED AND PRE-SELECTED LOTTERY TICKETS FOR POINT-OF-SALE PURCHASE MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2021
17521026 REDEMPTION NETWORK WITH TRANSACTION SEQUENCER MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2021
16930921 Prepaid Card with Savings Feature JACOB, WILLIAM J 3696 §101§103Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 16, 2020
15893311 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INSTANT REBATES TO CUSTOMERS WONG, ERIC TAK WAI 3693 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2018
15796174 System and method for targeted marketing and consumer resource management LIU, CHIA-YI 3692 §101§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2017
15335086 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIMICKING POST-PAID USER EXPERIENCE WITH STORED-VALUE CARD ACCOUNTS KIM, STEVEN S 3698 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2016
14213693 System and Method for Selecting, Distributing, Redeeming, and Reconciling Digital Offers POLLOCK, GREGORY A 3691 §112 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Mar 14, 2014
13619226 System, Method, and Apparatus for Creating and Distributing a Transaction Credit KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2012

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