Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
54 pending office actions • 20 art units • 47 examiners • 0 of 54 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 112 patents granted in the last 365 days
Block Inc. has 54 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are spread across 20 distinct art units, indicating technical variety in their filings. The company works with 47 distinct examiners, which shows that most examiners are assigned to a single pending action. This distribution across 47 distinct examiners requires a strategy that can adapt to many different individual styles.
JACOB, WILLIAM J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, holding 3 pending office actions. This concentration is minimal compared to the 54 pending office actions total. The broad distribution across 20 distinct art units suggests that the company's intellectual property covers diverse functional applications. The Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area is the primary focus of the company's current prosecution efforts.
The presence of the 20 distinct art units suggests that the 54 pending office actions cover a broad technical range. JACOB, WILLIAM J is the busiest examiner but only handles 3 pending office actions, leaving the remaining actions to other distinct examiners. This ratio of 47 distinct examiners to the pending office actions means that very few examiners have multiple cases for the company. Success in these matters will depend on navigating the various art units effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 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. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 13 (24%) |
| §101 + other | 23 (43%) |
| §103 only | 12 (22%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (6%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3 | 49.0% | +34.2% |
| SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 3 | 50.6% | +45.8% |
| KHATRI, NILESH B | 2 | 61.7% | +24.2% |
| OBAID, FATEH M | 2 | 67.9% | +35.4% |
| RACIC, MILENA | 2 | 47.9% | +44.9% |
| NGUYEN, THUY N | 1 | 57.5% | +24.9% |
| COBB, MATTHEW | 1 | 72.9% | +35.2% |
| LEE, CLAY C | 1 | 54.7% | +57.5% |
| GOYEA, OLUSEGUN | 1 | 64.9% | +33.3% |
| MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B | 1 | 44.5% | +14.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18405717 | PAYMENT DEVICE TOKENIZATION USING A PAYMENT READER | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 58d overdue |
| 18658934 | Use of Rewards Points for an Electronic Cash Transfer | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 56d overdue |
| 18316179 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACES AND OPERATIONAL FLOWS | GREGG, MARY M | 46d overdue |
| 18072244 | Adaptive Media Content Supervision Platform | CAMPBELL, SHANNON S | 44d overdue |
| 18327811 | AUTOMATIC INVOICE NOTIFICATION | RACIC, MILENA | 36d overdue |
| 18592275 | PROCESSING TRANSACTION DATA USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 35d overdue |
| 18810642 | PROFILE ASSOCIATION AND TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION BASED ON TRANSACTION TYPE | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 23d overdue |
| 18990231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELAYED PROCESSING OF E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS | KAZIMI, HANI M | 8d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327811 | AUTOMATIC INVOICE NOTIFICATION | RACIC, MILENA | 36d overdue |
| 19260194 | Configuring Verification Information At Point-of-Sale Devices | LEE, CLAY C | 41d |
| 19431354 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING CRYPTOCURRENCY | KHATRI, NILESH B | — |
| 19297169 | ELECTRONIC REWARD OFFER MANAGEMENT | NGUYEN, THUY N | — |
| 19280784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING ANONYMIZED ANALYTICS DATA | COBB, MATTHEW | — |
| 19251601 | FACILITATING PAYMENTS FOR USERS | GOYEA, OLUSEGUN | — |
| 19244676 | SELECTING A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH A PROXY OBJECT BASED ON FUND AVAILABILITY | MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B | — |
| 19049979 | APPLICATION SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 7 |
| 3698 | 4 |
| 3693 | 4 |
| 3695 | 4 |
| 3699 | 3 |
| 3692 | 3 |
| 3691 | 2 |
| 3696 | 2 |
| 3622 | 2 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19431354 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING CRYPTOCURRENCY | KHATRI, NILESH B | 3699 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2025 |
| 19297169 | ELECTRONIC REWARD OFFER MANAGEMENT | NGUYEN, THUY N | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 2025 |
| 19280784 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING ANONYMIZED ANALYTICS DATA | COBB, MATTHEW | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2025 |
| 19260194 | Configuring Verification Information At Point-of-Sale Devices | LEE, CLAY C | 3699 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19251601 | FACILITATING PAYMENTS FOR USERS | GOYEA, OLUSEGUN | 3627 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19244676 | SELECTING A FINANCIAL ACCOUNT ASSOCIATED WITH A PROXY OBJECT BASED ON FUND AVAILABILITY | MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B | 3692 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19242170 | PROXIMITY-BASED DEVICE IDENTIFICATION FOR PAYMENTS | BRIDGES, CHRISTOPHER | 3691 | — | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19241585 | INTEGRATED INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS FOR MULTI-USER TRANSACTIONS | TURK, BROCK E | 3692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19230612 | CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE WITH POWER INPUTS ALIGNED TO PHASE | CHANG, JOSEPH | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19229914 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND MEDIA FOR EXTENDED REALITY STOREFRONTS | MITROS, ANNA MAE | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19216897 | PREDICTING CAPITAL NEEDS | MUTSCHLER, JOSEPH M | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19199801 | SECURE TAMPER-PROTECTED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION INTERFACE | LI, MENG | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19195806 | CONTEXT-BASED ACTIONS USING INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2025 |
| 19183997 | TOGGLING SWITCH STATE BASED ON DETECTED BEHAVIOR ASSOCIATED WITH COMPONENT | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19172043 | SECURE VERIFICATION OF BLINDED ELEMENTS FOR AUTHENTICATION | GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE | 3698 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171127 | SINGLE-CLICK TAX DOCUMENT GENERATION | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19095161 | TAMPER DETECTION CIRCUITRY FOR DETECTING BREAK IN PROXIMITY BETWEEN SURFACES | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19076918 | ASSET EXCHANGE WITH SECURE INTERACTIVE ELEMENT | DUCK, BRANDON M | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19051724 | Adaptive Collaboration Recommendation Platform | GMAHL, NAVNEET K | 2166 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19049979 | APPLICATION SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19028219 | AUTHORIZATION OF CARDLESS PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19004871 | DEVICE COMMUNICATION SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3696 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19003548 | PAIRED DEVICES SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3696 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18990231 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELAYED PROCESSING OF E-COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS | KAZIMI, HANI M | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18987748 | PERSONALIZATION OF A PAYMENT INSTRUMENT | SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 3698 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18988126 | REFINING ITEM DESCRIPTIONS USING VISUAL MEDIA INPUTS | LE, THUYKHANH | 2655 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18982211 | PRESENTATION OF MULTIPLE CARDS IN A WALLET USER INTERFACE | SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 3698 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18977550 | INTEGRATING CUSTOMER AND/OR MERCHANT FUNCTIONALITY WITH DISCOVERABLE APPLICATIONS | FANG, PAKEE | 2409 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18969008 | INTERACTABLE CUSTOMIZED DIGITAL RECEIPT | OBAID, FATEH M | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18935202 | MEDIA CONTENT NAVIGATION USER INTERFACE | BADAWI, SHERIEF | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18924108 | LIVE PLAYBACK STREAMS | FAN, HUA | 2451 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18912243 | GENERATING AN ONLINE STOREFRONT | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18902550 | SOCIAL NETWORK FOR MERCHANTS | RACIC, MILENA | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18900281 | UPDATING MENUS BASED ON PREDICTED EFFICIENCIES | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18900309 | POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM HAVING A SECURE TOUCH MODE | MASUD, ROKIB | 3627 | DP | Non-Final OA | 44d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18819142 | GENERATING INTERACTIVE DIGITAL RECEIPTS FOR MOBILE-BASED TRANSACTIONS | OBAID, FATEH M | 3627 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18810642 | PROFILE ASSOCIATION AND TRANSACTION AUTHORIZATION BASED ON TRANSACTION TYPE | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 3693 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18786383 | PHYSICAL, LOGICAL SEPARATION OF BALANCES OF FUNDS | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 |
| 18658934 | Use of Rewards Points for an Electronic Cash Transfer | POUNCIL, DARNELL A | 3622 | §101Other | Final Rejection | 56d overdue | Pending | May 08, 2024 |
| 18657645 | MULTI-SOURCE TRANSACTION PROCESSING | HASBROUCK, MERRITT J | 3695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18592275 | PROCESSING TRANSACTION DATA USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 3693 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18405090 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING USING OPTICALLY ENCODED INFORMATION | SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 3698 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18405717 | PAYMENT DEVICE TOKENIZATION USING A PAYMENT READER | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 3692 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 58d overdue | Pending | Jan 05, 2024 |
| 18400343 | Combined oredring via complementariness determination | LONG, MEREDITH A | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18501876 | CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS OF DIGITAL ASSETS | KHATRI, NILESH B | 3699 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 03, 2023 |
| 18486617 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTENT-BASED ATTRIBUTION SCHEDULE | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 3695 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18349360 | INTELLIGENT MERCHANT ONBOARDING | GILKEY, CARRIE STRODER | 3626 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
| 18327811 | AUTOMATIC INVOICE NOTIFICATION | RACIC, MILENA | 3627 | §101 | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
| 18316179 | DYNAMIC USER INTERFACES AND OPERATIONAL FLOWS | GREGG, MARY M | 3695 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 18141571 | TRANSACTION AUTHENTICATION | OYEBISI, OJO O | 3695 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18072244 | Adaptive Media Content Supervision Platform | CAMPBELL, SHANNON S | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Nov 30, 2022 |
| 17831279 | DATA SECURITY ENHANCEMENT FOR ONLINE TRANSACTIONS INVOLVING PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNTS | SHERR, MARIA CRISTI OWEN | 3697 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jun 02, 2022 |
| 17703821 | Integrating Predefined Templates with Open Ticket Functionality | KANG, TIMOTHY J | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2022 |
| 17587453 | Biometric Payment Technology | JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE | 3600 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2022 |
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