Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 13, 2026

BLOCKCHAINS, INC.

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

3
Hard (75%)
1
Medium (25%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§101 + other1 (25%)
§103 only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
50% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT 1 86.8% +15.2%
ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 1 77.1% +7.0%
NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 1 30.5% +35.9%
SMITH, SLADE E 1 30.2% +34.6%

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
19059515 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ENTITIES JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION VALIDATION IN LAYER 2 NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 16d overdue
18902277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR
17790549 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANCE CHECKS SMITH, SLADE E

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18573212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION VALIDATION IN LAYER 2 NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 16d overdue
19059515 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ENTITIES JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT
17790549 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANCE CHECKS SMITH, SLADE E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2431 1
2496 1
3697 1
3696 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19059515 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL ENTITIES JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT 2431 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18902277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA MANAGEMENT ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 2496 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2024
18573212 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION VALIDATION IN LAYER 2 NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 3697 §101§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2023
17790549 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANCE CHECKS SMITH, SLADE E 3696 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2022

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