Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This case is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. Prosecution is currently restricted to this single examiner and art unit for the 1 pending office action. This focused approach allows the practitioner to concentrate on the specific technical standards and examination history of the assigned art unit without having to manage multiple USPTO relationships.

MALHOTRA, SANJEEV is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, managing the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's current patenting activity is concentrated. This means that the outcome of the 1 pending office action will be determined by the specific interaction with this 1 examiner. The focus on the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area within 1 art unit suggests a specific technical goal for the company's current patent efforts.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 1 65.8% +30.2%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18822340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MEDICAL DATA EXCHANGE AND MEDICAL CLAIM SETTLEMENT MALHOTRA, SANJEEV —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18822340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MEDICAL DATA EXCHANGE AND MEDICAL CLAIM SETTLEMENT MALHOTRA, SANJEEV —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18822340 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING MEDICAL DATA EXCHANGE AND MEDICAL CLAIM SETTLEMENT MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 3691 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. have?

Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd. applications?

Sanjeev Malhotra has the most, with 1 of Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Cathay Financial Holding Co. Ltd.'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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