Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Cboe Exchange Inc. currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This workload is distributed across 3 distinct examiners and an equal number of distinct art units, indicating a fragmented prosecution landscape where each matter is handled by a different individual and unit. Such a 1-to-1 ratio between actions and examiners suggests that the company is not currently facing a concentration of scrutiny from any single official. This distribution requires the applicant to prepare for unique sets of examiner preferences and procedural styles across the portfolio.
GARG, YOGESH C is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, though they are responsible for the busiest examiner pending action. Because the pending office actions are spread across multiple administrative divisions, the legal strategy must account for the varied procedural nuances of each group. Practitioners should prepare for diverse feedback, as the lack of overlap in examiners or art units minimizes the opportunity to apply consistent arguments across the pending applications. The absence of examiner concentration means that each office action must be treated as an independent negotiation with little administrative commonality between them. Success in this technology area depends on navigating the specific technical standards of each distinct art unit while addressing the individual requirements of GARG, YOGESH C and other assigned officials.
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.
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 | 1 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARG, YOGESH C | 1 | 61.7% | +33.4% |
| SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | 1 | 81.0% | +17.5% |
| DING, CHUNLING | 1 | 56.1% | +61.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787672 | Blockchain-Enabled Electronic Futures Trading System with Optional Computerized Delivery of Cryptocurrency | DING, CHUNLING | 132d overdue |
| 19011218 | Closing Auction | GARG, YOGESH C | — |
| 18982670 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURE DIGITAL IDENTITIES AND AFFILIATIONS FOR USERS VIA DIGITAL TOKEN | SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18787672 | Blockchain-Enabled Electronic Futures Trading System with Optional Computerized Delivery of Cryptocurrency | DING, CHUNLING | 132d overdue |
| 19011218 | Closing Auction | GARG, YOGESH C | — |
| 18982670 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURE DIGITAL IDENTITIES AND AFFILIATIONS FOR USERS VIA DIGITAL TOKEN | SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3688 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19011218 | Closing Auction | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18982670 | BLOCKCHAIN-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SECURE DIGITAL IDENTITIES AND AFFILIATIONS FOR USERS VIA DIGITAL TOKEN | SHAIFER HARRIMAN, DANT B | 2434 | §101DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18787672 | Blockchain-Enabled Electronic Futures Trading System with Optional Computerized Delivery of Cryptocurrency | DING, CHUNLING | 3699 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | 132d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
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