Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
26 pending office actions • 14 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days
Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has 27 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio spans 25 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units. Examiner assignments are therefore widely distributed, while the matters remain within a more concentrated set of technical groups.
MILEF, ELDA G is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration supports targeted review but does not remove the need for examiner-specific prosecution. Counsel should organize the docket by art unit and claim subject matter to identify opportunities for consistent responses within the technical groups.
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.
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.
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 | 9 (35%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (31%) |
| §103 only | 1 (4%) |
| §112 only | 2 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (8%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILEF, ELDA G | 2 | 41.1% | +8.2% |
| SHARVIN, DAVID P | 1 | 38.7% | +24.4% |
| EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 1 | 64.1% | +58.5% |
| KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | 1 | 90.8% | +10.0% |
| GIBSON, JONATHAN D | 1 | 84.5% | +11.1% |
| POND, ROBERT M | 1 | 71.1% | +42.4% |
| MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 1 | 51.2% | +32.0% |
| CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 1 | 64.6% | +29.8% |
| JEAN, FRANTZ B | 1 | 90.3% | +8.3% |
| DUCK, BRANDON M | 1 | 63.1% | +18.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19245156 | FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | GIBSON, JONATHAN D | — |
| 19189536 | ENFORCEMENT OF LATENCY DETERMINISM ACROSS A COMPUTER NETWORK | JEAN, FRANTZ B | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367686 | TRANSACTIONALLY DETERMINISTIC HIGH SPEED FINANCIAL EXCHANGE HAVING IMPROVED, EFFICIENCY, COMMUNICATION, CUSTOMIZATION, PERFORMANCE, ACCESS, TRADING OPPORTUNITIES, CREDIT CONTROLS, AND FAULT TOLERANCE | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 162d overdue |
| 16660201 | CLIENT SPECIFIC DATA DISTRIBUTION | KANERVO, VIRPI H | 14d |
| 17571818 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT VOLATILITY INDEX PLATFORM | LIU, I JUNG | 16d |
| 18990151 | NETWORK SWITCH AND TERMINAL DEVICE | MILEF, ELDA G | 34d |
| 19357959 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | — |
| 19249618 | FAILURE RECOVERY IN A FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | — |
| 19239518 | SINGLE ACTION REPLICATION OF COMPLEX FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT USING OPTIONS STRIP AND USER INTERFACE THEREFORE | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | — |
| 19223281 | SECURE DETERMINISTIC TOKENS FOR ENCRYPTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19459321 | PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION | SHARVIN, DAVID P | — |
| 19357959 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | — |
| 19249618 | FAILURE RECOVERY IN A FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | — |
| 19245156 | FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | GIBSON, JONATHAN D | — |
| 19242382 | MESSAGE PROCESSING | POND, ROBERT M | — |
| 19239518 | SINGLE ACTION REPLICATION OF COMPLEX FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT USING OPTIONS STRIP AND USER INTERFACE THEREFORE | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | — |
| 19223281 | SECURE DETERMINISTIC TOKENS FOR ENCRYPTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — |
| 19086999 | EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN LATENCY FLOOR IMPLEMENTATION | DUCK, BRANDON M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3691 | 6 |
| 3694 | 3 |
| 3695 | 3 |
| 2113 | 2 |
| 3693 | 2 |
| 3696 | 2 |
| 3688 | 1 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 2454 | 1 |
| 2121 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19459321 | PORTFOLIO OPTIMIZATION | SHARVIN, DAVID P | 3691 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 26, 2026 |
| 19357959 | SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING WITHHOLDING PAYMENTS | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 3691 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19249618 | FAILURE RECOVERY IN A FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | KUDIRKA, JOSEPH R | 2113 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2025 |
| 19245156 | FAULT TOLERANT ARCHITECTURE | GIBSON, JONATHAN D | 2113 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19242382 | MESSAGE PROCESSING | POND, ROBERT M | 3688 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19239518 | SINGLE ACTION REPLICATION OF COMPLEX FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT USING OPTIONS STRIP AND USER INTERFACE THEREFORE | MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M | 3619 | §101DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19223281 | SECURE DETERMINISTIC TOKENS FOR ENCRYPTING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 3694 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19189536 | ENFORCEMENT OF LATENCY DETERMINISM ACROSS A COMPUTER NETWORK | JEAN, FRANTZ B | 2454 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19086999 | EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN LATENCY FLOOR IMPLEMENTATION | DUCK, BRANDON M | 3693 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 18990151 | NETWORK SWITCH AND TERMINAL DEVICE | MILEF, ELDA G | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18788868 | DEEP LEARNING FOR CREDIT CONTROLS | PELLETT, DANIEL T | 2121 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18757767 | DISTRIBUTED CREDIT CONTROL WITH CENTRALIZED ALLOCATION | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18637680 | COUPON BLENDING OF A SWAP PORTFOLIO | ANDERSON, MICHAEL W | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18624915 | DYNAMIC TRACER MESSAGE LOGGING BASED ON BOTTLENECK DETECTION | WEI, ZENGPU | 2197 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18410883 | MESSAGE ELIMINATION IN MULTI-MODEL RISK CORRELATION SYSTEM | MILEF, ELDA G | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18369293 | CONSERVATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES VIA SELECTIVE PUBLICATION OF SUBSTANTIALLY CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED DATA OVER A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK | TURK, BROCK E | 3692 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2023 |
| 18367686 | TRANSACTIONALLY DETERMINISTIC HIGH SPEED FINANCIAL EXCHANGE HAVING IMPROVED, EFFICIENCY, COMMUNICATION, CUSTOMIZATION, PERFORMANCE, ACCESS, TRADING OPPORTUNITIES, CREDIT CONTROLS, AND FAULT TOLERANCE | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 3691 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 162d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2023 |
| 17972903 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING DATA LOOKUPS WITHIN A SET OF QUEUES | KANAAN, TONY P | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2022 |
| 17571818 | APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT VOLATILITY INDEX PLATFORM | LIU, I JUNG | 3695 | §101 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Jan 10, 2022 |
| 17223336 | NOVEL GOLD-BASED NANOCRYSTALS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING PROCESSES THEREFOR | DICKINSON, PAUL W | 1618 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 06, 2021 |
| 17109714 | DETERMINISTIC AND EFFICIENT MESSAGE PACKET MANAGEMENT | GREGG, MARY M | 3695 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2020 |
| 16996386 | AUTOMATED OBJECTIVE GENERATION OF DATA FOR, AND POST VALIDATION OF, ESTIMATION OF TERM SOFR BENCHMARKS | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2020 |
| 16800510 | EQUATION-BASED TRANSACTION REQUEST MESSAGING AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING | BARTLEY, KENNETH | 3684 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2020 |
| 16660201 | CLIENT SPECIFIC DATA DISTRIBUTION | KANERVO, VIRPI H | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 22, 2019 |
| 16556930 | MARKET DRIVEN IMPLIED TRADE RESOLUTION | OYEBISI, OJO O | 3695 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2019 |
| 16440311 | RANGE-LIMITED DATA OBJECT LINKING AND EQUIVALENCE | MALKOWSKI, MARK A | 3696 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2019 |
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Start Free TrialChicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. has 26 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 25 examiners.
Elda G Milef has the most, with 2 of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
