Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

China Unionpay Co., Ltd.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

China Unionpay Co., Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, representing a high degree of technical fragmentation for the company's current applications. The portfolio involves distinct examiners, which means that every pending action is being reviewed by a different person in a different technical group. This requires a prosecution strategy that is highly individualized for each of the pending office actions.

TAYLOR, SAKINAH W is the busiest examiner, holding 1 pending office action. Because there are distinct examiners and art units for the pending actions, each case is being reviewed by a different person in a different technical group. Practitioners must navigate the specific requirements of the examiners and art units, with no overlap between the matters. This decentralized structure necessitates a flexible approach to manage the 4 pending office actions effectively across the various technical groups involved in the review process.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (50%)
§101 + other2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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
TAYLOR, SAKINAH W 1 86.5% +23.6%
KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 1 31.8% +46.0%
ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 1 23.1% +33.4%
PRASAD, NANCY N 1 21.3% +18.2%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18838663 MERCHANT AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON STREET VIEW IMAGE RECOGNITION KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 20d
18994497 PRIVACY COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM TAYLOR, SAKINAH W —
17607583 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED PAYMENT PRASAD, NANCY N —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 18d overdue
18838663 MERCHANT AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON STREET VIEW IMAGE RECOGNITION KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 20d
18994497 PRIVACY COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM TAYLOR, SAKINAH W —
17607583 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED PAYMENT PRASAD, NANCY N —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2407 1
3626 1
3692 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18994497 PRIVACY COMPUTING DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM TAYLOR, SAKINAH W 2407 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18838663 MERCHANT AUTHENTICITY VERIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON STREET VIEW IMAGE RECOGNITION KRAISINGER, EMILY MARIE 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18683493 CARD BINDING METHOD, USER TERMINAL, SERVER, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §101§103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
17607583 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTEGRATED PAYMENT PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does China Unionpay Co., Ltd. have?

China Unionpay Co., Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most China Unionpay Co., Ltd. applications?

Sakinah W Taylor has the most, with 1 of China Unionpay Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are China Unionpay 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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