Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Circle Internet Financial Limited is currently handling 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These matters are distributed across distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that the company's pending applications cover different technical aspects or business methods that fall under separate administrative jurisdictions at the patent office. The presence of multiple art units suggests a range of intellectual property within the e-commerce and mechanical sectors, necessitating a multifaceted approach to patent protection.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MILLER, JAMES H, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the active matters are split between different individuals, the company must manage various examination styles. Practitioners should note that the involvement of separate administrative groups may require specialized arguments tailored to the specific classifications where MILLER, JAMES H and the other assigned examiner operate. With several cases in play, the prosecution team should monitor the assigned staff for potentially divergent interpretations of technical concepts. Successfully navigating this environment requires a nuanced understanding of the specific procedural preferences favored by MILLER, JAMES H and his colleagues to ensure a strategy that addresses the entire portfolio.
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.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, JAMES H | 1 | 40.9% | +36.5% |
| LEE, CLAY C | 1 | 54.7% | +57.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332490 | DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | LEE, CLAY C | 17d overdue |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18332490 | DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | LEE, CLAY C | 17d overdue |
| 18346073 | RECOVERABLE TRANSACTIONS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS VIA WRAPPED RECOVERABLE TOKENS | MILLER, JAMES H | 61d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3694 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18346073 | RECOVERABLE TRANSACTIONS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS VIA WRAPPED RECOVERABLE TOKENS | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 61d | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18332490 | DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | LEE, CLAY C | 3699 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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