Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Circle Internet Group Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio spans 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, showing some concentration across examination assignments. Docket management should therefore track both individual matters and recurring art-unit channels.
HYDER, MD SAKIB is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That examiner represents the stated concentration point, while the other matters remain distributed across additional examiners.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYDER, MD SAKIB | 2 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| SHAW, BRIAN F | 1 | 73.3% | +17.7% |
| ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER | 1 | 66.7% | +50.0% |
| NGUYEN, PHILLIP H | 1 | 90.7% | +11.5% |
| PHAN, NICHOLAS K | 1 | 52.1% | +19.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18908221 | VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION | ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18792378 | PLATFORM CONTROLLED WALLETS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS | HYDER, MD SAKIB | — |
| 18792389 | END-USER CONTROLLED WALLETS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS | HYDER, MD SAKIB | — |
| 18679012 | TRUSTED SIGNING SERVICE AND SPONSORED PAYMASTER FOR TRANSACTION FEES IN NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19393295 | VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION | SHAW, BRIAN F | — |
| 18908221 | VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION | ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER | — |
| 18808838 | SMART CONTRACT DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | NGUYEN, PHILLIP H | — |
| 18679012 | TRUSTED SIGNING SERVICE AND SPONSORED PAYMASTER FOR TRANSACTION FEES IN NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3698 | 2 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2191 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19393295 | VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION | SHAW, BRIAN F | 2432 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2025 |
| 18908221 | VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION | ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER | 2434 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 07, 2024 |
| 18808838 | SMART CONTRACT DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE | NGUYEN, PHILLIP H | 2191 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18792378 | PLATFORM CONTROLLED WALLETS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 3698 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18792389 | END-USER CONTROLLED WALLETS IN BLOCKCHAIN SYSTEMS | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 3698 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 |
| 18679012 | TRUSTED SIGNING SERVICE AND SPONSORED PAYMASTER FOR TRANSACTION FEES IN NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY | PHAN, NICHOLAS K | 3699 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialCircle Internet Group Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Md Sakib Hyder has the most, with 2 of Circle Internet Group Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
