Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Circle Internet Group Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

10 pending office actions • 4 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (10%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (40%)
§103 only2 (20%)
Double-patenting only1 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
1
Business / Other
10% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HYDER, MD SAKIB 2 0.0% +0.0%
IMMANUEL, ILSE I 1 27.2% +27.5%
LEE, CLAY C 1 54.7% +57.5%
KING, DAVIDA LEE 1 35.6% +36.4%
ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER 1 — —
NGUYEN, PHILLIP H 1 90.6% +11.6%
PHAN, NICHOLAS K 1 51.8% +18.8%
DANG, CHRISTINE 1 50.0% +51.1%
REAGAN, JAMES A 1 71.4% +19.9%

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613542 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION FOR TRANSACTIONS USING NON-NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY DANG, CHRISTINE 9d overdue
19534895 MULTI-BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN REBALANCER IMMANUEL, ILSE I —
19534968 DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS LEE, CLAY C —
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 —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613542 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION FOR TRANSACTIONS USING NON-NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY DANG, CHRISTINE 9d overdue
19534895 MULTI-BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN REBALANCER IMMANUEL, ILSE I —
19534968 DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS LEE, CLAY C —
19534911 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION REBROADCAST KING, DAVIDA LEE —
18808838 SMART CONTRACT DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE NGUYEN, PHILLIP H —
18679012 TRUSTED SIGNING SERVICE AND SPONSORED PAYMASTER FOR TRANSACTION FEES IN NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY PHAN, NICHOLAS K —
18127583 Bridging Blockchains REAGAN, JAMES A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3699 4
3698 3
2434 1
3697 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19534895 MULTI-BLOCKCHAIN TOKEN REBALANCER IMMANUEL, ILSE I 3699 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2026
19534968 DECOUPLING NATIVE AND NON-NATIVE TOKENS IN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS LEE, CLAY C 3699 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2026
19534911 BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION REBROADCAST KING, DAVIDA LEE 3699 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 10, 2026
18908221 VERIFIABLE CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBFUSCATION ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER 2434 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18808838 SMART CONTRACT DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE NGUYEN, PHILLIP H — 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
18613542 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION FOR TRANSACTIONS USING NON-NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §101§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18127583 Bridging Blockchains REAGAN, JAMES A 3697 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2023

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