Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Cornèr Banca SA

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Cornèr Banca SA currently manages 1 pending office action within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This 1 action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, which shows a narrow scope of current interaction with the patent office. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical classification for the company's current intellectual property efforts.

SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently responsible for 1 pending office action. Because the total count of pending office actions is 1, this examiner is handling the entire active workload for the company. This alignment between the total pending actions and the busiest examiner's load indicates that the company's immediate prosecution outcomes depend entirely on the review of SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z. Practitioners should prepare for a prosecution environment where 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit controls the current pipeline. The concentrated nature of this portfolio suggests that SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z will be the primary point of contact for all current Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems matters.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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.

0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 1 52.5% +31.5%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18969656 METHOD OF ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELEMENTS AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 22d

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18969656 METHOD OF ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELEMENTS AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 22d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3694 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18969656 METHOD OF ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ELEMENTS AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z 3694 §101§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 05, 2024

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