Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Data Vault Holdings Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Data Vault Holdings Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 examiners across 5 art units, indicating broad examiner distribution with some concentration at the technical-unit level.

PATEL, JAY M is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Docket management should emphasize separate examiner responses, supported by cross-matter review for recurring system or mechanical concepts.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

5
Hard (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (29%)
§101 + other2 (29%)
§103 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting + other1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

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
7
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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 2 29.3% +37.3%
PATEL, JAY M 1 65.0% +39.6%
MILEF, ELDA G 1 41.1% +8.2%
OYEBISI, OJO O 1 50.0% +10.8%
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 1 49.0% +49.0%
ANDERSON, SCOTT C 1 58.6% +31.8%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18491119 METHOD FOR MONETIZING DATA FOR A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION MILEF, ELDA G 8d overdue
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
18312959 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED ACCREDITATION TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 28d
17941550 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF CORPORATE DATA TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN —
17941469 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF PRECIOUS PHYSICAL ASSETS OYEBISI, OJO O —
17848711 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING ANDERSON, SCOTT C 8d overdue
18312959 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED ACCREDITATION TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 28d
18753785 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PATEL, JAY M —
17941550 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF CORPORATE DATA TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN —
17941469 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF PRECIOUS PHYSICAL ASSETS OYEBISI, OJO O —
17848711 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3694 2
3625 2
3681 1
3695 1
3682 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18753785 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY PATEL, JAY M 3681 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18491119 METHOD FOR MONETIZING DATA FOR A RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION MILEF, ELDA G 3694 §101§112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18312959 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED ACCREDITATION TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 3625 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 05, 2023
17941550 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF CORPORATE DATA TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2022
17941469 PLATFORM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZATION OF PRECIOUS PHYSICAL ASSETS OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 09, 2022
17848711 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR SMART INVENTORY MANAGEMENT MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 3682 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2022
17842265 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TOKENIZED AFFILIATE MARKETING ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Data Vault Holdings Inc. have?

Data Vault Holdings Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Data Vault Holdings Inc. applications?

Alan Torrico-Lopez has the most, with 2 of Data Vault Holdings Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Data Vault Holdings Inc.'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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