Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Digital Currency Institute The People'S Bank Of China

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

2
Hard (18%)
7
Medium (64%)
1
Easy (9%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (18%)
§103 only7 (64%)
§112 only1 (9%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
27% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
73% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 1 80.2% +12.6%
DING, CHUNLING 1 55.3% +61.3%
BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 75.3% +13.1%
SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 1 53.7% +40.4%
MILLER, JAMES H 1 40.5% +34.2%
MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 1 36.2% +56.8%
NGUYEN, LOAN T 1 65.0% +23.5%
IMMANUEL, ILSE I 1 24.1% +26.4%
PATEL, DIVESH 1 52.9% +39.7%
PRESTON, JOHN O 1 28.4% +7.8%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19100357 Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 18d overdue

Hard Cases (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18287027 Method, Terminal and System for Splitting and Managing Digital Currency in Transaction PRESTON, JOHN O 16d overdue
18575872 Method and Apparatus for Data Verification MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 8d overdue
18288810 Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address NGUYEN, LOAN T 20d
18381172 Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage, and Application Method for Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage IMMANUEL, ILSE I 21d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18381171 Digital Currency Payment Method and Electronic Device PATEL, DIVESH 45d overdue
18719808 Reconciliation Method, Apparatus and System Based on Blockchain DING, CHUNLING 35d overdue
19100357 Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 18d overdue
18575872 Method and Apparatus for Data Verification MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 8d overdue
18705528 Method, Terminal, and System for Updating Digital Currency Wallet SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 15d
18288810 Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address NGUYEN, LOAN T 20d
18381172 Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage, and Application Method for Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage IMMANUEL, ILSE I 21d
18718003 Communication Monitoring Method, Apparatus and System BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 39d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3699 2
2166 1
2439 1
3697 1
3694 1
3629 1
2165 1
3696 1
3693 1
3698 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19100357 Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2025
18719808 Reconciliation Method, Apparatus and System Based on Blockchain DING, CHUNLING 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2024
18718003 Communication Monitoring Method, Apparatus and System BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18705528 Method, Terminal, and System for Updating Digital Currency Wallet SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 3697 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 27, 2024
18703301 Method and Device of Verifying Anomalous Digital Currency Transaction MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18575872 Method and Apparatus for Data Verification MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 3629 §101 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jan 01, 2024
18288810 Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address NGUYEN, LOAN T 2165 §101 Final Rejection 20d Pending Oct 28, 2023
18381172 Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage, and Application Method for Security Chip for Digital Currency Storage IMMANUEL, ILSE I 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18381171 Digital Currency Payment Method and Electronic Device PATEL, DIVESH 3696 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18287027 Method, Terminal and System for Splitting and Managing Digital Currency in Transaction PRESTON, JOHN O 3693 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18287178 Digital Currency Payment Method, Apparatus, and System HYDER, MD SAKIB 3698 Final Rejection 171d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023

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