Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 8 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days
Digital Currency Institute The People'S Bank Of China has 7 pending office actions. These matters are located in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The prosecution is distributed, involving 7 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, which indicates that every pending action is being handled by a different examiner in a different art unit.
JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio. This examiner is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because there are 7 distinct examiners for 7 pending office actions, the workload is balanced, with no single examiner holding more than 1 busiest examiner pending action.
The use of 7 distinct art units suggests multiple technical sub-specialties within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. Practitioners must navigate 7 different administrative environments and 7 different examiner perspectives. This lack of concentration means that insights gained from JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL or a specific art unit may not apply to the other pending matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 2 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (62%) |
| §103 only | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 1 | 20.0% | +88.9% |
| HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 1 | 79.2% | +12.4% |
| HOLLY, JOHN H | 1 | 53.4% | +31.0% |
| BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 1 | 75.6% | +12.6% |
| WARDEN, MICHAEL J | 1 | 25.4% | +21.5% |
| NGUYEN, LOAN T | 1 | 64.6% | +23.7% |
| PRESTON, JOHN O | 1 | 28.4% | +7.7% |
| HYDER, MD SAKIB | 1 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18287178 | Digital Currency Payment Method, Apparatus, and System | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 171d overdue |
| 19100357 | Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 18d overdue |
| 18287027 | Method, Terminal and System for Splitting and Managing Digital Currency in Transaction | PRESTON, JOHN O | 16d overdue |
| 18288810 | Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 20d |
| 18705958 | Digital Currency Transaction Method and System, and Related Transaction Terminals | WARDEN, MICHAEL J | 40d |
| 19103802 | Payment Method and Apparatus Based on Ultra-Wideband, Computer Device, and Payer Terminal | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | — |
| 18834579 | DIGITAL CURRENCY PAYMENT METHOD AND DEVICE | HOLLY, JOHN H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19100357 | Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 18d overdue |
| 18288810 | Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 20d |
| 18718003 | Communication Monitoring Method, Apparatus and System | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 39d |
| 18705958 | Digital Currency Transaction Method and System, and Related Transaction Terminals | WARDEN, MICHAEL J | 40d |
| 19103802 | Payment Method and Apparatus Based on Ultra-Wideband, Computer Device, and Payer Terminal | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | — |
| 18834579 | DIGITAL CURRENCY PAYMENT METHOD AND DEVICE | HOLLY, JOHN H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3697 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 3694 | 1 |
| 2165 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3698 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19103802 | Payment Method and Apparatus Based on Ultra-Wideband, Computer Device, and Payer Terminal | JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL | 3697 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 19100357 | Data Acquisition Method and Apparatus, and Device | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 18834579 | DIGITAL CURRENCY PAYMENT METHOD AND DEVICE | HOLLY, JOHN H | 3696 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18718003 | Communication Monitoring Method, Apparatus and System | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2439 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18705958 | Digital Currency Transaction Method and System, and Related Transaction Terminals | WARDEN, MICHAEL J | 3694 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18288810 | Method and Apparatus for Classifying Blockchain Address | NGUYEN, LOAN T | 2165 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Oct 28, 2023 |
| 18287027 | Method, Terminal and System for Splitting and Managing Digital Currency in Transaction | PRESTON, JOHN O | 3693 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
| 18287178 | Digital Currency Payment Method, Apparatus, and System | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 3698 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 171d overdue | Pending | Oct 16, 2023 |
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