Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
13 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 1 of 13 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
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 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 5 (38%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (23%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALSH, DANIEL I | 3 | 64.3% | +12.0% |
| MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | 1 | 80.0% | +14.6% |
| EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 1 | 64.1% | +58.6% |
| AHMED, MASUD | 1 | 82.5% | +13.2% |
| SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 1 | 32.8% | +31.0% |
| KIM, TAE W | 1 | 55.0% | +37.1% |
| ST CYR, DANIEL | 1 | 81.3% | +12.8% |
| IANNUZZI, PETER J | 1 | 68.0% | +13.2% |
| BROWN, VERNAL U | 1 | 69.6% | +13.5% |
| LEE, AHAM NMN | 1 | 46.3% | +54.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19185172 | CARDS, DEVICES, EMV CONTACTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING CARDS, DEVICES AND EMV CONTACTS | ST CYR, DANIEL | 86d overdue |
| 19283069 | GAMES, PRIZES, AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR POWERED CARDS AND DEVICES | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | — |
| 19268861 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED PAYMENT GAME OF SKILL AND GAME OF CHANCE FUNCTIONALITY | AHMED, MASUD | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18484415 | ULTRA LIGHT BIOLOGICAL SATELLITE MASK REMOVABLE FROM AND/OR MATEABLE TO MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, AND/OR NUCLEAR HOST MASK | LEE, AHAM NMN | 24d overdue |
| 19252645 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, CHARITABLE APPLICATIONS, COLLECTOR APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | — |
| 19063885 | INTERACTIVE COLLECTIBLES SUCH AS INTERACTIVE TRADING CARDS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | IANNUZZI, PETER J | — |
| 12339093 | CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MULTI-FUNCTION MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | WALSH, DANIEL I | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12640584 | ELECTRONIC MAGNETIC RECORDED MEDIA EMULATORS IN MAGNETIC CARD DEVICES | WALSH, DANIEL I | 91d overdue |
| 19185172 | CARDS, DEVICES, EMV CONTACTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING CARDS, DEVICES AND EMV CONTACTS | ST CYR, DANIEL | 86d overdue |
| 19192362 | PAYMENT CARDS AND DEVICES OPERABLE TO RECEIVE POINT-OF-SALE ACTIONS BEFORE POINT-OF-SALE AND FORWARD ACTIONS AT POINT-OF-SALE | KIM, TAE W | 60d overdue |
| 18921441 | CREDIT, SECURITY, DEBIT CARDS AND THE LIKE WITH BUTTONS | BROWN, VERNAL U | 35d overdue |
| 18484415 | ULTRA LIGHT BIOLOGICAL SATELLITE MASK REMOVABLE FROM AND/OR MATEABLE TO MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, AND/OR NUCLEAR HOST MASK | LEE, AHAM NMN | 24d overdue |
| 19283069 | GAMES, PRIZES, AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR POWERED CARDS AND DEVICES | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | — |
| 19283126 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A FEATURED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | — |
| 19268861 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED PAYMENT GAME OF SKILL AND GAME OF CHANCE FUNCTIONALITY | AHMED, MASUD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2876 | 7 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19283069 | GAMES, PRIZES, AND ENTERTAINMENT FOR POWERED CARDS AND DEVICES | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | 2876 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19283126 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A FEATURED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19268861 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ADVANCED PAYMENT GAME OF SKILL AND GAME OF CHANCE FUNCTIONALITY | AHMED, MASUD | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19252645 | CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, ECOSYSTEMS, CHARITABLE APPLICATIONS, COLLECTOR APPLICATIONS AND METHODS OF PROCESSING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS | SANTOS-DIAZ, MARIA C | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19192362 | PAYMENT CARDS AND DEVICES OPERABLE TO RECEIVE POINT-OF-SALE ACTIONS BEFORE POINT-OF-SALE AND FORWARD ACTIONS AT POINT-OF-SALE | KIM, TAE W | 2876 | §103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19185172 | CARDS, DEVICES, EMV CONTACTS, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING CARDS, DEVICES AND EMV CONTACTS | ST CYR, DANIEL | 2876 | DP | Final Rejection | 86d overdue | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19063885 | INTERACTIVE COLLECTIBLES SUCH AS INTERACTIVE TRADING CARDS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | IANNUZZI, PETER J | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 18921441 | CREDIT, SECURITY, DEBIT CARDS AND THE LIKE WITH BUTTONS | BROWN, VERNAL U | 2686 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18484415 | ULTRA LIGHT BIOLOGICAL SATELLITE MASK REMOVABLE FROM AND/OR MATEABLE TO MECHANICAL, CHEMICAL, AND/OR NUCLEAR HOST MASK | LEE, AHAM NMN | 1758 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | AI Ready | Oct 10, 2023 |
| 13158456 | PAYMENT CARDS, DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING GAME ACTIONS WITH PAYMENT DATA | HABIB, ASIFA | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 72d overdue | Pending | Jun 13, 2011 |
| 12640584 | ELECTRONIC MAGNETIC RECORDED MEDIA EMULATORS IN MAGNETIC CARD DEVICES | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §103 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Dec 17, 2009 |
| 12339065 | ADVANCED DYNAMIC CREDIT CARDS | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2008 |
| 12339093 | CARDS AND DEVICES WITH MULTI-FUNCTION MAGNETIC EMULATORS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME | WALSH, DANIEL I | 2876 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2008 |
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