Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
56 pending office actions • 34 art units • 52 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 116 patents granted in the last 365 days
eBay Inc. has 55 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket spans 50 examiners and 35 art units, indicating wide distribution across technical and examination assignments.
ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration at that examiner makes centralized tracking important, while individual responses must address a broad range of examiner contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 8 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 27 (48%) |
| §103 only | 16 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 2 | 51.7% | +46.2% |
| BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 2 | 44.9% | +33.8% |
| WEINER, ARIELLE E | 2 | 43.4% | +53.6% |
| RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 2 | 33.3% | +48.3% |
| MISIASZEK, MICHAEL | 1 | 55.7% | +15.3% |
| SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO | 1 | 57.1% | +40.6% |
| SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 1 | 72.4% | +36.0% |
| MA, LISA | 1 | 47.4% | +44.0% |
| VIG, NARESH | 1 | 36.6% | +43.2% |
| KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 1 | 56.3% | +38.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17729187 | SOCIAL NETWORK INITIATED LISTINGS | TRAN, DANIEL DUC | 60d overdue |
| 17699400 | BUNDLE CREATION FROM DESCRIPTION CONTENT USING MACHINE LEARNING | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 50d overdue |
| 18930465 | Virtual Account Use | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 22d overdue |
| 18510233 | LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO IDENTIFY PRODUCTS FOR COMPLETING A TASK DEFINED BY A SEARCH QUERY | SINGH, AMRESH | 4d overdue |
| 18586017 | REAL-TIME INVENTORY MAPPING AND NOTIFICATIONS FOR SAVED SEARCHES | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 12d |
| 18539091 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 28d |
| 18771568 | Image to Structured Workflow Diagram Conversion | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 33d |
| 18668839 | INTELLIGENT COMPUTER FUNCTIONALITY AND VISUALIZATION FOR INVENTORY ITEM PLACEMENT | MOORE, REVA R | 55d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17699400 | BUNDLE CREATION FROM DESCRIPTION CONTENT USING MACHINE LEARNING | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 50d overdue |
| 18922206 | SEARCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS-BASED COMPATIBILITY FEATURES | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 12d |
| 18586017 | REAL-TIME INVENTORY MAPPING AND NOTIFICATIONS FOR SAVED SEARCHES | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 12d |
| 19355390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WAREHOUSING SERVICE | MISIASZEK, MICHAEL | — |
| 19330588 | Digital Content Control Based on Nonfungible Tokens | SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO | — |
| 19288191 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED USER RECOMMENDATIONS USING WORD VECTORS | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | — |
| 19081492 | ADAPTIVE PRICING AND INVENTORY ENGINE | MA, LISA | — |
| 19073203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING | VIG, NARESH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3688 | 11 |
| 3689 | 6 |
| 3628 | 2 |
| 3622 | 2 |
| 3691 | 2 |
| 3627 | 2 |
| 2619 | 2 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| 2655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19355390 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING WAREHOUSING SERVICE | MISIASZEK, MICHAEL | 3688 | §101§102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2025 |
| 19330588 | Digital Content Control Based on Nonfungible Tokens | SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO | 3697 | §101§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2025 |
| 19288191 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED USER RECOMMENDATIONS USING WORD VECTORS | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 2168 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19081492 | ADAPTIVE PRICING AND INVENTORY ENGINE | MA, LISA | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19073203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING | VIG, NARESH | 3622 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19006980 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO UTILIZE SMART COMPONENTS | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 3689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19006652 | Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based System for Component Compound Identification | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19005475 | Key Phrase Generation Using Indefinite Sequence Learning | ROBERTS, SHAUN A | 2655 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19003550 | KEYPHRASE RELEVANCE MODEL ALIGNED WITH SEARCH RELEVANCE DATA TO MITIGATE MIDDLEMAN BIAS | ANSARI, AZAM A | 3621 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 19003897 | MULTIMODAL LARGE LANGUAGE LEARNING MODEL FOR AUGMENTING LISTINGS | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18999873 | MULTIFACETED REFORMULATIONS FOR NULL AND LOW QUERIES | HERSHLEY, MARK E | 2164 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18986611 | METHOD, MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM FOR INTELLIGENT ONLINE PERSONAL ASSISTANT WITH IMAGE TEXT LOCALIZATION | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18968252 | TAILORED GRAPH RAG PIPELINE FOR LLM QUERIES | SIDDO, IBRAHIM | 2681 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18966766 | TIMELY MESSAGE ORCHESTRATION USING MESSAGING QUEUE | GEORGANDELLIS, ANDREW C | 2459 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18957975 | Audio and Language Translation Between Computing Devices | LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18954027 | IMAGE PRE-PROCESSING FOR IMAGES GENERATED USING GENERATIVE AI | CROCKETT, JOSHUA BRIGHAM | 2661 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18946533 | SEARCH SYSTEM RANKING USING A NATURAL DISTRIBUTION | MOSER, BRUCE M | 2154 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18936505 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING USING CONTRASTIVE LANGUAGE ANOMALY PRETRAINING APPROACH | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 3691 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18930465 | Virtual Account Use | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18924217 | ITEM RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURE DATA | DANG, DUY M | 2662 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18922206 | SEARCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS-BASED COMPATIBILITY FEATURES | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18918446 | VEHICLE DIAGNOSIS MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | LAROSE, RENEE MARIE | 3657 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18917623 | INTELLIGENT AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2693 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18887992 | IMAGE EVALUATION | PATEL, JAYESH A | 2677 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18821392 | Visual Search Pivot Generation | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18811577 | Different Action User-Interface Components In A Comparison View | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18784007 | ONLINE TRANSACTION METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY MEDIUM FOR IDENTIFYING COUNTERFEITS | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18771568 | Image to Structured Workflow Diagram Conversion | SINGH, GURKANWALJIT | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18754664 | DISTRIBUTED DATA COMPUTING SOLUTION | NAHRA, SELENA SABAH | 2192 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18739655 | Automatic detection and management of purchase of items in high demand | WEINER, ARIELLE E | 3689 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18735899 | TRANSACTION SECURITY TECHNIQUES | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18679299 | API Recommendations Based on Performance Metrics | AQUINO, WYNUEL S | 2199 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18672608 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING USING A CASCADE OF MODELS FOR KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION | LU, HWEI-MIN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2024 |
| 18668839 | INTELLIGENT COMPUTER FUNCTIONALITY AND VISUALIZATION FOR INVENTORY ITEM PLACEMENT | MOORE, REVA R | 3627 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18665805 | LLM REWARD GENERATION FOR ML RISK PREDICTION | HAN, JOSEP | 2122 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18656811 | Interactive Augmented Reality Marketplace Assistant | MA, MICHELLE HAU | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 56d | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18616908 | PROBABILITY MODELING | AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 3688 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18607487 | ITEM CONDITION VERIFICATION | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2024 |
| 18605098 | SMART MERCHANDISE BRANDING | WEINER, ARIELLE E | 3689 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18586017 | REAL-TIME INVENTORY MAPPING AND NOTIFICATIONS FOR SAVED SEARCHES | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 3688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18584116 | AUTOMATIC ORDERING OF CONSUMABLE ITEMS | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18584712 | MULTIPLE AGENT AUTOMATIC ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS | BUTLER, SARAI E | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18583351 | Autonomous Technician System For Component Handling and Installation | O'MALLEY, JOHN MARTIN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18419241 | Interactive Forums for Specific Regions of a Digital Image | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18400008 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PROFILE GENERATION | CARVALHO, ERROL A | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18397938 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONALIZATION ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | UBALE, GAUTAM | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18545257 | Visual Search Query Intent Extraction and Search Refinement | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 3619 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18539091 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN | 3688 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18529143 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRESENTATION ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | AUGUSTINE, NICHOLAS | 2178 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18510233 | LEVERAGING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO IDENTIFY PRODUCTS FOR COMPLETING A TASK DEFINED BY A SEARCH QUERY | SINGH, AMRESH | 2159 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialeBay Inc. has 56 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 34 art units and 52 examiners.
Matthew E Zimmerman has the most, with 2 of eBay Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
