Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
56 pending office actions • 35 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 109 patents granted in the last 365 days
eBay Inc. maintains a large-scale prosecution effort with 56 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are spread across 52 distinct examiners, showing that the company's legal strategy involves interacting with a wide array of patent office personnel. The portfolio's complexity is highlighted by its presence in 35 distinct art units, reflecting a diverse range of e-commerce and mechanical innovations.
The busiest examiner, BARGEON, BRITTANY E, is currently handling 3 busiest examiner pending actions. Given the total of 56 pending office actions, the influence of any single examiner is minimal, as 52 distinct examiners are involved. The high count of 35 distinct art units suggests that practitioners must manage a broad spectrum of examination cultures and technical standards. This decentralized prosecution environment requires a robust management system to ensure consistency across the 56 pending office actions while addressing the specific nuances of 35 different art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 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. 17 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 | 7 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 24 (43%) |
| §103 only | 20 (36%) |
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 2 | 45.0% | +34.1% |
| AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 2 | 72.9% | +14.1% |
| RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 2 | 33.3% | +48.3% |
| SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | 1 | 72.4% | +35.7% |
| ALAM, SHAHID AL | 1 | 87.8% | +14.7% |
| MA, LISA | 1 | 47.7% | +44.8% |
| VIG, NARESH | 1 | 36.4% | +42.9% |
| GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE | 1 | 43.0% | +51.4% |
| ROBERTS, SHAUN A | 1 | 76.0% | +10.6% |
| EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 1 | 64.1% | +58.6% |
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 |
| 18826819 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF A MARKETPLACE | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 19d 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 |
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 |
| 19288191 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED USER RECOMMENDATIONS USING WORD VECTORS | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | — |
| 19287522 | MANAGING DATABASE OFFSETS WITH TIME SERIES | ALAM, SHAHID AL | — |
| 19081492 | ADAPTIVE PRICING AND INVENTORY ENGINE | MA, LISA | — |
| 19073203 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMER VALUATION AND MERCHANT BIDDING | VIG, NARESH | — |
| 19007154 | PERSONALIZED PARTS EXPERIENCES ON LISTING PLATFORMS | GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3688 | 9 |
| 3689 | 3 |
| 3693 | 2 |
| 2154 | 2 |
| 3691 | 2 |
| 3625 | 2 |
| 2197 | 2 |
| 2619 | 2 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 3628 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19288191 | GENERATING PERSONALIZED USER RECOMMENDATIONS USING WORD VECTORS | SHANMUGASUNDARAM, KANNAN | — | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2025 |
| 19287522 | MANAGING DATABASE OFFSETS WITH TIME SERIES | ALAM, SHAHID AL | 2161 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 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 | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19007154 | PERSONALIZED PARTS EXPERIENCES ON LISTING PLATFORMS | GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE | 3689 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19005475 | Key Phrase Generation Using Indefinite Sequence Learning | ROBERTS, SHAUN A | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19004906 | CROSS-DOMAIN SECURE AUTHENTICATION ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | EBERSMAN, BRUCE I | 3693 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 19003897 | MULTIMODAL LARGE LANGUAGE LEARNING MODEL FOR AUGMENTING LISTINGS | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 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 |
| 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 |
| 18968026 | LLM-BASED LABELER DEVELOPMENT ENGINE | KIM, JONATHAN C | 2655 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 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 |
| 18959146 | Dynamic Automatic Generation of Item Listings | WARNER, PHILIP N | 3624 | §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 |
| 18932309 | A SELF-LEARNING APPARATUS TO DETECT POSSIBLE FINANCIAL FRAUD BEHAVIOR WITHIN A PAYMENT PROCESSOR | SWARTZ, STEPHEN S | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18930465 | Virtual Account Use | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 22d overdue | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18927648 | CONCEPT REFINEMENT USING CONCEPT ACTIVATION VECTORS | AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 3688 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18922206 | SEARCH SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING COMMUNICATIONS-BASED COMPATIBILITY FEATURES | BARGEON, BRITTANY E | 3688 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18917623 | INTELLIGENT AUDIO OUTPUT DEVICES | NGUYEN, QUYNH H | 2693 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18890396 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL ORDER PAYMENT BEHAVIOR USING GRAPH MODEL EMBEDDING AND ANOMALY DETECTION | SHAIKH, MOHAMMAD Z | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18887992 | IMAGE EVALUATION | PATEL, JAYESH A | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18883267 | TEXT REDACTION SYSTEM FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2499 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18826819 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERSONALIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT OF A MARKETPLACE | POINVIL, FRANTZY | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18811577 | Different Action User-Interface Components In A Comparison View | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18784211 | DEPLOYING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH AUTOMATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT | KIM, DONG U | 2197 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 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 |
| 18767019 | EXPRESSING WORKFLOWS MULTI-MODALLY: WYSIWYG UI, NATURAL HUMAN TEXT, MACHINE CODED LANGUAGE | SLACHTA, DOUGLAS M | 2193 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 18735899 | TRANSACTION SECURITY TECHNIQUES | FIELDS, COURTNEY D | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18665805 | LLM REWARD GENERATION FOR ML RISK PREDICTION | HAN, JOSEP | — | §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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 18683171 | MAPPING MICRO-VIDEO HASHTAGS TO CONTENT CATEGORIES | PADUA, NICO LAUREN | 3626 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18419241 | Interactive Forums for Specific Regions of a Digital Image | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18397938 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PERSONALIZATION ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | UBALE, GAUTAM | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2023 |
| 18397767 | QUERY INTENT SPECIFICITY | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | 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 |
| 18535026 | GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RECOMMENDATION ENGINE IN AN ITEM LISTING SYSTEM | AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 3688 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 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 |
| 18388352 | Auto Posting System | MESA, JOSE M | 2484 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 161d overdue | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18490155 | Augmented Reality, Computer Vision, and Digital Ticketing Systems | GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA | 2619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2023 |
| 18218804 | Injecting Faults by Instrumentation Code | PAULINO, LENIN | 2197 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18300268 | LOCATION-BASED SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR MINTING NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENS (NFTS) | DIROMA, SCOTT MICHAEL | 3698 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 13, 2023 |
| 18132748 | Near Real-Time Feature Simulation for Online/Offline Point-in-Time Data Parity | KIM, JONATHAN J | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2023 |
| 17860065 | ADAPTIVE SEARCH REFINEMENT | GOFMAN, ALEX N | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
| 17729187 | SOCIAL NETWORK INITIATED LISTINGS | TRAN, DANIEL DUC | 2147 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2022 |
| 17699400 | BUNDLE CREATION FROM DESCRIPTION CONTENT USING MACHINE LEARNING | RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Mar 21, 2022 |
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