Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Entrust Corporation

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Entrust Corporation has 9 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 9 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating that the workload is distributed among examiners while remaining within a relatively contained set of technical groups.

LEWIS, JUSTIN V is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. No examiner has a larger recorded concentration, so counsel should emphasize matter-specific preparation and compare art-unit treatment when deciding whether a recurring claim or prior-art issue warrants a broader portfolio response.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (56%)
4
Medium (44%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
22% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
44% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEWIS, JUSTIN V 1 55.4% +17.6%
PEARSON, DAVID J 1 78.1% +11.7%
GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN 1 75.8% +17.3%
ALI, JAHED 1 62.4% +52.8%
VO, TUYEN KIM 1 78.5% +17.7%
ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 1 82.7% +19.5%
RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 1 49.6% +53.0%
VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 1 42.7% +6.2%
ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 1 40.8% +15.5%

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
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18102526 DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 72d overdue
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V —
19044258 MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN —
19042698 DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT ALI, JAHED —
19041695 ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS VO, TUYEN KIM —

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18102526 DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 72d overdue
16987804 RIBBON IMPRESSER/INDENTER FOR PLASTIC CARDS ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 17d overdue
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V —
19091491 CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OBJECTS PEARSON, DAVID J —
19044258 MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN —
19042698 DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT ALI, JAHED —
19041695 ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS VO, TUYEN KIM —
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 3
3637 1
2407 1
2408 1
3699 1
2876 1
3697 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2025
19091491 CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OBJECTS PEARSON, DAVID J 2407 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19044258 MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN 2408 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
19042698 DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT ALI, JAHED 3699 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19041695 ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS VO, TUYEN KIM 2876 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18102526 DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE 3697 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
17340744 DROP-ON-DEMAND MULTI-PASS PRINTING ON CARDS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2021
16987804 RIBBON IMPRESSER/INDENTER FOR PLASTIC CARDS ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 2853 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Entrust Corporation have?

Entrust Corporation has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Entrust Corporation applications?

Justin V Lewis has the most, with 1 of Entrust Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Entrust Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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