Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Entrust Corporation currently manages 7 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 7 actions are distributed across 7 distinct examiners, which means every single pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. This high level of examiner diversity suggests that the portfolio's success is tied to 7 unique individual styles and interpretations of patent law.
The 7 pending office actions are further categorized into 3 distinct art units. This indicates that while there are 7 distinct examiners, they are grouped within a smaller number of technical units, likely sharing some common departmental policies. The busiest examiner, LEWIS, JUSTIN V, is responsible for 1 pending office action. Given that there are 7 examiners for 7 actions, each examiner is currently managing 1 matter across these 3 specific art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 1 (14%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (14%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 1 | 55.3% | +17.6% |
| PEARSON, DAVID J | 1 | 78.1% | +11.8% |
| GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | 1 | 75.0% | +19.0% |
| ALI, JAHED | 1 | 61.9% | +53.8% |
| VO, TUYEN KIM | 1 | 78.4% | +17.7% |
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 1 | 82.8% | +19.5% |
| RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 1 | 49.3% | +52.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2408 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178423 | PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19091491 | CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OBJECTS | PEARSON, DAVID J | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | — | §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 |
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