Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Entrust Corporation

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§103 only3 (50%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEWIS, JUSTIN V 1 55.2% +17.6%
ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 1 83.0% +19.2%
LEGESSE, HENOK D 1 86.3% +2.2%
ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA 1 29.2% +40.6%
LIN, AMIE CHINYU 1 84.5% +31.0%
ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 1 40.7% +15.5%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P
18740018 CARD PRINTER CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES LEGESSE, HENOK D
17973112 FLEXIBLE HIERARCHICAL KEY MANAGEMENT MODEL LIN, AMIE CHINYU

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18590591 SERVICE WORKFLOW INTEGRATION PLATFORM ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA 70d
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16987804 RIBBON IMPRESSER/INDENTER FOR PLASTIC CARDS ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 17d overdue
18590591 SERVICE WORKFLOW INTEGRATION PLATFORM ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA 70d
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P
17973112 FLEXIBLE HIERARCHICAL KEY MANAGEMENT MODEL LIN, AMIE CHINYU

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2853 2
3623 1
2436 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19178423 PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE LEWIS, JUSTIN V §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2025
19029995 CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18740018 CARD PRINTER CONSUMABLE SUPPLIES LEGESSE, HENOK D 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 11, 2024
18590591 SERVICE WORKFLOW INTEGRATION PLATFORM ELKASSABGI, ZAHRA 3623 §101 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 28, 2024
17973112 FLEXIBLE HIERARCHICAL KEY MANAGEMENT MODEL LIN, AMIE CHINYU 2436 §102 Final Rejection Pending Oct 25, 2022
16987804 RIBBON IMPRESSER/INDENTER FOR PLASTIC CARDS ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 07, 2020

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