Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Etsy Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Etsy Inc. has 4 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct examiners and the same number of distinct art units. STROUD, CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action.

This complete distribution suggests that each pending matter faces a unique set of examiner preferences and art unit guidelines. Because there are 4 distinct examiners involved, practitioners must manage separate prosecution environments for each case. The busiest examiner handles only 1 of the pending actions.

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

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
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.

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.

4
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§101 + other3 (75%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
25% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
75% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 1 28.5% +19.8%
KANG, TIMOTHY J 1 45.5% +27.0%
ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 1 75.6% +14.6%
MACASIANO, MARILYN G 1 57.7% +17.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS MACASIANO, MARILYN G 73d overdue
18593326 IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING IN A LOW LATENCY ENVIRONMENT KANG, TIMOTHY J 15d overdue
19045157 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED REVIEW GENERATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER —
18434246 SEARCHING WITH IMAGES ALLEN, NICHOLAS E —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS MACASIANO, MARILYN G 73d overdue
18593326 IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING IN A LOW LATENCY ENVIRONMENT KANG, TIMOTHY J 15d overdue
19045157 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED REVIEW GENERATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER —
18434246 SEARCHING WITH IMAGES ALLEN, NICHOLAS E —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 1
3689 1
2154 1
3622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19045157 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED REVIEW GENERATION STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 04, 2025
18593326 IMPLEMENTING MACHINE LEARNING IN A LOW LATENCY ENVIRONMENT KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18434246 SEARCHING WITH IMAGES ALLEN, NICHOLAS E 2154 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 06, 2024
18390738 PERSONALIZATION FROM SEQUENCES AND REPRESENTATIONS IN ADS MACASIANO, MARILYN G 3622 §101 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Etsy Inc. have?

Etsy Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Etsy Inc. applications?

Christopher Stroud has the most, with 1 of Etsy Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Etsy Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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