Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Expensify Inc. operates within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area and currently faces 3 pending office actions. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, showing that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. Furthermore, the portfolio is spread across 3 distinct art units, which reflects the variety in how the USPTO classifies these applications.
The busiest examiner, CHEIN, ALLEN C, is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. With 3 pending office actions and 3 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed so that no single examiner has more than one case. This structure requires the practitioner to navigate the different units, as each action resides in a separate one.
Managing the workload across 3 distinct art units for the current applications indicates a lack of concentration in the portfolio. The practitioner must prepare for different examination styles within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems field. Success in these matters depends on addressing the requirements of each of the examiners involved.
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 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | 1 | 76.3% | +21.3% |
| CHEIN, ALLEN C | 1 | 45.1% | +40.0% |
| PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR | 1 | 54.9% | +6.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTION RECORDS FOR USERS | PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR | 58d overdue |
| 19031887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND PRESENTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION | CHEIN, ALLEN C | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19031873 | CHAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 19031887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND PRESENTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION | CHEIN, ALLEN C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2447 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| 3696 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19031873 | CHAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | 2447 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031887 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING AND PRESENTING FINANCIAL INFORMATION | CHEIN, ALLEN C | 3627 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031868 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTION RECORDS FOR USERS | PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 58d overdue | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
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