Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Fidelity Information Services LLC

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

34 pending office actions • 23 art units • 33 examiners • 8 of 34 (24%) have an AI response strategy ready • 30 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Fidelity Information Services LLC has 35 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket involves 34 distinct examiners and 24 distinct art units, so the matters are distributed broadly relative to the portfolio size. This pattern indicates that repeated examiner interactions are limited, while several technical groupings may recur.

PAULINO, LENIN is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration suggests that centralized standards for claim drafting, evidentiary support, and response review may be more useful than relying on one examiner relationship. Art-unit-specific monitoring can supplement that approach where related matters are assigned together.

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

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

22
Hard (65%)
11
Medium (32%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only10 (29%)
§101 + other11 (32%)
§103 only11 (32%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (3%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
14
Information Tech
41% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
59% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAULINO, LENIN 2 57.4% +25.7%
HASAN, SYED HAROON 1 81.6% +15.5%
MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 1 65.8% +30.2%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 37.9% +21.8%
MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B 1 44.7% +14.8%
CHACKO, JOE 1 75.3% +28.3%
JACOB, WILLIAM J 1 49.3% +34.4%
HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT 1 79.3% +23.1%
GREENE, JOSEPH L 1 63.0% +35.6%
CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 1 9.7% +13.7%

Hard Cases (22)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18178132 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INSIGHTS BASED ON REGULATORY REPORTING AND ANALYSIS GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 107d overdue
18312662 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING REAL-TIME RECONCILIATION AND NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS BUI, TOAN D. 23d overdue
17014718 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENT INSTANTIATION AGUILERA, TODD 5d
17816745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING INCIDENTS IN A SYSTEM USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL CHU, GABRIEL L 19d
18946301 PLATFORM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CLIENT ACCESS TO A REAL-TIME PAYMENT RAIL FU, HAO 27d
19423274 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA EXTRACTION FROM SCANNED DOCUMENTS POWERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HASAN, SYED HAROON —
19395420 ENHANCED IMAGE TRANSACTION PROCESSING SOLUTION AND ARCHITECTURE MALHOTRA, SANJEEV —
19269789 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL OBAID, HAMZEH M —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
17158404 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS TESTING OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS PAULINO, LENIN 6d
19423274 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA EXTRACTION FROM SCANNED DOCUMENTS POWERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HASAN, SYED HAROON —
19395420 ENHANCED IMAGE TRANSACTION PROCESSING SOLUTION AND ARCHITECTURE MALHOTRA, SANJEEV —
19269789 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL OBAID, HAMZEH M —
19237758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS USING COMPROMISED ACCOUNTS MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B —
19223757 PROVIDING ACCESS BY A USER TO A NEWLY DEPLOYED ENTERPRISE SYSTEM IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT (as amended) CHACKO, JOE —
19205439 SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSISTING A USER TO COMPLETE DOCUMENTS OF A TRANSACTION IN A SEQUENCE (as amended) JACOB, WILLIAM J —
19027381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON DEMAND SERVICE INTEGRATION HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3691 5
3692 3
2161 2
3624 2
3696 2
3693 2
2197 2
2457 1
2458 1
2443 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19423274 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA EXTRACTION FROM SCANNED DOCUMENTS POWERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HASAN, SYED HAROON 2161 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2025
19395420 ENHANCED IMAGE TRANSACTION PROCESSING SOLUTION AND ARCHITECTURE MALHOTRA, SANJEEV 3691 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2025
19269789 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING QUALITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §101Other Final Rejection — Pending Jul 15, 2025
19237758 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS USING COMPROMISED ACCOUNTS MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B 3692 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2025
19223757 PROVIDING ACCESS BY A USER TO A NEWLY DEPLOYED ENTERPRISE SYSTEM IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT (as amended) CHACKO, JOE 2457 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19205439 SYSTEMS AND METHODS ASSISTING A USER TO COMPLETE DOCUMENTS OF A TRANSACTION IN A SEQUENCE (as amended) JACOB, WILLIAM J 3696 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 12, 2025
19027381 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ON DEMAND SERVICE INTEGRATION HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT 2458 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18975236 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSET MAPPING FOR AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18946211 PLATFORM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CLIENT ACCESS TO A REAL-TIME PAYMENT RAIL CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 3692 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18946386 PLATFORM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CLIENT ACCESS TO A REAL-TIME PAYMENT RAIL GAW, MARK H 3693 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18946301 PLATFORM TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE CLIENT ACCESS TO A REAL-TIME PAYMENT RAIL FU, HAO 3695 §101§103 Non-Final OA 27d AI Ready Nov 13, 2024
18825610 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR FRAUD DETECTION SHAH, BHAVIN D 3694 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18791274 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INCIDENT RESOLUTION USING CHUNKING, VECTOR EMBEDDING, AND CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES ELLIS, MATTHEW J 2152 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18791262 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND UPDATING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EVENT DATA AND CONFIGURATION ITEMS ALMANI, MOHSEN 2159 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18758304 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR RULES-BASED MODELING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18660359 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIVE PROCESSING OF DATA NGUYEN, CAM LINH T 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 10, 2024
18588856 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION OF DEVELOPING ADVERTISEMENTS REFAI, SAM M 3621 §101 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Feb 27, 2024
18588432 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION OF PRODUCT COMBINATION SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2024
18430449 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUICK RESPONSE CODES IN TOUCHLESS ATM SERVICES SHRESTHA, BIJENDRA K 3691 §103 Non-Final OA 22d AI Ready Feb 01, 2024
18427766 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING CARDLESS TRANSACTIONS ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 — Final Rejection 46d AI Ready Jan 30, 2024
18499178 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING AND GENERATING A SINGLE INCIDENT PROFILE ALLEN, BRITTANY N 2146 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18312662 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXECUTING REAL-TIME RECONCILIATION AND NOTIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18178132 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING INSIGHTS BASED ON REGULATORY REPORTING AND ANALYSIS GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection 107d overdue AI Ready Mar 03, 2023
18089043 CLOUD-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING CONSUMER FINANCIAL DATA OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3696 §101 Non-Final OA — AI Ready Dec 27, 2022
18066716 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS TESTING OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS PAULINO, LENIN 2197 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 2022
18061545 Multi-Party Payment Distribution Automation HILMANTEL, ADAM J 3691 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2022
17935506 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION SETTLEMENT PREDICTION MAGUIRE, LINDSAY M 3619 §101§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2022
17816745 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND RESOLVING INCIDENTS IN A SYSTEM USING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL CHU, GABRIEL L 2114 §101 Final Rejection 19d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17661118 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURING DATA BY STATELESS TOKENIZATION GETACHEW, WODAJO 3697 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17564373 PROCESSING SEQUENCES OF MULTI-MODAL ENTITY FEATURES USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS COLEMAN, PAUL 2126 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 29, 2021
17448575 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING CAUSE OF PERFORMANCE CHANGE USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES TRAN, DAVID HOANG 2147 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021
17181313 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING FINANCIAL PRODUCT UTILIZATION SHARVIN, DAVID P 3692 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 22, 2021
17158404 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUS TESTING OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS PAULINO, LENIN 2197 §103 Final Rejection 6d AI Ready Jan 26, 2021
17014718 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENT INSTANTIATION AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d AI Ready Sep 08, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Fidelity Information Services LLC have?

Fidelity Information Services LLC has 34 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 23 art units and 33 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Fidelity Information Services LLC applications?

Lenin Paulino has the most, with 2 of Fidelity Information Services LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Fidelity Information Services LLC'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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