Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Fiserv Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
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
1
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.

3
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (50%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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
SHARON, AYAL I 1 43.1% +28.4%
PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 1 93.8% -3.8%
OBAID, HAMZEH M 1 38.2% +22.3%
JUNG, HENRY H 1 22.9% +30.7%
PRESTON, JOHN O 1 28.3% +7.2%
SINGH, DALZID E 1 90.9% +6.8%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18660770 VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION FOR VERIFYING A SECURE WIRELESS CONNECTION SINGH, DALZID E 22d

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
18947671 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AND USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL TO CATEGORIZE TRANSACTIONS PRESTON, JOHN O 42d overdue
19341426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION SHARON, AYAL I
19012539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING DATA SETS USING INDEXING OBAID, HAMZEH M
18975384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACTIVATION OF PREPAID CARDS JUNG, HENRY H

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19341426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION SHARON, AYAL I
19012539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING DATA SETS USING INDEXING OBAID, HAMZEH M
18975384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACTIVATION OF PREPAID CARDS JUNG, HENRY H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3695 2
3624 1
3693 1
2635 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19341426 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSACTION PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2025
19073328 POINT OF SALE DEVICE WITH CAPACITOR FOR BACKUP POWER PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
19012539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING DATA SETS USING INDEXING OBAID, HAMZEH M 3624 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18975384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE ACTIVATION OF PREPAID CARDS JUNG, HENRY H 3695 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18947671 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING AND USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL TO CATEGORIZE TRANSACTIONS PRESTON, JOHN O 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2024
18660770 VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION FOR VERIFYING A SECURE WIRELESS CONNECTION SINGH, DALZID E 2635 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 10, 2024

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