Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

15 pending office actions • 7 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH has 18 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 16 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, showing that examiner coverage is broad even though the work is concentrated in a smaller number of examination groups.

KANERVO, VIRPI H is the busiest identified examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration suggests that most matters require individual examiner preparation. A practitioner can combine art-unit-based technical coordination with a centralized docket process, helping maintain consistent claim strategy across the transportation and commerce-related portfolio.

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

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

13
Hard (87%)
1
Medium (7%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other10 (67%)
§103 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (20%)
No statute on record1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
87% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANERVO, VIRPI H 2 47.5% +47.6%
DING, CHUNLING 1 56.1% +61.5%
AHSAN, SYED M 1 73.4% +22.1%
IMMANUEL, ILSE I 1 27.7% +27.2%
DOAN, TAN 1 73.1% +23.9%
GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 1 35.4% +30.4%
BUI, TOAN D. 1 55.6% +42.4%
SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 1 50.6% +45.8%
MCATEE, PATRICK 1 10.1% +13.2%
XIAO, ZESHENG 1 43.4% +32.2%

Hard Cases (13)

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
18689662 METHOD AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING TOKENS IN AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM XIAO, ZESHENG 124d overdue
18681041 SECURE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR REGISTERING TOKENS, AND TOKEN REFERENCE REGISTER LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 53d overdue
18294244 COIN DEPOSIT MANAGING UNIT, AND METHOD IN A COIN DEPOSIT MANAGING UNIT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 42d overdue
18762189 SECURE REGISTER UNIT, SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOOKUP SERVICE SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 17d overdue
18015017 METHOD, PARTICIPANT UNIT, TRANSACTION REGISTER AND PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTION DATA SETS ZHOU, YINGYING 23d
19400405 DIGITAL CURRENCY WALLET AND DIGITAL CURRENCY SYSTEM DING, CHUNLING —
19232141 SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTION DEVICE KANERVO, VIRPI H —
18993206 METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING A TOKEN WHICH CAN BE ISSUED, METHOD FOR SECURELY DESTROYING A TOKEN, AND TOKEN ISSUER AHSAN, SYED 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
18689662 METHOD AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING TOKENS IN AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM XIAO, ZESHENG 124d overdue
18762189 SECURE REGISTER UNIT, SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOOKUP SERVICE SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 17d overdue
18941413 SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD IN A SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 14d
19400405 DIGITAL CURRENCY WALLET AND DIGITAL CURRENCY SYSTEM DING, CHUNLING —
19232141 SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTION DEVICE KANERVO, VIRPI H —
18993206 METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING A TOKEN WHICH CAN BE ISSUED, METHOD FOR SECURELY DESTROYING A TOKEN, AND TOKEN ISSUER AHSAN, SYED M —
18982686 SECURE TOKEN TRANSACTION UNIT AND METHOD IN A SECURE TOKEN TRANSACTION UNIT IMMANUEL, ILSE I —
18980445 TOKEN REGISTER, TOKEN REGISTRATION/DELETION CHECK SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING/DELETING A TOKEN OF AN ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM DOAN, TAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3698 5
3699 3
3691 2
3693 2
2491 1
2445 1
3697 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19400405 DIGITAL CURRENCY WALLET AND DIGITAL CURRENCY SYSTEM DING, CHUNLING 3699 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2025
19232141 SECURE PAYMENT TRANSACTION DEVICE KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 09, 2025
18993206 METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING A TOKEN WHICH CAN BE ISSUED, METHOD FOR SECURELY DESTROYING A TOKEN, AND TOKEN ISSUER AHSAN, SYED M 2491 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18982686 SECURE TOKEN TRANSACTION UNIT AND METHOD IN A SECURE TOKEN TRANSACTION UNIT IMMANUEL, ILSE I 3699 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18980445 TOKEN REGISTER, TOKEN REGISTRATION/DELETION CHECK SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING/DELETING A TOKEN OF AN ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM DOAN, TAN 2445 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2024
18941413 SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM, AND METHOD IN A SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 3698 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18763382 SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, SERVICE PROVIDER UNIT AND ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM BUI, TOAN D. 3693 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18762189 SECURE REGISTER UNIT, SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, ELECTRONIC TOKEN TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LOOKUP SERVICE SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL 3698 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jul 02, 2024
18610584 SECURE TRANSACTION UNIT, TOKEN REFERENCE REGISTER, ELECTRONIC PAYMENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REGISTERING OF TOKEN MCATEE, PATRICK 3698 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 20, 2024
18689662 METHOD AND TRANSACTION SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING TOKENS IN AN ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION SYSTEM XIAO, ZESHENG 3698 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18681041 SECURE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR REGISTERING TOKENS, AND TOKEN REFERENCE REGISTER LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 3698 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2024
18681044 SECURE ELEMENT, METHOD FOR REGISTERING TOKENS, AND TOKEN REFERENCE REGISTER JONES, COURTNEY PATRICE 3699 Other Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2024
18294244 COIN DEPOSIT MANAGING UNIT, AND METHOD IN A COIN DEPOSIT MANAGING UNIT ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18015028 PAYMENT SYSTEM, COIN REGISTER, PARTICIPANT UNIT, TRANSACTION REGISTER, MONITORING REGISTER AND METHOD FOR PAYMENT WITH ELECTRONIC COIN DATA SETS KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 06, 2023
18015017 METHOD, PARTICIPANT UNIT, TRANSACTION REGISTER AND PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR MANAGING TRANSACTION DATA SETS ZHOU, YINGYING 3697 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 06, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH have?

Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH has 15 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 14 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH applications?

Virpi H Kanervo has the most, with 2 of Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH's pending office actions.

What technology area are Giesecke+Devrient Advance52 GmbH'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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