Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
8 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Giesecke+Devrient Epayments GmbH has 8 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are assigned to 8 distinct examiners, meaning that every pending matter is being reviewed by a different person. The portfolio is also spread across 5 distinct art units, indicating the technical range within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector relative to the 8 pending office actions.
FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA is the busiest examiner for the company, though this individual is responsible for only 1 pending office action. The presence of 8 distinct examiners for 8 pending office actions shows that each case is being handled by a different individual, which may require a prosecution strategy tailored to 8 individuals. Furthermore, the 5 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's technology is being scrutinized by 5 groups. This level of dispersion across 8 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units requires careful management to maintain consistency in the company's patenting efforts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 2 (25%) |
| §103 only | 4 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHU, DAVID H | 1 | 78.3% | +3.0% |
| ZAIDI, SYED A | 1 | 81.9% | +12.2% |
| MAI, THIEN T | 1 | 59.2% | +19.8% |
| YE, XINWEN | 1 | 43.4% | +44.0% |
| O'CONNOR-EMANUEL, LAWRENCE SCOTT | 1 | — | — |
| GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 1 | 48.3% | +16.4% |
| SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1 | 15.2% | +22.6% |
| LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 1 | 55.3% | +17.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18710068 | SECURITY FEATURE FOR AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY FEATURE | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 70d |
| 18877430 | SHARED CONTEXTS OF APPLETS LOADED ONTO A DATA CARRIER | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
| 18746267 | SECURE ELEMENT WITH OPTIMIZED BYTECODE | O'CONNOR-EMANUEL, LAWRENCE SCOTT | — |
| 18696410 | LAMINATE FOR A CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM, CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM AND METHOD | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18884743 | DATA CARRIER IN CARD FORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DATA CARRIER IN CARD FORM | MAI, THIEN T | 14d |
| 18776801 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILM HAVING A SECURITY FEATURE FOR A CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER, FILM AND CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER | YE, XINWEN | 26d |
| 18710068 | SECURITY FEATURE FOR AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY FEATURE | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 70d |
| 18877430 | SHARED CONTEXTS OF APPLETS LOADED ONTO A DATA CARRIER | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
| 18696410 | LAMINATE FOR A CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM, CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM AND METHOD | SHUKLA, KRUPA | — |
| 18578953 | IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3637 | 2 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 1754 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19173005 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC DESIGN ELEMENT ON AN AUTHENTICATION DATA CARRIER | CHU, DAVID H | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 18877430 | SHARED CONTEXTS OF APPLETS LOADED ONTO A DATA CARRIER | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §101§102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18884743 | DATA CARRIER IN CARD FORM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DATA CARRIER IN CARD FORM | MAI, THIEN T | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18776801 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A FILM HAVING A SECURITY FEATURE FOR A CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER, FILM AND CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER | YE, XINWEN | 1754 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18746267 | SECURE ELEMENT WITH OPTIMIZED BYTECODE | O'CONNOR-EMANUEL, LAWRENCE SCOTT | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18710068 | SECURITY FEATURE FOR AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A SECURITY FEATURE | GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18696410 | LAMINATE FOR A CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM, CARDLIKE DATA MEDIUM AND METHOD | SHUKLA, KRUPA | 1787 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18578953 | IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT, SYSTEM ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3637 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
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