Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Glory Ltd.

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

31 pending office actions • 12 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Glory Ltd. has 31 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket spans 20 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units, showing repeated assignments within both the examiner and art-unit structure.

SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN is the busiest listed examiner, with 6 pending actions. This examiner represents a clear concentration point for prosecution attention. The remaining actions are distributed among other examiners, so counsel may combine a coordinated approach for the SHAPIRO matters with separate strategies for the broader docket.

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

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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 (71%)
9
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other9 (29%)
§103 only9 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (35%)

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
2
Communications
6% of docket
6
Semiconductors
19% of docket
22
Mechanical / Eng
71% of docket
1
Business / Other
3% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 6 55.0% +15.6%
UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED 5 — —
TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA 2 78.9% +8.6%
KIM, TAE W 2 54.8% +36.7%
BUNKER, WILLIAM B 1 79.8% +94.4%
EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 1 64.1% +58.5%
HAIDER, FAWAAD 1 50.5% +25.2%
PHAN, MINH Q 1 75.7% -4.5%
PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 1 54.1% +7.3%
MILLER, WILLIAM L 1 79.0% +14.9%

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
18420872 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS SANDERS, HOWARD J 27d
18182635 MONEY PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND MONEY PROCESSING METHOD TUTOR, AARON N 40d
19084778 ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION SYSTEM, ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 41d
19426124 MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA —
19289157 METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION BUNKER, WILLIAM B —
19211294 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MONITORING METHOD EBERSMAN, BRUCE I —
19092095 CASH HANDLING SYSTEM AND CASH HANDLING METHOD HAIDER, FAWAAD —
19090715 CASH HANDLING APPARATUS AND CASH HANDLING METHOD UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED —

Interview Candidates (12)

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
19289157 METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION BUNKER, WILLIAM B —
19274771 METHOD OF ASSISTING MANAGEMENT OPERATION OF MONEY HANDLING MACHINE AND MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM KIM, TAE W —
19239954 CASH HANDLING SYSTEM AND CASH HANDLING METHOD KIM, TAE W —
19211294 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MONITORING METHOD EBERSMAN, BRUCE I —
19092095 CASH HANDLING SYSTEM AND CASH HANDLING METHOD HAIDER, FAWAAD —
19063399 SAFE DEVICE AND SAFE SYSTEM MILLER, WILLIAM L —
18668331 MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN —
18430723 CONTROL METHOD FOR COIN HANDLING APPARATUS AND COIN HANDLING APPARATUS SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3619 6
2876 5
3627 5
3653 5
3693 2
3691 1
2852 1
3696 1
2685 1
3622 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19426124 MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA 2876 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2025
19289157 METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTION BUNKER, WILLIAM B 3691 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 04, 2025
19274771 METHOD OF ASSISTING MANAGEMENT OPERATION OF MONEY HANDLING MACHINE AND MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM KIM, TAE W 2876 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 21, 2025
19243745 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SHEET PROCESSING METHOD TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 20, 2025
19239954 CASH HANDLING SYSTEM AND CASH HANDLING METHOD KIM, TAE W 2876 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2025
19211294 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MONITORING METHOD EBERSMAN, BRUCE I 3693 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 19, 2025
19092095 CASH HANDLING SYSTEM AND CASH HANDLING METHOD HAIDER, FAWAAD 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19090715 CASH HANDLING APPARATUS AND CASH HANDLING METHOD UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED 3653 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19090445 MAGNETIC LINE SENSOR, SHEET RECOGNITION UNIT, AND SHEET HANDLING DEVICE PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19084778 ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION SYSTEM, ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ERRONEOUS OPERATION PREVENTION PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 3696 §101§102 Final Rejection 41d Pending Mar 20, 2025
19063399 SAFE DEVICE AND SAFE SYSTEM MILLER, WILLIAM L 2685 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 26, 2025
19057994 FINANCIAL SERVICE LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD PERFORMED BY FINANCIAL SERVICE LOCATION SYSTEM LONG, MEREDITH A 3622 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 20, 2025
19053503 COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMODITY SALES SYSTEM, TICKET ISSUING DEVICE, AND LOCKER DEVICE HABIB, ASIFA 2876 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 14, 2025
19040906 VALUABLE MEDIUM HANDLING APPARATUS, AND VALUABLE MEDIUM HANDLING METHOD CHAMPAGNE, LUNA 3627 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
18971124 FINANCIAL TRANSACTION SYSTEM, MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS, AND FINANCIAL TRANSACTION METHOD WONG, ERIC TAK WAI 3693 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18885783 CURRENCY PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CURRENCY PROCESSING METHOD UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18884181 PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE, PAPER SHEET PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PAPER SHEET IDENTIFICATION METHOD ANSARI, TAHMINA N 2674 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18820346 CURRENCY PROCESSING DEVICE DELIGI, VANESSA LIMA 3627 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18756095 COIN PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING COIN PROCESSING DEVICE UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED 3653 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 27, 2024
18741860 ENHANCED AUTOMATED SERVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18668331 MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE METHOD SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2024
18582681 COVER, CASH INLET, AND CASH HANDLING APPARATUS UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18430723 CONTROL METHOD FOR COIN HANDLING APPARATUS AND COIN HANDLING APPARATUS SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18420872 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS SANDERS, HOWARD J 3653 §102§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18407475 SHEET HANDLING DEVICE AND SHEET HANDLING METHOD UEBERSCHAER, JONATHAN REED 3653 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18236410 SHEET MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SHEET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND SHEET MANAGEMENT METHOD SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2023
18446543 MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PRODUCING MONEY HANDLING APPARATUS SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2023
18182635 MONEY PROCESSING SYSTEM, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND MONEY PROCESSING METHOD TUTOR, AARON N 3627 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 13, 2023
18119398 MONEY HANDLING SYSTEM AND MONEY HANDLING METHOD RACIC, MILENA 3627 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18084585 BANKNOTE HANDLING SYSTEM AND BANKNOTE HANDLING METHOD SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 20, 2022
17696882 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS SHAPIRO, JEFFREY ALAN 3619 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 17, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Glory Ltd. have?

Glory Ltd. has 31 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 20 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Glory Ltd. applications?

Jeffrey Alan Shapiro has the most, with 6 of Glory Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Glory Ltd.'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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