Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

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

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has 10 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 10 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, indicating separate examiner relationships with some concentration among technical groups.

BASOM, BLAINE T is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The available data does not identify a dominant examiner concentration. Counsel may compare matters within the shared art units for consistent technology positions, while preparing individualized responses for each examiner.

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

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (67%)
§103 only3 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
67% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
1
Business / Other
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BASOM, BLAINE T 1 43.1% +20.3%
NAJI, YOUNES 1 75.2% +73.0%
RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA 1 55.6% +55.0%
KABIR, MOHAMMAD H 1 67.7% +14.1%
WERNER, MARSHALL L 1 65.8% +41.3%
ELIAS, EARL L 1 57.8% +21.0%
HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 1 9.7% +7.0%
KIM, DAVID 1 100.0% +0.0%
ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 1 24.6% +24.4%

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
18160201 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZER WITH ENHANCED NEURAL ESTIMATION KIM, DAVID —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18217330 ACCOUNT STRUCTURE WITH INTERACTIONS TRIGGERED BY DETECTED CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTS HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 87d overdue
19300456 DATA GENERATION AND RETRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR FINE-TUNING OF BI-ENCODING AND CROSS-ENCODING MODELS FOR EFFICIENT DATA RETRIEVAL BASOM, BLAINE T —
19188689 FAST ROBUST ORACLES VIA DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS NAJI, YOUNES —
18929480 HYBRID LANGUAGE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR API ORCHESTRATION INCLUDING CHAIN OF THOUGHT RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA —
18742960 CONTROLLING QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE QUANTITY OF OBJECT WERNER, MARSHALL L —
18092863 INFORMATION-DENSE USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING ASSET PRICES AND DEFINING TRANSACTION PARAMETERS ALLADIN, AMBREEN A —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18620064 BACKWARD COMPATIBLE AND SCALABLE HETEROGENEOUS DATABASE SYSTEM ELIAS, EARL L 8d overdue
19300456 DATA GENERATION AND RETRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR FINE-TUNING OF BI-ENCODING AND CROSS-ENCODING MODELS FOR EFFICIENT DATA RETRIEVAL BASOM, BLAINE T —
19188689 FAST ROBUST ORACLES VIA DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS NAJI, YOUNES —
18929480 HYBRID LANGUAGE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR API ORCHESTRATION INCLUDING CHAIN OF THOUGHT RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA —
18828856 AUTOMATIC ROLLBACK OF INJECTED FAULTS IN SYSTEM TESTING KABIR, MOHAMMAD H —
18742960 CONTROLLING QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE QUANTITY OF OBJECT WERNER, MARSHALL L —
18092863 INFORMATION-DENSE USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING ASSET PRICES AND DEFINING TRANSACTION PARAMETERS ALLADIN, AMBREEN A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2141 2
2445 1
2192 1
2125 1
2169 1
3695 1
3691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19300456 DATA GENERATION AND RETRAINING TECHNIQUES FOR FINE-TUNING OF BI-ENCODING AND CROSS-ENCODING MODELS FOR EFFICIENT DATA RETRIEVAL BASOM, BLAINE T 2141 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 14, 2025
19188689 FAST ROBUST ORACLES VIA DECENTRALIZED AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATIONS NAJI, YOUNES 2445 §101§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
18929480 HYBRID LANGUAGE MODEL ARCHITECTURE FOR API ORCHESTRATION INCLUDING CHAIN OF THOUGHT RIGGINS, ARI FAITH COLEMA — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18828856 AUTOMATIC ROLLBACK OF INJECTED FAULTS IN SYSTEM TESTING KABIR, MOHAMMAD H 2192 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 09, 2024
18742960 CONTROLLING QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEM TO DETERMINE QUANTITY OF OBJECT WERNER, MARSHALL L 2125 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 13, 2024
18620064 BACKWARD COMPATIBLE AND SCALABLE HETEROGENEOUS DATABASE SYSTEM ELIAS, EARL L 2169 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18217330 ACCOUNT STRUCTURE WITH INTERACTIONS TRIGGERED BY DETECTED CHANGES IN THE ACCOUNTS HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 3695 §101§103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18160201 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZER WITH ENHANCED NEURAL ESTIMATION KIM, DAVID 2141 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2023
18092863 INFORMATION-DENSE USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING ASSET PRICES AND DEFINING TRANSACTION PARAMETERS ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC have?

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC has 9 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 9 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC applications?

Blaine T Basom has the most, with 1 of Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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