Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited has 3 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters are assigned to 3 examiners and 3 art units, so each action has a separate examiner and art-unit setting.
ZHAO, DON GORDON is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile supports individual response planning, with portfolio-level tracking used to maintain consistent terminology and technical positions.
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 (67%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FELTEN, DANIEL S | 1 | 46.3% | +12.1% |
| ZHAO, DON GORDON | 1 | 87.3% | +16.2% |
| BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 1 | 51.6% | +37.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880546 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CONSENSUS ALGORITHM | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
| 18404169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM MONTE CARLO PROCESSING | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880548 | TRANSACTION SECURITY FOR MULTI-TIER TRANSACTION NETWORKS | FELTEN, DANIEL S | — |
| 18880546 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CONSENSUS ALGORITHM | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
| 18404169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM MONTE CARLO PROCESSING | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3692 | 1 |
| 2493 | 1 |
| 2124 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880548 | TRANSACTION SECURITY FOR MULTI-TIER TRANSACTION NETWORKS | FELTEN, DANIEL S | 3692 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18880546 | METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING NETWORK CONSENSUS ALGORITHM | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 2493 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18404169 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTUM MONTE CARLO PROCESSING | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 2124 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialHsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Daniel S Felten has the most, with 1 of Hsbc Software Development (Guangdong) Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
