Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Journey AI

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
2
Medium (40%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§103 only2 (40%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
60% of docket
1
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 1 80.3% +28.2%
RAZA, ZEHRA 1 45.7% +48.5%
ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 1 77.5% +6.3%
FANG, PAKEE 1 67.4% +37.0%
TIEU, BINH KIEN 1 87.2% +9.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18112970 RECEIVING A REASON FOR A CALL AT A USER DEVICE TIEU, BINH KIEN 32d overdue
19283767 STORING ENCRYPTED DATA FOR ACCESS BY A TRUSTED DEVICE SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18113015 RECEIVING A REASON FOR A CALL FROM A USER DEVICE FANG, PAKEE 70d
18969116 SECURE VOICE PAYMENTS FOR CALL-BASED TRANSACTIONS RAZA, ZEHRA
18112946 ACCESSING ENCRYPTED INFORMATION WITH A TRUSTED DEVICE ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR

Interview Candidates (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18113015 RECEIVING A REASON FOR A CALL FROM A USER DEVICE FANG, PAKEE 70d
19283767 STORING ENCRYPTED DATA FOR ACCESS BY A TRUSTED DEVICE SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J
18969116 SECURE VOICE PAYMENTS FOR CALL-BASED TRANSACTIONS RAZA, ZEHRA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2493 1
3697 1
2496 1
2409 1
2694 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19283767 STORING ENCRYPTED DATA FOR ACCESS BY A TRUSTED DEVICE SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J 2493 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2025
18969116 SECURE VOICE PAYMENTS FOR CALL-BASED TRANSACTIONS RAZA, ZEHRA 3697 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18112946 ACCESSING ENCRYPTED INFORMATION WITH A TRUSTED DEVICE ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 2496 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2023
18113015 RECEIVING A REASON FOR A CALL FROM A USER DEVICE FANG, PAKEE 2409 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 70d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18112970 RECEIVING A REASON FOR A CALL AT A USER DEVICE TIEU, BINH KIEN 2694 §103Other Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2023

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