Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ledger has 4 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 4 examiners and 4 art units, giving each listed matter a distinct examiner and technical assignment.
FARROW, FELICIA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The profile supports separate response planning for each matter rather than a strategy centered on one recurring examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHAO, DON GORDON | 1 | 87.3% | +16.2% |
| NGUYEN, TRONG H | 1 | 79.7% | +57.2% |
| FARROW, FELICIA | 1 | 58.5% | +34.6% |
| HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 1 | 80.4% | +17.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19112183 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A MICROCONTROLLER, A SECURE ELEMENT AND A PERIPHERAL COMPONENT CONTROLLED BY THE SECURE ELEMENT | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19116984 | SMARTPHONE INCORPORATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR STORING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS IMPLEMENTING HARDWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE'S DISPLAY | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
| 19116979 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING A TERMINAL TO A SECURE MODE TO PROCESS A TRANSACTION | NGUYEN, TRONG H | — |
| 19116982 | SMARTPHONE INTEGRATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY STORAGE IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE DISPLAY | FARROW, FELICIA | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19116984 | SMARTPHONE INCORPORATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR STORING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS IMPLEMENTING HARDWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE'S DISPLAY | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
| 19116979 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING A TERMINAL TO A SECURE MODE TO PROCESS A TRANSACTION | NGUYEN, TRONG H | — |
| 19116982 | SMARTPHONE INTEGRATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY STORAGE IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE DISPLAY | FARROW, FELICIA | — |
| 19112183 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A MICROCONTROLLER, A SECURE ELEMENT AND A PERIPHERAL COMPONENT CONTROLLED BY THE SECURE ELEMENT | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2493 | 1 |
| 2436 | 1 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19116984 | SMARTPHONE INCORPORATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR STORING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS IMPLEMENTING HARDWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE'S DISPLAY | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 2493 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19116979 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING A TERMINAL TO A SECURE MODE TO PROCESS A TRANSACTION | NGUYEN, TRONG H | 2436 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19116982 | SMARTPHONE INTEGRATING A HARDWARE WALLET FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY STORAGE IMPLEMENTING SOFTWARE MULTIPLEXING OF THE SMARTPHONE DISPLAY | FARROW, FELICIA | 2437 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19112183 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING A MICROCONTROLLER, A SECURE ELEMENT AND A PERIPHERAL COMPONENT CONTROLLED BY THE SECURE ELEMENT | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialLedger has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Don Gordon Zhao has the most, with 1 of Ledger's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.