Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Maplebear Inc. (Dba Instacart)

32 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
18
Final Rejections
14
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18217329 MODIFYING RANKINGS OF ITEMS IN SEARCH RESULTS BASED ON ITEM AVAILABILITIES AND SEARCH QUERY ATTRIBUTES SMITH, LINDSEY B 3688 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2023
18217356 Machine Learning Model for Predicting Likelihoods of Events on Multiple Different Surfaces of an Online System SPRATT, BEAU D 2143 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2023
18214316 TRAINED MODELS FOR PREDICTING TIMES FOR COMPLETION OF TASKS FOR AN ORDER PLACED WITH AN ONLINE SYSTEM AND DETERMINING REMEDIAL ACTIONS JARRETT, SCOTT L 3625 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2023
18213756 IDENTIFYING AN ANOMALOUS TRANSACTION BY COMPARING A METRIC FOR THE TRANSACTION AGAINST A MODEL-DERIVED EXPECTED DISTRIBUTION OF THE METRIC ALI, HATEM M 3691 Non-Final OA Jun 23, 2023
18213764 SUGGESTING FULFILLMENT SOURCES FOR A USER AT A NEW LOCATION BASED ON USER'S HISTORICAL ACTIVITY KANG, TIMOTHY J 3689 Final Rejection Jun 23, 2023
18211107 IDENTIFYING ITEM SIMILARITY AND LIKELIHOOD OF SELECTION FOR LARGER-SIZE VARIANTS OF ITEMS ORDERED BY CUSTOMERS OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM BARLOW, KATHERINE A 3689 Final Rejection Jun 16, 2023
18326900 Predicting Replacement Items using a Machine-Learning Replacement Model GARG, YOGESH C 3688 Non-Final OA May 31, 2023
18141397 DETERMINING LIMITS FOR ATTRIBUTES OF AN ORDER FOR FULFILLMENT BY A PICKER USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL MOORE, REVA R 3627 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2023
18140210 Feature Recommendations for Machine Learning Models Using Trained Feature Prediction Model WU, NICHOLAS S 2148 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18140203 Feature Recommendations for Machine Learning Models Based on Feature-Model Co-Occurrences LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 2128 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18129447 AUTOMATIC KEYWORD GROUPING FOR CAMPAIGN BID CUSTOMIZATION TC 3600, DOCKET 3600 Final Rejection Mar 31, 2023
18129464 PREDICTIVE PICKING OF ITEMS FOR PREPOPULATING A SHOPPING CART FOR A SHOPPER WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 Non-Final OA Mar 31, 2023
18184565 MANAGING APPEASEMENT REQUESTS USING USER SEGMENTATION HATCH, ANGELA MAIDA 3626 Final Rejection Mar 15, 2023
18113866 PREDICTIVE PICKING OF ITEMS FOR STAGING IN A RAPID FULFILLMENT AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM SULLIVAN, JESSICA E 3627 Final Rejection Feb 24, 2023
18113874 DETERMINING ITEM DESIRABILITY TO USERS BASED ON ITEM ATTRIBUTES AND ITEM EXPIRATION DATE WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 Final Rejection Feb 24, 2023
18172956 VERIFYING ITEMS IN A SHOPPING CART BASED ON WEIGHTS MEASURED FOR THE ITEMS CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 Final Rejection Feb 22, 2023
18100739 Inferring User Brand Sensitivity Using a Machine Learning Model PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 Final Rejection Jan 24, 2023
18085396 DETERMINING A GEOLOCATION AND A NAVIGATION PATH ASSOCIATED WITH AN ORDER PLACED WITH AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM MOORE, REVA R 3627 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2022
18079317 SELECTING PICKERS FOR SERVICE REQUESTS BASED ON OUTPUT OF COMPUTER MODEL TRAINED TO PREDICT ACCEPTANCES LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2022
18072353 DETERMINING SEARCH RESULTS FOR AN ONLINE SHOPPING CONCIERGE PLATFORM MITROS, ANNA MAE 3689 Final Rejection Nov 30, 2022
17977759 GENERATING A SCHEDULE FOR A PICKER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM BASED ON AN EARNINGS GOAL AND AVAILABILITY INFORMATION GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2022
17955228 ENHANCED SECURITY MECHANISMS FOR BYPASS CHECKOUT SYSTEMS GEORGALAS, ANNE MARIE 3689 Final Rejection Sep 28, 2022
17955407 MACHINE LEARNING BASED RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 Final Rejection Sep 28, 2022
17935091 GENERATING ORDER BATCHES FOR AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE 3627 Final Rejection Sep 24, 2022
17900533 SIMULATING AN APPLICATION OF A TREATMENT ON A DEMAND SIDE AND A SUPPLY SIDE ASSOCIATED WITH AN ONLINE SYSTEM KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 Final Rejection Aug 31, 2022
17855793 DETERMINING EFFICIENT ROUTES IN A COMPLEX SPACE USING HIERARCHICAL INFORMATION AND SPARSE DATA WERONSKI, MATTHEW S 3627 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2022
17751521 INFERRING ATTRIBUTION OF TARGET ACTIONS FOR RECIPE SUGGESTIONS SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 Final Rejection May 23, 2022
17726385 SYSTEM FOR ITEM RECOGNITION USING COMPUTER VISION WAMBST, DAVID ALEXANDER 2663 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2022
17515399 GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM IDENTIFYING A CATEGORY AND ONE OR MORE ITEMS FROM THE CATEGORY BASED FOR INCLUSION IN AN ORDER BASED ON AN ITEM INCLUDED IN THE ORDER PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2021
17496829 GENERATING A USER INTERFACE FOR A USER OF AN ONLINE CONCIERGE SYSTEM TO SELECT GENERIC ITEM DESCRIPTIONS FOR AN ORDER AND TO SELECT SPECIFIC ITEMS CORRESPONDING TO THE SELECTED GENERIC ITEM DESCRIPTIONS PRESTON, ASHLEY DAWN 3688 Non-Final OA Oct 08, 2021
17478411 RANKING SUGGESTIONS FOR COMPLETING A SEARCH QUERY BASED ON LIKELIHOOD OF A USER INCLUDING ITEMS CORRESPONDING TO THE SUGGESTIONS IN AN ORDER WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 Final Rejection Sep 17, 2021
17196855 INFERRING CATEGORIES IN A PRODUCT TAXONOMY USING A REPLACEMENT MODEL MITROS, ANNA MAE 3689 Final Rejection Mar 09, 2021

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