Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Matterfi maintains 2 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed across distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, indicating a diversified prosecution landscape. This distribution suggests that the company's intellectual property interests are being evaluated by multiple regulatory segments simultaneously. Managing these distinct art units requires the applicant to adapt to different examination cultures and technical interpretations within the patent office.
HUANG, JAY is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently managing 1 pending office action. This workload accounts for a portion of the total pending office actions currently active for Matterfi. The presence of multiple distinct examiners means that the company must coordinate separate prosecution tracks. Because the pending office actions are split between different individuals, the overall success of the portfolio is not dependent on a single examiner's discretion. This structure provides a level of examiner diversity within the company's current patenting activities.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUANG, JAY | 1 | 52.9% | +20.9% |
| STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C | 1 | 8.3% | +13.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815394 | DECENTRALIZED USE OF ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF WITH ENHANCED IDENTITY CREDENTIALS TO LOWER EXTERNAL COUNTER PARTY RISKS, FOR EXAMPLE TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING | HUANG, JAY | — |
| 17668368 | CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURED PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEM | STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815394 | DECENTRALIZED USE OF ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF WITH ENHANCED IDENTITY CREDENTIALS TO LOWER EXTERNAL COUNTER PARTY RISKS, FOR EXAMPLE TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING | HUANG, JAY | — |
| 17668368 | CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURED PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEM | STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3619 | 1 |
| 3698 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18815394 | DECENTRALIZED USE OF ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROOF WITH ENHANCED IDENTITY CREDENTIALS TO LOWER EXTERNAL COUNTER PARTY RISKS, FOR EXAMPLE TO COMBAT MONEY LAUNDERING | HUANG, JAY | 3619 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 17668368 | CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURED PAPER BALLOT VOTING SYSTEM | STEVENSON, CHRISTINA C | 3698 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMatterfi has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Jay Huang has the most, with 1 of Matterfi's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
