Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mitek Systems Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio involves 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each of the 3 pending office actions is being handled by a different individual, which can lead to varied prosecution experiences. For practitioners, the involvement of 2 distinct art units means that the company's technology is being evaluated under two different sets of technical standards.
KWIECINSKI, RYAN D is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending office action. While KWIECINSKI, RYAN D is the busiest, they only handle 1 of the 3 pending office actions. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems innovations are grouped into specific technical clusters. Practitioners should look for patterns within these 2 distinct art units to streamline prosecution, even though they will be interacting with 3 distinct examiners. The outcome for each case will depend on the specific interaction with each of the 3 distinct examiners, including KWIECINSKI, RYAN D.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 only | 1 (25%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 1 | 64.6% | +30.6% |
| KWONG, CHO YIU | 1 | 32.3% | +4.3% |
| FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 1 | 46.9% | +38.0% |
| MOTSINGER, SEAN T | 1 | 78.5% | +11.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING USER IDENTITY PACKETS USING BIOMETRICS | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 14d |
| 19272911 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A CHECK REGISTRY WITH MOBILE DEPOSIT FOR FRAUD DETECTION | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — |
| 19009817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A USER INTERFACE OVERLAY FOR FRAUD DETECTION | KWONG, CHO YIU | — |
| 18232962 | MOBILE IMAGE QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MOBILE DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18977439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING USER IDENTITY PACKETS USING BIOMETRICS | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 14d |
| 19272911 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A CHECK REGISTRY WITH MOBILE DEPOSIT FOR FRAUD DETECTION | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | — |
| 18232962 | MOBILE IMAGE QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MOBILE DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3694 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| 3698 | 1 |
| 2673 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19272911 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING A CHECK REGISTRY WITH MOBILE DEPOSIT FOR FRAUD DETECTION | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 3694 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19009817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A USER INTERFACE OVERLAY FOR FRAUD DETECTION | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18977439 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING USER IDENTITY PACKETS USING BIOMETRICS | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 3698 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18232962 | MOBILE IMAGE QUALITY ASSURANCE IN MOBILE DOCUMENT IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS | MOTSINGER, SEAN T | 2673 | §101Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
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