Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nayax Ltd. is currently prosecuting 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are split between 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. BUNKER, WILLIAM B is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 1 pending office action. With 2 pending office actions distributed across 2 distinct art units, Nayax Ltd.'s current patent efforts are divided between different technical specialties within the USPTO.
The 2 distinct examiners each bring their own approach to the 2 pending office actions, requiring the company to manage two separate prosecution tracks. BUNKER, WILLIAM B's role in handling 1 pending office action makes them a key figure for half of the company's active matters. The 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area represent the entirety of the company's current pending workload. This focused activity allows for close monitoring of each individual examiner's feedback. Practitioners should address the specific requirements of the 2 distinct art units to ensure successful outcomes for the 2 pending office actions.
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 (33%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 1 | 80.2% | +94.9% |
| POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 1 | 11.1% | +12.5% |
| MANDEL, MONICA A | 1 | 18.1% | +8.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862654 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PAYMENT VALIDITY | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 8d |
| 19247121 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | — |
| 18293915 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PAYMENT | MANDEL, MONICA A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18862654 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PAYMENT VALIDITY | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 8d |
| 19247121 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3691 | 2 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19247121 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING PAYMENTS WITH SECURITIES | BUNKER, WILLIAM B | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18862654 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING PAYMENT VALIDITY | POLLOCK, GREGORY A | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18293915 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PAYMENT | MANDEL, MONICA A | 3622 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
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