Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

NCHAIN LICENSING AG

37 pending office actions • 26 art units • 35 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 117 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
8
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

20
Overdue
0
Due this week
10
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (20)Due ≤ 30 days (10)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

5
Hard (14%)
25
Medium (68%)
4
Easy (11%)
3
Unknown (8%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (14%)
§103 only21 (57%)
§102 only4 (11%)
§112 only4 (11%)
No statute on record3 (8%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
21
Information Tech
57% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
15
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
IDIAKE, VINCENT I 2 70.5% +20.9%
DHRUV, DARSHAN I 2 80.1% +48.3%
JAMI, HARES 1 73.1% +29.8%
CHANG, KENNETH W 1 86.7% +0.8%
SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 1 82.4% +13.0%
WHIPPLE, BRIAN P 1 86.3% +7.9%
LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 1 10.0% +33.3%
GERGISO, TECHANE 1 84.2% +24.3%
DING, CHUNLING 1 55.3% +61.3%
SONG, HOSUK 1 94.8% +2.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18839921 DATA EXCHANGE ATTESTATION METHOD SONG, HOSUK 110d overdue
18689769 GENERATING SHARED CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS DHRUV, DARSHAN I 85d overdue
18578255 MESSAGE EXCHANGE SYSTEM DHRUV, DARSHAN I 17d overdue
18850526 THRESHOLD-OPTIMAL MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION GERGISO, TECHANE 3d overdue
18936267 OPTIMISATION OF NETWORK PARAMETERS FOR ENABLING NETWORK CODING SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 8d

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18756787 SECURE OFF-CHAIN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS CHOI, YUE YIN 36d overdue
18902677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING OR REDUCING CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY STRANDED RESOURCES ON A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 8d overdue
17926539 PROBABILISTIC MEMBERSHIP TEST FOR BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION OUTPUTS OYEBISI, OJO O 27d
16762490 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD KANAAN, TONY P 29d
18026563 COMMENSAL TOKEN SYSTEM ANDREI, RADU 84d
18728036 PROVING AND VERIFYING AN ORDERED SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18689769 GENERATING SHARED CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS DHRUV, DARSHAN I 85d overdue
18578255 MESSAGE EXCHANGE SYSTEM DHRUV, DARSHAN I 17d overdue
19005476 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSFERS OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK IDIAKE, VINCENT I 8d overdue
18902677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING OR REDUCING CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY STRANDED RESOURCES ON A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 8d overdue
18286085 BLOCKCHAIN BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD IDIAKE, VINCENT I 8d overdue
18850526 THRESHOLD-OPTIMAL MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION GERGISO, TECHANE 3d overdue
18936267 OPTIMISATION OF NETWORK PARAMETERS FOR ENABLING NETWORK CODING SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 8d
19215693 SCRIPT BASED BLOCKCHAIN INTERACTION JAMI, HARES 19d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3698 4
3699 4
2498 3
2438 2
3695 2
3697 2
2164 1
2453 1
2447 1
2408 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19215693 SCRIPT BASED BLOCKCHAIN INTERACTION JAMI, HARES 2164 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 22, 2025
19005476 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING TRANSFERS OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK IDIAKE, VINCENT I 3698 §112 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
18940726 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROPAGATING DATA PACKETS IN A NETWORK OF NODES CHANG, KENNETH W 2438 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 07, 2024
18936267 OPTIMISATION OF NETWORK PARAMETERS FOR ENABLING NETWORK CODING SHINGLES, KRISTIE D 2453 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 04, 2024
18906599 COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL USING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS WHIPPLE, BRIAN P 2447 Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18902677 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING OR REDUCING CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY STRANDED RESOURCES ON A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18850526 THRESHOLD-OPTIMAL MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION GERGISO, TECHANE 2408 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2024
18850534 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM DING, CHUNLING 3699 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 24, 2024
18839921 DATA EXCHANGE ATTESTATION METHOD SONG, HOSUK 2435 §112 Non-Final OA 110d overdue Pending Aug 20, 2024
18728036 PROVING AND VERIFYING AN ORDERED SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SCHWARZENBERG, PAUL 3695 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18756787 SECURE OFF-CHAIN BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS CHOI, YUE YIN 3699 §101 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2024
18720520 SIGNATURE-BASED ATOMIC SWAP MADAMBA, CLIFFORD B 3692 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18718783 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A BLOCKCHAIN DUFFIELD, JEREMY S 2498 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 11, 2024
18718779 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE PROVISION OF ACCESS TO A PLURALITY OF FUNCTIONS AND APPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A BLOCKCHAIN CRIBBS, MALCOLM 2497 §112 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18717986 DATA STRUCTURE FOR ORPHAN TRANSACTIONS LE, MIRANDA 2153 §103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716438 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERMISSION MANAGEMENT WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jun 04, 2024
18733775 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSACTIONS OVER A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK HOANG, HAU HAI 2154 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jun 04, 2024
18660079 VERIFICATION OF DATA FIELDS OF BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS GEE, JASON KAI YIN 2495 Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 09, 2024
18658927 FLOW CONTROL FOR PROBABILISTIC RELAY IN A BLOCKCHAIN NETWORK MADAMBA, GLENFORD J 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18706075 A COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM WARDEN, MICHAEL J 3694 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18700530 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITIES ZHOU, YINGYING 3697 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18696893 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DISTRIBUTED BLOCKCHAIN FUNCTIONALITIES JIMENEZ, JUSTIN ABEL 3697 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18689769 GENERATING SHARED CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS DHRUV, DARSHAN I 2498 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18578255 MESSAGE EXCHANGE SYSTEM DHRUV, DARSHAN I 2498 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jan 10, 2024
18573645 TIERED CONSENSUS ZHANG, DUAN 3699 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18286087 BLOCKCHAIN-IMPLEMENTED HASH FUNCTION NARRAMORE, BLAKE I 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18286085 BLOCKCHAIN BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD IDIAKE, VINCENT I 3698 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18286086 UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER CHBOUKI, TAREK 2165 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Oct 06, 2023
18277561 PUF AND BLOCKCHAIN BASED IOT EVENT RECORDER AND METHOD KIM, TAE K 2496 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18028738 AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD CAREY, FORREST L 2491 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 27, 2023
18026563 COMMENSAL TOKEN SYSTEM ANDREI, RADU 3698 §101 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 15, 2023
17926540 FILTERING BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS CHOUDHURY, AZIZUL Q 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17926539 PROBABILISTIC MEMBERSHIP TEST FOR BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTION OUTPUTS OYEBISI, OJO O 3695 §101 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 18, 2022
17919995 METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A DIGITAL COIN SYSTEM USING A BLOCKCHAIN OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 3699 §102 Final Rejection 60d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17796619 DISTRIBUTED DATABASE LE, JESSICA N 2169 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2022
17794003 MECHANOCHEMICAL SNAr REACTIONS CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2022
16762490 DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEM AND METHOD KANAAN, TONY P 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 07, 2020

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