Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

NCR Atleos Corporation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

NCR Atleos Corporation has 11 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The docket involves 10 distinct examiners across 9 distinct art units, which reflects broad examiner and organizational dispersion. Most matters therefore appear to be handled separately, while the art-unit distribution shows that the portfolio is not confined to a single examination setting.

STROUD, CHRISTOPHER is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That assignment is the only identified concentration above one matter per examiner, making it a practical point for focused review without treating the entire docket as examiner-centered. Counsel should maintain separate art-unit records and compare the two Stroud matters for potentially aligned response needs.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

8
Hard (73%)
2
Medium (18%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§101 + other5 (45%)
§103 only2 (18%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)
No statute on record1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
91% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 2 28.5% +19.8%
KASSIM, HAFIZ A 1 45.0% +54.1%
LONG, MEREDITH A 1 43.1% +20.8%
HOANG, PHI 1 82.0% +16.5%
NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 1 31.0% +36.8%
BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 1 82.1% +15.7%
CICCHINO, PATRICK D 1 80.5% +13.5%
MORRISON, THOMAS A 1 74.1% +30.1%
ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E 1 33.3% +36.0%
BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 1 47.5% +21.5%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18902393 NOTE SORTING BY NOTE VERSION BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN —

Hard Cases (8)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19024140 CHANNEL INTEGRATION LONG, MEREDITH A 4d overdue
16666674 Methods and a System for Opportunistic Delivery STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 2d overdue
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 13d
15168722 CURRENCY ACQUISITION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 13d
18937493 INTER-ENTITY NON-MONETARY TRANSACTIONS STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 15d
19174288 ANTICIPATORY AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED MEDIA MANAGEMENT KASSIM, HAFIZ A —
18937836 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION OF PRE-STAGED SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL TRANSACTIONS NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A —
18618988 URGING ASSEMBLY AND URGING MORRISON, THOMAS A —

Interview Candidates (11)

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
19024140 CHANNEL INTEGRATION LONG, MEREDITH A 4d overdue
16666674 Methods and a System for Opportunistic Delivery STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 2d overdue
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 13d
15168722 CURRENCY ACQUISITION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 13d
18937493 INTER-ENTITY NON-MONETARY TRANSACTIONS STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 15d
19174288 ANTICIPATORY AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED MEDIA MANAGEMENT KASSIM, HAFIZ A —
19019986 OBJECT DETECTION AND ANCHOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION RESOLUTION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) APPLICATIONS HOANG, PHI —
18937836 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION OF PRE-STAGED SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL TRANSACTIONS NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3621 2
3653 2
3623 1
3622 1
2619 1
3697 1
3619 1
3699 1
3692 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19174288 ANTICIPATORY AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED MEDIA MANAGEMENT KASSIM, HAFIZ A 3623 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19024140 CHANNEL INTEGRATION LONG, MEREDITH A 3622 §101DP Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2025
19019986 OBJECT DETECTION AND ANCHOR POSITION AND ORIENTATION RESOLUTION FOR AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) APPLICATIONS HOANG, PHI 2619 Other Final Rejection — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18937836 BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION OF PRE-STAGED SELF-SERVICE TERMINAL TRANSACTIONS NILFOROUSH, MOHAMMAD A 3697 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 05, 2024
18937493 INTER-ENTITY NON-MONETARY TRANSACTIONS STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §101§103Other Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18902393 NOTE SORTING BY NOTE VERSION BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN 3653 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18618964 MEDIA GUIDE AND GUIDING CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18618988 URGING ASSEMBLY AND URGING MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2024
18372824 SECURE TRANSACTION TERMINAL GATEWAY ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E 3699 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 26, 2023
16666674 Methods and a System for Opportunistic Delivery STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §101 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2019
15168722 CURRENCY ACQUISITION DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS BORLINGHAUS, JASON M 3692 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 31, 2016

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does NCR Atleos Corporation have?

NCR Atleos Corporation has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 10 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most NCR Atleos Corporation applications?

Christopher Stroud has the most, with 2 of NCR Atleos Corporation's pending office actions.

What technology area are NCR Atleos Corporation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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