Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Northern Trust Corporation has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. The prosecution is handled by a distinct examiner and is located in 1 distinct art unit. LYNCH, SHARON S is the busiest examiner for the company, managing the 1 pending office action. The focus on a single examiner and art unit for the matter suggests a highly targeted patent strategy. This allows for a consistent relationship with LYNCH, SHARON S throughout the examination. The 1 distinct art unit provides the specific technical framework for the networking matter.
The Networking & Security technology area covers the active matter currently pending for the company. Having only a distinct examiner ensures that all feedback is centralized and originates from LYNCH, SHARON S. The 1 distinct art unit indicates that the pending application is being reviewed by a specific group of security experts. With a single pending office action, the company can focus its resources on resolving the current examiner concerns. This distinct examiner and art unit represent the entirety of the company's current patent office engagement. The pending office action is the sole focus of the company's active prosecution.
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 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LYNCH, SHARON S | 1 | 76.7% | +47.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18863591 | COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DIGITAL TOKENS WITH ASSET-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES | LYNCH, SHARON S | 20d |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18863591 | COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DIGITAL TOKENS WITH ASSET-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES | LYNCH, SHARON S | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2400 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18863591 | COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR ENABLING BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DIGITAL TOKENS WITH ASSET-SPECIFIC ATTRIBUTES | LYNCH, SHARON S | 2400 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
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