Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
106 pending office actions • 58 art units • 97 examiners • 0 of 106 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 181 patents granted in the last 365 days
PayPal Inc. has 109 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 98 distinct examiners and 59 distinct art units, demonstrating broad prosecution activity despite the common technology-area classification.
SHALU, ZELALEM W is the busiest identified examiner, with 3 pending matters. This dispersion favors standardized internal review, shared issue tracking, and reusable technical explanations, supplemented by targeted oversight of the matters before the identified examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 36 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 36 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 24 (23%) |
| §101 + other | 44 (42%) |
| §103 only | 24 (23%) |
| §102 only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHALU, ZELALEM W | 3 | 31.9% | +21.7% |
| PHAM, TUAN A | 2 | 83.6% | +27.0% |
| NGUYEN, THU N | 2 | 71.7% | +26.3% |
| ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 2 | 46.0% | +49.9% |
| BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 2 | 32.9% | +30.2% |
| ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 2 | 23.1% | +33.4% |
| ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 2 | 51.7% | +46.2% |
| BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 2 | 47.5% | +21.5% |
| FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 1 | 47.3% | +37.4% |
| LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 1 | 11.8% | +33.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19247600 | EXTENSIVE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR DATA LINEAGE | PHAM, TUAN A | — |
| 18783096 | ADAPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FRAMEWORK | PHAM, TUAN A | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17710934 | PARTNER FEE RECOMMENDATION SERVICE | LEE, PO HAN | 182d overdue |
| 18216354 | RISK CALCULATION USING ENTITY GRAPH WITH EDGE WEIGHTS BY CARDINALITY | PUTTAIAH, ASHA | 169d overdue |
| 18090284 | POWER USAGE AND RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNING | BOLEN, NICHOLAS D | 50d overdue |
| 17557693 | FEATURE DEPRECATION ARCHITECTURES FOR DECISION-TREE BASED METHODS | NAULT, VICTOR ADELARD | 49d overdue |
| 16687554 | INTELLIGENT POPULATION OF INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR CONVERTING TRANSACTIONS | PINSKY, DOUGLAS W | 46d overdue |
| 18148979 | PROVIDING APPLICATION NOTIFICATION FOR COMPUTING APPLICATION LIMITATIONS | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 42d overdue |
| 17580001 | LINKAGE DATA GENERATOR | STORK, KYLE R | 22d overdue |
| 18733305 | ANONYMITY-ENABLED TRANSMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS WITHOUT EXCHANGING CONTACT IDENTIFIERS | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 18d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18148979 | PROVIDING APPLICATION NOTIFICATION FOR COMPUTING APPLICATION LIMITATIONS | BORLINGHAUS, JASON M | 42d overdue |
| 18306121 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE INTERFACE FOR MERCHANT CHECK-IN AND SHOPPING NOTIFICATIONS | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 4d overdue |
| 17721993 | OPTIMIZING TRAINING DATA GENERATION FROM REAL-TIME PREDICTION SYSTEMS FOR INTELLIGENT MODEL TRAINING | SHALU, ZELALEM W | 14d |
| 17673377 | TIERED INPUT STRUCTURES FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | SHALU, ZELALEM W | 14d |
| 18237570 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND MEDIUM FOR USER SPECIFIC DATA DISTRIBUTION OF CROWD-SOURCED DATA | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 26d |
| 18452404 | PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC UNIVERSAL TRANSACTION PROFILES | ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA | 34d |
| 19387436 | TOKEN SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ELECTRONIC/MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | — |
| 19295951 | MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION IN A COMPUTER SHARDING ENVIRONMENT | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3688 | 7 |
| 3692 | 6 |
| 3698 | 5 |
| 3691 | 4 |
| 2145 | 4 |
| 3697 | 3 |
| 2453 | 3 |
| 3627 | 3 |
| 3693 | 3 |
| 3621 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19387436 | TOKEN SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ELECTRONIC/MOBILE COMMERCE TRANSACTIONS | FENSTERMACHER, JASON B | 3698 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2025 |
| 19295951 | MULTI-PARTY COMPUTATION IN A COMPUTER SHARDING ENVIRONMENT | LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19260962 | SELECTION OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PROCESSING CHANNEL AND MULTI-FACTOR USER AUTHENTICATION | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19247600 | EXTENSIVE-DIMENSIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR DATA LINEAGE | PHAM, TUAN A | 2163 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19243990 | CODELESS PAYMENT INTERFACE | QAYYUM, ZESHAN | 3697 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19229597 | USING AN INTERNAL LEDGER WITH BLOCKCHAIN TRANSACTIONS | DANG, CHRISTINE | 3698 | §101§102§103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19199860 | CONFIGURATION-AWARE MICRO-DATABASE CACHES | NGUYEN, THU N | 2154 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19199707 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ELECTRONIC FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS DURING A COMMUNICATION SESSION | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 3691 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19186328 | Mechanisms for Utilizing Tokens and Cryptograms in Operations | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19178560 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING CONTENT-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS USING A USER PROFILE LIKELIHOOD MODEL | GARG, YOGESH C | 3688 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19175424 | SOCIAL NETWORK PAYMENT SYSTEM | GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE | 3698 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 36d | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19172540 | EDGE CLOUD CACHING USING REAL-TIME CUSTOMER JOURNEY INSIGHTS | KHANAL, SANDARVA | 2453 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19171032 | DYNAMIC GRAPH DATA QUERY ENGINE | NGUYEN, THU N | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19083988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING AND PROVIDING AUTOMATED ONLINE CHAT ASSISTANCE | TANG, KAREN C | 2447 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19056353 | FREE-FORM, AUTOMATICALLY-GENERATED CONVERSATIONAL GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES | HUSSAIN, IMAD | 2453 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19046114 | Execution of Machine Learning Models at Client Devices | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 2142 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19035319 | NAMED ENTITY RECOGNITION IN CHAT DIALOGUES FOR CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI | 2653 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19019879 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GROUP PAYMENTS | LUDWIG, PETER L | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19011238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS EMPLOYING A ROUTER FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | 1d overdue | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 18990282 | ADAPTIVE SECURITY AUTHENTICATION | KHATRI, NILESH B | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976736 | ADVERSARIALLY ROBUST VOICE BIOMETRICS, SECURE RECOGNITION, AND IDENTIFICATION | LELAND III, EDWIN S | 2654 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18977635 | DETECTION OF DUPLICATED DATA FOR DIGITAL CONTENT | AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH | 2671 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18960554 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING UNIQUE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON LOGS | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18948942 | LOCATIONS PLATFORM FOR MANAGING AND PROVIDING OF USER EXPERIENCES | PEREZ, JULIO R | 2644 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18948368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT INTEGRATED PRODUCT PURCHASING | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18948239 | IMAGE FORGERY DETECTION VIA PIXEL-METADATA CONSISTENCY ANALYSIS | SUMMERS, GEOFFREY E | 2669 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18941096 | AUTHENTICATION AND SESSION MANAGEMENT USING DEVICE FINGERPRINT | NGUYEN, CAROLINE HOANG-ANH | 2495 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18939023 | DYNAMICALLY CUSTOMIZING A USER INTERFACE OF AN ELECTRONIC PLATFORM VIA MACHINE LEARNING | JACKSON, JAKIEDA R | 2657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18937268 | ONE LINE IN-CONTEXT USER INTERFACE | HYDER, MD SAKIB | 3698 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18931243 | REAL TIME UPSTREAM PAYMENT INTERFACE | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 3688 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18927626 | TRANSACTION TYPE CATEGORIZATION FOR ENHANCED SERVICING OF PEER-TO-PEER TRANSACTIONS | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 3693 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18927676 | AUTOMATIC INVOICE CREATION FOR CHAT AND SOCIAL PLATFORMS | TUTOR, AARON N | 3627 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18902063 | METHODS, MANUFACTURES, AND SYSTEMS FOR PRODUCT DETECTION ON MERCHANT WEBSITES | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 3688 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18896700 | DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION AND REMOVAL FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT | ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD | 2431 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18823487 | UNIFIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FOR MULTIPLE CUSTOMER VALUE VARIABLE PREDICTION | BYRD, UCHE SOWANDE | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18822724 | WATERMARK AS HONEYPOT FOR ADVERSARIAL DEFENSE | GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH | 2676 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18808845 | GLOBAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT | COLUCCI, MICHAEL C | 2655 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18794296 | MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR SEQUENCE ANALYSIS AND CART ABANDONMENT DETECTION | BEKERMAN, MICHAEL | 3621 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18790848 | METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY MACHINE-READABLE MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM FOR MERCHANT-SIDE INTEGRATED SHOPPING CART RECOVERY | GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA | 3688 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18783096 | ADAPTIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL FRAMEWORK | PHAM, TUAN A | 2122 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18781771 | SELECTING DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS TO DISPLAY | AIRAPETIAN, MILA | 3688 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18776140 | MACHINE LEARNING USING PRIVATE AND PUBLIC BLOCKCHAIN DATA | SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO | 3697 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18750839 | IMPLEMENTING A CRYPTOGRAPHY AGENT AND A SECURE HARDWARE-BASED ENCLAVE TO PREVENT COMPUTER HACKING OF CLIENT APPLICATIONS | CHANG, TOM Y | 2455 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18748594 | Live Testing of Event Processing Filters | LYONS, ANDREW M | 2191 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18733305 | ANONYMITY-ENABLED TRANSMISSION OF NOTIFICATIONS WITHOUT EXCHANGING CONTACT IDENTIFIERS | JAMES, GREGORY MARK | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Jun 04, 2024 |
| 18732458 | RAPID ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM | CHANG, EDWARD | 3696 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18677682 | MULTIDIMENSIONAL ERROR CAUSAL ANALYSIS FOR ERROR INTERCORRELATIONS THAT IMPACT APPLICATION AVAILABILITY | GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD | 2113 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18675682 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF CONVERSATIONAL WORKFLOWS FOR AUTOMATION CHATBOTS | DAO, TUAN C. | 2198 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18656945 | QUANTITATIVE RESULT OF FAILURE AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | FARAMARZI, GITA | 2496 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18654830 | CRYPTOCURRENCY TRANSACTION BACKUP SYSTEM | WARDEN, MICHAEL J | 3694 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPayPal Inc. has 106 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 58 art units and 97 examiners.
Zelalem W Shalu has the most, with 3 of PayPal Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
