Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Plaid Inc.

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

3
Hard (38%)
5
Medium (62%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (25%)
§101 + other1 (12%)
§103 only4 (50%)
Double-patenting + other1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
62% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAHMOOD, REZWANUL 1 46.1% +34.5%
LIN, ALLEN S 1 67.1% +57.2%
SHIN, KYUNG H 1 82.0% +10.5%
ANSARI, AZAM A 1 47.4% +49.6%
CHEN, SHIN HON 1 86.5% +13.4%
NGUYEN, LIZ P 1 61.1% +6.0%
ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 1 67.2% +26.0%
OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 1 45.6% +8.7%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18785535 SECURE AUTHORIZATION OF ACCESS TO USER ACCOUNTS BY ONE OR MORE AUTHORIZATION MECHANISMS CHEN, SHIN HON 25d overdue
18968347 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILTERING INTERNET TRAFFIC VIA CLIENT FINGERPRINT SHIN, KYUNG H

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18868120 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 5d
18762784 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROGRAMMATIC VERIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS NGUYEN, LIZ P
18543145 SECURE UPDATING OF ALLOCATIONS TO USER ACCOUNTS OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18785535 SECURE AUTHORIZATION OF ACCESS TO USER ACCOUNTS BY ONE OR MORE AUTHORIZATION MECHANISMS CHEN, SHIN HON 25d overdue
18868120 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 5d
18673986 DATA ENRICHMENT USING PARALLEL SEARCH ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 26d
19261618 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PARSING MAHMOOD, REZWANUL
19027774 BROWSER-BASED AGGREGATION LIN, ALLEN S
18968347 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILTERING INTERNET TRAFFIC VIA CLIENT FINGERPRINT SHIN, KYUNG H

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3696 2
2159 1
2153 1
2447 1
3621 1
2431 1
2154 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19261618 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PARSING MAHMOOD, REZWANUL 2159 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 07, 2025
19027774 BROWSER-BASED AGGREGATION LIN, ALLEN S 2153 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2025
18968347 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FILTERING INTERNET TRAFFIC VIA CLIENT FINGERPRINT SHIN, KYUNG H 2447 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18868120 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM ANSARI, AZAM A 3621 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 21, 2024
18785535 SECURE AUTHORIZATION OF ACCESS TO USER ACCOUNTS BY ONE OR MORE AUTHORIZATION MECHANISMS CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §103Other Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2024
18762784 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING PROGRAMMATIC VERIFICATION OF TRANSACTIONS NGUYEN, LIZ P 3696 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 03, 2024
18673986 DATA ENRICHMENT USING PARALLEL SEARCH ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S 2154 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 24, 2024
18543145 SECURE UPDATING OF ALLOCATIONS TO USER ACCOUNTS OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 3696 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 18, 2023

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