Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Relay Payments Inc. has a small portfolio with 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Both of these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a very narrow technical focus. The 2 pending office actions are being reviewed by 2 distinct examiners, meaning there is no overlap in the individuals assigned to these cases and each file requires its own advocacy approach.
Scott C Anderson is the busiest examiner for this entity, currently managing 1 pending office action. Since there are 2 distinct examiners for the pending office actions, the workload is evenly split. The fact that both cases are in 1 distinct art unit may provide some consistency in the technical examination, even though the 2 distinct examiners may have different personal styles, requiring the company to adapt its strategy for each individual.
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 + other | 1 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, SCOTT C | 1 | 58.6% | +31.6% |
| MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 1 | 65.7% | +30.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18603086 | ISSUER-AGNOSTIC PAYMENTS USING DYNAMIC ALPHANUMERIC CODES | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19307906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A ONE-TIME USE TOKEN FOR ITEM PURCHASE | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | — |
| 18603086 | ISSUER-AGNOSTIC PAYMENTS USING DYNAMIC ALPHANUMERIC CODES | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3691 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19307906 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A ONE-TIME USE TOKEN FOR ITEM PURCHASE | ANDERSON, SCOTT C | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 18603086 | ISSUER-AGNOSTIC PAYMENTS USING DYNAMIC ALPHANUMERIC CODES | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
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