Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Ripple Inc. Of Delaware currently has 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. NGUYEN, PHONG X is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for the 1 pending office action currently active.
Because there is only 1 pending office action, the entire prosecution workload is concentrated under this 1 examiner and 1 art unit. This indicates a very specific and singular focus for the company's current patent activities at the USPTO. The prosecution strategy for this portfolio is entirely dependent on the interaction with NGUYEN, PHONG X.
With only 1 distinct art unit and 1 distinct examiner involved, there is no variety in the examination environment for the company at this time. This concentration requires a precise approach to the single pending office action to ensure a favorable outcome. The current data shows a minimal but highly focused presence in the Communications sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, PHONG X | 1 | 75.4% | +24.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18922015 | CONTENT OF A DIGITAL OBJECT ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION | NGUYEN, PHONG X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2617 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18922015 | CONTENT OF A DIGITAL OBJECT ASSOCIATED WITH A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialRipple Inc. Of Delaware has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Phong X Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Ripple Inc. Of Delaware's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.