Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
52 pending office actions • 26 art units • 51 examiners • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days
Royal Bank of Canada has 52 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are assigned to 51 distinct examiners across 26 distinct art units. PATEL, NEHA is the busiest examiner with 2 busiest examiner pending actions. The 26 distinct art units show that the bank's patenting activity is spread across many different technical groups.
With 51 distinct examiners for the 52 pending office actions, almost every case is being reviewed by a unique individual. This high ratio of examiners to pending actions suggests a diverse prosecution experience. The 2 busiest examiner pending actions assigned to PATEL, NEHA represent a small portion of the 52 pending office actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of the 51 distinct examiners to ensure successful outcomes.
The 26 distinct art units indicate that the portfolio touches on many specialized groups within the USPTO. Managing 52 pending office actions across these units requires an understanding of the specific technical standards applied by each group. Because the 51 distinct examiners are spread across 26 distinct art units, there is significant variety in the technical scrutiny applied to the applications. This structure requires a strategy that accounts for both individual examiner preferences and art unit trends.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 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. 28 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 | 12 (23%) |
| §101 + other | 29 (56%) |
| §103 only | 8 (15%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (2%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATEL, NEHA | 2 | 23.2% | +21.0% |
| UBER, NATHAN C | 1 | 3.4% | +5.5% |
| WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | 1 | 89.5% | +12.5% |
| FEACHER, LORENA R | 1 | 28.5% | +32.1% |
| WANG, HARRIS C | 1 | 69.9% | +20.1% |
| ROSEN, NICHOLAS D | 1 | 70.4% | +22.4% |
| SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 1 | 6.3% | +8.3% |
| DAO, THUY CHAN | 1 | 88.3% | +11.8% |
| MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 1 | 24.8% | +25.0% |
| LONG, MEREDITH A | 1 | 43.2% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17891816 | METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FRAUD CLAIM IS LEGITIMATE | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 89d overdue |
| 17893302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE WITH SELECTIVE LEARNING | BAIRD, EDWARD J | 77d overdue |
| 18242164 | SYNCHRONIZED PROCESSING OF DATA BY NETWORKED COMPUTING RESOURCES | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 72d overdue |
| 18108481 | PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 60d overdue |
| 18920875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MAI, KEVIN S | 43d overdue |
| 18453170 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS ESTIMATION | GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | 42d overdue |
| 18808859 | PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS | SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY | 22d overdue |
| 18920872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 4d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18920872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 4d overdue |
| 19404739 | VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURE PROCESSING OF DATA | PATEL, NEHA | — |
| 19221193 | GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | — |
| 19208168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL CENTER NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | FEACHER, LORENA R | — |
| 19173578 | METHODS FOR DETECTING CYBER-ATTACKS AND INCIDENTS, AND SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA EMPLOYING SAME | WANG, HARRIS C | — |
| 19070881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERFACE ORCHESTRATION AND PRESENTATION | ROSEN, NICHOLAS D | — |
| 18949662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-SUPPORTED DEPLOYMENT OF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | DAO, THUY CHAN | — |
| 18920874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | LONG, MEREDITH A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3624 | 5 |
| 3699 | 3 |
| 3625 | 3 |
| 3691 | 3 |
| 3695 | 3 |
| 3626 | 2 |
| 3628 | 2 |
| 3694 | 2 |
| 3696 | 2 |
| 3622 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19404739 | VIRTUALIZATION AND SECURE PROCESSING OF DATA | PATEL, NEHA | 3699 | §101DPOther | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 19306639 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING A RULES ENGINE | UBER, NATHAN C | 3626 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2025 |
| 19221193 | GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA | WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19208168 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALL CENTER NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING | FEACHER, LORENA R | — | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19173578 | METHODS FOR DETECTING CYBER-ATTACKS AND INCIDENTS, AND SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA EMPLOYING SAME | WANG, HARRIS C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19070881 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERFACE ORCHESTRATION AND PRESENTATION | ROSEN, NICHOLAS D | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18960490 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC AUDIT INFORMATION LABELLING | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18949662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-SUPPORTED DEPLOYMENT OF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | DAO, THUY CHAN | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18920872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MORONEY, MICHAEL CORBETT | 3628 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
| 18920874 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | LONG, MEREDITH A | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
| 18920875 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 19, 2024 |
| 18920708 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM | RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR | 2498 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18891761 | TRADE PLATFORM WITH REINFORCEMENT LEARNING NETWORK AND MATCHING ENGINE | SWIFT, CHARLES M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18814319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE ACCESS MANAGEMENT | RINES, ROBERT D | 3625 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18812236 | PRODUCT BUNDLING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | TORRES CHANZA, GABRIEL JOSE | 3625 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Aug 22, 2024 |
| 18808859 | PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS | SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY | 3691 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 22d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18771141 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DYNAMICALLY PRESENTING DATASETS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18765042 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DATA OPERATIONS MODELLING | WERNER, MARSHALL L | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18758946 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED BATCH IMPACT EVALUATION | SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18634835 | SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | ALI, JAHED | 3699 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18597777 | MULTIMODAL MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR DATA INCLUDING EXAMPLES WITH MISSING MODALITIES | ALI, NAYMUR RAHMAN | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18526561 | MONITORING HEALTH OF NETWORK APPLICATION BY COMBINING PREDICTIONS FROM DISPARATE DATA SOURCES | ZENG, WENWEI | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18523584 | BROWSER EXTENSION ANALYSIS | MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN | 2496 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2023 |
| 18384806 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTO-POPULATING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION PROCESS | RANKINS, WILLIAM E | 3694 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18242164 | SYNCHRONIZED PROCESSING OF DATA BY NETWORKED COMPUTING RESOURCES | JACOB, WILLIAM J | 3696 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Sep 05, 2023 |
| 18460478 | META TEMPORAL POINT PROCESSES | CHOI, YUK TING | 2164 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 01, 2023 |
| 18238397 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION | LEE, ADAM | 2198 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18455332 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING DATA QUALITY METRICS | MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN | 2159 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Aug 24, 2023 |
| 18237232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING PROACTIVE RECRUITMENT | WEBB III, JAMES L | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18237108 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A PROCUREMENT PROCESS | PATEL, NEHA | 3699 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18454571 | DATA MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM | FU, HAO | 3695 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 27d | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18237217 | CONTENT RECOMMENDATION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | KRINGEN, MICHELLE THERESE | 3689 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2023 |
| 18453170 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURAL GREENHOUSE GAS ESTIMATION | GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON | 3628 | §101 | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Aug 21, 2023 |
| 18233466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING USER DATA IN ACCESSING OF INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTS | GREGG, MARY M | 3695 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 50d | Pending | Aug 14, 2023 |
| 18345352 | MAPPING NETWORK CONNECTIONS BY TCP/IP DATA AGGREGATION | HACKENBERG, RACHEL J | 2454 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18199611 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELF-SUPPERVISED TIME-SERIES REPRESENTATION LEARNING | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 2124 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | May 19, 2023 |
| 18115731 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMPATHY-BASED MACHINE LEARNING | TRAN, DANIEL DUC | 2100 | §103 | Final Rejection | 87d overdue | Pending | Feb 28, 2023 |
| 18113492 | REPARAMETERIZATION OF SELECTIVE NETWORKS FOR END-TO-END TRAINING | SMITH, PAULINHO E | 2127 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2023 |
| 18108481 | PROCESSING OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S | 3694 | §101 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18091244 | ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR DATA IMBALANCED REGRESSION AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SAME | JONES, CHARLES JEFFREY | 2122 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 17897094 | DIGITAL STATUS TRACKING OF FUNDS | MALHOTRA, SANJEEV | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2022 |
| 17895235 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING INSURANCE | HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER | 3695 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2022 |
| 17893302 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE WITH SELECTIVE LEARNING | BAIRD, EDWARD J | 3692 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 77d overdue | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
| 17891548 | DYNAMIC ESG VISUALIZATION | YESILDAG, MEHMET | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17891816 | METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FRAUD CLAIM IS LEGITIMATE | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 89d overdue | Pending | Aug 19, 2022 |
| 17592196 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-TASK LEARNING WITH EXPERT DIVERSITY | PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH | 2125 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 03, 2022 |
| 17561215 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR RESOURCE POOL ALLOCATION | RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM | 3626 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Dec 23, 2021 |
| 17531161 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS | HILMANTEL, ADAM J | 3691 | §101 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Nov 19, 2021 |
| 17466870 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DYNAMIC RESOURCE ALLOCATION AMONG NETWORKED COMPUTING DEVICES | PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Sep 03, 2021 |
| 17411666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE WITH A MEMORY MANAGEMENT MODULE | WALTON, CHESIREE A | 3624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 11d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 2021 |
| 17397460 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING WITH SUPPLEMENTED STATE DATA | SINGLETARY, TYRONE E | 3625 | — | Non-Final OA | 21d | Pending | Aug 09, 2021 |
| 16994238 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF GENERATING RESOURCE ALLOCATION INSIGHTS BASED ON DATASETS | MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H | 3693 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2020 |
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