Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Royal Bank of Canada

42 pending office actions • 28 art units • 41 examiners • 0 of 42 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

42
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
24
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 19 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

30
Hard (71%)
12
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only7 (17%)
§101 + other18 (43%)
§103 only11 (26%)
§102 only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
17
Information Tech
40% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
48% of docket
4
Business / Other
10% 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.

420 h
Manual time on pending OAs
84 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
147 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 2 65.2% +32.0%
UBER, NATHAN C 1 3.4% +5.5%
WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H 1 89.5% +12.5%
LONG, EDWARD X 1 73.5% +46.9%
SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 1 6.3% +8.3%
RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR 1 90.8% +8.4%
ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E 1 32.8% +35.4%
RINES, ROBERT D 1 38.3% +46.6%
TESHALE, AKELAW 1 82.2% +15.7%
SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 1 28.4% +30.9%

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
18920708 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR 21d
18812205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AGENT-CLIENT CALL INTERACTIONS TESHALE, AKELAW

Hard Cases (31)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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
18808859 PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 22d overdue
17592196 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-TASK LEARNING WITH EXPERT DIVERSITY PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH 3d overdue
18960490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC AUDIT INFORMATION LABELLING SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 2d overdue
17561215 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DYNAMIC GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR RESOURCE POOL ALLOCATION RUHL, DENNIS WILLIAM 7d
18455332 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING DATA QUALITY METRICS MAMILLAPALLI, PAVAN 12d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18808859 PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 22d overdue
15884847 SECURE FUNDING OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 65d
19221193 GENERATION AND APPLICATION OF SYNTHETIC THREAT DATA WYSZYNSKI, AUBREY H
19186179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PHISHING CAMPAIGNS LONG, EDWARD X
19025534 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED TOKEN TRANSACTION PROCESSING CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S
18892197 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PROCESS INTEGRATION ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E
18814319 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC RESOURCE ACCESS MANAGEMENT RINES, ROBERT D
18812205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AGENT-CLIENT CALL INTERACTIONS TESHALE, AKELAW

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3694 3
3624 3
3695 3
3626 2
3699 2
3691 2
2496 2
2498 1
3625 1
2694 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
19186179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING PHISHING CAMPAIGNS LONG, EDWARD X §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2025
19025534 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOCATION-BASED TOKEN TRANSACTION PROCESSING CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 3694 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2025
18960490 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC AUDIT INFORMATION LABELLING SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18920708 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAAS DATA CONTROL PLATFORM RAHMAN, MAHFUZUR 2498 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Oct 18, 2024
18892197 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA PROCESS INTEGRATION ZELASKIEWICZ, CHRYSTINA E 3699 §103§112 Final Rejection 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
18812205 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED AGENT-CLIENT CALL INTERACTIONS TESHALE, AKELAW 2694 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18808859 PREDICTING FINANCIAL METRICS SUBRAMANIAN, NARAYANSWAMY 3691 §101 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Aug 19, 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
18589838 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COORDINATING NETWORKED RESOURCES BAYARD, DJENANE M 2444 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18428902 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTS ANDERSON, MICHAEL W. 3600 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 31, 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 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2023
18385784 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOFILL OF WEBPAGE FIELDS BLOOMQUIST, KEITH D 2171 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 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
18454571 DATA MAPPING METHOD AND SYSTEM FU, HAO 3695 §101 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18233466 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING USER DATA IN ACCESSING OF INSTITUTIONAL PRODUCTS GREGG, MARY M 3695 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 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
18197197 MULTI-SCALE ARTIFICAL NEURAL NETWORK AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME FOR TIME SERIES FORECASTING TRIEU, EM N 2128 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18113492 REPARAMETERIZATION OF SELECTIVE NETWORKS FOR END-TO-END TRAINING SMITH, PAULINHO E 2127 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 23, 2023
18091244 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR DATA IMBALANCED REGRESSION AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SAME JONES, CHARLES JEFFREY 2122 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2022
17943958 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENFORCING MONOTONICITY IN A NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE THAI, JASMINE THANH 2129 §103§112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 13, 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 Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022
17893288 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE WITH MULTIPLE POLICY HEADS GORMLEY, AARON PATRICK 2148 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2022
17891816 METHOD OF DETERMINING WHETHER A FRAUD CLAIM IS LEGITIMATE PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT 3629 §101§103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Aug 19, 2022
17837882 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK SENSITIVE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING ARCHITECTURE LAHAM BAUZO, ALVARO SALIM 2146 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 10, 2022
17592196 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HETEROGENEOUS MULTI-TASK LEARNING WITH EXPERT DIVERSITY PHUNG, STEVEN HUYNH 2125 §101§103§112 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
17474007 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPARTY SECURE COMPUTING PLATFORM FARAMARZI, GITA 2496 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 13, 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
17406759 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CASCADING DECISION TREES FOR EXPLAINABLE REINFORCEMENT LEARNING HONORE, EVEL NMN 2142 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2021
16994138 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC RENTAL PLATFORM GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2020
15884847 SECURE FUNDING OF ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS CUNNINGHAM II, GREGORY S 3694 §101§112 Final Rejection 65d Pending Jan 31, 2018
15704136 CREDIT SCORE PLATFORM POLLOCK, GREGORY A 3691 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 14, 2017

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