Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Shopify Inc.

31 pending office actions • 21 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 87 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (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.

14
Hard (45%)
16
Medium (52%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (13%)
§101 + other8 (26%)
§103 only15 (48%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
12
Information Tech
39% of docket
9
Communications
29% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
6
Business / Other
19% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PYO, MONICA M 2 82.9% +35.6%
GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 2 50.9% +40.6%
AMIN, MUSTAFA A 2 64.3% +29.7%
ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA 1 86.1% +10.2%
SMITH, LINDSEY B 1 51.3% +54.2%
PATEL, JITESH 1 78.9% +12.1%
ZHAO, YU 1 52.3% +41.3%
LHYMN, SARAH 1 65.8% +14.8%
HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 1 84.4% +26.1%
ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A 1 74.0% +8.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 45d overdue
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 3d overdue
18781304 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND FILLING OF INFORMATION GAPS IN A REFERENCE DATABASE PYO, MONICA M

Hard Cases (14)

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
18648949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT IMAGE RECOMMENDATIONS GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 46d overdue
18354908 NOTIFICATION MESSAGES GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL KE, PENG 31d overdue
17930217 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER-SPECIFIC CRITERIA GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 30d overdue
18738705 Computer System, Computer-Implemented Method, and Computer Readable Media For Error Handling When Prompting A Large Language Model (LLM) LOTTICH, JOSHUA P 15d overdue
17814372 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BENCHMARKING TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN EXECUTABLE PROGRAM WILL SATISFY ONE OR MORE PERFORMANCE-BASED CRITERIA FOR EXECUTION ON AN EXECUTION PLATFORM AMIN, MUSTAFA A 30d
18744792 CLASSIFICATION USING A GRAMMAR-CONSTRAINED GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 83d
19275588 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC QUERY-DEPENDENT WEIGHTING OF EMBEDDINGS IN HYBRID SEARCH ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA
19061110 E-COMMERCE PLATFORM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION FOR DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS SMITH, LINDSEY B

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18648949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT IMAGE RECOMMENDATIONS GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 46d overdue
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 45d overdue
17930217 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER-SPECIFIC CRITERIA GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 30d overdue
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 3d overdue
17814372 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BENCHMARKING TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN EXECUTABLE PROGRAM WILL SATISFY ONE OR MORE PERFORMANCE-BASED CRITERIA FOR EXECUTION ON AN EXECUTION PLATFORM AMIN, MUSTAFA A 30d
19275588 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC QUERY-DEPENDENT WEIGHTING OF EMBEDDINGS IN HYBRID SEARCH ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA
19061110 E-COMMERCE PLATFORM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION FOR DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS SMITH, LINDSEY B
18950895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED MEDIA PATEL, JITESH

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2613 2
2659 2
2161 2
3688 2
2194 2
2169 1
2446 1
2657 1
2113 1
2408 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275588 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC QUERY-DEPENDENT WEIGHTING OF EMBEDDINGS IN HYBRID SEARCH ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2025
19061110 E-COMMERCE PLATFORM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION FOR DISPLAY OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS SMITH, LINDSEY B §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
18950895 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED MEDIA PATEL, JITESH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18942934 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR QUERY SPLITTING BASED ON DEVICE DISPLAY DIMENSIONS ZHAO, YU 2169 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 11, 2024
18909025 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGES LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 08, 2024
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18785051 Computer System, Computer-Implemented Method, And Computer Readable Media For Selecting Functions To Prompt A Large Language Model (LLM) ARMSTRONG, ANGELA A 2659 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18781304 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION AND FILLING OF INFORMATION GAPS IN A REFERENCE DATABASE PYO, MONICA M 2161 DP Final Rejection Pending Jul 23, 2024
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 2161 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18744865 DESCRIBING ATTRIBUTES OF AN INPUT USING A GRAMMAR-CONSTRAINED GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL NEWAY, SAMUEL G 2657 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2024
18744792 CLASSIFICATION USING A GRAMMAR-CONSTRAINED GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18738705 Computer System, Computer-Implemented Method, and Computer Readable Media For Error Handling When Prompting A Large Language Model (LLM) LOTTICH, JOSHUA P 2113 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18734801 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROOF OF LOCATION PRIOR TO ACTION PERMISSION GERGISO, TECHANE 2408 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18648949 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING PRODUCT IMAGE RECOMMENDATIONS GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 3688 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18633654 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF ONLINE SERVICES LAU, TUNG S 2857 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18444462 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED CONTEXT MONITORING HAILU, TADESSE 2174 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18436474 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONDING TO LATENCY IN OUTPUT FROM A GENERATIVE MODEL JABLON, ASHER H. §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18433854 Computer System and Computer-Implemented Method for Executing Computing Jobs Spanning Security Boundaries AMIN, MUSTAFA A 4100 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18394697 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING LABELED TRAINING DATA TSAI, JAMES T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18513881 System And Method For Determining Application Programming Interface (API) Version Compatibility And Related API Upgrade Process CHEN, ZHI 2196 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18501444 KEYWORD EXTRACTION TO GENERATE SUBJECT LINES SONIFRANK, RICHA MISHRA 2654 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2023
18355247 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IMPROVING CLASSIFICATION MODELS FOR MULTI-ATTRIBUTE CLASSIFICATION PHILLIPS, III, ALBERT M 2159 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2023
18354908 NOTIFICATION MESSAGES GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL KE, PENG 2194 §101§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18298101 AUGMENTED REALITY COMPARATOR BARHAM, RYAN ALLEN 2613 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18180566 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING TEXT WITH TONE OR DICTION CORRESPONDING TO STYLISTIC ATTRIBUTES OF IMAGES MILIA, MARK R 2681 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18145160 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR TUNING AI-GENERATED IMAGES CHU, DAVID H 2616 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
17930217 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER-SPECIFIC CRITERIA GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 3688 §101 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022
17814372 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING BENCHMARKING TO DETERMINE WHETHER AN EXECUTABLE PROGRAM WILL SATISFY ONE OR MORE PERFORMANCE-BASED CRITERIA FOR EXECUTION ON AN EXECUTION PLATFORM AMIN, MUSTAFA A 2194 §101 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jul 22, 2022
17742566 PRIVACY ENHANCED SENSOR ACCESS SONG, HEE K 2497 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 12, 2022
17708895 SEARCH NAVIGATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING DYNAMIC GRAPH BASED ON PRODUCT CATALOGUE AND STOCK LEVELS WEINER, ARIELLE E 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 30, 2022
17540698 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE LU, ZHIYU 2665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2021

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