Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Shopify Inc.

26 pending office actions • 20 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 91 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

11
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (3)

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.

4
Hard (15%)
22
Medium (85%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (15%)
§103 only21 (81%)
§102 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
35% of docket
9
Communications
35% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 2 50.6% +40.4%
HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 1 84.4% +26.0%
AIRAPETIAN, MILA 1 72.9% +14.7%
PYO, MONICA M 1 83.0% +35.3%
HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 1 63.0% +51.7%
GERGISO, TECHANE 1 84.2% +24.3%
LU, KUEN S 1 85.4% +15.0%
LELAND III, EDWIN S 1 75.0% -0.6%
ZEROUAL, OMAR 1 34.0% +40.0%
WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 1 92.3% +20.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 45d overdue
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE LU, KUEN S 24d overdue
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 3d overdue
18734801 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROOF OF LOCATION PRIOR TO ACTION PERMISSION GERGISO, TECHANE 3d overdue
18400678 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REVIEW SUMMARIES BASED ON CLASSIFIED TOPICS WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 13d

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17881961 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N 131d overdue
17930217 DYNAMIC GENERATION OF A VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT BASED ON USER-SPECIFIC CRITERIA GIBSON-WYNN, KENNEDY ANNA 30d 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
18516112 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXPLORING AN N-DIMENSIONAL EMBEDDING SPACE USING A NAVIGATION-BASED RECOMMENDER FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 35d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE LU, KUEN S 24d overdue
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 3d overdue
18734801 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROOF OF LOCATION PRIOR TO ACTION PERMISSION GERGISO, TECHANE 3d overdue
18400678 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REVIEW SUMMARIES BASED ON CLASSIFIED TOPICS WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 13d
18434149 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHECKOUT INTERFACE WITH LOW LATENCY DISPLAY OF DELIVERY DATE ZEROUAL, OMAR 68d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3688 3
2654 2
3689 2
2194 2
2613 2
2446 1
2161 1
2659 1
2408 1
2165 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18893296 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPILLOVER FROM COOKIE TO DATABASE HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2024
18805997 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING A PRODUCT BASED ON AN IMAGE OF A SCENE AIRAPETIAN, MILA 3688 §103 Final Rejection 72d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18744792 CLASSIFICATION USING A GRAMMAR-CONSTRAINED GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Jun 17, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE LU, KUEN S 2165 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18588583 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION USING SYNTHETIC QUESTION EMBEDDINGS LELAND III, EDWIN S 2654 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18434149 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHECKOUT INTERFACE WITH LOW LATENCY DISPLAY OF DELIVERY DATE ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18400678 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING REVIEW SUMMARIES BASED ON CLASSIFIED TOPICS WEAVER, ADAM MICHAEL 2658 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18533838 OPTIMIZED RESOURCE ENDPOINT VALIDATION HAILU, TESHOME 2434 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18515913 EMBEDDING-BASED SEARCH OF AN ITEM STORE LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516112 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXPLORING AN N-DIMENSIONAL EMBEDDING SPACE USING A NAVIGATION-BASED RECOMMENDER FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 3689 §101 Final Rejection 35d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18513881 System And Method For Determining Application Programming Interface (API) Version Compatibility And Related API Upgrade Process CHEN, ZHI 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18467781 USER INTERFACE FOR AI-GUIDED CONTENT GENERATION MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2657 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18354908 NOTIFICATION MESSAGES GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL KE, PENG 2194 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18315752 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND USING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL FOR DETERMINING THE SIMILARITY OF ENTITIES DE GUZMAN, JOHN OLIVER TAGUBA 2123 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 11, 2023
18298101 AUGMENTED REALITY COMPARATOR BARHAM, RYAN ALLEN 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 10, 2023
18180545 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED TEXT USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER 2654 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18180566 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING TEXT WITH TONE OR DICTION CORRESPONDING TO STYLISTIC ATTRIBUTES OF IMAGES MILIA, MARK R 2681 §103 Non-Final OA 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
17881961 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE PRODUCT CATEGORIZATION CHONG CRUZ, NADJA N 3623 §101 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Aug 05, 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
17855027 DYNAMIC ALLOCATION OF ELECTRONIC WORKFLOWS FOR ELECTRONIC SESSIONS LEE, CLAY C 3699 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2022
17847867 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSIVE AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT SONNERS, SCOTT E 2613 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022

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