Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Stripe, Inc.

9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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.

3
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (22%)
§103 only5 (56%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
56% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
22% of docket
2
Business / Other
22% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCOTT, RANDY A 1 84.6% -1.6%
JOHNSON, CARLTON 1 58.6% +32.1%
DOAN, DUYEN MY 1 81.7% +12.1%
RIVERA, ANIBAL 1 90.9% +12.0%
LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 1 7.7% +25.0%
HOLLY, JOHN H 1 53.3% +30.9%
GEBRE, MESSERET F 1 56.2% +20.7%
TILLERY, RASHAWN N 1 64.4% +11.2%
AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 1 0.0% +0.0%

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
19034483 DATA MANAGEMENT USING SECURE BROWSERS SCOTT, RANDY A
18966096 SMART NOTIFICATION MANAGER DOAN, DUYEN MY

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
18805416 MULTI-SURFACE APPLICATIONS RIVERA, ANIBAL
18761204 MACHINE-LEARNING BASED SECURITY EVENT DETECTION LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE
18747409 ESTABLISHING AN ORGANIZATION DATA STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE ENTITIES HOLLY, JOHN H
18214208 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DATA ACCESS IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18988512 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE IDENTIFIERS FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS JOHNSON, CARLTON
18966096 SMART NOTIFICATION MANAGER DOAN, DUYEN MY
18805416 MULTI-SURFACE APPLICATIONS RIVERA, ANIBAL
18761204 MACHINE-LEARNING BASED SECURITY EVENT DETECTION LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE
18747409 ESTABLISHING AN ORGANIZATION DATA STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE ENTITIES HOLLY, JOHN H
18746013 LOAD BALANCER AND SHUFFLE SHARDING FOR CLOUD-HOSTED SERVICES GEBRE, MESSERET F
18735539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ENTRY OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TILLERY, RASHAWN N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2439 1
2459 1
3698 1
3696 1
2445 1
2174 1
2196 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19034483 DATA MANAGEMENT USING SECURE BROWSERS SCOTT, RANDY A 2439 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
18988512 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE IDENTIFIERS FOR ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS JOHNSON, CARLTON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18966096 SMART NOTIFICATION MANAGER DOAN, DUYEN MY 2459 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18805416 MULTI-SURFACE APPLICATIONS RIVERA, ANIBAL §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18761204 MACHINE-LEARNING BASED SECURITY EVENT DETECTION LOZA, JANICE JOMARIE 3698 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2024
18747409 ESTABLISHING AN ORGANIZATION DATA STRUCTURE TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE ENTITIES HOLLY, JOHN H 3696 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 18, 2024
18746013 LOAD BALANCER AND SHUFFLE SHARDING FOR CLOUD-HOSTED SERVICES GEBRE, MESSERET F 2445 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 17, 2024
18735539 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDICATING ENTRY OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER TILLERY, RASHAWN N 2174 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2024
18214208 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED DATA ACCESS IN A DISTRIBUTED DATA STORAGE SYSTEM AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2023

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