Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Synchrony Bank

19 pending office actions • 12 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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 (74%)
3
Medium (16%)
2
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (21%)
§101 + other10 (53%)
§103 only3 (16%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
84% of docket
1
Business / Other
5% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KANERVO, VIRPI H 2 47.4% +48.0%
SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 1 55.5% +41.1%
PHAN, NICHOLAS K 1 51.5% +19.8%
BAGGOT, BREFFNI 1 35.1% +25.2%
SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. 1 87.4% +21.9%
ABYANEH, ALI S 1 77.7% +56.0%
GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 1 20.7% +26.2%
SNIDER, SCOTT 1 28.7% +18.0%
DUCK, BRANDON M 1 64.0% +18.0%
WOOD, WILLIAM C 1 74.6% +21.1%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19004258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC AUTHENTICATION ACROSS DISPARATE SYSTEMS SHAAWAT, MAYASA A.

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
18045867 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING IMBALANCED DATA GAW, MARK H 191d overdue
18758703 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED QUALIFICATION ANALYSIS LEVINE, ADAM L 153d overdue
18425377 DYNAMIC PATTERN RECOGNITION ANALYSIS IN REAL-TIME DURING CONTINUING DATA EXTRACTION KAZIMI, HANI M 31d overdue
18955436 DETERMINING CONDITIONS AND INCENTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLMENT OPTIONS SNIDER, SCOTT 5d overdue
17815395 MULTI-PRODUCT PLATFORM OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 1d overdue
18975327 TRACKING FULFILLMENT OF OBJECTS IN A TRANSACTION GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 48d
19222105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF SECURITY CODES FOR INSTRUMENT UTILIZATIONS KANERVO, VIRPI H
19170166 Integrated Hosted Solutions SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18955436 DETERMINING CONDITIONS AND INCENTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLMENT OPTIONS SNIDER, SCOTT 5d overdue
19026865 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING DATA FROM A REMOTE SERVER WITH A CLIENT APPLICATION KANERVO, VIRPI H 29d
18975327 TRACKING FULFILLMENT OF OBJECTS IN A TRANSACTION GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 48d
19222105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF SECURITY CODES FOR INSTRUMENT UTILIZATIONS KANERVO, VIRPI H
19170166 Integrated Hosted Solutions SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO
19087985 STATUS SYSTEM WITH DATA SECURITY FOR TRANSACTIONS PHAN, NICHOLAS K
19016068 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF PROMOTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH DIGITAL PURCHASING BAGGOT, BREFFNI
19004258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC AUTHENTICATION ACROSS DISPARATE SYSTEMS SHAAWAT, MAYASA A.

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3691 3
3699 2
3621 2
3693 2
3692 2
3697 1
2433 1
2437 1
3628 1
3689 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19222105 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF SECURITY CODES FOR INSTRUMENT UTILIZATIONS KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2025
19170166 Integrated Hosted Solutions SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 3697 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19087985 STATUS SYSTEM WITH DATA SECURITY FOR TRANSACTIONS PHAN, NICHOLAS K 3699 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19026865 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING DATA FROM A REMOTE SERVER WITH A CLIENT APPLICATION KANERVO, VIRPI H 3691 DP Final Rejection 29d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19016068 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING OF PROMOTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH DIGITAL PURCHASING BAGGOT, BREFFNI 3621 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 10, 2025
19004258 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC AUTHENTICATION ACROSS DISPARATE SYSTEMS SHAAWAT, MAYASA A. 2433 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 28, 2024
18975193 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING RESOURCE REQUESTS TO PERFORM TRANSACTIONS ABYANEH, ALI S 2437 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 10, 2024
18975327 TRACKING FULFILLMENT OF OBJECTS IN A TRANSACTION GODBOLD, DAVID GARRISON 3628 §101 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 10, 2024
18955436 DETERMINING CONDITIONS AND INCENTIVES ASSOCIATED WITH INSTALLMENT OPTIONS SNIDER, SCOTT 3621 §101§103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18921361 DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CLAIM ADJUDICATION DUCK, BRANDON M 3693 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18830314 MULTI BOT ARCHITECTURE FOR AUTOMATED DATA PROCESSING WOOD, WILLIAM C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18758703 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED QUALIFICATION ANALYSIS LEVINE, ADAM L 3689 §101§103 Non-Final OA 153d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18753226 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME DYNAMIC SECURED PAYMENT INSTRUMENT PROCESSING YONO, RAVEN E 3694 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18753243 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC GRADUATION OF SECURED INSTRUMENTS HASBROUCK, MERRITT J 3695 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 25, 2024
18425377 DYNAMIC PATTERN RECOGNITION ANALYSIS IN REAL-TIME DURING CONTINUING DATA EXTRACTION KAZIMI, HANI M 3691 §101§103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2024
18045867 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING IMBALANCED DATA GAW, MARK H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 191d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17815395 MULTI-PRODUCT PLATFORM OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 3699 §101§112 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022
17838886 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SHARED RESOURCE ACCESS CHISM, STEVEN R 3692 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2022
17350388 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA SECURITY WITH MODULAR WEBSITE INTEGRATION ABDULLAEV, AMANULLA 3692 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2021

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