Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Thales Dis France SAS

26 pending office actions • 18 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 50 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
9
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
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
5
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. 26 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (11)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

2
Hard (8%)
22
Medium (85%)
1
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only17 (65%)
§102 only5 (19%)
§112 only1 (4%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
14
Information Tech
54% of docket
3
Communications
12% of docket
3
Semiconductors
12% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
23% 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
GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3 48.3% +16.0%
REZA, MOHAMMAD W 2 87.5% +11.0%
PEARSON, DAVID J 1 78.1% +11.5%
ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 1 41.8% +10.5%
GUDORF, LAURA A 1 80.7% +11.3%
LEWIS, JUSTIN V 1 55.1% +17.6%
IDIAKE, VINCENT I 1 70.5% +20.9%
RONI, SYED A 1 82.0% +22.2%
HERZOG, MADHURI R 1 78.1% +12.1%
TSANG, HENRY 1 79.3% +17.5%

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
18848246 LAWFUL INTERCEPTION OF ACTIVITY OF AN APPLICATION FUNCTION RONI, SYED A 6d
19113036 DATA CARRIER WITH INDEPENDENT LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT GUDORF, LAURA A 14d
18864026 SECURED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD REZA, MOHAMMAD W 84d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19136332 METHOD TO SECURE A JAVA SOFTWARE CODE PEARSON, DAVID J 9d overdue
18854609 METHOD FOR PERFORMING POLYNOMIAL MULTIPLICATION OPERATIONS REZA, MOHAMMAD W 2d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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
19115264 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING A NUMERICAL CODE ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 23d overdue
18860051 SECURITY ELEMENT WITH COLORSHIFT LEWIS, JUSTIN V 11d overdue
19136332 METHOD TO SECURE A JAVA SOFTWARE CODE PEARSON, DAVID J 9d overdue
18854609 METHOD FOR PERFORMING POLYNOMIAL MULTIPLICATION OPERATIONS REZA, MOHAMMAD W 2d overdue
18848246 LAWFUL INTERCEPTION OF ACTIVITY OF AN APPLICATION FUNCTION RONI, SYED A 6d
19113036 DATA CARRIER WITH INDEPENDENT LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT GUDORF, LAURA A 14d
18844471 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SECURING AND DESYNCHRONIZING REGISTER TRANSFERS TO MITIGATE SIDE CHANNELS ATTACKS HERZOG, MADHURI R 14d
17783098 LASER ENGRAVABLE FLOATING IMAGE FOR SECURITY LAMINATES GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3637 4
2407 3
2876 3
2438 2
2625 1
3698 1
2432 1
2495 1
2494 1
2493 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19136332 METHOD TO SECURE A JAVA SOFTWARE CODE PEARSON, DAVID J 2407 §101 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2025
19115264 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING A NUMERICAL CODE ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2025
19113036 DATA CARRIER WITH INDEPENDENT LIGHT SOURCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING IT GUDORF, LAURA A 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 19, 2025
18864026 SECURED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD REZA, MOHAMMAD W 2407 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 08, 2024
18860051 SECURITY ELEMENT WITH COLORSHIFT LEWIS, JUSTIN V 3637 §102 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2024
18854609 METHOD FOR PERFORMING POLYNOMIAL MULTIPLICATION OPERATIONS REZA, MOHAMMAD W 2407 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2024
18848243 METHOD FOR ENROLLING A PUBLIC KEY ON A SERVER IDIAKE, VINCENT I 3698 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18848246 LAWFUL INTERCEPTION OF ACTIVITY OF AN APPLICATION FUNCTION RONI, SYED A 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18844471 ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR SECURING AND DESYNCHRONIZING REGISTER TRANSFERS TO MITIGATE SIDE CHANNELS ATTACKS HERZOG, MADHURI R 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18844479 A METHOD FOR PROTECTING MODULAR EXPONENTIAL ALGORITHMS AGAINST DEEP-LEARNING SIDE-CHANNEL ATTACK (DL-SCA) TSANG, HENRY 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18833532 INJECTION OF CRYPTOGRAPHIC MATERIAL DURING APPLICATION DELIVERY PARSONS, THEODORE C 2494 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jul 26, 2024
18718489 SMARTCARDS WITH METAL LAYERS KIM, AHSHIK 2876 Other Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Jun 11, 2024
18715774 NON-REPUDIABLE ENDORSEMENT OF A PRIVATE ATTESTATION WHITE, JOSHUA RAYMOND 2438 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18715755 A SYNCHRONOUS CODE EXECUTION FOR ENHANCED PERFORMANCE AND SECURITY MEASURES PROTECTING DIGITAL SECURITY DEVICES LIU, ZHE 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 67d overdue Pending Jun 03, 2024
18711296 METHOD FOR A SECURE EXECUTION OF A HARDWARE INSTRUCTION SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 2499 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 17, 2024
18707636 DATA CARRIERS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING THEM GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §102 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 06, 2024
18704966 METHOD FOR SECURELY EXECUTING AN APPLICATION BECHTEL, KEVIN M 2491 §102 Final Rejection 41d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18699630 DATA CARRIER WITH ANTENNA IMPROVEMENT HAUPT, KRISTY A 2876 §102 Non-Final OA 307d overdue Pending Apr 09, 2024
18433650 MANAGEMENT OF PARTIALLY SERVED NETWORK SLICES HO, HUY C 2644 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294678 METHOD FOR SECURELY PULLING A SIGNED CONTAINER IMAGE LONG, EDWARD X 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Feb 02, 2024
18572822 METHOD TO PREVENT HIDDEN COMMUNICATION ON A CHANNEL DURING DEVICE AUTHENTICATION, CORRESPONDING VPLMN AND HPLMN TANG, KIET G 2469 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18566201 ABLATIVE PRINTED METALLIC LAYER GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18454088 FILTERING SUBJECTS SUBJECT TO FACIAL IMAGE PROCESSING IN A FACE-TRACKING ENVIRONMENT LI, RUIPING 2676 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
17920457 SECURE TRAINING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS UNDER HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 2123 §103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2022
17774297 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN A CHIP CARD READER AND AN EXTERNAL DEVICE CRAWLEY, TALIA F 3627 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2022
17783098 LASER ENGRAVABLE FLOATING IMAGE FOR SECURITY LAMINATES GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 07, 2022

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