Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Truepic Inc.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Truepic Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 2 examiners and 2 art units, so prosecution oversight must account for separate examination assignments.

CRIBBS, MALCOLM is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should maintain matter-specific response strategies while coordinating positions across the two pending matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
50% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRIBBS, MALCOLM 1 88.8% +14.9%
PATEL, JAYESH A 1 83.7% +5.1%

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
18982258 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SEALING MEDIA FILES ON CONNECTED MEDIA-CAPTURE DEVICES TO ENHANCE END-USER PRIVACY AND ENABLE OFFLINE CAPTURE CRIBBS, MALCOLM —
18964809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING IMAGE RECAPTURE PATEL, JAYESH A —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18982258 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SEALING MEDIA FILES ON CONNECTED MEDIA-CAPTURE DEVICES TO ENHANCE END-USER PRIVACY AND ENABLE OFFLINE CAPTURE CRIBBS, MALCOLM —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2497 1
2677 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18982258 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SEALING MEDIA FILES ON CONNECTED MEDIA-CAPTURE DEVICES TO ENHANCE END-USER PRIVACY AND ENABLE OFFLINE CAPTURE CRIBBS, MALCOLM 2497 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18964809 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING IMAGE RECAPTURE PATEL, JAYESH A 2677 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Truepic Inc. have?

Truepic Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Truepic Inc. applications?

Malcolm Cribbs has the most, with 1 of Truepic Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Truepic Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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