Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

U.S. Bank National Association

6 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

5
Hard (83%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other4 (67%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
2
Business / Other
33% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3 47.6% -4.3%
POINVIL, FRANTZY 1 79.1% +15.9%
NEWLON, WILLIAM D 1 44.9% +28.2%
MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE 1 65.3% +21.2%

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19458526 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C
19458559 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C
19281364 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C
19092850 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT NEWLON, WILLIAM D
18895287 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-STEP RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19218020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL TRANSACTION DATA COLLECTION USING LARGE LANGUAGE PROCESSING POINVIL, FRANTZY
19092850 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT NEWLON, WILLIAM D
18895287 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-STEP RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3693 3
2659 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19458526 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3693 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2026
19458559 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3693 §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2026
19281364 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING NETWORK TRAFFIC WEISBERGER, RICHARD C 3693 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2025
19218020 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL TRANSACTION DATA COLLECTION USING LARGE LANGUAGE PROCESSING POINVIL, FRANTZY DP Non-Final OA Pending May 23, 2025
19092850 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VIRTUAL ASSISTANT NEWLON, WILLIAM D §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
18895287 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TWO-STEP RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE 2659 §101§102Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024

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