Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

U.S. Bank National Association

8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

3
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (38%)
§103 only4 (50%)
No statute on record1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
38% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2 69.0% +33.6%
MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 1 72.7% +30.5%
HUNTER, MISHAWN N 1 78.0% +14.6%
HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 1 64.0% +52.9%
HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 1 76.2% +21.3%
VIG, NARESH 1 36.9% +43.9%
EVANS, KIMBERLY L 1 12.2% +13.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM VIG, NARESH 16d
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 41d
18662688 IMAGE READING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING GEOMETRIC EXTRACTION HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 42d

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18799689 PROFILE BASED ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR DISPARATE NETWORK SYSTEMS HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 4d overdue
19307738 VIDEO REDACTION HUNTER, MISHAWN N 3d overdue
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM VIG, NARESH 16d
18493572 SMART CONTRACT GENERATION AND VALIDATION BROPHY, MATTHEW J 27d
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 41d
18662688 IMAGE READING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING GEOMETRIC EXTRACTION HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 42d
19329924 AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION WITH EVENT TRACKING AND MOCK CONTENT MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 76d
18493619 CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT BROPHY, MATTHEW J 83d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2191 2
2166 1
2484 1
3695 1
2671 1
3622 1
3629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19329924 AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION WITH EVENT TRACKING AND MOCK CONTENT MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Sep 16, 2025
19307738 VIDEO REDACTION HUNTER, MISHAWN N 2484 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2025
18799689 PROFILE BASED ARRANGEMENTS AND METHODS FOR DISPARATE NETWORK SYSTEMS HAMILTON, SARA CHANDLER 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18662688 IMAGE READING SYSTEMS, METHODS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING GEOMETRIC EXTRACTION HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 2671 §101 Non-Final OA 42d Pending May 13, 2024
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM VIG, NARESH 3622 §101 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18493572 SMART CONTRACT GENERATION AND VALIDATION BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18493619 CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 28, 2023

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