Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Uphold Global Foundation

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

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

Analysis

Uphold Global Foundation has 1 pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single action is being reviewed by examiner YINGYING ZHOU. The case is located in 1 distinct art unit. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the company's current prosecution is limited to this specific matter. YINGYING ZHOU is the only official the foundation must interact with for its current 1 pending office action.

The absence of other pending matters means there is no diversification across different examiners or art units. The foundation's progress in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems sector is currently tied to the outcome of this 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the technical scope of the current prosecution is very specific. This single matter represents the entirety of the foundation's active intellectual property pursuit at this time. The foundation must ensure its arguments are perfectly tailored to the standards of YINGYING ZHOU.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

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

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHOU, YINGYING 1 48.2% +45.8%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19636806 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO VIRTUAL ASSETS WHOSE VALUE IS SUBSTANTIATED BY A RESERVE OF ASSETS ZHOU, YINGYING —

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
19636806 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO VIRTUAL ASSETS WHOSE VALUE IS SUBSTANTIATED BY A RESERVE OF ASSETS ZHOU, YINGYING —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3697 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19636806 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONVERTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO VIRTUAL ASSETS WHOSE VALUE IS SUBSTANTIATED BY A RESERVE OF ASSETS ZHOU, YINGYING 3697 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Uphold Global Foundation have?

Uphold Global Foundation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Uphold Global Foundation applications?

Yingying Zhou has the most, with 1 of Uphold Global Foundation's pending office actions.

What technology area are Uphold Global Foundation's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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