Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Workday Inc.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Workday Inc. has 8 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The portfolio involves 8 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units, indicating that every matter has a separate recorded examiner and technical-unit assignment.

LEE, TAMMY EUNHYE is the busiest identified examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data supports individualized prosecution planning, with no shared examiner or art-unit concentration to support a unified response model.

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

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (71%)
2
Medium (29%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (57%)
§103 only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
43% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 1 76.3% +40.9%
KASSIM, HAFIZ A 1 45.0% +54.1%
ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 1 77.3% +6.9%
SAVENKOV, VADIM 1 60.3% +20.3%
WOOD, WILLIAM C 1 74.5% +20.7%
RUSS, COREY V 1 27.0% +38.1%
WALTON, CHESIREE A 1 31.1% +29.1%

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
18907060 ENABLING USING EXTERNAL TENANT MASTER KEYS ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 9d overdue
19223914 UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE A DOCUMENT PROVIDER SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH —
18935168 SHIFT DESIGN AND ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM KASSIM, HAFIZ A —
18813243 SECURE INTEGRATION OF ACQUIRED DATA SOURCES IN A MULTITENANT ENVIRONMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM —
18414878 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING A NEW DATA LAYER RUSS, COREY V —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17817145 Calendar Event Scheduling Artificial Intelligence Assistant using Natural Language WALTON, CHESIREE A 12d
19223914 UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE A DOCUMENT PROVIDER SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH —
18935168 SHIFT DESIGN AND ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM KASSIM, HAFIZ A —
18813243 SECURE INTEGRATION OF ACQUIRED DATA SOURCES IN A MULTITENANT ENVIRONMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM —
18672333 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING DATA FROM ONE ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATION TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATION WOOD, WILLIAM C —
18414878 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING A NEW DATA LAYER RUSS, COREY V —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2672 1
3623 1
2496 1
2432 1
2193 1
3629 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19223914 UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETERMINE A DOCUMENT PROVIDER SORRIN, AARON JOSEPH 2672 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
18935168 SHIFT DESIGN AND ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM KASSIM, HAFIZ A 3623 §101§103Other Final Rejection — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18907060 ENABLING USING EXTERNAL TENANT MASTER KEYS ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR 2496 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 04, 2024
18813243 SECURE INTEGRATION OF ACQUIRED DATA SOURCES IN A MULTITENANT ENVIRONMENT SAVENKOV, VADIM 2432 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 23, 2024
18672333 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAPPING DATA FROM ONE ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATION TO ANOTHER ORGANIZATION'S COMPUTER APPLICATION WOOD, WILLIAM C 2193 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2024
18414878 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AND USING A NEW DATA LAYER RUSS, COREY V 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2024
17817145 Calendar Event Scheduling Artificial Intelligence Assistant using Natural Language WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Aug 03, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

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

Workday Inc. has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 7 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Workday Inc. applications?

Aaron Joseph Sorrin has the most, with 1 of Workday Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Workday Inc.'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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