Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
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
The Worldcoin Foundation patent portfolio currently features 1 pending office action, which is situated within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. This single active matter is being handled by 1 distinct examiner across 1 distinct art unit. DUAN ZHANG is identified as the busiest examiner for the foundation, currently managing 1 pending office action.
The presence of the pending office action in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area indicates a focused entry into this specific technological field. With only 1 distinct examiner and the distinct art unit involved, the prosecution landscape is currently narrow and centralized. This structure means that the foundation's immediate patent outcomes are tied to the evaluation of a single examiner, DUAN ZHANG.
The workload distribution shows that the busiest examiner handles the total current office action volume for the portfolio. Practitioners should note that the involvement of 1 distinct art unit suggests the foundation's current filings are highly specialized within their technology area. This centralized prosecution profile requires monitoring the specific tendencies of the single assigned examiner to navigate the pending matter effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, DUAN | 1 | 60.8% | +18.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18959477 | COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO NEW USERS | ZHANG, DUAN | 99d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18959477 | COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO NEW USERS | ZHANG, DUAN | 99d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3699 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18959477 | COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING CRYPTOCURRENCY TO NEW USERS | ZHANG, DUAN | 3699 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 99d overdue | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
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