Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
13 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days
Xero Limited currently manages 13 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 12 distinct examiners, which is a smaller number than the total 13 pending office actions. The portfolio involves 8 distinct art units, indicating that the company's technical filings are spread across several USPTO groups. REAGAN, JAMES A is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending office actions.
The 12 distinct examiners involved suggest that nearly every pending case is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution across 8 distinct art units requires the company to be prepared for various examination styles within Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. REAGAN, JAMES A, with 2 pending office actions, is the only examiner managing more than one case. Practitioners should note that the 13 pending office actions are subject to the discretion of these 12 distinct examiners.
The 8 distinct art units involved mean that the company must coordinate its prosecution strategy across multiple technical niches. With 13 pending office actions, the portfolio is relatively concentrated but still requires attention to the 12 distinct examiners. REAGAN, JAMES A and their 2 pending office actions represent the highest point of examiner concentration for the company at this time.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 7 (54%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (23%) |
| §103 only | 2 (15%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| REAGAN, JAMES A | 2 | 71.4% | +19.9% |
| HTAY, LIN LIN M | 1 | 71.4% | +24.6% |
| MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | 1 | 67.1% | +22.4% |
| DOLLY, KENDALL LYNN | 1 | 87.8% | +21.2% |
| OBAID, FATEH M | 1 | 67.9% | +35.4% |
| FU, HAO | 1 | 50.1% | +24.8% |
| KONERU, SUJAY | 1 | 58.2% | +37.6% |
| GOFMAN, ALEX N | 1 | 68.4% | +24.2% |
| CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | 1 | 88.7% | +13.6% |
| GETACHEW, WODAJO | 1 | 40.8% | +38.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19228066 | Multi-Factor Authentication | DOLLY, KENDALL LYNN | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18468431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIRECT ACCOUNT TRANSFER | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 50d overdue |
| 18881156 | Graphical User Interfaces and Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Graphical User Interfaces | FU, HAO | 23d overdue |
| 17902392 | Systems and Computer-Implemented Methods for Capital Management | KWONG, CHO YIU | 17d overdue |
| 18869659 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Determining Models for Predicting Reoccurring Transactions | KONERU, SUJAY | 30d |
| 19469196 | Methods and Systems for Updating a Graph Data Structure | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| 19315220 | Transaction Data Processing Systems and Methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19315228 | Transaction data processing systems and methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19229592 | Methods and Systems for Building and/or Using a Graph Data Structure | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18468431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIRECT ACCOUNT TRANSFER | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 50d overdue |
| 18881156 | Graphical User Interfaces and Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Graphical User Interfaces | FU, HAO | 23d overdue |
| 18869659 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Determining Models for Predicting Reoccurring Transactions | KONERU, SUJAY | 30d |
| 18852130 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Asynchronous Communication | GOFMAN, ALEX N | 43d |
| 19469196 | Methods and Systems for Updating a Graph Data Structure | HTAY, LIN LIN M | — |
| 19315220 | Transaction Data Processing Systems and Methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19315228 | Transaction data processing systems and methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | — |
| 19229592 | Methods and Systems for Building and/or Using a Graph Data Structure | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3697 | 3 |
| 2163 | 2 |
| 2153 | 1 |
| 3695 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| 2166 | 1 |
| 3693 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19469196 | Methods and Systems for Updating a Graph Data Structure | HTAY, LIN LIN M | 2153 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2025 |
| 19315220 | Transaction Data Processing Systems and Methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19315228 | Transaction data processing systems and methods | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19229592 | Methods and Systems for Building and/or Using a Graph Data Structure | MIAN, MUHAMMAD U | 2163 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19228066 | Multi-Factor Authentication | DOLLY, KENDALL LYNN | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19012192 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MOBILE BANKING RECONCILIATION | OBAID, FATEH M | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18881156 | Graphical User Interfaces and Systems, Methods, and Computer-Readable Media for Providing Graphical User Interfaces | FU, HAO | 3695 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 23d overdue | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18869659 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Determining Models for Predicting Reoccurring Transactions | KONERU, SUJAY | 3624 | §101 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18852130 | Methods and Systems for Facilitating Asynchronous Communication | GOFMAN, ALEX N | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18588500 | Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Determining Date Information | CHANG, DANIEL CHEOLJIN | 2669 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18468431 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF DIRECT ACCOUNT TRANSFER | GETACHEW, WODAJO | 3697 | §101 | Final Rejection | 50d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18028416 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LABELLED DATASETS | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2023 |
| 17902392 | Systems and Computer-Implemented Methods for Capital Management | KWONG, CHO YIU | 3693 | §101 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
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