Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Fish & Richardson P.C. (Circle Internet Financial)

7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 4 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

2
Hard (29%)
5
Medium (71%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (29%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only2 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
57% of docket
0
Communications
0% 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
VY, HUNG T 4 86.2% +2.0%
ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 1 46.4% +51.7%
DANG, CHRISTINE 1 48.8% +50.2%
GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 1 40.5% +37.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19083401 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK VY, HUNG T 2d overdue
19083426 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK VY, HUNG T 15d
19189703 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK VY, HUNG T 34d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19083374 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK VY, HUNG T 15d overdue
18752710 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION WITH DECENTRALIZED LIQUIDITY ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 40d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613542 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION FOR TRANSACTIONS USING NON-NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY DANG, CHRISTINE 9d overdue
18605715 CROSS-CHAIN CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION USING CROSS-CHAIN TRANSFER PROTOCOL GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 20d
18752710 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION WITH DECENTRALIZED LIQUIDITY ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 40d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21634
36982
36931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189703 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK Circle Internet Financial, LLC VY, HUNG T 2163 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 25, 2025
19083401 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK Circle Internet Financial, LLC VY, HUNG T 2163 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2025
19083374 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK Circle Internet Financial, LLC VY, HUNG T 2163 §101 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2025
19083426 SCALABLE, SECURE, EFFICIENT, AND ADAPTABLE DISTRIBUTED DIGITAL LEDGER TRANSACTION NETWORK Circle Internet Financial, LLC VY, HUNG T 2163 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 18, 2025
18752710 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION WITH DECENTRALIZED LIQUIDITY Circle Internet Group, Inc. ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §101 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 24, 2024
18613542 PERMISSIONLESS CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION FOR TRANSACTIONS USING NON-NATIVE CRYPTOCURRENCY Circle Internet Group, Inc. DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18605715 CROSS-CHAIN CRYPTOCURRENCY ABSTRACTION USING CROSS-CHAIN TRANSFER PROTOCOL Circle Internet Group, Inc. GARCIA MIZE, KARLYANNIE MARIE 3698 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Mar 14, 2024

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