Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Harness Dickey (Mastercard)

15 pending office actions • 4 clients • 14 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

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.

9
Hard (60%)
5
Medium (33%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only9 (60%)
§103 only5 (33%)
§112 only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
13% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
87% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GAW, MARK H 2 49.7% +59.6%
MILLER, JAMES H 1 40.5% +34.2%
DANG, CHRISTINE 1 48.8% +50.2%
TC 3600, DOCKET 1 4.2% -1.8%
HO, VIVIAN DANG 1
YONO, RAVEN E 1 39.5% +33.2%
RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI 1 33.3% +48.7%
ZHAO, DON GORDON 1 87.2% +16.5%
CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 1 9.3% +13.1%
PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 1 55.8% +6.2%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18586964 Systems and Methods for Use in Assessments in Connection with Cyber Attacks ZHAO, DON GORDON 37d overdue

Hard Cases (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18377344 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK MESSAGING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT ZONES CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 74d overdue
18276439 AN APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING A VALIDATION CHECK FOR A SET OF NUMBERS FU, HAO 72d overdue
18771593 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING REWARD LIABILITY DATA OF REWARD PROGRAMS TC 3600, DOCKET 49d overdue
17951520 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN BIOMETRIC INTERACTIONS WARDEN, MICHAEL J 6d
18666707 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING NETWORK SERVICES YONO, RAVEN E 22d
18265953 ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION HO, THOMAS Y 22d
18809149 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS COMPRISING COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL NETWORK LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DYNAMIC OPEN BANKING SERVICES MILLER, JAMES H 39d
18031344 AN APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF RISK SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 46d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18377344 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK MESSAGING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT ZONES CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 74d overdue
18771736 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO TOKENIZATION DANG, CHRISTINE 52d overdue
18586964 Systems and Methods for Use in Assessments in Connection with Cyber Attacks ZHAO, DON GORDON 37d overdue
18977352 USER IDENTITY GENERATION AND ACCOUNT PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS GAW, MARK H 6d
18666707 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING NETWORK SERVICES YONO, RAVEN E 22d
18617544 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN REDUCING FRICTION IN NETWORK-BASED COMMUNICATIONS RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI 23d
18809149 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS COMPRISING COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL NETWORK LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DYNAMIC OPEN BANKING SERVICES MILLER, JAMES H 39d
18615327 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ACCOUNT CREDENTIAL CONVERSION GAW, MARK H 56d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36943
36932
36242
36981
36001
24971
36881
24931
36921
36961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18977352 USER IDENTITY GENERATION AND ACCOUNT PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Mastercard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd. GAW, MARK H 3693 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18809149 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, SYSTEMS COMPRISING COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES FOR PROVIDING FINANCIAL NETWORK LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL DYNAMIC OPEN BANKING SERVICES Mastercard International Incorporated MILLER, JAMES H 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 19, 2024
18771736 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO TOKENIZATION Mastercard International Incorporated DANG, CHRISTINE 3698 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18771593 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING REWARD LIABILITY DATA OF REWARD PROGRAMS Mastercard International Incorporated TC 3600, DOCKET 3600 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2024
18762503 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING VERIFICATION OF ATTRIBUTES IN CONNECTION WITH NETWORK TRAFFIC Mastercard International Incorporated HO, VIVIAN DANG 2497 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18666707 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING NETWORK SERVICES Mastercard International Incorporated YONO, RAVEN E 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 16, 2024
18617544 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN REDUCING FRICTION IN NETWORK-BASED COMMUNICATIONS Mastercard International Incorporated RAMPHAL, LATASHA DEVI 3688 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18615327 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN ACCOUNT CREDENTIAL CONVERSION Mastercard International Incorporated GAW, MARK H 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 25, 2024
18586964 Systems and Methods for Use in Assessments in Connection with Cyber Attacks Mastercard International Incorporated ZHAO, DON GORDON 2493 §112 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18377344 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK MESSAGING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN DIFFERENT ZONES Vocalink International Limited CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA 3692 §101 Non-Final OA 74d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18240119 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN PROVIDING SERVICES ACROSS MULTIPLE REGIONS Mastercard International Incorporated PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Aug 30, 2023
18276439 AN APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IDENTIFYING A VALIDATION CHECK FOR A SET OF NUMBERS Vocalink Limited FU, HAO 3695 §101 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2023
18265953 ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION Mastercard International Incorporated HO, THOMAS Y 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18031344 AN APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A LEVEL OF RISK Mastercard International Incorporated SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Apr 11, 2023
17951520 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN BIOMETRIC INTERACTIONS Mastercard International Incorporated WARDEN, MICHAEL J 3694 §101 Final Rejection 6d Pending Sep 23, 2022

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