Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 2 clients • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
K&L GATES LLP - PNC operates in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. It has 34213 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate of 84.55 percent. It averages 3.82 office actions per allowance. There are 6 pending office actions.
The 84.55 percent allowance rate is derived from 34213 career applications. The average of 3.82 office actions per allowance indicates the typical number of responses for an allowance. The 6 pending office actions show the current state of the firm's transportation practice.
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 only | 3 (50%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 1 | 45.9% | +8.5% |
| REN, ZHUBING | 1 | 71.6% | +42.3% |
| KENNEDY, LESA M | 1 | 76.9% | +24.4% |
| ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 1 | 24.6% | +24.4% |
| MILLER, JAMES H | 1 | 40.9% | +36.5% |
| TURK, BROCK E | 1 | 30.2% | +37.5% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677204 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 34d |
| 19039130 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANT COLLECTION OF PREMIUMS OWED TO A HEALTHCARE SERVICES PAYER VIA AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) TRANSFERS | OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | — |
| 19008918 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING EMERGING TOPICS | REN, ZHUBING | — |
| 18983156 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNICATIONS | KENNEDY, LESA M | — |
| 18532582 | AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSACTION HOLD REMOVAL | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
| 18207928 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS | TURK, BROCK E | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18677204 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 34d |
| 19008918 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING EMERGING TOPICS | REN, ZHUBING | — |
| 18983156 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNICATIONS | KENNEDY, LESA M | — |
| 18532582 | AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSACTION HOLD REMOVAL | MILLER, JAMES H | — |
| 18207928 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS | TURK, BROCK E | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. | 5 |
| The Pnc Financial Service Group, Inc. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3696 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| 2458 | 1 |
| 3691 | 1 |
| 3694 | 1 |
| 3692 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19039130 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPLIANT COLLECTION OF PREMIUMS OWED TO A HEALTHCARE SERVICES PAYER VIA AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE (ACH) TRANSFERS | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 3696 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19008918 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR IDENTIFYING EMERGING TOPICS | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | REN, ZHUBING | 2658 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18983156 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNICATIONS | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | KENNEDY, LESA M | 2458 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18677204 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 3691 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18532582 | AUTHORIZATION SYSTEM FOR TRANSACTION HOLD REMOVAL | The Pnc Financial Service Group, Inc. | MILLER, JAMES H | 3694 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18207928 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS | The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | TURK, BROCK E | 3692 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
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