Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - Pnc

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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 (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (33%)
§103 only4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
33% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BIBBEE, JARED M 1 80.3% +13.6%
BAINS, SARJIT S 1 17.3% +28.0%
ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 1 23.7% +25.8%
BAIRD, EDWARD J 1 48.7% +67.8%
SHARON, AYAL I 1 43.1% +28.7%
NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 1 81.9% +34.6%

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
18442780 DEPLOYING MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITH SCALING OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN VERSIONS NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 85d overdue

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19092710 AUTOMATIC ENTERPRISE DATABASE AND QUERY OPTIMIZATION BIBBEE, JARED M 14d
18802937 AUTOMATED USER GROUP MANAGEMENT FOR EMAIL AND CALENDAR SERVER SOLUTIONS BAINS, SARJIT S 26d
18677204 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 34d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18442780 DEPLOYING MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITH SCALING OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN VERSIONS NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 85d overdue
18658592 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CUSTOMER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CRIMES BAIRD, EDWARD J 42d overdue
19092710 AUTOMATIC ENTERPRISE DATABASE AND QUERY OPTIMIZATION BIBBEE, JARED M 14d
18802937 AUTOMATED USER GROUP MANAGEMENT FOR EMAIL AND CALENDAR SERVER SOLUTIONS BAINS, SARJIT S 26d
18677204 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 34d
18594838 OPTIMIZING BATCH BILL PAYMENT SHARON, AYAL I 55d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21611
36231
36911
36921
36951
21991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19092710 AUTOMATIC ENTERPRISE DATABASE AND QUERY OPTIMIZATION The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. BIBBEE, JARED M 2161 §101 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Mar 27, 2025
18802937 AUTOMATED USER GROUP MANAGEMENT FOR EMAIL AND CALENDAR SERVER SOLUTIONS The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. BAINS, SARJIT S 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 13, 2024
18677204 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING TRANSACTION SECURITY AND REDUCING FRAUD The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 3691 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending May 29, 2024
18658592 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CUSTOMER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CRIMES The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. BAIRD, EDWARD J 3692 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 08, 2024
18594838 OPTIMIZING BATCH BILL PAYMENT The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. SHARON, AYAL I 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18442780 DEPLOYING MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF SOFTWARE SIMULTANEOUSLY, WITH SCALING OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN VERSIONS The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 2199 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Feb 15, 2024

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