Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

K&L Gates LLP - Pnc

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=34052 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.7%
Allowance Rate
n=34052
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=34052
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=20482
+0.04σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=20482
1083 days
Time to Allowance
n=20482
+8.9pp
Interview Lift
n=34052
32.7%
RCE Rate
n=34052
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=34052

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.3%
§101 Overcome
n=2410
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8886
78.3%
§103 Overcome
n=15071
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=10307

Specialization & Scale

A61K, G06F, H01M
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=34052
88
Practitioners
n=34052
387.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=34052

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

6
Hard (86%)
1
Medium (14%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (43%)
§101 + other3 (43%)
§103 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
14% of docket
1
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
71% 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
OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA 1 45.8% +8.4%
REN, ZHUBING 1 71.6% +42.3%
GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 1 23.0% +33.2%
ALLADIN, AMBREEN A 1 24.7% +24.4%
BAIRD, EDWARD J 1 49.3% +67.4%
NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 1 81.7% +34.4%
TURK, BROCK E 1 30.1% +36.6%

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 (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18658592 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CUSTOMER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS FOR POTENTIAL FINANCIAL CRIMES BAIRD, EDWARD J 42d overdue
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
18768655 WORKFLOW GENERATOR TOOL FOR DATA EXTRACTION GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE
18207928 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS TURK, BROCK E

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
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
18768655 WORKFLOW GENERATOR TOOL FOR DATA EXTRACTION GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE
18207928 COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VERIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING CROSS BORDER PAYMENTS TURK, BROCK E

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
THE PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36922
36961
26581
36251
36911
21991

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
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
18768655 WORKFLOW GENERATOR TOOL FOR DATA EXTRACTION The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. GARCIA-GUERRA, DARLENE 3625 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 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 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending May 08, 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
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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