Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 2 clients • 11 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
MERCHANT & GOULD - Entrust handles Networking & Security matters across 223 career applications. The profile records 11 pending office actions and a 100.0% resolved allowance rate.
Resolved matters have required an average of 3.25 office actions per allowance. The data presents a complete allowance outcome for resolved matters while still indicating that prosecution commonly includes multiple examination exchanges.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 1 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 5 (45%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (27%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 1 | 55.4% | +17.6% |
| PEARSON, DAVID J | 1 | 78.1% | +11.7% |
| GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | 1 | 75.8% | +17.3% |
| ALI, JAHED | 1 | 62.4% | +52.8% |
| VO, TUYEN KIM | 1 | 78.5% | +17.7% |
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 1 | 82.7% | +19.5% |
| VU, TAYLOR P | 1 | 70.3% | +5.3% |
| LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 1 | 69.4% | +16.7% |
| RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 1 | 49.6% | +53.0% |
| VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 1 | 42.7% | +6.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18102526 | DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER | RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 72d overdue |
| 18851657 | A DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USE OF A CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY | VU, TAYLOR P | 30d |
| 19178423 | PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19044258 | MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS | GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | — |
| 19042698 | DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT | ALI, JAHED | — |
| 19041695 | ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS | VO, TUYEN KIM | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18102526 | DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER | RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 72d overdue |
| 18261505 | A DEVICE AND A COMMUNICATION METHOD | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 63d |
| 19178423 | PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | — |
| 19091491 | CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OBJECTS | PEARSON, DAVID J | — |
| 19044258 | MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS | GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | — |
| 19042698 | DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT | ALI, JAHED | — |
| 19041695 | ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS | VO, TUYEN KIM | — |
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Entrust | 9 |
| NCIPHER SECURITY LIMITED | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2853 | 3 |
| 2437 | 2 |
| 3637 | 1 |
| 2407 | 1 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| 3699 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 3697 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19178423 | PERSONALIZED PLASTIC IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITH LENS STRUCTURE | Entrust Corporation | LEWIS, JUSTIN V | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19091491 | CENTRALIZED COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR RISK ANALYSIS OF SECURITY OBJECTS | Entrust Corporation | PEARSON, DAVID J | 2407 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19044258 | MANAGING ACCESS TO SECURE ENTERPRISE RESOURCES USING IDENTITY VERIFICATION SERVICES AND VERIFIED AUTHENTICATORS | Entrust Corporation | GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | 2408 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19042698 | DISTRIBUTABLE SECURE TRANSACTION OBJECT | Entrust Corporation | ALI, JAHED | 3699 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19041695 | ALIGNMENT SUBSTRATE FOR SMART CARD CHIP PROGRAMMER CONTACT PINS | Entrust Corporation | VO, TUYEN KIM | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | Entrust Corporation | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18851657 | A DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING USE OF A CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY | Ncipher Security Limited | VU, TAYLOR P | 2437 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18261505 | A DEVICE AND A COMMUNICATION METHOD | Ncipher Security Limited | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 2437 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 63d | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18102526 | DIGITAL CARD INTEGRATION WITH CARD PROCESSING SYSTEM OF CARD ISSUER | Entrust Corporation | RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 3697 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Jan 27, 2023 |
| 17340744 | DROP-ON-DEMAND MULTI-PASS PRINTING ON CARDS | Entrust Corporation | VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2021 |
| 16987804 | RIBBON IMPRESSER/INDENTER FOR PLASTIC CARDS | Entrust Corporation | ZIMMERMAN, JOSHUA D | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Aug 07, 2020 |
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Start Free Trial100.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Merchant & Gould - Entrust were allowed, across 223 applications in USPTO records.
3.25 office actions per allowed application on average.
11 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 2 clients, before 11 examiners in 8 art units.
