Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
9 pending office actions • 2 clients • 9 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days
MERCHANT & GOULD - Entrust has achieved a perfect resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent across 210 career applications in Networking & Security. This flawless record indicates an extremely effective prosecution strategy for this client. The firm reaches these allowances with an average of 3.25 office actions per application, showing a standard level of interaction with the patent office to achieve these results.
There are 3 pending office actions currently being managed. The 100.0 percent allowance rate is a remarkable benchmark for the applications processed so far. Given the 3.25 average office actions, practitioners can expect a standard duration for examination while maintaining total confidence in the eventual grant of the patent in the Networking & Security space. The 3 pending actions represent the next phase of this portfolio, and the 210 career applications show that the firm has mastered the specific requirements of this technology.
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.
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.
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 (11%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 3 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (33%) |
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 | 55.3% | +17.6% |
| PEARSON, DAVID J | 1 | 78.1% | +11.8% |
| GILLESPIE, KAMRYN JORDAN | 1 | 75.0% | +19.0% |
| ALI, JAHED | 1 | 61.9% | +53.8% |
| VO, TUYEN KIM | 1 | 78.4% | +17.7% |
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | 1 | 82.8% | +19.5% |
| VU, TAYLOR P | 1 | 69.4% | +8.4% |
| LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 1 | 69.4% | +16.9% |
| RAK, TAYLOR SIMON DUANE | 1 | 49.3% | +52.9% |
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 | 7 |
| NCIPHER SECURITY LIMITED | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2437 | 2 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| 3699 | 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 | §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 | §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 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 | |
| 19029995 | CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH | Entrust Corporation | ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P | §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 |
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