Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Merchant & Gould - US Bank

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 28 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=104 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

100.0%
Allowance Rate
n=104
+0.86σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=104
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=61
-0.76σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=61
719 days
Time to Allowance
n=61
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=104
29.5%
RCE Rate
n=104
2.9%
Appeal Rate
n=104

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=16 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=4 (min 20)
66.7%
§103 Overcome
n=24
§112 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06Q, G06V, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
66%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=104
0
Practitioners
n=104
Apps / Practitioner
n=104 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (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.

4
Hard (50%)
4
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (50%)
§103 only4 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
38% of docket
1
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
50% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2 68.8% +33.8%
EDMONDS, DONALD J 1 40.7% +37.0%
MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 1 73.0% +29.8%
FU, HAO 1 50.0% +24.7%
VIG, NARESH 1 36.6% +43.4%
EVANS, KIMBERLY L 1 12.0% +13.0%
BEE, ANDREW W. 1 73.0% +32.1%

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM VIG, NARESH 16d
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 41d
19361282 IMPROVING CONTENT EDITING SOFTWARE VIA AUTOMATIC AND AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION EDMONDS, DONALD J
18930543 DETECTING AND REMEDIATING ANOMALIES IN INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USING IMAGE PROCESSING FU, HAO

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM VIG, NARESH 16d
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EVANS, KIMBERLY L 41d
19329924 AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION WITH EVENT TRACKING AND MOCK CONTENT MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 76d
18493619 CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT BROPHY, MATTHEW J 83d
19361282 IMPROVING CONTENT EDITING SOFTWARE VIA AUTOMATIC AND AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION EDMONDS, DONALD J
18930543 DETECTING AND REMEDIATING ANOMALIES IN INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USING IMAGE PROCESSING FU, HAO
18493685 LAYER 2 TRANSACTION MONITORING BROPHY, MATTHEW J
18052081 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECK FRAUD DETECTION BEE, ANDREW W.

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
U.S. Bank 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36292
21912
21661
36951
36221
26641

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19361282 IMPROVING CONTENT EDITING SOFTWARE VIA AUTOMATIC AND AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION U.S. Bank National Association EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101 Final Rejection Pending Oct 17, 2025
19329924 AUDITABLE AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION WITH EVENT TRACKING AND MOCK CONTENT U.S. Bank National Association MCQUITERY, DIEDRA M 2166 §103 Final Rejection 76d Pending Sep 16, 2025
18930543 DETECTING AND REMEDIATING ANOMALIES IN INSTITUTIONAL FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS USING IMAGE PROCESSING U.S. Bank National Association FU, HAO 3695 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 29, 2024
18428783 AMBIENT TRANSACTION SYSTEM U.S. Bank National Association VIG, NARESH 3622 §101 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18493685 LAYER 2 TRANSACTION MONITORING U.S. Bank National Association BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18493619 CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGE CREATION AND MANAGEMENT U.S. Bank National Association BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18361554 HYBRID GUIDED COMMUNICATION SESSION WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE U.S. Bank National Association EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18052081 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECK FRAUD DETECTION U.S. Bank National Association BEE, ANDREW W. 2664 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2022

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