Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Smart & Biggar LP (Shopify)

7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (14%)
§103 only5 (71%)
§102 only1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
29% of docket
2
Communications
29% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
43% 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
PYO, MONICA M 1 83.0% +35.3%
LU, KUEN S 1 85.4% +15.0%
LELAND III, EDWIN S 1 75.0% -0.6%
ZEROUAL, OMAR 1 34.0% +40.0%
LADONI, AHOORA 1 6.7% +11.7%
FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 1 24.7% +24.4%
MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER 1 35.7% +46.0%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 45d overdue
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE LU, KUEN S 24d overdue

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18516112 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXPLORING AN N-DIMENSIONAL EMBEDDING SPACE USING A NAVIGATION-BASED RECOMMENDER FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 35d
18515913 EMBEDDING-BASED SEARCH OF AN ITEM STORE LADONI, AHOORA 40d

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
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK PYO, MONICA M 45d overdue
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE LU, KUEN S 24d overdue
18516112 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXPLORING AN N-DIMENSIONAL EMBEDDING SPACE USING A NAVIGATION-BASED RECOMMENDER FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 35d
18515913 EMBEDDING-BASED SEARCH OF AN ITEM STORE LADONI, AHOORA 40d
18180545 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED TEXT USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER 40d
18434149 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHECKOUT INTERFACE WITH LOW LATENCY DISPLAY OF DELIVERY DATE ZEROUAL, OMAR 68d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Shopify 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26542
36892
21611
21651
36281

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18770394 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING A RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION FRAMEWORK Shopify Inc. PYO, MONICA M 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2024
18635189 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING SECONDARY DATABASE Shopify Inc. LU, KUEN S 2165 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18588583 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION USING SYNTHETIC QUESTION EMBEDDINGS Shopify Inc. LELAND III, EDWIN S 2654 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18434149 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHECKOUT INTERFACE WITH LOW LATENCY DISPLAY OF DELIVERY DATE Shopify Inc. ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §103 Non-Final OA 68d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18515913 EMBEDDING-BASED SEARCH OF AN ITEM STORE Shopify Inc. LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516112 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR EXPLORING AN N-DIMENSIONAL EMBEDDING SPACE USING A NAVIGATION-BASED RECOMMENDER Shopify Inc. FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. 3689 §101 Final Rejection 35d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18180545 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC GENERATION OF PERSONALIZED TEXT USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL Shopify Inc. MEIS, JON CHRISTOPHER 2654 §102 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 08, 2023

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