Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ad Lightning Inc. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This single active matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, indicating a concentrated prosecution focus. The work is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a specific technical niche for the company's current intellectual property efforts.
CAREY, FORREST L is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 pending office action. This individual represents the entirety of the company's current examiner interaction, as the busiest examiner pending count of 1 matches the total pending office actions. For practitioners, this means prosecution strategy is presently dependent on the tendencies and requirements of a single examiner and art unit. The outcome of the company's current networking filings rests on this specific relationship.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAREY, FORREST L | 1 | 56.6% | +55.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17455857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING CONSENT MANAGEMENT | CAREY, FORREST L | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17455857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING CONSENT MANAGEMENT | CAREY, FORREST L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2491 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17455857 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING CONSENT MANAGEMENT | CAREY, FORREST L | 2491 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialAd Lightning Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Forrest L Carey has the most, with 1 of Ad Lightning Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
