Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Afero Inc. currently has 2 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These matters are handled by 2 distinct examiners and are situated within 2 distinct art units. This distribution indicates that each of the 2 pending office actions is being prosecuted independently in separate technical and administrative tracks. Such a split suggests that the company's current innovation is being evaluated across multiple specialized domains within the networking field.
The busiest examiner for the portfolio is LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N, who is assigned 1 pending office action. This workload is shared with another examiner, as the total is 2 pending office actions. Because the portfolio is split across 2 distinct art units, the company must manage different sets of examiner expectations within the Networking & Security field. The presence of 2 distinct examiners ensures that the prosecution of one matter does not directly influence the other through the same individual, requiring a unique strategy for each filing.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 1 | 44.7% | +23.2% |
| SHIFERAW, ELENI A | 1 | 38.5% | +37.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19221359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19221359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | — |
| 18083377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING SENSITIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND DATA | SHIFERAW, ELENI A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2425 | 1 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19221359 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY | LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 2425 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18083377 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING SENSITIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND DATA | SHIFERAW, ELENI A | 2497 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialAfero Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Kunal N Langhnoja has the most, with 1 of Afero Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
