Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Afero Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 3 pending office actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners. The portfolio spans 2 distinct art units, indicating technical concentration within the broader transportation and mechanical systems field.
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N is the busiest examiner, though they are responsible for only 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that the 3 pending office actions are spread across the 3 distinct examiners. The presence of 2 distinct art units suggests that while the examiners are different, the technical subject matter is grouped into two specific areas of the patent office. Managing these examiners for the pending office actions requires attention to different sets of examiner feedback. The focus on the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area aligns the company's IP with mechanical and digital commerce innovations.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N | 1 | 44.5% | +23.1% |
| CIVAN, ETHAN D | 1 | 68.6% | +28.8% |
| 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 22d |
| 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18439681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 22d |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 3688 | 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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 18439681 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 3688 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 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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