Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Arista Networks Inc.

34 pending office actions • 23 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 104 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

15
Hard (44%)
16
Medium (47%)
3
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only13 (38%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
27
Information Tech
79% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
4
Business / Other
12% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED 2 67.2% +3.8%
GIBSON, JONATHAN D 1 84.6% +10.8%
TRAORE, FATOUMATA 1 78.1% +35.2%
LIN, SHERMAN L 1 29.1% +36.6%
PANDEY, KESHAB R 1 87.6% +8.3%
KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN 1 72.5% +17.7%
VU, VIET D 1 84.0% +14.6%
KIM, EUI H 1 48.2% +52.0%
HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT 1 79.0% +23.4%
PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 1 55.6% +17.6%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19206551 ESTIMATING ORIGINAL CAUSE OF SYSTEM REBOOT GIBSON, JONATHAN D
19041679 ASSOCIATING TAGS TO CONFIGURATION ITEMS FOR TAG-BASED CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PANDEY, KESHAB R
18952035 SESSION SLICING OF MIRRORED PACKETS VU, VIET D

Hard Cases (16)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613600 AUTOMATIC RMA FOR HARDWARE FAILURES OR PREDICTED FAILURES MANOSKEY, JOSEPH D 26d overdue
18605137 Software Installation Using Mounted File System CHEN, QING 13d
18541858 System with Predictive Model for Server Infrastructure Failure Handling HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG 26d
18902521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN TRANSMITTING FLOWS OF COMMUNICATION COLLECTIVES KIM, EUI H 76d
18493437 IDENTIFICATION OF THREATS VIA TLS CERTIFICATE ANALYSIS LITTLE, VANCE M 83d
19072282 Selective and Transparent User Data Encryption in Network Devices TRAORE, FATOUMATA
19063751 Reachability via Connected Routes in a Distributed Ethernet Fabric LIN, SHERMAN L
19028097 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE AWARE POLICY MANAGEMENT KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN

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
18902521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN TRANSMITTING FLOWS OF COMMUNICATION COLLECTIVES KIM, EUI H 76d
19206551 ESTIMATING ORIGINAL CAUSE OF SYSTEM REBOOT GIBSON, JONATHAN D
19072282 Selective and Transparent User Data Encryption in Network Devices TRAORE, FATOUMATA
19063751 Reachability via Connected Routes in a Distributed Ethernet Fabric LIN, SHERMAN L
19028097 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE AWARE POLICY MANAGEMENT KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN
18952035 SESSION SLICING OF MIRRORED PACKETS VU, VIET D
18886439 RESOLVING GOTO ACTIONS IN A TRAFFIC POLICY USING CASCADED TABLE LOOKUPS HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT
18821521 Power-On Data Collection PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2447 3
2451 3
2453 2
2411 2
2461 2
2436 1
2458 1
2454 1
2414 1
2113 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19206551 ESTIMATING ORIGINAL CAUSE OF SYSTEM REBOOT GIBSON, JONATHAN D DP Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2025
19072282 Selective and Transparent User Data Encryption in Network Devices TRAORE, FATOUMATA 2436 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
19063751 Reachability via Connected Routes in a Distributed Ethernet Fabric LIN, SHERMAN L 2447 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
19041679 ASSOCIATING TAGS TO CONFIGURATION ITEMS FOR TAG-BASED CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT PANDEY, KESHAB R DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2025
19028097 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE AWARE POLICY MANAGEMENT KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
18952035 SESSION SLICING OF MIRRORED PACKETS VU, VIET D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18902521 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING CONGESTION IN TRANSMITTING FLOWS OF COMMUNICATION COLLECTIVES KIM, EUI H 2453 §101§103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18886439 RESOLVING GOTO ACTIONS IN A TRAFFIC POLICY USING CASCADED TABLE LOOKUPS HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT 2458 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18821521 Power-On Data Collection PARRY, CHRISTOPHER L 2454 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18810131 CONNECTING NETWORK DEVICES INCLUDING THE CENTRAL MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK INTERFACE CARDS TO ACHIEVE END-TO-END NETWORK CONFIGURATION CONSISTENCY ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED 2447 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 20, 2024
18756074 Prefix Compression To Reduce Overhead Associated with Covering Routes DABIPI, DIXON F 2451 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18754084 Handling of Packet Fragments TRAN, JIMMY H 2451 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 25, 2024
18735805 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ENCAPSULATED WIRELESS TRAFFIC HENSON, JAMAAL R 2411 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 06, 2024
18670582 Use of Externally Maintained Host IP Information NGUYEN, STEVEN C 2451 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 21, 2024
18617876 Dynamic Virtual Local Area Network Provisioning KIM, WON TAE C 2414 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18613600 AUTOMATIC RMA FOR HARDWARE FAILURES OR PREDICTED FAILURES MANOSKEY, JOSEPH D 2113 §101 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18613520 Link Flap Damping for Full-Duplex Link AMBAYE, MEWALE A 2469 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18605137 Software Installation Using Mounted File System CHEN, QING 2191 §103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18592142 FLOW BASED CONTROL PLANE PROTECTION KATSIKIS, KOSTAS J 2445 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 29, 2024
18430197 NETWORK DEVICE HAVING PORT CONNECTIONS WITH REDUCED SIGNAL LOSS PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 01, 2024
18422336 Dynamic Preamble Puncturing in Wi-Fi Devices VOGEL, JAY L. 2478 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18541858 System with Predictive Model for Server Infrastructure Failure Handling HUANG, BRYAN PAI SONG 2114 §102§103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18536667 NEXT GENERATION ZERO TOUCH PROVISIONING OF NETWORK DEVICES TODD, GREGORY G 2443 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 12, 2023
18507942 Determining a Location of a Device Based on a Polygon Defined by Locations of Nearby Devices APPIAH, CHARLES NANA 2641 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 13, 2023
18493437 IDENTIFICATION OF THREATS VIA TLS CERTIFICATE ANALYSIS LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18463677 ROUTE CONTROL TECHNIQUES BATES, KEVIN T 2400 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18324886 Dampening Next Hop Updates in a Network Device DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 26, 2023
18307703 EFFICIENT ALLOCATION OF RANGE SUMMARIZATION RESOURCES FOR PACKET CLASSIFICATION RANDHAWA, MANDISH K 2477 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2023
18168015 NETWORK VALIDATION USING A MULTI-TIERED APPLICATION TRAFFIC SIMULATOR ALHIJA, SAIF A 3663 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2023
18167287 EXECUTION OF MULTIPLE DISTINCT PIPELINES IN A SINGLE NETWORK DEVICE HAILU, KIBROM T 2461 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 10, 2023
18146617 Packet Classification Using Lookup Tables with Different Key-widths PHAM, TITO Q 2466 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 27, 2022
17962808 FILTERING ADVERTISING OF ROUTE ADVERTISEMENTS BASED ON VIRTUAL NETWORK IDENTIFIERS FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH 2411 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 10, 2022
17676529 DETERMINING AN EGRESS INTERFACE FOR A PACKET USING A PROCESSOR OF A NETWORK DEVICE ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED 2447 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 21, 2022
17396296 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING NETWORK FLOW INFORMATION NGUYEN, BAO G 2461 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 06, 2021

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