Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Austek Computer Inc. maintains a patent portfolio in the Networking & Security technology area. There is currently 1 pending office action associated with this portfolio. This activity is handled by 1 distinct examiner, BENJAMIN S LAMONT. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which indicates a focused examination process for the company's networking technologies. This arrangement allows the applicant to navigate a specific set of rules tailored to networking and security systems.
BENJAMIN S LAMONT is the busiest examiner for this entity, currently managing 1 pending office action. This examiner is responsible for all active office actions in the current data set. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's immediate patent prospects rely on a specific administrative path. Practitioners can observe that the 1 pending office action represents the total current workload for the portfolio. This structure simplifies the tracking of prosecution milestones but also means that the company's success rate is tied to the findings of 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | 1 | 73.2% | +14.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119878 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Sidelink Feedback in a Wireless Communication System | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18119878 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Sidelink Feedback in a Wireless Communication System | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2461 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18119878 | Method and Apparatus for Transmitting Sidelink Feedback in a Wireless Communication System | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | 2461 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAustek Computer Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Benjamin S Lamont has the most, with 1 of Austek Computer Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
