Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Bitkey Inc.

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

Analysis

Bitkey Inc. is currently navigating 1 pending office action within the Networking & Security technology area. This action is situated in 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific focus for the company's current patenting efforts. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner, concentrating the review process for the company's active applications. This singular focus means that the company's current presence in the Networking & Security field is represented by a single pending matter.

The busiest examiner, POLTORAK, PIOTR, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that there is only 1 pending office action in total, POLTORAK, PIOTR is responsible for the entirety of the company's current workload. This results in a singular point of contact for the company's prosecution within the Networking & Security field. Practitioners should closely monitor the preferences of POLTORAK, PIOTR, as this examiner holds the key to the 1 pending office action currently active for Bitkey Inc.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
POLTORAK, PIOTR 1 74.8% +30.4%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18730207 UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UTILIZATION CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM POLTORAK, PIOTR —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18730207 UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UTILIZATION CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM POLTORAK, PIOTR —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2433 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18730207 UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, UTILIZATION CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM POLTORAK, PIOTR 2433 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2024

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