Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Citrix Systems Inc.

20 pending office actions • 17 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

20
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

7
Hard (35%)
12
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§101 + other2 (10%)
§103 only11 (55%)
§102 only1 (5%)
§112 only1 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
14
Information Tech
70% of docket
4
Communications
20% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
10% 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.

200 h
Manual time on pending OAs
40 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
70 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS 1 78.3% +17.6%
BOYCE, ANDRE D 1 36.0% +18.8%
LEE, GIL H 1 82.9% +29.9%
AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 1 0.0% +0.0%
KANAAN, SIMON P 1 82.7% +16.0%
LEIBOVICH, YAIR 1 89.9% +10.9%
AQUINO, WYNUEL S 1 78.8% +21.1%
WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 1 68.7% +18.9%
MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 1 51.1% +33.9%
HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 1 63.3% +42.0%

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
17968200 RECOMMENDING NETWORK SECURITY RULE UPDATES BASED ON CHANGES IN THE NETWORK DATA LEE, GIL H
17935271 GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION OF TRUST RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND SSH PROTOCOL KEYS FOR NETWORK ATTACK PATH DETECTION KANAAN, SIMON P
17934574 Conversational Agent for System Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution LEIBOVICH, YAIR

Hard Cases (8)

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
17847678 TASK MANAGEMENT TOOL MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 17d overdue
18868226 GROUP MANAGEMENT BOYCE, ANDRE D
17955277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AUTOSCALED USER SPACE NETWORKING STACK AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA
17945658 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CALCULATING THRESHOLDS FOR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS AQUINO, WYNUEL S
17868378 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CYBER-SECURITY THREAT DETECTIONS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L
17663266 COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED LANGUAGE DETECTION AND DISPLAY FEATURES FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING SESSIONS HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS
17509720 FACILITATED LIVE ANALYSIS OF SCREEN CONTENT CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL
16941001 Secure Token Transfer between Untrusted Entities AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17847678 TASK MANAGEMENT TOOL MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 17d overdue
18874220 ON-DEMAND VIRTUAL SECURE SESSION HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS
18868226 GROUP MANAGEMENT BOYCE, ANDRE D
17968200 RECOMMENDING NETWORK SECURITY RULE UPDATES BASED ON CHANGES IN THE NETWORK DATA LEE, GIL H
17935271 GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION OF TRUST RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND SSH PROTOCOL KEYS FOR NETWORK ATTACK PATH DETECTION KANAAN, SIMON P
17934574 Conversational Agent for System Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution LEIBOVICH, YAIR
17945658 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CALCULATING THRESHOLDS FOR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS AQUINO, WYNUEL S
17868378 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CYBER-SECURITY THREAT DETECTIONS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2407 2
2659 2
2656 2
2491 1
3623 1
2446 1
2196 1
2114 1
2199 1
2495 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18874220 ON-DEMAND VIRTUAL SECURE SESSION HABTEGEORGIS, MATTHIAS 2491 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2024
18868226 GROUP MANAGEMENT BOYCE, ANDRE D 3623 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
17968200 RECOMMENDING NETWORK SECURITY RULE UPDATES BASED ON CHANGES IN THE NETWORK DATA LEE, GIL H 2446 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 18, 2022
17955277 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING AUTOSCALED USER SPACE NETWORKING STACK AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 28, 2022
17935271 GRAPHICAL VISUALIZATION OF TRUST RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS AND SSH PROTOCOL KEYS FOR NETWORK ATTACK PATH DETECTION KANAAN, SIMON P 2407 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2022
17934574 Conversational Agent for System Troubleshooting and Problem Resolution LEIBOVICH, YAIR 2114 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 22, 2022
17945658 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CALCULATING THRESHOLDS FOR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS AQUINO, WYNUEL S 2199 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2022
17868378 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING CYBER-SECURITY THREAT DETECTIONS WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 2495 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2022
17847678 TASK MANAGEMENT TOOL MANSFIELD, THOMAS L 3624 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2022
17663266 COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED LANGUAGE DETECTION AND DISPLAY FEATURES FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING SESSIONS HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2022
17580304 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UPDATING A CONFIGURATION OF AN SD-WAN APPLICATION USING CONNECTIVITY OR USAGE DATA LYTLE JR., BRADLEY D 2473 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 20, 2022
17647992 CONTENT VARIATION TO TRACK DOCUMENTS VU, TAYLOR P 2437 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 14, 2022
17572834 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WATERMARKING AUDIO OF SAAS APPLICATIONS TRACY JR., EDWARD 2656 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2022
17550164 Electronic Message Response Processing LAM, PHILIP HUNG FAI 2656 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2021
17509720 FACILITATED LIVE ANALYSIS OF SCREEN CONTENT CALDERON SANTIAGO, ALVARO RAFAEL 2171 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2021
17508326 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND PREDICTING VIRTUAL CPU RESOURCE STARVATION OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE WOOD, WILLIAM C 2193 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2021
17491573 SCREEN CAPTURE PROTECTION USING TIME DECOMPOSITION MOORTHY, ARAVIND K 2407 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2021
17402971 PROVIDING RELEVANT INFORMATION DURING ONLINE MEETINGS SCHMIEDER, NICOLE A K 2659 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2021
17315644 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FULLY AUTONOMOUS USER BEHAVIOR BASED SECURITY TESTING JOHNSON, CARLTON 2436 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 10, 2021
16941001 Secure Token Transfer between Untrusted Entities AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 2496 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2020

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