Technology area: Networking & Security
7 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Connectfree Corporation has 7 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The portfolio uses 7 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, so every listed matter has a separate examiner while one art unit handles more than one matter.
MCNALLY, MICHAEL S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Because examiner assignments are fully dispersed, counsel may benefit from tracking each response by application and examiner, while also identifying the art unit that receives multiple matters as a possible source of recurring examination themes.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 4 (57%) |
| §102 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | 1 | 89.9% | +8.6% |
| JIANG, YONG HANG | 1 | 61.5% | +20.6% |
| FIORILLO, JAMES N | 1 | 85.7% | +37.1% |
| JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | 1 | 86.9% | +14.9% |
| BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | 1 | 78.4% | +58.3% |
| LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 1 | 69.4% | +16.7% |
| LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 1 | 58.6% | +54.8% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18393835 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | 16d overdue |
| 19271695 | NETWORK SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD | MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | — |
| 19005894 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION | FIORILLO, JAMES N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17293316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ADDRESS PROVISION | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 30d overdue |
| 19042312 | GATE OPENING METHOD AND DOOR UNLOCKING METHOD USING PORTABLE TERMINAL NETWORK ADDRESS | JIANG, YONG HANG | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17428941 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 36d overdue |
| 17293316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ADDRESS PROVISION | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 30d overdue |
| 18393835 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | 16d overdue |
| 19042312 | GATE OPENING METHOD AND DOOR UNLOCKING METHOD USING PORTABLE TERMINAL NETWORK ADDRESS | JIANG, YONG HANG | — |
| 19005894 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION | FIORILLO, JAMES N | — |
| 17613452 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2493 | 2 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19271695 | NETWORK SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND PROCESSING METHOD | MCNALLY, MICHAEL S | 2432 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19042312 | GATE OPENING METHOD AND DOOR UNLOCKING METHOD USING PORTABLE TERMINAL NETWORK ADDRESS | JIANG, YONG HANG | 2689 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19005894 | COMMUNICATION NETWORK SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK COMMUNICATION | FIORILLO, JAMES N | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18393835 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 17613452 | COMPUTING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | BERMAN, STEPHEN DAVID | 2192 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2021 |
| 17428941 | DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | LANIER, BENJAMIN E | 2437 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 36d overdue | Pending | Aug 05, 2021 |
| 17293316 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR NETWORK ADDRESS PROVISION | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 2493 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialConnectfree Corporation has 7 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 7 examiners.
Michael S Mcnally has the most, with 1 of Connectfree Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
