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
Consumerdirect Inc. currently has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner, ALMEIDA, DEVIN E. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, which suggests a streamlined approach to their networking and security patent filings.
ALMEIDA, DEVIN E is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the total 1 pending office action for the company. The concentration in a single art unit and examiner indicates a focused prosecution strategy. For the practitioner, this means that the specific preferences and past decisions of ALMEIDA, DEVIN E will be the primary factor in the success of the 1 pending office action within the Networking & Security sector. By focusing on the requirements of the assigned examiner, the company can tailor its responses to address the specific concerns raised in the pending matter.
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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALMEIDA, DEVIN E | 1 | 71.5% | +10.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18593732 | System and Method for Verifying and Protecting Personal Identifiable Information | ALMEIDA, DEVIN E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2492 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18593732 | System and Method for Verifying and Protecting Personal Identifiable Information | ALMEIDA, DEVIN E | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialConsumerdirect Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Devin E Almeida has the most, with 1 of Consumerdirect Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
