Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Dabco Limited

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dabco Limited has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. The use of 1 distinct art unit indicates a focused technical application for the company's current networking patent efforts. This singular focus allows the company to tailor its prosecution strategy to the specific requirements of the security division.

The busiest examiner for the company is PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 action accounts for the total 1 pending office action in the portfolio. Prosecution is therefore highly centralized, with all current office interactions occurring through 1 distinct examiner. Practitioners should note that the success of the active matter depends on addressing the specific technical interpretations of this single examiner within the networking field.

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

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (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
PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 1 87.5% +3.8%

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
18705836 Authenticating a Device PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 53d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2431 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18705836 Authenticating a Device PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2431 §101§103§112Other Final Rejection 53d Pending Apr 29, 2024

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