Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dover Microsystems Inc. is currently managing 4 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 4 pending office actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, which indicates that each action is being reviewed in a different art unit. This prosecution activity involves 4 distinct examiners, matching the number of pending actions and art units involved.
LEIBOVICH, YAIR is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently overseeing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. This 1 busiest examiner pending office action is one of the total actions pending for the company. The Networking & Security technology area defines the primary focus of these filings. Because there are 4 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units for the pending office actions, the company faces a decentralized examination process.
The presence of LEIBOVICH, YAIR as the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action shows that no single examiner holds a majority of the workload. Each of the 4 distinct examiners is likely handling a single case. This structure suggests that the prosecution of the Networking & Security portfolio is spread across the 4 distinct art units identified in the data.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 1 | 89.9% | +11.0% |
| HUANG, KAYLEE J | 1 | 74.6% | +49.2% |
| RAHIM, MONJUR | 1 | 84.6% | +16.4% |
| AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | 1 | 63.2% | +28.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARTMENTALIZATION | RAHIM, MONJUR | 138d overdue |
| 19232188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECKING SAFETY PROPERTIES | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | — |
| 18860922 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENFORCING ENCODED POLICIES | HUANG, KAYLEE J | — |
| 17774799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF METADATA PROCESSING | AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARTMENTALIZATION | RAHIM, MONJUR | 138d overdue |
| 19232188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECKING SAFETY PROPERTIES | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | — |
| 18860922 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENFORCING ENCODED POLICIES | HUANG, KAYLEE J | — |
| 17774799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF METADATA PROCESSING | AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2114 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2436 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19232188 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHECKING SAFETY PROPERTIES | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 2114 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 18860922 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENFORCING ENCODED POLICIES | HUANG, KAYLEE J | 2447 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18747314 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARTMENTALIZATION | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 138d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 17774799 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF METADATA PROCESSING | AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS | 2496 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 05, 2022 |
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