Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Dreamguard Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. ZHANG, SHIRLEY X is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action. This single examiner is responsible for all current pending prosecution activity. The company's patenting efforts are currently focused on a single point of contact within the patent office's networking and security division.
The presence of 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending action means that the prosecution strategy is entirely centered on the review by ZHANG, SHIRLEY X. Because the action is located in 1 distinct art unit, the technical scope is clearly defined. This streamlined profile avoids the complexities of managing multiple examiners or different art unit standards. For the applicant, this concentration allows for a very specific and targeted approach to resolving the 1 pending office action within the Networking & Security field.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 1 | 69.8% | +14.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18775568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE DATA SETS | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2447 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18775568 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OR MORE DATA SETS | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 2447 | §102Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialDreamguard Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Shirley X Zhang has the most, with 1 of Dreamguard Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
