Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dryad Networks GmbH has 2 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed among 2 distinct examiners but are contained within 1 distinct art unit. FLORIAN M ZEENDER is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action. The presence of two examiners in a single art unit suggests that the company's technology is being reviewed by different individuals within the same specialized group.
The portfolio includes 2 pending office actions, which are split between 2 distinct examiners. This means that each action is receiving an independent review, even though they both fall under the Networking & Security technology area. FLORIAN M ZEENDER is one of the 2 examiners, and his 1 pending office action is part of the company's current pending workload.
With 2 distinct examiners and 1 distinct art unit, the company faces a mix of concentration and diversification. The technical focus is narrow, as evidenced by the single art unit, but the use of two different examiners provides two separate points of contact. Practitioners should look for consistency in how the 1 distinct art unit handles Networking & Security cases while addressing the individual preferences of the two examiners. The involvement of 2 distinct examiners for 2 pending office actions indicates a lack of examiner concentration.
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 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEENDER, FLORIAN M | 1 | 21.6% | +18.4% |
| RAHMAN, SHAH M | 1 | 81.3% | +24.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17798582 | LORAWAN GATEWAY NETWORK AND METHOD | RAHMAN, SHAH M | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719859 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING A TERMINAL OF A WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM | ZEENDER, FLORIAN M | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18719859 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING A TERMINAL OF A WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM | ZEENDER, FLORIAN M | — |
| 17798582 | LORAWAN GATEWAY NETWORK AND METHOD | RAHMAN, SHAH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2413 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18719859 | METHOD FOR INSTALLING A TERMINAL OF A WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM | ZEENDER, FLORIAN M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 17798582 | LORAWAN GATEWAY NETWORK AND METHOD | RAHMAN, SHAH M | 2413 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
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