Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Edge Networking Systems LLC has 2 pending office actions in Networking & Security. Both actions are assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit, indicating a concentrated examination path for the current docket.
HIGA, BRENDAN Y is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending actions. The shared examiner and art-unit assignment supports a coordinated response strategy, including consistent treatment of claim construction, technical distinctions, and any recurring prior-art positions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §112 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 3 | 85.8% | +8.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19229982 | METHOD FOR MANAGING UPDATES TO A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INDEPENDENT OF HARDWARE | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | — |
| 19229986 | METHOD FOR MANAGING UPDATES TO A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INDEPENDENT OF HARDWARE | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824854 | A Method For Managing Updates To A Distributed Network With No Interruption To Operations | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2447 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19229982 | METHOD FOR MANAGING UPDATES TO A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INDEPENDENT OF HARDWARE | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 2447 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19229986 | METHOD FOR MANAGING UPDATES TO A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK INDEPENDENT OF HARDWARE | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 2447 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 18824854 | A Method For Managing Updates To A Distributed Network With No Interruption To Operations | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 2447 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEdge Networking Systems LLC has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Brendan Y Higa has the most, with 3 of Edge Networking Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
