Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Esw Holdings Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units, placing each matter in a separate examination setting.
ZHAO, DON GORDON is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can manage the docket directly while keeping claim amendments and supporting explanations aligned across the two matters.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHAO, DON GORDON | 1 | 87.3% | +16.2% |
| POLTORAK, PIOTR | 1 | 74.8% | +30.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211845 | Security Systems and Methods for Social Networking | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19211845 | Security Systems and Methods for Social Networking | ZHAO, DON GORDON | — |
| 18773494 | Device Identification Scoring | POLTORAK, PIOTR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2493 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19211845 | Security Systems and Methods for Social Networking | ZHAO, DON GORDON | 2493 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 18773494 | Device Identification Scoring | POLTORAK, PIOTR | 2433 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialEsw Holdings Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Don Gordon Zhao has the most, with 1 of Esw Holdings Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
