Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Forescout Technologies Inc.

7 pending office actions • 7 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (29%)
4
Medium (57%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (14%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only3 (43%)
§102 only1 (14%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)
No statute on record1 (14%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 75.3% +12.6%
DONABED, NINOS 1 75.4% +66.3%
RAHIM, MONJUR 1 84.5% +16.4%
OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K 1 74.4% +16.4%
IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 1 71.5% +19.0%
BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 1 39.1% +33.4%
MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 1 67.6% +28.0%

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18981249 DECISION OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM FOR DEVICE CLASSIFICATION DONABED, NINOS 14d
18080562 COMPLIANCE MONITORING BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 79d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18981249 DECISION OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM FOR DEVICE CLASSIFICATION DONABED, NINOS 14d
17993709 ASSESSING ENTITY RISK BASED ON EXPOSED SERVICES MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 21d
18437346 CLUSTERING ENHANCED ANALYSIS IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 46d
18080562 COMPLIANCE MONITORING BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 79d
18778442 ANOMALY DETECTION INCLUDING PROPERTY CHANGES OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K 86d
19251530 ENHANCED RISK ASSESSMENT BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J
18947802 BEHAVIOR BASED PROFILING RAHIM, MONJUR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2431 1
2444 1
2436 1
2495 1
2494 1
2437 1
2454 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19251530 ENHANCED RISK ASSESSMENT BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2431 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
18981249 DECISION OPTIMIZATION MECHANISM FOR DEVICE CLASSIFICATION DONABED, NINOS 2444 §101§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 13, 2024
18947802 BEHAVIOR BASED PROFILING RAHIM, MONJUR 2436 Final Rejection Pending Nov 14, 2024
18778442 ANOMALY DETECTION INCLUDING PROPERTY CHANGES OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K 2495 §103Other Final Rejection 86d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18437346 CLUSTERING ENHANCED ANALYSIS IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2494 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18080562 COMPLIANCE MONITORING BINCZAK, BRANDON MICHAEL 2437 §103§112 Final Rejection 79d Pending Dec 13, 2022
17993709 ASSESSING ENTITY RISK BASED ON EXPOSED SERVICES MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Nov 23, 2022

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