Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 1 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fort Robotics Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. All these actions are located within 1 distinct art unit, indicating a specific technical focus for the current portfolio. Despite being in a single unit, the matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner is ZEE, EDWARD, who is handling 1 pending action. This means each of the 3 pending actions is being reviewed by a different examiner within the same art unit. This situation requires the company to manage different examiner perspectives while operating within the unified standards of the art unit.
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 (33%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (33%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZEE, EDWARD | 1 | 90.6% | +10.4% |
| KHAN, MOEEN | 1 | 69.5% | +60.7% |
| SANDERS, JOSHUA T | 1 | 73.6% | +36.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19255766 | METHOD FOR SAFETY RESPONSES TO SECURITY POLICY VIOLATIONS | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19082633 | METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYMMETRIC KEYS FOR GROUPING SECURE COMMUNICATIONS | KHAN, MOEEN | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19255766 | METHOD FOR SAFETY RESPONSES TO SECURITY POLICY VIOLATIONS | ZEE, EDWARD | — |
| 19082633 | METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYMMETRIC KEYS FOR GROUPING SECURE COMMUNICATIONS | KHAN, MOEEN | — |
| 18980652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFETY-ENABLED CONTROL | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2431 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19255766 | METHOD FOR SAFETY RESPONSES TO SECURITY POLICY VIOLATIONS | ZEE, EDWARD | 2431 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19082633 | METHOD FOR SECURELY GENERATING AND DISTRIBUTING SYMMETRIC KEYS FOR GROUPING SECURE COMMUNICATIONS | KHAN, MOEEN | — | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 18980652 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SAFETY-ENABLED CONTROL | SANDERS, JOSHUA T | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
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