Technology area: Networking & Security
22 pending office actions • 16 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 134 patents granted in the last 365 days
Fortinet Inc. has 25 pending office actions in Networking & Security. These matters involve 22 examiners and 19 art units, indicating broad distribution across the examining corps and technical classifications. The difference between the pending-action volume and the number of examiners suggests that some examiner assignments contain more than one matter, but the profile remains dispersed rather than dominated by one group.
SALEHI, HELAI is the busiest identified examiner, with 3 pending matters. That concentration is meaningful for targeted review, but it does not describe the portfolio as a whole. Counsel may benefit from tracking examiner-specific tendencies where assignments repeat while maintaining a centralized record of claim amendments and disclosure support across the broader docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 only | 1 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (9%) |
| §103 only | 12 (55%) |
| §102 only | 1 (5%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEHI, HELAI | 3 | 73.0% | +32.2% |
| MAIDO, MAGGIE T | 2 | 67.2% | +25.3% |
| DU, ZONGHUA A | 1 | 58.3% | +40.8% |
| HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 1 | 76.2% | +24.3% |
| CHAI, LONGBIT | 1 | 87.9% | +31.2% |
| GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 1 | 77.5% | +23.7% |
| BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MAI, KEVIN S | 1 | 30.0% | +25.3% |
| THAWNG, MANG BOI | 1 | 93.6% | -1.0% |
| RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN | 1 | 86.7% | +17.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19092193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINE GRAINED FORWARD TESTING FOR A ZTNA ENVIRONMENT | CHAI, LONGBIT | — |
| 18968748 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF WEBSITE IMPERSONATION AND PHISHING ATTEMPTS USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION AND SIMILARITY SEARCH | BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18238081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE ASSISTED INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT EVENT DETECTION | NAJI, YOUNES | 45d overdue |
| 19182878 | PERFORMING DATA CATEGORIZATION BY AN END-USER DEVICE | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| 19074043 | NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED DISPLAY | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | — |
| 18919418 | STEERING FRAGMENTATION OF DATA PACKETS ON DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS BASED ON DATA PACKET SIZE | THAWNG, MANG BOI | — |
| 18898233 | EMBEDDING AN ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT NEURON CAPABLE OF PACKET INSPECTION AND SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION IN IPV6 ENABLED WLAN NETWORKS | RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN | — |
| 17492481 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods For Dual Network Multi-Class Classification | MAIDO, MAGGIE T | — |
| 17378616 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Using an Orthogonality Heuristic to Identify an Ignored Labeling Target | MAIDO, MAGGIE T | — |
| 16227098 | PROTECTION AGAINST OBSOLETE FILE FORMATS | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18621471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, SCALABLE ZERO TRUST SECURITY PROCESSING | SALEHI, HELAI | 26d |
| 18920701 | EFFICACY SCORING METRIC FOR AN ACCESS CONTROL POLICY LIST | MAI, KEVIN S | 28d |
| 18744051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, SCALABLE ZERO TRUST SECURITY PROCESSING | SALEHI, HELAI | 28d |
| 19182878 | PERFORMING DATA CATEGORIZATION BY AN END-USER DEVICE | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| 19096228 | FAST GAP REDUCTION IN POLICY TREE CREATION FOR POLICY SET WITH UNEVEN DENSITY | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | — |
| 19092193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINE GRAINED FORWARD TESTING FOR A ZTNA ENVIRONMENT | CHAI, LONGBIT | — |
| 19074043 | NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED DISPLAY | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | — |
| 18898233 | EMBEDDING AN ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT NEURON CAPABLE OF PACKET INSPECTION AND SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION IN IPV6 ENABLED WLAN NETWORKS | RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2433 | 3 |
| 2447 | 2 |
| 2499 | 2 |
| 2495 | 2 |
| 2129 | 2 |
| 2431 | 1 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2476 | 1 |
| 2471 | 1 |
| 2443 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19182878 | PERFORMING DATA CATEGORIZATION BY AN END-USER DEVICE | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2447 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19096228 | FAST GAP REDUCTION IN POLICY TREE CREATION FOR POLICY SET WITH UNEVEN DENSITY | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 2499 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19092193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FINE GRAINED FORWARD TESTING FOR A ZTNA ENVIRONMENT | CHAI, LONGBIT | 2431 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19074043 | NETWORK SECURITY DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED DISPLAY | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2495 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 18968748 | AUTOMATED DETECTION OF WEBSITE IMPERSONATION AND PHISHING ATTEMPTS USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR FEATURE EXTRACTION AND SIMILARITY SEARCH | BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | 2434 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18920701 | EFFICACY SCORING METRIC FOR AN ACCESS CONTROL POLICY LIST | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18919418 | STEERING FRAGMENTATION OF DATA PACKETS ON DATA COMMUNICATION NETWORKS BASED ON DATA PACKET SIZE | THAWNG, MANG BOI | 2476 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18898233 | EMBEDDING AN ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT NEURON CAPABLE OF PACKET INSPECTION AND SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION IN IPV6 ENABLED WLAN NETWORKS | RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN | 2471 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18759964 | VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORK (VPN) TUNNELING OVER A DATA NETWORK COMBINING BOTH ENCRYPTED AND UNENCRYPTED DATA STREAMS | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2024 |
| 18744051 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, SCALABLE ZERO TRUST SECURITY PROCESSING | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 14, 2024 |
| 18669162 | METHODS FOR APPLYING GENERATIVE AI WITH SECRECY GUARANTEES | VANG, MENG | 2443 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 8d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18621471 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE, SCALABLE ZERO TRUST SECURITY PROCESSING | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18429372 | Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) Customer Equipment (CE) Node Traffic Steering within a Segment Routing (SR) over Internet Protocol Version 6 (SRV6) Network | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2441 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18393121 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SD-WAN PERFORMANCE RULE FORMATION | TANG, KAREN C | 2447 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18542268 | ZTNA TOKEN BASED FORWARDING PATH GENERATION MECHANISM | SARKER, SANCHIT K | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18375500 | SMART BSS-COLORING TO OVERCOME CO-CHANNEL-INTERFERENCE (CCI) FOR WI-FI6 | LALCHINTHANG, VANNEILIAN | 2414 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2023 |
| 18238081 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HARDWARE ASSISTED INITIAL AND SUBSEQUENT EVENT DETECTION | NAJI, YOUNES | 2445 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 17957762 | ATTAINING RAPID RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) CHANNEL INSPECTION USING INTELLIGENT TRANSCEIVER SCANNING IN WLAN NETWORKS | HUA, QUAN M | 2645 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17958026 | UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING TO DERIVE OPTIMAL WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY THRESHOLDS FOR BEST NETWORK PERFORMANCE | WILLIAMS, ALYSSA RENEE | 2465 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17492481 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods For Dual Network Multi-Class Classification | MAIDO, MAGGIE T | 2129 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2021 |
| 17378616 | Machine Learning Systems and Methods for Using an Orthogonality Heuristic to Identify an Ignored Labeling Target | MAIDO, MAGGIE T | 2129 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2021 |
| 16227098 | PROTECTION AGAINST OBSOLETE FILE FORMATS | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 2492 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2018 |
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Start Free TrialFortinet Inc. has 22 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 16 art units and 19 examiners.
Helai Salehi has the most, with 3 of Fortinet Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
