Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Forward Edge-Ai Inc. has 2 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 2 pending office actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. ZHU, ZHIMEI is the busiest examiner, handling 1 pending office action. This distribution means that each of the 2 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different person in a different art unit.
There is no overlap in examiners or art units, requiring a unique strategy for each file. The success of the portfolio depends on the individual interpretations of the 2 distinct examiners involved. Practitioners should note that the current workload represents a very small sample of the company's potential engagement with the USPTO. Each matter must be handled as an independent case without the benefit of shared examiner feedback.
With only 2 distinct art units involved, the technical focus is limited, yet the lack of examiner overlap prevents the development of a unified prosecution narrative. Counsel must address the specific requirements of each art unit independently. The 2 pending office actions will likely follow separate paths to allowance or rejection based on the individual styles of the 2 distinct examiners.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHU, ZHIMEI | 1 | 77.8% | +36.3% |
| YANG, HAN | 1 | 92.1% | +11.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19301140 | Methods, Systems, Apparatuses, and Devices For Facilitating Secure Updating of a Machine Learning Model | ZHU, ZHIMEI | — |
| 19058287 | ENCRYPTION RETRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR PROVIDING RESILIENCY AGAINST ATTACKS | YANG, HAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2495 | 1 |
| 2493 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19301140 | Methods, Systems, Apparatuses, and Devices For Facilitating Secure Updating of a Machine Learning Model | ZHU, ZHIMEI | 2495 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2025 |
| 19058287 | ENCRYPTION RETRANSMISSION DEVICE FOR PROVIDING RESILIENCY AGAINST ATTACKS | YANG, HAN | 2493 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialForward Edge-Ai Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Zhimei Zhu has the most, with 1 of Forward Edge-Ai Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
