Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Forward Pass Inc. is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. The portfolio's activity is confined to 1 distinct art unit, streamlining the procedural requirements for the applicant. This concentration of 1 pending office action under a single examiner simplifies the tracking of deadlines and responses.
The prosecution strategy for Forward Pass Inc. is focused on the 1 pending office action. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the success of the current portfolio depends entirely on the negotiations with MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE. This narrow scope within the 1 distinct art unit allows for a concentrated effort on the specific technical challenges of the Networking & Security field. The applicant can focus its strategy on the 1 distinct examiner currently reviewing the case.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE | 1 | 80.0% | +8.3% |
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.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19060270 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT | MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2431 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19060270 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCESSING CONTENT | MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE | 2431 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialForward Pass Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Kelah Janae Mcfarland-Barnes has the most, with 1 of Forward Pass Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
