Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Genetec Inc.

11 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)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.

6
Hard (55%)
3
Medium (27%)
2
Easy (18%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (9%)
§101 + other2 (18%)
§103 only3 (27%)
§112 only1 (9%)
Double-patenting only1 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
45% of docket
1
Communications
9% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
18% of docket
3
Business / Other
27% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G 1 77.5% +11.9%
SHIBRU, HELEN 1 58.9% +3.1%
DUONG, OANH 1 80.0% +12.1%
ABEDIN, SHANTO 1 87.3% +23.3%
BROWN, ANTHONY D 1 85.4% +15.1%
NAHAR, SAYEDA S 1 74.3% +25.0%
AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 1 81.0% +13.8%
GILLS, KURTIS 1 57.7% +28.8%
HOANG, HAN DINH 1 74.2% +19.0%
ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 1 59.0% +21.8%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18933037 PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM ABEDIN, SHANTO 56d
18891069 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18932936 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENROLLING TARGET DEVICES WITH A SECURITY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BROWN, ANTHONY D 77d
18319210 Systems and Methods for Shared Parking Permit Violation Detection ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 84d
19097002 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING MEDIA DUONG, OANH
18884479 SECURITY SYSTEM RISK CALCULATION GILLS, KURTIS
18631513 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGE METADATA HOANG, HAN DINH
16668536 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAMERA AUTHENTICATION USING A VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POPHAM, JEFFREY D

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18930663 ENROLLMENT OF SECURITY DEVICES NAHAR, SAYEDA S 17d overdue
18933037 PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM ABEDIN, SHANTO 56d
18932936 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENROLLING TARGET DEVICES WITH A SECURITY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BROWN, ANTHONY D 77d
18319210 Systems and Methods for Shared Parking Permit Violation Detection ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 84d
19260350 AUTOMATED ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WITH OCCURRENCE RECORDS FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G
19097002 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING MEDIA DUONG, OANH
18891069 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH
18884479 SECURITY SYSTEM RISK CALCULATION GILLS, KURTIS

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2482 1
2494 1
2408 1
2435 1
3624 1
2661 1
3668 1
2432 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19260350 AUTOMATED ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WITH OCCURRENCE RECORDS FINDLEY, CHRISTOPHER G 2482 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 04, 2025
19260401 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING VIDEO FEED INFORMATION ON A USER INTERFACE SHIBRU, HELEN DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 04, 2025
19097002 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ROUTING MEDIA DUONG, OANH §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
18933037 PERMISSIONS MANAGEMENT FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM ABEDIN, SHANTO 2494 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Oct 31, 2024
18932936 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENROLLING TARGET DEVICES WITH A SECURITY DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BROWN, ANTHONY D 2408 §103§112 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Oct 31, 2024
18930663 ENROLLMENT OF SECURITY DEVICES NAHAR, SAYEDA S 2435 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18891069 AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18884479 SECURITY SYSTEM RISK CALCULATION GILLS, KURTIS 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18631513 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO IMAGE METADATA HOANG, HAN DINH 2661 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 2024
18319210 Systems and Methods for Shared Parking Permit Violation Detection ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 84d Pending May 17, 2023
16668536 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAMERA AUTHENTICATION USING A VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POPHAM, JEFFREY D 2432 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2019

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