Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay has 3 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, indicating a decentralized examination process. BEDNASH, JOSEPH A is the busiest examiner, responsible for 1 pending office action.
Since there are 3 pending office actions in 3 different art units, the institute faces a variety of examiner perspectives. Managing this portfolio requires navigating the specific nuances of each distinct art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEDNASH, JOSEPH A | 1 | 50.4% | +8.8% |
| LEE, AHAM NMN | 1 | 47.6% | +55.6% |
| DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 1 | 49.2% | +42.2% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17051355 | SOLAR APPLIANCE | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 12d |
| 18015276 | AN AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, AHAM NMN | 29d |
| 18409533 | Systems and methods for scheduling of self-backhaul links in Millimeter wave networks | BEDNASH, JOSEPH 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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17051355 | SOLAR APPLIANCE | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 12d |
| 18015276 | AN AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, AHAM NMN | 29d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2461 | 1 |
| 1758 | 1 |
| 3762 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18409533 | Systems and methods for scheduling of self-backhaul links in Millimeter wave networks | BEDNASH, JOSEPH A | 2461 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18015276 | AN AIR PURIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | LEE, AHAM NMN | 1758 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Jan 09, 2023 |
| 17051355 | SOLAR APPLIANCE | DEEAN, DEEPAK A | 3762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 28, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialIndian Institute Of Technology Bombay has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Joseph A Bednash has the most, with 1 of Indian Institute Of Technology Bombay's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
