Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. The prosecution of this matter is handled by 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. This indicates that the company's current patenting activity is focused on a specific technical review process rather than a broad portfolio of applications.
The busiest examiner for the company is LIN, SHERMAN L, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 busiest examiner pending action constitutes the total 1 pending office action for the company. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's prosecution experience is highly localized. Practitioners must address the specific examination criteria of Sherman L Lin, as this examiner is currently the primary point of contact for the company's pending Networking & Security filings.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIN, SHERMAN L | 1 | 29.2% | +37.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18322626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KERNEL-LEVEL ACTIVE DARKNET MONITORING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | LIN, SHERMAN L | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18322626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KERNEL-LEVEL ACTIVE DARKNET MONITORING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | LIN, SHERMAN L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2447 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18322626 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR KERNEL-LEVEL ACTIVE DARKNET MONITORING IN A COMMUNICATION NETWORK | LIN, SHERMAN L | 2447 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 24, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialIndian Institute Of Technology Kanpur has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Sherman L Lin has the most, with 1 of Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
