Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
International Business Machines Corporatiion has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This single action is located within 1 distinct art unit and is assigned to 1 distinct examiner. PARSONS, THEODORE C is the busiest examiner, currently managing the case. This profile represents a very specific and limited set of current prosecution data for this entity within the Networking & Security field.
With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is highly centralized. Practitioners should note that the success of the pending matter depends entirely on the interpretation of Networking & Security standards by PARSONS, THEODORE C. This focused footprint suggests that there is no current need to manage multiple examiner perspectives or varying art unit procedures. The singular nature of the 1 pending office action allows for a concentrated legal strategy tailored to the specific requirements of the assigned personnel and the single art unit.
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, THEODORE C | 1 | 78.6% | +21.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19008493 | USING LIGHTWEIGHT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL(S) TO PREVENT CYBER-ATTACKS | PARSONS, THEODORE C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19008493 | USING LIGHTWEIGHT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL(S) TO PREVENT CYBER-ATTACKS | PARSONS, THEODORE C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2494 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19008493 | USING LIGHTWEIGHT GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL(S) TO PREVENT CYBER-ATTACKS | PARSONS, THEODORE C | 2494 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialInternational Business Machines Corporatiion has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Theodore C Parsons has the most, with 1 of International Business Machines Corporatiion's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.