Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Iridium Satellite LLC has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is being reviewed by 1 distinct examiner in 1 distinct art unit. AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR is the busiest examiner, holding the 1 pending office action.
A profile with only 1 pending office action indicates a very focused active docket at the USPTO. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the company's immediate patent success is tied to the decisions of a single person. The focus on 1 distinct art unit suggests that the technology is specialized within the networking sector. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR, as there are no other active cases to provide alternative prosecution insights. The outcome of this 1 pending office action will be the primary factor in the company's current patenting progress. This concentrated approach requires a high level of preparation for the single active matter. The involvement of 1 distinct examiner for the 1 pending office action leaves no room for inconsistent examiner treatment within the current active docket, requiring a precise and well-prepared response.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 1 | 83.3% | +20.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771572 | LOAD BALANCING FOR A SATELLITE NETWORK | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18771572 | LOAD BALANCING FOR A SATELLITE NETWORK | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2466 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18771572 | LOAD BALANCING FOR A SATELLITE NETWORK | AHMED, SYED MUZAKKIR | 2466 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialIridium Satellite LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Syed Muzakkir Ahmed has the most, with 1 of Iridium Satellite LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
