Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Juniper Networks Inc.

48 pending office actions • 31 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 163 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
36
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
3
Due this week
12
Due this month
9
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. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (9)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.

2
Hard (4%)
42
Medium (88%)
2
Easy (4%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only41 (85%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only2 (4%)
No statute on record2 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
47
Information Tech
98% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 3 67.7% +27.3%
HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 2 82.6% +38.4%
HO, DAO Q 2 83.3% +32.3%
YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2 76.6% +22.1%
ASRES, HERMON 2 80.1% +19.2%
RASHID, ISHRAT 1 58.4% +18.5%
IBRAHIM, MOHAMED 1 85.4% +7.5%
HAJ SAID, FADI 1 79.1% +20.5%
MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 1 85.4% +14.0%
NGUYEN, DUSTIN 1 78.4% +12.1%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18333063 ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF SIMULATED NETWORK DATA USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 29d overdue
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 23d overdue
18929999 DYNAMIC LOAD-BALANCING MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 15d overdue
18447637 ENFORCING POLICIES IN CLOUD DOMAINS WITH DIFFERENT APPLICATION NOMENCLATURES HO, DAO Q 3d overdue
18943614 WIDE AREA NETWORK ISSUE PREDICTION BASED ON DETECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDER CONNECTION SWAPPING IBRAHIM, MOHAMED 14d
18077858 ADVERTISING NON-VPN ROUTES WITH A ROUTE DISTINGUISHER AND A ROUTE TARGET ASRES, HERMON 14d
18965371 AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND UPDATE OF CONNECTIVITY ASSOCIATION KEYS FOR MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY PROTOCOL HO, DAO Q 39d
18345737 REDUNDANT CONTAINERIZED VIRTUAL ROUTERS FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD ASRES, HERMON 41d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18758823 CALCULATING AND UTILIZING POWER METRICS FOR CONNECTED NETWORK DEVICES YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 20d
18927424 CLOSED-LOOP NETWORK PROVISIONING BASED ON NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL FINGERPRINTING WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED 55d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18333063 ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF SIMULATED NETWORK DATA USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 29d overdue
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 23d overdue
18929999 DYNAMIC LOAD-BALANCING MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 15d overdue
18930642 PORT MISCONFIGURATION DETECTION NGUYEN, DUSTIN 15d overdue
18447637 ENFORCING POLICIES IN CLOUD DOMAINS WITH DIFFERENT APPLICATION NOMENCLATURES HO, DAO Q 3d overdue
18933205 INTENT-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-NATIVE ROUTER HAJ SAID, FADI 2d overdue
18419797 OPTIMIZING BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 5d
18077858 ADVERTISING NON-VPN ROUTES WITH A ROUTE DISTINGUISHER AND A ROUTE TARGET ASRES, HERMON 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2454 5
2444 4
2449 3
2175 3
2156 2
2432 2
2445 2
2451 2
2196 2
2468 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 2156 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2025
19011937 EDGE DEVICE FOR TELEMETRY FLOW DATA COLLECTION RASHID, ISHRAT 2459 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jan 07, 2025
18965371 AUTOMATIC GENERATION AND UPDATE OF CONNECTIVITY ASSOCIATION KEYS FOR MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY PROTOCOL HO, DAO Q 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Dec 02, 2024
18943614 WIDE AREA NETWORK ISSUE PREDICTION BASED ON DETECTION OF SERVICE PROVIDER CONNECTION SWAPPING IBRAHIM, MOHAMED 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 11, 2024
18933205 INTENT-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-NATIVE ROUTER HAJ SAID, FADI 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2024
18929999 DYNAMIC LOAD-BALANCING MANIWANG, JOSEPH R 2441 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18930642 PORT MISCONFIGURATION DETECTION NGUYEN, DUSTIN 2446 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 29, 2024
18927424 CLOSED-LOOP NETWORK PROVISIONING BASED ON NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL FINGERPRINTING WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED 2498 §101 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 25, 2024
18922748 USE OF SENTIMENT ANALYSIS TO ASSESS TRUST IN A NETWORK JACKSON, JENISE E 2499 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18908047 USING DELTA SNAPSHOTS TO FACILITATE INTENT POLICY MODEL ROLLBACK AND DEPLOYMENT GIARDINO JR, MARK A 2135 Other Final Rejection 8d Pending Oct 07, 2024
18828155 NETWORK ANOMALY DETECTION AND MITIGATION LEE, PHILIP C 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18825732 NETWORKING DEVICE VISUAL INDICATOR SIMULATION DENNISON, JERRY B 2409 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18819696 COOPERATIVE POWER MANAGEMENT DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18815417 ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTOGENERATION IN A CLOUD NATIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18787895 METHODS FOR CONFIGURING FLEXIBLE MAC GROUP TO PACKET FORWARDING ENGINE (PFE) CONNECTIONS, AND DEVICES WITH FLEXIBLE MAC GROUP TO PFE CONNECTIONS RAZA, MUHAMMAD A 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18759485 CARBON-AWARE INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGER FOR CLUSTER NODES YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758823 CALCULATING AND UTILIZING POWER METRICS FOR CONNECTED NETWORK DEVICES YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18650341 UTILIZING DATA MODELING FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF NETWORK DEVICE COMPONENTS CHAN, DANNY 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18598326 DYNAMIC MULTIPATH LOAD BALANCING GEBRE, MESSERET F 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18419797 OPTIMIZING BORDER GATEWAY PROTOCOL GRACEFUL SHUTDOWN MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Jan 23, 2024
18410946 DELAYED QUANTUM KEY-DISTRIBUTION DOAN, TRANG T 2431 §112 Final Rejection 76d Pending Jan 11, 2024
18405978 SEAMLESS HANDOVER OF A PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SESSION NGUYEN, LIEM HONG 2416 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18399862 AUDIT-LOG FOR MANAGING NETWORK DEVICES COONEY, ADAM A 2458 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18399987 APPLICATION SESSION-SPECIFIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY GENERATION FOR TROUBLESHOOTING THE APPLICATION SESSION MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 2454 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18395023 DISTRIBUTED LINK FAILURE RESILIENT LOW LATENCY NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL WITH AUTHENTICATION OFFLOAD SHARMA, GAUTAM 2467 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540148 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A DATA FLOW PATH IN AN OVERLAY NETWORK ABELSON, RONALD B 2476 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18522814 KEY REQUEST MANAGEMENT POTRATZ, DANIEL B 2491 §112 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18478521 USER INTERFACE-BASED DATA CENTER FABRIC DESIGN DABIPI, DIXON F 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18372591 BIT INDEX EXPLICIT REPLICATION (BIER) WITH ANYCAST DOAN, TAN 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18551981 NETWORK ACCESS ANOMALY DETECTION AND MITIGATION OLAEGBE, MUDASIRU K 2495 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 22, 2023
18468538 DEPLOYMENT CHECKS FOR A CONTAINERIZED SDN ARCHITECTURE SYSTEM AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18468503 DYNAMIC APPLICATION SLA METRIC GENERATION, DISTRIBUTION, AND INTENT-BASED SD-WAN LINK SELECTION BAYARD, DJENANE M 2444 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 15, 2023
18460930 PROVIDING INTEGRATION WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FOR A NETWORK DEVICE ORTIZ SANCHEZ, MICHAEL 2656 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Sep 05, 2023
18447637 ENFORCING POLICIES IN CLOUD DOMAINS WITH DIFFERENT APPLICATION NOMENCLATURES HO, DAO Q 2432 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18345737 REDUNDANT CONTAINERIZED VIRTUAL ROUTERS FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD ASRES, HERMON 2449 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18346009 WIDE AREA NETWORK LINK BANDWIDTH MONITORING CHANG, JUNGWON 2454 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18333063 ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF SIMULATED NETWORK DATA USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 2156 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18325760 NETWORK TELEMETRY-AWARE SCHEDULER SWIFT, CHARLES M 2196 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18320405 AUTOMATIC SCALING OF MICROSERVICES APPLICATIONS KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18306635 METHOD FOR SPATIO-TEMPORAL MONITORING PHUNG, LUAT 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18194397 DYNAMIC LOAD BALANCING OF RADIUS REQUESTS FROM NETWORK ACCESS SERVER DEVICE LIN, SHERMAN L 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18148232 DETECTING WIRED CLIENT STUCK NGUYEN, VINH 2453 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Dec 29, 2022
18146630 ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT FOR PACKET DROPS OCCURRING IN MOBILE NETWORKS WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL 2415 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 27, 2022
18077858 ADVERTISING NON-VPN ROUTES WITH A ROUTE DISTINGUISHER AND A ROUTE TARGET ASRES, HERMON 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18051632 USER INTERFACE FOR 5G NETWORK SLICE PROVISIONING BASOM, BLAINE T 2141 §103 Final Rejection 125d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2022
17937347 COLLECTING CLIENT DATA FOR WIRELESS CLIENT DEVICES FENNER, RAENITA ANN 2468 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2022
17929526 AUTO-SCALING SERVICE MESH FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES NGUYEN, STEVEN C 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17503162 CONTROL PLANE ISOLATION FOR SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORK ROUTING SERVICES CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 2444 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021

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