Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Juniper Networks Inc.

52 pending office actions • 33 art units • 51 examiners • 0 of 52 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 147 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

52
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

14
Hard (27%)
31
Medium (60%)
5
Easy (10%)
2
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other5 (10%)
§103 only29 (56%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only4 (8%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (17%)
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
38
Information Tech
73% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
12
Business / Other
23% 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.

520 h
Manual time on pending OAs
104 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
182 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, STEVEN C 2 61.2% +52.9%
JOO, JOSHUA 1 78.4% +23.4%
YE, ZI 1 85.2% +17.9%
NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C 1 76.1% +10.8%
DADA, BEEMNET W 1 84.6% +18.4%
ZONG, RUOLEI 1 86.8% +12.1%
HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 1 82.7% +38.2%
HACKENBERG, RACHEL J 1 78.2% +25.6%
MENDAYE, KIDEST H 1 80.9% +32.7%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 1 79.1% +3.1%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 23d overdue
19093141 DOWNLOADABLE NETWORK TESTS FOR VIRTUAL CLIENT FUNCTIONS YE, ZI
19078088 PROVIDING SYMMETRIC CONSISTENT HASHING IN A FORWARDING PLANE OF A NETWORK DEVICE DADA, BEEMNET W
19058977 INTELLIGENT FIREWALL POLICY PROCESSOR ZONG, RUOLEI
19044207 BITMASK ROUTE TARGET IN TARGETED DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION USING A ROUTING PROTOCOL MENDAYE, KIDEST H

Hard Cases (14)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18930642 PORT MISCONFIGURATION DETECTION NGUYEN, DUSTIN 15d overdue
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 10d overdue
18933205 INTENT-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-NATIVE ROUTER HAJ SAID, FADI 2d overdue
18819696 COOPERATIVE POWER MANAGEMENT DEROSE, VOLVICK 7d
18872796 CORRECTION OF WIRELESS SIGNALS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA
18819681 WI-FI MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH PRIORITY RECEIVERS AREVALO, JOSEPH
18818180 POWER OPTIMIZATION OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM HUYNH, KIM NGOC
18814069 APPLICATION SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATION HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE HOSSAIN, KAMAL M

Interview Candidates (10)

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
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 23d overdue
17929526 AUTO-SCALING SERVICE MESH FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES NGUYEN, STEVEN C 29d
19189729 SELF-LEARNING SERVICE SCHEDULER FOR SMART NICS JOO, JOSHUA
19093141 DOWNLOADABLE NETWORK TESTS FOR VIRTUAL CLIENT FUNCTIONS YE, ZI
19082774 LOAD BALANCING OF ASSISTED REPLICATION NETWORK DEVICES NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C
19078088 PROVIDING SYMMETRIC CONSISTENT HASHING IN A FORWARDING PLANE OF A NETWORK DEVICE DADA, BEEMNET W
19058977 INTELLIGENT FIREWALL POLICY PROCESSOR ZONG, RUOLEI
19052795 NETWORK GRAPH MODEL AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS FOR A NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HACKENBERG, RACHEL J

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2451 4
2447 2
2444 2
2176 2
2449 2
2458 2
2435 1
2156 1
2459 1
2446 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19189729 SELF-LEARNING SERVICE SCHEDULER FOR SMART NICS JOO, JOSHUA DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19093141 DOWNLOADABLE NETWORK TESTS FOR VIRTUAL CLIENT FUNCTIONS YE, ZI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
19082774 LOAD BALANCING OF ASSISTED REPLICATION NETWORK DEVICES NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2025
19078088 PROVIDING SYMMETRIC CONSISTENT HASHING IN A FORWARDING PLANE OF A NETWORK DEVICE DADA, BEEMNET W 2435 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19058977 INTELLIGENT FIREWALL POLICY PROCESSOR ZONG, RUOLEI DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
19054408 INTENT GRAPH MODEL GENERATION USING DIFFERENCE INFORMATION HWA, SHYUE JIUNN 2156 §103Other Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2025
19052795 NETWORK GRAPH MODEL AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS FOR A NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HACKENBERG, RACHEL J §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
19044207 BITMASK ROUTE TARGET IN TARGETED DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION USING A ROUTING PROTOCOL MENDAYE, KIDEST H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 03, 2025
19042546 CONTAINERIZED ROUTING PROTOCOL PROCESS FOR VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
19011937 EDGE DEVICE FOR TELEMETRY FLOW DATA COLLECTION RASHID, ISHRAT 2459 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Jan 07, 2025
19012065 STANDBY ACCESS GATEWAY FUNCTION SIGNALING FOR A DYNAMIC HOST CONFIGURATION PROTOCOL ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED 2447 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18872796 CORRECTION OF WIRELESS SIGNALS FOR DISTANCE MEASUREMENTS MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18933205 INTENT-DRIVEN CONFIGURATION OF A CLOUD-NATIVE ROUTER HAJ SAID, FADI 2444 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2024
18930642 PORT MISCONFIGURATION DETECTION NGUYEN, DUSTIN 2446 §102§103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Oct 29, 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
18904877 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOAD-BALANCING TRAFFIC BASED ON FLOW ATTRIBUTES AND INTENTS NGUYEN, STEVEN C 2451 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 02, 2024
18825732 NETWORKING DEVICE VISUAL INDICATOR SIMULATION DENNISON, JERRY B 2409 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2024
18823447 ADAPTIVE VISUAL INDICATORS CONTROLLER KHAN, HASSAN ABDUR-RAHMAN 2451 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 03, 2024
18819696 COOPERATIVE POWER MANAGEMENT DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 7d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18819681 WI-FI MANAGEMENT IN THE PRESENCE OF HIGH PRIORITY RECEIVERS AREVALO, JOSEPH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18818180 POWER OPTIMIZATION OF A COMPUTING SYSTEM HUYNH, KIM NGOC 2176 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 28, 2024
18815417 ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTOGENERATION IN A CLOUD NATIVE SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURE MACILWINEN, JOHN MOORE JAIN 2454 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18814069 APPLICATION SERVICE LEVEL EXPECTATION HEALTH AND PERFORMANCE HOSSAIN, KAMAL M 2444 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 23, 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§112 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2024
18785312 MULTI-WIRELESS DEVICE LOCATION DETERMINATION WEBB, MARGARET G DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 26, 2024
18759417 MONITORING WIRELESS ACCESS POINT EVENTS NOWLIN, ERIC DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18758695 COMMUNICATING NON-ACCESS STRATUM INFORMATION IN INTERNET PROTOCOL MESSAGES VIA A WIRELINE CONNECTION LI, NING 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18759383 DEPENDENCY-AWARE SMART GREEN WORKLOAD SCALER RECEK, JASON D 2458 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18759485 CARBON-AWARE INTELLIGENT POWER MANAGER FOR CLUSTER NODES YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18744943 PROVIDING A MULTIPLE DWELLING UNIT FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS MECHANISM DABIPI, DIXON F 2451 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18737830 POWER SAVING BASED ON LINK DOWN DETECTION CHANG, YU-WEN 2413 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18654892 AUTOMATICALLY TROUBLESHOOTING AND REMEDIATING NETWORK ISSUES VIA CONNECTED NEIGHBORS KHANAL, SANDARVA 2453 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2024
18645698 DETERMINING AND UTILIZING ENERGY EFFICIENT LINKS AND NETWORK DEVICES IN A NETWORK PHAM, TITO Q 2466 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18631917 SUPPORTING GRAPHQL BASED QUERIES ON YANG BASED CONFIGURATION DATA MODELS CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 2024
18590136 NETWORK DEVICE TESTING WITH VIRTUAL CLIENT FUNCTIONS HAN, CLEMENCE S 2414 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18405978 SEAMLESS HANDOVER OF A PROTOCOL DATA UNIT SESSION NGUYEN, LIEM HONG 2416 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18401458 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING FIELD-REPLACEABLE UNITS IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES VIA RETRACTABLE GUIDE RAILS WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S 3637 Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 30, 2023
18399862 AUDIT-LOG FOR MANAGING NETWORK DEVICES COONEY, ADAM A 2458 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400434 CONTINUITY INFORMATION INCLUDED IN METRIC DATA ELEMENT OF A NON-TRANSITIVE ATTRIBUTE SHAW, ROBERT A 2455 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400515 AUTOMATIC GROUPING OF DEPLOYED ACCESS POINTS SYED, NABIL H 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18394526 PROACTIVE LOAD BALANCING OF NETWORK TRAFFIC PROCESSING FOR WORKLOADS TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 2198 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18521936 CONTAINERIZED ROUTER SERVICE CHAINING FOR CONTAINERIZED NETWORK FUNCTIONS PATEL, HITESHKUMAR R 2400 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18448808 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ACHIEVING QUANTUM SECURE DATA IN MULTI-TENANT ENVIRONMENTS MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 2431 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2023
18447637 ENFORCING POLICIES IN CLOUD DOMAINS WITH DIFFERENT APPLICATION NOMENCLATURES HO, DAO Q 2432 §103Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18345707 CONTAINERIZED VIRTUAL ROUTER FOR USE WITH A VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD ASRES, HERMON 2449 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 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 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18148220 LIVENESS DETECTION AND ROUTE CONVERGENCE IN SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING DISTRIBUTED SYSTEM WU, JIANYE 2462 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 29, 2022
18146630 ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENT FOR PACKET DROPS OCCURRING IN MOBILE NETWORKS WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL 2415 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 27, 2022
17933566 METRIC GROUPS FOR SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK ARCHITECTURES HEADLY, MELISSA A 2197 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2022
17929526 AUTO-SCALING SERVICE MESH FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES NGUYEN, STEVEN C 2451 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17663464 HIERARCHICAL MULTI-MODEL GENERATION IN NETWORK AND CLOUD COMPUTING SYSTEMS STORK, KYLE R 2128 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2022

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