Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Leidos Inc.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Communications

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Leidos Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, leaving no recorded overlap in either category.

AYAD, TAMIR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner-specific workload is distributed across the portfolio. A practitioner can therefore treat each matter as a separate prosecution track and avoid assuming that one examiner or art unit sets the strategy for the others.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
1
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

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 (67%)
1
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
1
Information Tech
33% of docket
1
Communications
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AYAD, TAMIR 1 42.3% +48.1%
TRACY JR., EDWARD 1 76.5% +38.4%
WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 1 68.5% +19.2%

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
19204887 Embeddable Ultrahigh Temperature Sensors and Method For Making AYAD, TAMIR —
18740780 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR SECURING CLIENT DATA DURING FEDERATED LEARNING WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19204887 Embeddable Ultrahigh Temperature Sensors and Method For Making AYAD, TAMIR —
19061368 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN LANGUAGE MODELS WITH INCREMENTAL ADAPTATION TRACY JR., EDWARD —
18740780 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR SECURING CLIENT DATA DURING FEDERATED LEARNING WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1726 1
2656 1
2495 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19204887 Embeddable Ultrahigh Temperature Sensors and Method For Making AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 12, 2025
19061368 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN LANGUAGE MODELS WITH INCREMENTAL ADAPTATION TRACY JR., EDWARD 2656 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
18740780 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR SECURING CLIENT DATA DURING FEDERATED LEARNING WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 2495 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 12, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Leidos Inc. have?

Leidos Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Leidos Inc. applications?

Tamir Ayad has the most, with 1 of Leidos Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Leidos Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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