Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Leidos Security Detection & Automation Inc.

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
33% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
AKHTER, SHARMIN 1 70.0% +28.7%
LEE, SHUN K 1 41.8% +15.4%
GOOD, KENNETH W 1 73.2% +19.0%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18126795 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE SCREENING OF INDIVIDUALS GOOD, KENNETH W 1d overdue

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
18460250 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING A SCAN OF AN OBJECT LEE, SHUN K 28d overdue
18126795 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE SCREENING OF INDIVIDUALS GOOD, KENNETH W 1d overdue
18797106 SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MANAGING SECURITY ACCESS AKHTER, SHARMIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2689 1
2884 1
3648 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18797106 SYSTEM FOR REMOTELY MANAGING SECURITY ACCESS AKHTER, SHARMIN 2689 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18460250 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING A SCAN OF AN OBJECT LEE, SHUN K 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18126795 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE SCREENING OF INDIVIDUALS GOOD, KENNETH W 3648 §102§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2023

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