Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

May Patents Ltd.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications

13 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

May Patents Ltd. has 13 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are distributed among 8 distinct examiners and 7 distinct art units, indicating repeated assignments within both categories.

ALAM, MIRZA F is the busiest examiner, with 5 pending actions. That examiner is a clear coordination point for response consistency and issue tracking. The remaining examiner and art-unit assignments should be reviewed separately, since the portfolio includes several distinct prosecution contexts.

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

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

5
Hard (38%)
4
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (15%)
2
Unknown (15%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only4 (31%)
Double-patenting only2 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (31%)
No statute on record2 (15%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
46% of docket
6
Communications
46% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAM, MIRZA F 5 74.4% +33.9%
MEKY, MOUSTAFA M 2 93.5% +5.2%
BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 1 63.7% +37.6%
SHOLEMAN, ABU S 1 78.3% +27.6%
BAYARD, DJENANE M 1 83.6% +1.2%
SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 1 88.4% +12.6%
KAKARLA, BHASKAR 1 20.0% +0.0%
SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 1 69.3% +34.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19298297 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL MEKY, MOUSTAFA M —
18928051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL SURYAWANSHI, SURESH —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18100735 System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device ALAM, MIRZA F 14d
19303597 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY SHOLEMAN, ABU S 21d
18797581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 54d
19428813 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER —
19010075 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY BAYARD, DJENANE M —
18928055 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL KAKARLA, BHASKAR —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18100735 System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device ALAM, MIRZA F 14d
19303597 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY SHOLEMAN, ABU S 21d
18797581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 54d
18797576 System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device ALAM, MIRZA F 56d
19567200 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F —
19567201 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F —
19428813 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER —
19098063 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2688 5
2457 2
2116 2
2858 1
2496 1
2444 1
2657 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19567200 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103Other Final Rejection — Pending Mar 15, 2026
19567201 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 15, 2026
19428813 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2025
19303597 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY SHOLEMAN, ABU S 2496 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 19, 2025
19298297 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL MEKY, MOUSTAFA M 2457 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19298308 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL MEKY, MOUSTAFA M 2457 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 13, 2025
19098063 Device for Displaying in Response to a Sensed Motion ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 02, 2025
19010075 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTING-BASED INTERNET SECURITY BAYARD, DJENANE M 2444 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2025
18928051 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2024
18928055 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL KAKARLA, BHASKAR 2116 Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2024
18797581 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SERVER BASED CONTROL SERRAGUARD, SEAN ERIN 2657 §103§112Other Final Rejection 54d Pending Aug 08, 2024
18797576 System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Aug 08, 2024
18100735 System and Method for a Motion Sensing Device ALAM, MIRZA F 2688 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 24, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does May Patents Ltd. have?

May Patents Ltd. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 7 art units and 8 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most May Patents Ltd. applications?

Mirza F Alam has the most, with 5 of May Patents Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are May Patents Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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