Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mbda France is currently navigating 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This activity is restricted to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, indicating a highly specialized focus for the company's current intellectual property in this sector. This structure allows for a very direct and focused prosecution strategy. The concentration of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit suggests the company is prioritizing a specific networking or security innovation at this time.
The busiest examiner, GERGISO, TECHANE, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action. This 1 action is the only one currently active for the firm, so the examiner's individual review will be the most significant factor in the portfolio's immediate future. With only 1 distinct art unit involved, the company's efforts are concentrated on meeting the specific technical standards of that group. This singular focus allows the company to tailor its arguments specifically for the 1 pending office action to maximize the chances of success.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| GERGISO, TECHANE | 1 | 84.6% | +24.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044170 | METHOD AND FIREWALL CONFIGURED TO MONITOR MESSAGES TRANSITING BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS | GERGISO, TECHANE | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18044170 | METHOD AND FIREWALL CONFIGURED TO MONITOR MESSAGES TRANSITING BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS | GERGISO, TECHANE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2408 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18044170 | METHOD AND FIREWALL CONFIGURED TO MONITOR MESSAGES TRANSITING BETWEEN TWO COMMUNICATION ELEMENTS | GERGISO, TECHANE | 2408 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2023 |
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