Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
8 pending office actions • 7 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days
McAfee LLC is managing 7 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed among 7 distinct examiners, resulting in a unique official for the pending cases. The portfolio is spread across 6 distinct art units, which indicates that the 7 pending office actions involve a wide variety of technical sub-domains within the security field.
CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 7 distinct examiners is only handling the pending office action, the prosecution effort is not concentrated under any individual. This ratio between the pending office actions and the assigned personnel creates a highly decentralized prosecution environment.
The high number of 6 distinct art units for the filings requires the legal team to be prepared for diverse examination styles and procedural requirements. Only a few of the cases could possibly share an art unit, given the 6 distinct art units reported. Practitioners should tailor their arguments to the examiners, including CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN, as their individual feedback will be the primary driver for the Networking & Security cases.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (12%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (12%) |
| §103 only | 3 (38%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (12%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN | 1 | 91.0% | +55.3% |
| JEUDY, JOSNEL | 1 | 83.8% | -16.1% |
| RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED | 1 | 87.0% | +11.4% |
| DONABED, NINOS | 1 | 75.3% | +65.0% |
| LIN, SHERMAN L | 1 | 29.2% | +37.1% |
| YI, HYUNGJUN B | 1 | 32.1% | +25.8% |
| PATEL, NIRAV B | 1 | 72.3% | +41.1% |
| SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 1 | 6.3% | +8.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19074800 | USER ACTIVITY-TRIGGERED URL SCAN | CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN | — |
| 18819135 | OBJECT INSPECTION VIA OPERATING SYSTEM SHARE FUNCTION | JEUDY, JOSNEL | — |
| 18663997 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DEEPFAKE CONTENT | RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17400204 | Remediation of Stale Online Accounts and Digital Exhaust | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 30d |
| 18649806 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION | DONABED, NINOS | — |
| 18542241 | WELLNESS DETECTION AND RESPONSE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES | LIN, SHERMAN L | — |
| 17401429 | Web Conference Security | PATEL, NIRAV B | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19074800 | USER ACTIVITY-TRIGGERED URL SCAN | CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN | — |
| 18663997 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DEEPFAKE CONTENT | RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED | — |
| 18649806 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION | DONABED, NINOS | — |
| 18542241 | WELLNESS DETECTION AND RESPONSE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES | LIN, SHERMAN L | — |
| 17404856 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INCREMENTALLY TRAIN A MODEL | YI, HYUNGJUN B | — |
| 17401429 | Web Conference Security | PATEL, NIRAV B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2438 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2146 | 1 |
| 6214 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19074800 | USER ACTIVITY-TRIGGERED URL SCAN | CHAMPAKESAN, BADRI NARAYANAN | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 18819135 | OBJECT INSPECTION VIA OPERATING SYSTEM SHARE FUNCTION | JEUDY, JOSNEL | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18663997 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETECT DEEPFAKE CONTENT | RACHEDINE, MOHAMMED | 2646 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18649806 | DEVICE IDENTIFICATION | DONABED, NINOS | 2444 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18542241 | WELLNESS DETECTION AND RESPONSE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES | LIN, SHERMAN L | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 17404856 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INCREMENTALLY TRAIN A MODEL | YI, HYUNGJUN B | 2146 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 17, 2021 |
| 17401429 | Web Conference Security | PATEL, NIRAV B | 6214 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2021 |
| 17400204 | Remediation of Stale Online Accounts and Digital Exhaust | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Aug 12, 2021 |
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