Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mr Daniel Kerning currently has 1 pending office action in the Communications technology area. This single action is being processed by 1 distinct examiner within a distinct art unit. The busiest examiner for this portfolio is SYED, NABIL H, who is handling the pending office action. This data indicates that the prosecution effort is currently limited to a single point of contact within the patent office.
Because the portfolio consists of only 1 pending office action, the prosecution focus is entirely centralized. SYED, NABIL H is the sole examiner responsible for the company's current activity in the Communications sector. This concentration in the art unit and with the examiner means that the progress of the portfolio is tied to a single point of review. The data reflects a minimal but focused footprint, where the busiest examiner pending count accounts for the entirety of the pending office action. Practitioners can focus their strategy on the specific requirements of this examiner and the associated art unit to ensure efficient handling of the matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SYED, NABIL H | 1 | 60.5% | +30.3% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | SYED, NABIL H | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | SYED, NABIL H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19097999 | Security and Public Safety Application for a Mobile Device with Audio/Video Analytics and Access Control Authentication | SYED, NABIL H | 2686 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialMr Daniel Kerning has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nabil H Syed has the most, with 1 of Mr Daniel Kerning's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
