Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast- Nattuurwetenschappelijk Orderzoek Tno currently has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This active matter represents the current state of the company's patent prosecution. The examination of this portfolio is conducted by 1 distinct examiner and is situated within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical scope for the pending application.
The examiner assigned to this case is KAYAL, DAVID M, who is listed as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because the 1 pending office action is the only one currently active, KAYAL, DAVID M is responsible for the company's pending review. This concentration means the prosecution outcome is directly tied to the interactions with this specific examiner.
For the practitioner, working within 1 distinct art unit allows for a specialized focus on the relevant networking and security standards. However, the lack of other pending matters means there are no alternative examiners to provide different perspectives on the portfolio. Success depends on navigating the specific requirements and feedback provided by KAYAL, DAVID M within the 1 distinct art unit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAYAL, DAVID M | 1 | 85.0% | +26.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17858737 | BEAM OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS IN NEIGHBORING CELLS | KAYAL, DAVID M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17858737 | BEAM OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS IN NEIGHBORING CELLS | KAYAL, DAVID M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2464 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17858737 | BEAM OPTIMIZATION BASED ON SIGNAL MEASUREMENTS IN NEIGHBORING CELLS | KAYAL, DAVID M | 2464 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast- Nattuurwetenschappelijk Orderzoek Tno has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
David M Kayal has the most, with 1 of Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast- Nattuurwetenschappelijk Orderzoek Tno's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
