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
New H3C Network Information Security Software Co. Ltd. currently manages 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is being reviewed by a distinct examiner in a distinct art unit, reflecting a singular focus for the company's current filings. The presence of the art unit suggests that the pending application falls within a specific technical silo.
SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since the pending office action is the only pending matter in the portfolio, the prosecution strategy is dependent on this examiner. With a distinct examiner managing the pending office action, the applicant must tailor its response to the specific preferences of Shaughnessy. This focused workload allows the company to dedicate attention to the requirements of the art unit involved. Focusing on the specific requirements of this examiner will be the most effective way to advance the current application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 1 | 18.8% | +1.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18934107 | VIRUS DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM | SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 20d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2432 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18934107 | VIRUS DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM | SHAUGHNESSY, AIDAN EDWARD | 2432 | §103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
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