Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
9 pending office actions • 7 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Okta Inc. is managing 9 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed among 9 distinct examiners, which means that every active case is being handled by a different individual at the patent office. The portfolio's activity spans 7 distinct art units, indicating that while the technology area is focused, the specific technical applications are reviewed by several different specialized groups within the networking and security sectors.
SARKER, SANCHIT K is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Given that there are 9 total pending actions and 9 distinct examiners, the workload is distributed such that no single examiner holds more than one case. This distribution across 7 distinct art units suggests a variety of technical focuses within the company's security-related patent filings, requiring a broad range of examiner expertise to navigate the prosecution process effectively.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 + other | 1 (11%) |
| §103 only | 5 (56%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (22%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARKER, SANCHIT K | 1 | 78.5% | +46.0% |
| ALI, AFAQ | 1 | 89.5% | +11.9% |
| ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N | 1 | 79.1% | +3.3% |
| SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 1 | 80.3% | +28.4% |
| ZHANG, LESHUI | 1 | 77.9% | +35.3% |
| HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 1 | 76.0% | +24.3% |
| PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 1 | 87.1% | +10.2% |
| DOAN, HUAN V | 1 | 80.5% | +41.9% |
| ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | 1 | 78.1% | +17.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903388 | UNIVERSAL LOGOUT AND SINGLE LOGOUT TECHNIQUES | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 9d overdue |
| 18977293 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF TRUSTED NETWORK PERIMETER | ALI, AFAQ | 6d |
| 18763627 | RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTHORIZATION MODEL QUERY GENERATION | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 19d |
| 18633103 | PHISHING RESISTANT ENROLLMENT VIA AN OPERATING SYSTEM | DOAN, HUAN V | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791137 | EXTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 28d |
| 18824518 | NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DATA MINING USING GENERATIVE AI | ZHANG, LESHUI | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18903388 | UNIVERSAL LOGOUT AND SINGLE LOGOUT TECHNIQUES | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 9d overdue |
| 18977293 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF TRUSTED NETWORK PERIMETER | ALI, AFAQ | 6d |
| 18763627 | RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTHORIZATION MODEL QUERY GENERATION | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 19d |
| 18791137 | EXTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 28d |
| 19282952 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREDENTIAL AND IDENTITY SYNCHRONIZATION | SARKER, SANCHIT K | — |
| 18824518 | NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DATA MINING USING GENERATIVE AI | ZHANG, LESHUI | — |
| 18633103 | PHISHING RESISTANT ENROLLMENT VIA AN OPERATING SYSTEM | DOAN, HUAN V | — |
| 18485175 | FINE-GRAINED AUTHORIZATION AS A SERVICE VIA RELATIONSHIP- BASED ACCESS CONTROL WITHIN A MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2499 | 2 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2441 | 1 |
| 2493 | 1 |
| 2695 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| 2494 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19282952 | TECHNIQUES FOR CREDENTIAL AND IDENTITY SYNCHRONIZATION | SARKER, SANCHIT K | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 18977293 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF TRUSTED NETWORK PERIMETER | ALI, AFAQ | 2434 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18927659 | TECHNIQUES FOR MANAGING SOFTWARE AGENT HEALTH | ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N | 2441 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18903388 | UNIVERSAL LOGOUT AND SINGLE LOGOUT TECHNIQUES | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18824518 | NATURAL LANGUAGE INTERFACE FOR IDENTITY MANAGEMENT DATA MINING USING GENERATIVE AI | ZHANG, LESHUI | 2695 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18791137 | EXTRA-ORGANIZATIONAL APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS | 2499 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18763627 | RELATIONSHIP-BASED ACCESS CONTROL AUTHORIZATION MODEL QUERY GENERATION | PLECHA, THADDEUS J | 2438 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18633103 | PHISHING RESISTANT ENROLLMENT VIA AN OPERATING SYSTEM | DOAN, HUAN V | 2499 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18485175 | FINE-GRAINED AUTHORIZATION AS A SERVICE VIA RELATIONSHIP- BASED ACCESS CONTROL WITHIN A MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | 2494 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
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