Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

61 pending office actions • 25 art units • 54 examiners • 0 of 61 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 177 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

61
Total Pending OAs
35
Non-Final OAs
26
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

30
Hard (49%)
29
Medium (48%)
2
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§101 + other12 (20%)
§103 only27 (44%)
§102 only1 (2%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (25%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
44
Information Tech
72% of docket
1
Communications
2% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
16
Business / Other
26% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

610 h
Manual time on pending OAs
122 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
214 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D 4 85.0% +18.2%
TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2 59.3% +35.0%
ZOUBAIR, NOURA 2 73.1% +61.3%
MAY, ROBERT F 2 74.2% +31.3%
HERZOG, MADHURI R 2 78.3% +12.0%
BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 75.3% +12.6%
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.9% -0.8%
ABYANEH, ALI S 1 77.7% +56.0%
REZA, MOHAMMAD W 1 87.6% +10.9%
CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA 1 66.4% +19.6%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19224382 STRATEGICALLY AGED DOMAIN DETECTION MEHEDI, MORSHED
19195964 SECURE BROWSER AND BROWSING SECURITY WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D
19195086 MALWARE ANALYSIS OF DATA/FILES PRIOR TO STORAGE IN ISOLATED SECURE ENVIRONMENT WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D
19092316 SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE USAGE MONITORING WITH SECURE BROWSER OR BROWSER ENVIRONMENT WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D
19089105 BROWSER MANAGED ACCESS OF CORPORATE RESOURCES WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D

Hard Cases (30)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18621872 GRAMMAR POWERED RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES MAY, ROBERT F 43d overdue
18931476 AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING UNKNOWN PACKERS LITTLE, VANCE M 30d overdue
18525342 INTELLIGENT SECURITY FOR ZERO TRUST IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH SECURITY PLATFORMS USING A PACKET FORWARDING CONTROL PROTOCOL HERZOG, MADHURI R 25d overdue
18784438 PERMANENT IDENTIFIER BASED SECURITY FOR REMOTE UES IN MOBILE NETWORKS JOO, JOSHUA 24d overdue
18925278 MALWARE ANALYSIS THROUGH VIRTUAL MACHINE FORKING WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 9d overdue
18432878 INTERWORKING OF STUN AND ALG MCBETH, WILLIAM C 9d overdue
19184917 DETECTING SHADOWED DOMAINS ABYANEH, ALI S
19088871 BROWSER ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT WITH ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXT OF TRIGGERING EVENTS REZA, MOHAMMAD W

Interview Candidates (16)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18621872 GRAMMAR POWERED RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES MAY, ROBERT F 43d overdue
18525342 INTELLIGENT SECURITY FOR ZERO TRUST IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH SECURITY PLATFORMS USING A PACKET FORWARDING CONTROL PROTOCOL HERZOG, MADHURI R 25d overdue
18525375 INTELLIGENT SECURITY FOR ZERO TRUST IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH SECURITY PLATFORMS USING A DIAMETER PROTOCOL OR A RADIUS PROTOCOL HERZOG, MADHURI R 5d overdue
18429191 SECURITY POLICY ANALYSIS ZOUBAIR, NOURA 6d
19226387 INLINE RANSOMWARE DETECTION VIA SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK (SMB) TRAFFIC BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J
19195964 SECURE BROWSER AND BROWSING SECURITY WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D
19195086 MALWARE ANALYSIS OF DATA/FILES PRIOR TO STORAGE IN ISOLATED SECURE ENVIRONMENT WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D
19184917 DETECTING SHADOWED DOMAINS ABYANEH, ALI S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2434 5
2499 4
2445 3
2154 3
2449 3
2431 2
2437 2
2494 2
2455 2
2443 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19226387 INLINE RANSOMWARE DETECTION VIA SERVER MESSAGE BLOCK (SMB) TRAFFIC BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2025
19224382 STRATEGICALLY AGED DOMAIN DETECTION MEHEDI, MORSHED DP Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19195964 SECURE BROWSER AND BROWSING SECURITY WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19195086 MALWARE ANALYSIS OF DATA/FILES PRIOR TO STORAGE IN ISOLATED SECURE ENVIRONMENT WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2025
19184917 DETECTING SHADOWED DOMAINS ABYANEH, ALI S §101§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2025
19092316 SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE USAGE MONITORING WITH SECURE BROWSER OR BROWSER ENVIRONMENT WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2025
19089105 BROWSER MANAGED ACCESS OF CORPORATE RESOURCES WADE-WRIGHT, SHAQUEAL D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2025
19088871 BROWSER ACTIVITY MANAGEMENT WITH ACTIONS BASED ON CONTEXT OF TRIGGERING EVENTS REZA, MOHAMMAD W §101§102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
19084500 IOT APPLICATION LEARNING TALIOUA, ABDELBASST §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19065786 IOT POLICY RECOMMENDATION LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) EMBEDDINGS BASED GLOBAL BEHAVIOR LEARNING CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
19064542 SECURE ACCESS SERVICE EDGE INTERCONNECT PLATFORM FARROW, FELICIA 2431 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
19064332 PROVIDING IDENTITY PROTECTION JEAN, FRANTZ B §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
19052096 SECURING CONTROL AND USER PLANE SEPARATION IN MOBILE NETWORKS NIPA, WASIKA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2025
19048575 APPLICATION PRECEDENCE BASED TRAFFIC POLICY ENFORCEMENT NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19045877 PROVIDING QUANTUM-SAFE COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY OVER AN INSECURE NETWORK VU, TAYLOR P 2437 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2025
19041120 MALICIOUS URL DETECTION AND REMEDIATION FOR COLLABORATION-BASED SAAS APPLICATIONS CHEN, SHIN HON 2431 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 30, 2025
19040744 CONTEXT-BASED SECURITY IN MOBILE NETWORKS USING AN API AND A DATA STORE JACKSON, JENISE E §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2025
19001052 CONSOLIDATED ALERT REMEDIATION USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS AND GRAPH STRUCTURES ALATA, AYOUB 2494 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 24, 2024
18987548 AUTHENTICATION USING PERSISTENT TOKEN AND MDM CERTIFICATE MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER 2499 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18982334 INTELLIGENT DEPLOYMENT REGION SELECTION AND SCALING OF CLOUD-BASED FIREWALLS DOAN, TAN 2445 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18947986 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING MALWARE SIGNATURE TRUONG, THONG P §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18940529 CONTEXT-BASED FOLLOW UP QUERY GENERATION IN TEXT-TO-DATABASE QUERY CONVERSION SYSTEMS CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T 2154 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2024
18940460 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTED CONFIGURATION COMPLIANCE POLICY CREATION AND ENFORCEMENT FRAMEWORK ARYAL, AAYUSH 2435 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 07, 2024
18933932 IP ADDRESS MOBILITY IN A HOST-ROUTING NETWORK YE, ZI 2455 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2024
18931476 AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING UNKNOWN PACKERS LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2024
18925278 MALWARE ANALYSIS THROUGH VIRTUAL MACHINE FORKING WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 2495 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2024
18926165 EXPLICIT PROXY SOLUTIONS FOR 5G SECURITY WITH SERVICE ACCESS SERVICE EDGE (SASE) WITH SERVICE PROVIDE NETWORK ATTACH TO PRISMA SASE MALINOWSKI, WALTER J 2439 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18919978 AUTOMATED FUNCTION-LEVEL CODE SIGNATURE GENERATION FOR WINDOWS-PE AND ELF MALWARE DETECTION ABDULLAHI, ABDULLAHI MOHAMED 2434 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2024
18914180 Adaptable cybersecurity playbooks ANKRUM, ALEC CHRISTOPHER 2434 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 13, 2024
18894889 ADNS TELEMETRY HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2449 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2024
18894366 ADVANCED INLINE DETECTION FOR REAL-TIME IDENTIFICATION OF LATERAL MOVEMENT PARK, SANGSEOK 2499 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 24, 2024
18789388 AUTOMATIC DISCOVERY OF APPLICATION ADMINISTRATOR ZOUBAIR, NOURA 2434 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18786637 API attack script generation MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 2496 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784438 PERMANENT IDENTIFIER BASED SECURITY FOR REMOTE UES IN MOBILE NETWORKS JOO, JOSHUA 2445 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2024
18774568 MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE FOR DETECTING ZERO-DAY PHISHING KIT SOURCE CODES ANDERSON, MICHAEL D 2433 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18767688 PRIVACY-AWARE DYNAMIC ATTACK PATH EXPLAINER SHAW, BRIAN F 2432 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 09, 2024
18751422 PERSISTENT DEVICE IDENTIFIER DRIVEN COMPROMISED DEVICE QUARANTINE TODD, GREGORY G 2443 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 24, 2024
18680876 VISCAD: VISUAL-GUIDED CAMPAIGN AUTO-DISCOVERY HOLLISTER, JAMES ROSS 2499 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18667982 ML BASED DOMAIN RISK SCORING AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO ADVANCED URL FILTERING AHMED, MAHABUB S 2434 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 17, 2024
18651431 DATA PATH FAILURE ROOT CAUSE IDENTIFICATION WITH MODIFIED PACKETS TALIOUA, ABDELBASST 2445 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18646561 NOISE ADDITION FOR DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY WITH PRESERVATION OF DATA UTILITY XIA, XUYANG §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18634946 Broken object level authorization vulnerability detection LI, MENG 2437 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2024
18621872 GRAMMAR POWERED RETRIEVAL AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR DOMAIN SPECIFIC LANGUAGES MAY, ROBERT F 2154 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18620606 SCALABLE DOMAIN-LEVEL SINKHOLING AND INTERACTION OF NETWORK TRAFFIC LEE, MICHAEL M 2436 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18588860 TWO-STAGE ANOMALOUS DEVICE DETECTION ANYAN, BARBARA BURGESS 2457 §102 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18432878 INTERWORKING OF STUN AND ALG MCBETH, WILLIAM C 2449 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Feb 05, 2024
18429177 TOPOLOGICAL CO-RELATION DAVIS, ZACHARY A 2492 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18429191 SECURITY POLICY ANALYSIS ZOUBAIR, NOURA 2434 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18544240 GLOBAL SEARCH OF A SECURITY RELATED DATA STORE USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING MAY, ROBERT F 2154 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2023
18535122 THREAT INTELLIGENCE DIALOGUE SYSTEM FOR INTERFACING WITH A PROPRIETARY THREAT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE SMITH, SEAN THOMAS 2659 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18525342 INTELLIGENT SECURITY FOR ZERO TRUST IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH SECURITY PLATFORMS USING A PACKET FORWARDING CONTROL PROTOCOL HERZOG, MADHURI R 2438 §102§103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18525375 INTELLIGENT SECURITY FOR ZERO TRUST IN MOBILE NETWORKS WITH SECURITY PLATFORMS USING A DIAMETER PROTOCOL OR A RADIUS PROTOCOL HERZOG, MADHURI R 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18487256 ORGANIZATION-SPECIFIC CYBERSECURITY DIALOGUE SYSTEM WITH LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS CHANG, TOM Y 2455 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 16, 2023
18468962 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED FILTERING OF FALSE POSITIVE PATTERN MATCHES FOR PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ALMEIDA, DEVIN E 2492 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18228397 ASSET SECURITY AND RISK POSTURE VISUALIZATION BENGZON, GREG C 2444 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18227601 INTRUSION PREVENTION BASED ON INFECTION CHAINS CELANI, NICHOLAS P 2449 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18353348 TAILORED RECOMMENDATION OF SOFTWARE UPDATES TO NETWORK ELEMENTS SMITH, CHENECA 2192 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jul 17, 2023
18347764 HYPERVISOR-BASED MONITORING OF SAMPLES EXECUTING IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE VIA AMSI INTERCEPTION STEINLE, ANDREW J 2497 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2023
17814005 DATA SLICING FOR INTERNET ASSET ATTRIBUTION PHAKOUSONH, DARAVANH 2121 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 21, 2022
17826766 IDENTIFY AND BLOCK DOMAINS USED FOR NXNS-BASED DDOS ATTACK MAAZOUZ, GHIZLANE 2499 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2022
17737787 Anomaly Detection for Cloud Computing Platforms VANG, MENG 2443 §101 Final Rejection Pending May 05, 2022

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