Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Paubox Inc. has 3 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These 3 actions are distributed across 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. SHAHRIAR ZARRINEH is the busiest examiner with 1 pending action. This distribution means the company must manage three different examination tracks for its current pending matters.
With 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units involved, there is no overlap in the current prosecution landscape. Each of the 3 pending office actions requires a strategy tailored to the specific examiner and technical group. Practitioners should focus on the individual requirements of each case to ensure effective navigation of the Networking & Security sector.
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 | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 1 | 77.3% | +6.9% |
| VU, TAYLOR P | 1 | 70.3% | +5.3% |
| ZAIDI, SYED A | 1 | 81.9% | +12.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF EMAIL SENDERS TO IMPROVE EMAIL SECURITY WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19085339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF INBOUND EMAILS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION | VU, TAYLOR P | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18912521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF EMAIL SENDERS TO IMPROVE EMAIL SECURITY WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION | ZAIDI, SYED A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2496 | 1 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 2432 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19293337 | METHOD FOR SECURELY COMMUNICATING EMAIL CONTENT BETWEEN A SENDER AND A RECIPIENT | ZARRINEH, SHAHRIAR | 2496 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19085339 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING AUTHENTICITY OF INBOUND EMAILS WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION | VU, TAYLOR P | 2437 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18912521 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF EMAIL SENDERS TO IMPROVE EMAIL SECURITY WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION | ZAIDI, SYED A | 2432 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialPaubox Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Shahriar Zarrineh has the most, with 1 of Paubox Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
