Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Communications
9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days
Pindrop Security Inc. operates in the Communications technology area with 9 pending office actions currently on the docket. These 9 actions are handled by 7 distinct examiners across 3 distinct art units. This distribution shows some overlap in examiner assignments, as the number of actions is higher than the number of 7 distinct examiners.
The busiest examiner for the company is DEBNATH, SUMAN, who is responsible for 3 pending office actions. This single examiner manages a portion of the company's 9 total pending actions. Because the portfolio is limited to 3 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy likely focuses on a specific subset of communications technology. The concentration in 3 art units suggests that the company's innovations are being reviewed by a small number of specialized technical groups at the patent office despite the involvement of 7 distinct examiners.
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 | 2 (22%) |
| §103 only | 6 (67%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEBNATH, SUMAN | 3 | 75.3% | +32.6% |
| NIPA, WASIKA | 1 | 75.5% | +30.0% |
| ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A | 1 | 65.8% | +26.9% |
| SULTANA, NADIRA | 1 | 72.7% | +35.7% |
| CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | 1 | 64.7% | +24.1% |
| SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 1 | 58.7% | +44.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18883681 | ROBUST SPREAD-SPECTRUM SPEECH WATERMARKING USING LINEAR PREDICTION AND DEEP SPECTRAL SHAPING | CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19076935 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION SYSTEM COMBINING DISCRIMINATIVE FEATURES FROM VOICED AND UNVOICED SEGMENTS OF SPEECH | ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A | — |
| 18989690 | SPEAKER RECOGNITION WITH QUALITY INDICATORS | SULTANA, NADIRA | — |
| 18388364 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION | MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19216469 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — |
| 19216408 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — |
| 19216344 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — |
| 19076895 | DIFFUSION-BASED AUDIO PURIFICATION FOR DEFENDING AGAINST ADVERSARIAL DEEPFAKE ATTACKS | NIPA, WASIKA | — |
| 19076935 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION SYSTEM COMBINING DISCRIMINATIVE FEATURES FROM VOICED AND UNVOICED SEGMENTS OF SPEECH | ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A | — |
| 18989690 | SPEAKER RECOGNITION WITH QUALITY INDICATORS | SULTANA, NADIRA | — |
| 18388364 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION | MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | — |
| 17491312 | ENROLLMENT AND AUTHENTICATION OVER A PHONE CALL IN CALL CENTERS | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2657 | 1 |
| 2659 | 1 |
| 2658 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19216469 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19216408 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19216344 | ONE TIME VOICE PASSPHRASE TO PROTECT AGAINST MAN-IN-THE-MIDDLE ATTACK | DEBNATH, SUMAN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19076895 | DIFFUSION-BASED AUDIO PURIFICATION FOR DEFENDING AGAINST ADVERSARIAL DEEPFAKE ATTACKS | NIPA, WASIKA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19076935 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION SYSTEM COMBINING DISCRIMINATIVE FEATURES FROM VOICED AND UNVOICED SEGMENTS OF SPEECH | ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 18989690 | SPEAKER RECOGNITION WITH QUALITY INDICATORS | SULTANA, NADIRA | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18883681 | ROBUST SPREAD-SPECTRUM SPEECH WATERMARKING USING LINEAR PREDICTION AND DEEP SPECTRAL SHAPING | CRESPO FEBLES, HECTOR J | 2657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18388364 | DEEPFAKE DETECTION | MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | 2659 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 17491312 | ENROLLMENT AND AUTHENTICATION OVER A PHONE CALL IN CALL CENTERS | SHAIKH, ZEESHAN MAHMOOD | 2658 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2021 |
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