Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
23 pending office actions • 19 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 42 patents granted in the last 365 days
Plume Design Inc. has 23 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The docket involves 22 distinct examiners and 19 distinct art units, showing that nearly every matter has a separate examination path and that the portfolio reaches numerous technical groups.
PAPE, ZACHARY is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The low concentration at the busiest examiner makes portfolio-level consistency more important than relying on a single examiner strategy. Counsel should track claim constructions, eligibility positions, and technical distinctions by application, while preserving a coherent description of the network and security architecture across the docket.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 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. 8 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 | 4 (17%) |
| §103 only | 8 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAPE, ZACHARY | 2 | 72.5% | +19.5% |
| CHANG, KENNETH W | 1 | 86.6% | +1.3% |
| TO, BAOTRAN N | 1 | 86.2% | +12.3% |
| RIVERA, ANIBAL | 1 | 91.0% | +11.8% |
| TRAN, ALEX HOANG | 1 | 62.7% | +28.7% |
| OELBERG, ANDREW DAVID | 1 | — | — |
| GENACK, MATTHEW W | 1 | 64.7% | +21.0% |
| LYNCH, SHARON S | 1 | 76.7% | +47.5% |
| HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 1 | 85.8% | +8.3% |
| HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 1 | 51.8% | +35.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18363203 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE | BOND, REED MADISON | 8d overdue |
| 18335222 | SPRING MEMBER FOR ANTENNA CONTACT | SINGH, GURBIR | 12d |
| 18823771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED DEVICE USAGE ATTRIBUTION AND CONTROL THEREFROM | TRAN, ALEX HOANG | 14d |
| 18453532 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 14d |
| 18632576 | WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 39d |
| 19057093 | IDENTIFYING WI-FI DEVICES BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR | CHANG, KENNETH W | — |
| 18905194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD-BASED AI APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | RIVERA, ANIBAL | — |
| 18823783 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL GESTURE-BASED CONTROL OF CONNECTED DEVICES | OELBERG, ANDREW DAVID | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18648676 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND LEVERAGING SECURE ACCESS TO DATA ACROSS WI-FI NETWORKS | LYNCH, SHARON S | 28d overdue |
| 18823771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED DEVICE USAGE ATTRIBUTION AND CONTROL THEREFROM | TRAN, ALEX HOANG | 14d |
| 18632576 | WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 39d |
| 19044685 | INTELLIGENT AND PROACTIVE DEVICE VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND PROTECTION | TO, BAOTRAN N | — |
| 18905194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD-BASED AI APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | RIVERA, ANIBAL | — |
| 18822806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE AND/OR DEVICE TYPE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS | GENACK, MATTHEW W | — |
| 18757919 | MANAGING AIR CIRCULATION IN A COMPACT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| 18734213 | THERMAL HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY | PAPE, ZACHARY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2835 | 3 |
| 2438 | 2 |
| 2118 | 2 |
| 2435 | 1 |
| 2192 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| 2645 | 1 |
| 2441 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2411 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19057093 | IDENTIFYING WI-FI DEVICES BASED ON USER BEHAVIOR | CHANG, KENNETH W | 2438 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19044685 | INTELLIGENT AND PROACTIVE DEVICE VULNERABILITY DETECTION AND PROTECTION | TO, BAOTRAN N | 2435 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 18905194 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLOUD-BASED AI APPLICATION MANAGEMENT | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18823771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHARED DEVICE USAGE ATTRIBUTION AND CONTROL THEREFROM | TRAN, ALEX HOANG | 2453 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18823783 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL GESTURE-BASED CONTROL OF CONNECTED DEVICES | OELBERG, ANDREW DAVID | 2118 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18822806 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEVICE AND/OR DEVICE TYPE IDENTIFICATION USING WIRELESS CHANNEL CHARACTERISTICS | GENACK, MATTHEW W | 2645 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18757919 | MANAGING AIR CIRCULATION IN A COMPACT ELECTRONIC DEVICE | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2835 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18734213 | THERMAL HEAT TRANSFER ASSEMBLY | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2024 |
| 18648676 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING AND LEVERAGING SECURE ACCESS TO DATA ACROSS WI-FI NETWORKS | LYNCH, SHARON S | 2438 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d overdue | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18641264 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING A NETWORK HANDOVER BETWEEN WIFI AND NON-WIFI NETWORKS | HIGA, BRENDAN Y | 2441 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18632576 | WI-FI NETWORK-BASED INTERACTIVE GAMING SYSTEM AND METHODS | HENRY, THOMAS HAYNES | 3715 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18628076 | FAN MECHANISMS FOR HEAT MANAGEMENT IN ELECTRONICS AND RELATED METHODS | TAN, ALVIN H | 2118 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18435123 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK TOPOLOGY CONFIGURATION AND MANAGEMENT | RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18428246 | APPARATUSES FOR REDUCING PIN-TO-PIN INTERFERENCE IN PHYSICAL PROCESSORS | HO, TU TU V | 2818 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18531777 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SMART DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTION | SIDDIQUEE, INTEKHAAB AALAM | 2462 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
| 18509509 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION PRIORITIZATION DURING RUNTIME | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 2446 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18453532 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE DEVICE MANAGEMENT | ROSEN, ELIZABETH H | 3693 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18363203 | COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLICATION-BASED DEVICE CONTROL BASED ON PREDICTED APPLICATION USAGE | BOND, REED MADISON | 3624 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18355631 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | CRUM, JACOB R | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 20, 2023 |
| 18336601 | EXHAUST AIRFLOW DIRECTION CONTROL | BRAWNER, CHARLES RILEY | 3762 | §103 | Final Rejection | 49d overdue | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18335222 | SPRING MEMBER FOR ANTENNA CONTACT | SINGH, GURBIR | 2845 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18145974 | Recording screenshots and user actions for troubleshooting operations of an app | BOURZIK, BRAHIM | 2191 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2022 |
| 17859625 | Dynamic tokens for allowing guests to access a wi-fi network | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialPlume Design Inc. has 23 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 19 art units and 22 examiners.
Zachary Pape has the most, with 2 of Plume Design Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
