Technology area: Networking & Security
12 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days
Proofpoint Inc. has 13 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 13 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units. KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The examiner count matches the action count, while the art-unit count shows that some technical groups contain multiple matters.
The docket is therefore distributed by examiner but can be organized by art unit for recurring security and networking issues. Counsel should track common claim concepts and disclosure support across related records, then tailor arguments to each examiner’s findings. The busiest examiner does not represent repeated assignment, so portfolio management should emphasize coordinated substance and deadline control rather than examiner concentration.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 (8%) |
| §103 only | 6 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | 1 | 88.8% | +11.4% |
| CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | 1 | 80.1% | +30.0% |
| UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 1 | 78.0% | +30.0% |
| WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA | 1 | 75.4% | +33.9% |
| LOUIE, HOWARD H | 1 | 81.9% | +59.7% |
| JEUDY, JOSNEL | 1 | 83.9% | -16.0% |
| JHAVERI, JAYESH M | 1 | 82.9% | +30.6% |
| RAHIM, MONJUR | 1 | 84.6% | +16.2% |
| DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | 1 | 29.4% | +71.4% |
| POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN | 1 | 53.6% | +78.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842501 | System and Method for Light Data File Upload Prevention | RAHIM, MONJUR | 85d overdue |
| 19207579 | Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 19197826 | DATA POSTURE ANALYSIS USING A DISTINCT SCANNER ENVIRONMENT | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | — |
| 19070825 | Secure URL Shortener For Character-Limited Messages | JEUDY, JOSNEL | — |
| 19020943 | SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17760527 | MANAGING AND ROUTING OF ENDPOINT TELEMETRY USING REALMS | LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER | 18d overdue |
| 19184935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUERY TERM ANALYTICS | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 28d |
| 19075569 | System and Methods for Agentless Managed Device Identification as Part of Setting a Security Policy for a Device | LOUIE, HOWARD H | — |
| 18840131 | DOCUMENT OPEN DETECTION AND REMEDIATION | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — |
| 18703346 | DETECTING INSIDER USER BEHAVIOR THREATS BY COMPARING A USER’S BEHAVIOR TO THE USER’S PRIOR BEHAVIOR | POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18842501 | System and Method for Light Data File Upload Prevention | RAHIM, MONJUR | 85d overdue |
| 19184935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUERY TERM ANALYTICS | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 28d |
| 19207579 | Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 19197826 | DATA POSTURE ANALYSIS USING A DISTINCT SCANNER ENVIRONMENT | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | — |
| 19173269 | Dynamic Message Analysis Platform for Enhanced Enterprise Security | WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA | — |
| 19075569 | System and Methods for Agentless Managed Device Identification as Part of Setting a Security Policy for a Device | LOUIE, HOWARD H | — |
| 19020943 | SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | — |
| 18840131 | DOCUMENT OPEN DETECTION AND REMEDIATION | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2494 | 2 |
| 2436 | 2 |
| 2434 | 1 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2438 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2498 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207579 | Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | 2434 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19197826 | DATA POSTURE ANALYSIS USING A DISTINCT SCANNER ENVIRONMENT | CATTUNGAL, DEREENA T | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19184935 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUERY TERM ANALYTICS | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 2161 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Apr 21, 2025 |
| 19173269 | Dynamic Message Analysis Platform for Enhanced Enterprise Security | WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA | 2494 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19075569 | System and Methods for Agentless Managed Device Identification as Part of Setting a Security Policy for a Device | LOUIE, HOWARD H | 2494 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19070825 | Secure URL Shortener For Character-Limited Messages | JEUDY, JOSNEL | 2438 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19020943 | SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18842501 | System and Method for Light Data File Upload Prevention | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18840131 | DOCUMENT OPEN DETECTION AND REMEDIATION | DILUZIO, NICHOLAS JOSEPH | 2498 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18703346 | DETECTING INSIDER USER BEHAVIOR THREATS BY COMPARING A USER’S BEHAVIOR TO THE USER’S PRIOR BEHAVIOR | POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN | 2436 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 21, 2024 |
| 17760527 | MANAGING AND ROUTING OF ENDPOINT TELEMETRY USING REALMS | LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER | 2496 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 18d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2022 |
| 16835898 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PUSHING UNIVERSAL PROFILE UPDATES | BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA | 3629 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2020 |
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Start Free TrialProofpoint Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 12 examiners.
Benjamin A Kaplan has the most, with 1 of Proofpoint Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
