Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
12 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 23 patents granted in the last 365 days
Proofpoint Inc. currently manages 12 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. This portfolio is distributed across 4 distinct art units, suggesting a focused but multi-faceted approach to its technical filings. The presence of 11 distinct examiners indicates that the company interacts with a diverse range of patent office personnel, which may lead to varying prosecution experiences across its active applications. This diversity requires the applicant to maintain a flexible strategy to accommodate different examiner perspectives.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER, who is responsible for 2 of the pending actions. This concentration of work with a single examiner represents a small portion of the 12 total pending actions, implying that the majority of the portfolio is handled by individuals managing only one case each. Practitioners should note that while the 4 distinct art units provide some concentration, the high number of 11 distinct examiners requires managing multiple distinct prosecution styles simultaneously.
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 only | 1 (8%) |
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 4 (33%) |
| §102 only | 1 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER | 2 | 6.1% | +10.0% |
| KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | 1 | 88.8% | +11.6% |
| 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 | 83.8% | -16.1% |
| ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | 1 | 78.1% | +17.2% |
| JHAVERI, JAYESH M | 1 | 82.9% | +30.8% |
| KHAN, MOEEN | 1 | 69.5% | +60.7% |
| RAHIM, MONJUR | 1 | 84.6% | +16.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 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 | — |
| 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 6 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 | — |
| 19032093 | CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE EXCESSIVE RESOURCE PERMISSION DETECTION BASED ON SEMANTIC GROUPING | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | — |
| 18800452 | MANAGING AND ROUTING OF ENDPOINT TELEMETRY USING REALMS | LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 19207579 | Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | — |
| 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 | — |
| 19032093 | CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE EXCESSIVE RESOURCE PERMISSION DETECTION BASED ON SEMANTIC GROUPING | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | — |
| 19020943 | SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2436 | 3 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 2433 | 1 |
| 2496 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19207579 | Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay | KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 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 | — | §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 | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19070825 | Secure URL Shortener For Character-Limited Messages | JEUDY, JOSNEL | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19032093 | CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE EXCESSIVE RESOURCE PERMISSION DETECTION BASED ON SEMANTIC GROUPING | ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH | — | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2025 |
| 19020943 | SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | JHAVERI, JAYESH M | 2433 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18892952 | Preventing Disclosure of Sensitive Information in Attempting to Utilize Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Through an In-line Interface | KHAN, MOEEN | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2024 |
| 18842501 | System and Method for Light Data File Upload Prevention | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18800452 | MANAGING AND ROUTING OF ENDPOINT TELEMETRY USING REALMS | LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 12, 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 |
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