Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Proofpoint Inc.

9 pending office actions • 3 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

3
Hard (33%)
5
Medium (56%)
1
Easy (11%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§101 + other1 (11%)
§103 only4 (44%)
§102 only1 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
44% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
56% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A 1 88.7% +11.8%
WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA 1 75.8% +32.8%
JEUDY, JOSNEL 1 83.7% -16.2%
ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH 1 78.1% +17.1%
JHAVERI, JAYESH M 1 82.8% +31.1%
KHAN, MOEEN 1 69.5% +60.9%
KORZUCH, WILLIAM R 1 75.0% +0.0%
LOPEZ, MIGUEL ALEXANDER 1 6.9% +11.1%
POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN 1 52.2% +80.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19207579 Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A
19173269 Dynamic Message Analysis Platform for Enhanced Enterprise Security WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA
19032093 CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE EXCESSIVE RESOURCE PERMISSION DETECTION BASED ON SEMANTIC GROUPING ABRISHAMKAR, KAVEH
19020943 SECURITY POSTURE DETECTION OF A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT JHAVERI, JAYESH M
18892952 Preventing Disclosure of Sensitive Information in Attempting to Utilize Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Through an In-line Interface KHAN, MOEEN
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2436 2
2433 1
2491 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19207579 Processing External Messages Using a Secure Email Relay KAPLAN, BENJAMIN A §102Other Non-Final OA Pending May 14, 2025
19173269 Dynamic Message Analysis Platform for Enhanced Enterprise Security WICKRAMASURIYA, SAMEERA §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2025
19070825 Secure URL Shortener For Character-Limited Messages JEUDY, JOSNEL DP 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
18892876 Preventing Disclosure of Sensitive Information In Attempts to Utilize Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) Through a Web Browser Interface KORZUCH, WILLIAM R 2491 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 23, 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

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