Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Rakuten Symphoney Inc. is currently prosecuting 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This 1 pending office action is assigned to 1 distinct art unit, indicating a concentrated technical focus for the current patent activities. Practitioners should prioritize understanding the specific examination standards and technical precedents of this 1 distinct art unit to navigate the prosecution effectively. The concentration of the portfolio within 1 distinct art unit allows for a highly targeted legal strategy that addresses the specific requirements of that technical group.
The prosecution of this portfolio is handled by 1 distinct examiner, CELANI, NICHOLAS P, who is also the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Because CELANI, NICHOLAS P is the only official involved in the current pending matters, the success of the portfolio depends on a productive relationship with this individual. Practitioners should carefully review the past decisions and preferences of CELANI, NICHOLAS P to optimize their response to the 1 pending office action. This concentrated prosecution environment simplifies the management of the 1 pending office action, as there are no competing examiner styles to consider within the Networking & Security sector.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 1 | 46.1% | +41.2% |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17757073 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SETTING METHOD | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2449 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17757073 | COMPUTER SYSTEM AND SETTING METHOD | CELANI, NICHOLAS P | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRakuten Symphoney Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Nicholas P Celani has the most, with 1 of Rakuten Symphoney Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.