Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Security Enhancement Systems LLC is currently managing 5 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are handled by 5 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units, creating a decentralized prosecution environment. Each of the 5 pending matters is subject to the unique standards and timelines of a different technical group at the patent office. This distribution requires counsel to manage 5 different examiner relationships simultaneously without the benefit of examiner overlap.
BROWN, VERNAL U is the busiest examiner for the company, overseeing 1 pending office action. With 5 distinct examiners involved, the company must manage five separate prosecution tracks. The use of 5 distinct art units suggests that the communications technology being patented is multifaceted, requiring specialized review from several different departments. Practitioners should treat each of the 5 pending office actions as an independent effort, as the lack of examiner overlap means that arguments successful in one case may not influence the others in the Communications 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (20%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, VERNAL U | 1 | 69.5% | +13.6% |
| HENNING, MATTHEW T | 1 | 71.4% | +18.1% |
| WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 1 | 54.9% | +37.8% |
| AZIZ, ADNAN | 1 | 77.1% | +34.3% |
| LE, CHAU D | 1 | 85.3% | +16.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18781216 | MULTI-DEVICE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL APPLICATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | LE, CHAU D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19267571 | MULTI-MODE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | BROWN, VERNAL U | — |
| 19218537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITIES ACCESS BREACH DETECTION AND INFORMATION PROTECTION | HENNING, MATTHEW T | — |
| 19199526 | WIRELESS CONTROLLED BLOCKING APPARATUS AND SINGLE POINT LOCKING SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19267571 | MULTI-MODE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | BROWN, VERNAL U | — |
| 19218537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITIES ACCESS BREACH DETECTION AND INFORMATION PROTECTION | HENNING, MATTHEW T | — |
| 19199526 | WIRELESS CONTROLLED BLOCKING APPARATUS AND SINGLE POINT LOCKING SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | — |
| 18975479 | SITUATIONALLY CONDITIONAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | AZIZ, ADNAN | — |
| 18781216 | MULTI-DEVICE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL APPLICATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | LE, CHAU D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2686 | 1 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2685 | 1 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19267571 | MULTI-MODE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | BROWN, VERNAL U | 2686 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 13, 2025 |
| 19218537 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITIES ACCESS BREACH DETECTION AND INFORMATION PROTECTION | HENNING, MATTHEW T | 2491 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2025 |
| 19199526 | WIRELESS CONTROLLED BLOCKING APPARATUS AND SINGLE POINT LOCKING SYSTEM | WATSON, PETER HUCKLEBERRY | 3675 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 18975479 | SITUATIONALLY CONDITIONAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD | AZIZ, ADNAN | 2685 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18781216 | MULTI-DEVICE ELECTRONIC ACCESS CONTROL APPLICATION, SYSTEM AND METHOD | LE, CHAU D | 2408 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSecurity Enhancement Systems LLC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Vernal U Brown has the most, with 1 of Security Enhancement Systems LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
