Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Silverfort Ltd. currently has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This single matter is assigned to JEFFREY D POPHAM, who is the 1 distinct examiner currently reviewing the company's applications. The prosecution is concentrated in 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a singular administrative focus for the current portfolio. JEFFREY D POPHAM is the busiest examiner with 1 busiest examiner pending office action, representing the entirety of the company's active matters at the USPTO.
This concentration means that the company's prosecution progress is entirely dependent on the review and timeline of the 1 distinct examiner. Dealing with the 1 distinct art unit simplifies the prosecution strategy, as the applicant only needs to account for the preferences of JEFFREY D POPHAM and the specific procedures of that unit. The presence of the 1 pending office action suggests a focused engagement with the patent office in the Networking & Security technology area. Practitioners can focus their efforts on the specific requirements of the busiest examiner, as there are no other examiners or art units to navigate in this portfolio.
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 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POPHAM, JEFFREY D | 1 | 37.7% | +23.9% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950100 | Securing authentication processes | POPHAM, JEFFREY D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18950100 | Securing authentication processes | POPHAM, JEFFREY D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2432 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18950100 | Securing authentication processes | POPHAM, JEFFREY D | 2432 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSilverfort Ltd. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Jeffrey D Popham has the most, with 1 of Silverfort Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
