Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
18 pending office actions • 16 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
SimpliSafe Inc. has 17 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters involve 15 examiners and 15 art units, showing broad dispersion across both examination personnel and technical groups. The portfolio therefore calls for coordinated docket management without assuming a common examiner approach.
ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That limited concentration provides one examiner relationship for focused monitoring, but most matters remain distributed elsewhere. Counsel should use examiner-specific experience where it exists and preserve independent analysis for the remaining applications.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 7 (39%) |
| §102 only | 3 (17%) |
| §112 only | 1 (6%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (28%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2 | 35.0% | +22.7% |
| CESE, KENNY A | 2 | 75.2% | +11.0% |
| TRAN, THANG DUC | 1 | 76.3% | +23.1% |
| NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 1 | 66.0% | +19.9% |
| BROWN, ANTHONY D | 1 | 85.5% | +15.0% |
| VU, JIMMY T | 1 | 86.3% | +7.6% |
| ADAMS, EILEEN M | 1 | 86.3% | +4.1% |
| HALIYUR, PADMA | 1 | 86.7% | +13.2% |
| MUNG, ON S | 1 | 75.6% | +8.3% |
| ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 1 | 75.6% | +10.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19285192 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE | BROWN, ANTHONY D | — |
| 19239104 | DETECTION AND ILLUMINATION OF DARK ZONES VIA COLLABORATIVE LIGHTING | VU, JIMMY T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19192987 | LIGHTED CAMERA APPARATUS | ADAMS, EILEEN M | — |
| 19188426 | MANAGING REMOTE ACCESS TO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | HALIYUR, PADMA | — |
| 19085167 | ILLUMINATED INDICATOR FOR DOORBELL | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | — |
| 18894912 | BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| 17893289 | CAMERA OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18911487 | SECURITY DEVICE ZONES | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 17d overdue |
| 19303120 | ALARM SYSTEM WITH FIRST RESPONDER CODE FOR BUILDING ACCESS | TRAN, THANG DUC | — |
| 19289190 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR DOOR LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | — |
| 19285192 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE | BROWN, ANTHONY D | — |
| 19188426 | MANAGING REMOTE ACCESS TO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | HALIYUR, PADMA | — |
| 19086957 | BATTERY-POWERED IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | — |
| 18895662 | BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| 18894912 | BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2422 | 2 |
| 2663 | 2 |
| 2686 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2408 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2481 | 1 |
| 2639 | 1 |
| 2486 | 1 |
| 2425 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19303120 | ALARM SYSTEM WITH FIRST RESPONDER CODE FOR BUILDING ACCESS | TRAN, THANG DUC | 2686 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19289190 | MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR DOOR LOCK | NEUBAUER, THOMAS L | 3675 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19285192 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT ON A MOBILE DEVICE | BROWN, ANTHONY D | 2408 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19239104 | DETECTION AND ILLUMINATION OF DARK ZONES VIA COLLABORATIVE LIGHTING | VU, JIMMY T | 2845 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19192987 | LIGHTED CAMERA APPARATUS | ADAMS, EILEEN M | 2481 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19188426 | MANAGING REMOTE ACCESS TO IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | HALIYUR, PADMA | 2639 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19091200 | OPERATING WIRELESS DEVICES AND IMAGE DATA SYSTEMS | MUNG, ON S | 2486 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19086957 | BATTERY-POWERED IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19085167 | ILLUMINATED INDICATOR FOR DOORBELL | ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR | 2875 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 18987611 | SPEAKER DEVICE | YU, NORMAN | 2693 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18964917 | SMOKE DETECTOR HOUSING AND SURFACE MOUNT | WILLIAMS, JAMEL E | 2855 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18928363 | AUTONOMOUS CAMERA SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT BASED ON THREAT LEVEL | PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID | 2638 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18911487 | SECURITY DEVICE ZONES | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2422 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18895662 | BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18894912 | BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEM | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18763166 | FACILITATION OF COLLABORATIVE MONITORING OF AN EVENT | KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J | 2694 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18133638 | BATTERY TAMPER INDICATOR FOR DETECTOR | AKRAM, IMRAN | 1725 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 17893289 | CAMERA OPERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD | ITSKOVICH, MIKHAIL | 2422 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialSimpliSafe Inc. has 18 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 16 art units and 16 examiners.
Mikhail Itskovich has the most, with 2 of SimpliSafe Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
