Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Smart Meter Corporation is currently managing 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. The prosecution involves 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This concentration indicates that the company's current patent activity is focused on a single technical examination path within the networking sector. For the applicant, this means that the 1 art unit involved will be the primary source of examination standards for these filings.
TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. This 1 action accounts for the entirety of the company's pending office actions. With 1 distinct examiner assigned to 1 pending action, the prosecution responsibility is centralized, requiring coordination with only one specific individual at the patent office. This 1 busiest examiner pending action represents the full extent of the company's current workload under review, allowing for a highly focused prosecution strategy and direct communication with the examiner.
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 |
|---|---|
| Double-patenting + 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | 1 | 87.5% | -13.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18985958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LAYERING SECURITY FOR CELLULAR-ENABLED BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION DATA TRANSMISSION | TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2434 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985958 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LAYERING SECURITY FOR CELLULAR-ENABLED BLOOD OXYGEN SATURATION DATA TRANSMISSION | TRUONG, LAWRENCE QUANG | 2434 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSmart Meter Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Lawrence Quang Truong has the most, with 1 of Smart Meter Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
