Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Sonatus Inc.

Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

12 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Sonatus Inc. has 11 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters are distributed among 5 distinct examiners and 5 distinct art units, indicating repeated examiner and art-unit assignments across the docket.

ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That examiner is the principal concentration point and merits coordinated review of claim amendments, technical explanations, and response positions across the assigned matters.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
67% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 4 87.9% +3.8%
ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 4 79.2% +3.3%
GREENE, JOSEPH L 2 63.0% +35.6%
PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M 1 72.3% -4.9%
DIVECHA, KAMAL B 1 25.3% +44.5%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19363044 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223425 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223437 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —
19223431 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED —

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17570018 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE DIVECHA, KAMAL B 131d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17570018 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE DIVECHA, KAMAL B 131d overdue
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L 14d
19037560 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3663 4
2443 3
2457 2
2441 2
2453 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19363044 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2025
19223425 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19223437 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19223431 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2025
19037560 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
18908498 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRA VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2457 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18908320 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE PENA-SANTANA, TANIA M 2443 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18743967 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18532224 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR EXTRA VEHICLE COMMUNICATIONS CONTROL ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2457 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18235481 UNIVERSAL INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION FOR VEHICLE NETWORKS GREENE, JOSEPH L 2443 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18123183 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N 2441 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2023
17570018 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT MIXED NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS ON A VEHICLE DIVECHA, KAMAL B 2453 §103 Final Rejection 131d overdue Pending Jan 06, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Sonatus Inc. have?

Sonatus Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Sonatus Inc. applications?

Adam Mohamed Alharbi has the most, with 4 of Sonatus Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Sonatus Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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