Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 12 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sonicwall Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners in 2 distinct art units, so the pending work follows separate examination paths.
GRACIA, GARY S is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since no examiner has more than 1 matter in the data, counsel should manage the actions independently and focus each response on the assigned art unit’s examination issues.
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 | 1 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRACIA, GARY S | 1 | 71.2% | +48.9% |
| CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 1 | 82.7% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18773965 | CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18984089 | EARLY FILTERING OF CLEAN FILE USING DYNAMIC ANALYSIS | GRACIA, GARY S | — |
| 18773965 | CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2499 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18984089 | EARLY FILTERING OF CLEAN FILE USING DYNAMIC ANALYSIS | GRACIA, GARY S | 2499 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18773965 | CONNECTOR MANAGEMENT & IMPLEMENTATION FOR FLEXIBLE PLATFORM | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSonicwall Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Gary S Gracia has the most, with 1 of Sonicwall Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
