Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days
Sonicwall Inc. has 3 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These active matters are distributed across 2 distinct art units and involve 3 distinct examiners. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is MEHEDI, MORSHED, who is currently responsible for 1 pending office action.
The 3 pending office actions are assigned to 3 distinct examiners, including MEHEDI, MORSHED. This distribution across 3 distinct examiners in 2 distinct art units suggests that the Networking & Security filings are being reviewed by multiple technical experts. MEHEDI, MORSHED is one of these individuals managing the current workload of 3 pending office actions.
The use of 2 distinct art units for 3 pending office actions indicates some technical overlap in the company's current applications. However, the involvement of 3 distinct examiners means the company must tailor its prosecution strategy to three different individuals. With 1 pending office action assigned to MEHEDI, MORSHED, the company's immediate focus is divided across its active examiner pool.
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 (33%) |
| §112 only | 1 (33%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEHEDI, MORSHED | 1 | 85.8% | -0.5% |
| GRACIA, GARY S | 1 | 71.5% | +48.0% |
| CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 1 | 82.8% | +15.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19097706 | Providing Access to Data in a Secure Communication | MEHEDI, MORSHED | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19097706 | Providing Access to Data in a Secure Communication | MEHEDI, MORSHED | — | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 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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