Technology area: Networking & Security
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Sophos Inc. has a focused prosecution profile with 1 pending office action currently active in the Networking & Security technology area. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit, concentrating the firm's immediate regulatory attention on a specific technical niche. The examiner of record is POLTORAK, PIOTR, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action.
For a company in the Networking & Security space, this limited volume suggests a very specific or early-stage interaction with the patent office. Because there is only 1 distinct examiner involved, the prosecution strategy is entirely dependent on the individual tendencies of POLTORAK, PIOTR. The alignment of 1 art unit with the assigned official indicates a straightforward administrative path for this particular application, as there are no competing examiner priorities or conflicting art unit standards to manage within the current portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLTORAK, PIOTR | 1 | 74.8% | +30.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | POLTORAK, PIOTR | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | POLTORAK, PIOTR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2433 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19004866 | DETECTING KERNEL EXPLOITS | POLTORAK, PIOTR | 2433 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialSophos Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Piotr Poltorak has the most, with 1 of Sophos Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
