Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Surgetech M LLC is managing 2 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These cases are located in 2 distinct art units, which indicates that each filing covers a different technical niche within the networking field. The prosecution involves 2 distinct examiners, meaning there is no overlap in the personnel reviewing the company's applications. This structure requires a tailored approach for each application, as the outcomes are determined by different officials operating under different art unit standards.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ZHANG, SHIRLEY X, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. This represents a portion of the 2 pending office actions currently active. With multiple art units and examiners for a small portfolio, the prosecution environment is decentralized, requiring a specific approach for each individual matter. Practitioners must navigate the unique requirements of ZHANG, SHIRLEY X while also addressing the distinct standards of the other assigned official.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (50%) |
| Double-patenting 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 1 | 69.8% | +14.2% |
| HENRY, MATTHEW D | 1 | 29.7% | +19.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110215 | COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING USER-SOURCED DATA IN CHANNEL EVENTS | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 8d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18110215 | COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING USER-SOURCED DATA IN CHANNEL EVENTS | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 8d |
| 19211683 | DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING EVENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2447 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19211683 | DECENTRALIZED COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING EVENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHANNELS | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 2447 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2025 |
| 18110215 | COMPUTING NETWORKS, ARCHITECTURES AND TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING USER-SOURCED DATA IN CHANNEL EVENTS | HENRY, MATTHEW D | 3625 | §101 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialSurgetech M LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Shirley X Zhang has the most, with 1 of Surgetech M LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
