Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

The Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Northern Arizona University

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

The Arizona Board Of Regents For And On Behalf Of Northern Arizona University currently manages 1 pending office action. This activity is focused in the Networking & Security technology area. With 1 pending office action, the current patent prosecution efforts are concentrated on a specific matter rather than a broad array of simultaneous filings.

The examination is conducted by 1 distinct examiner who operates within 1 distinct art unit. ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL is the busiest examiner for this portfolio and is responsible for 1 pending office action. This 1 to 1 relationship between the examiner and the pending action centralizes the technical review within the Networking & Security sector.

The reliance on 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit means that the prosecution strategy is highly dependent on the specific interpretations of ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL. For this portfolio in the Networking & Security field, the 1 pending office action requires a focused response to the specific requirements of the assigned official. The lack of multiple distinct examiners simplifies the administrative tracking of the portfolio but increases the impact of the decisions made by ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

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

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%)
1
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL 1 68.9% +2.7%

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2486 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
17883325 INCOHERENT COLOR HOLOGRAPHY LATTICE LIGHT-SHEET (ICHLLS) ABOUZAHRA, MAHMOUD KAMAL 2486 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2022

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