Technology area: Networking & Security
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Winkk Inc. currently has 3 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. These 3 actions are distributed among 3 distinct examiners, indicating that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio spans 3 distinct art units, suggesting a unique technical classification for each case. SHANTO ABEDIN is the busiest examiner, though he is responsible for only 1 pending office action.
The distribution across 3 distinct examiners means that no 1 examiner has a dominant influence over the portfolio. With 3 distinct art units involved, the company must manage its prosecution strategy across several different technical groups. This variety requires the legal team to adapt to different examiner styles within the Networking & Security field. The fact that SHANTO ABEDIN has 1 pending action shows that the workload is evenly spread. Practitioners should consider that the pending office actions are not concentrated under 1 examiner, which may lead to diverse outcomes.
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 + other | 1 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABEDIN, SHANTO | 1 | 87.3% | +23.1% |
| CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN | 1 | 73.2% | +5.8% |
| NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 1 | 79.2% | +45.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18886105 | ENCRYPTION FOR ONE-WAY DATA STREAM | ABEDIN, SHANTO | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18371280 | NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS | NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 38d overdue |
| 18813960 | TRUSTGPT | CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18371280 | NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS | NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 38d overdue |
| 18886105 | ENCRYPTION FOR ONE-WAY DATA STREAM | ABEDIN, SHANTO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2494 | 1 |
| 2451 | 1 |
| 2497 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18886105 | ENCRYPTION FOR ONE-WAY DATA STREAM | ABEDIN, SHANTO | 2494 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18813960 | TRUSTGPT | CHOUAT, ABDERRAHMEN | 2451 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18371280 | NETWORK AUTHENTICATION PROCESS | NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 2497 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialWinkk Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Shanto Abedin has the most, with 1 of Winkk Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
