Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Networking & Security
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Zorday Ip LLC has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner, WILCOX, JAMES J. As the busiest examiner, WILCOX, JAMES J is responsible for 1 pending office action. This concentration means that the entirety of the company's current prosecution is subject to the review of this 1 individual. For the applicant, the outcome of the current cycle depends on the specific perspective of this examiner.
The portfolio is further localized within 1 distinct art unit. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution is highly focused within the Networking & Security field. WILCOX, JAMES J has 1 pending office action, which matches the total count for the company. This alignment between the busiest examiner and the total pending actions suggests a narrow technical scope for the current applications. The absence of multiple examiners or art units means there is no internal data to compare examiner behavior for these 1 pending office actions.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIPPEL, RACHEL T | 1 | 52.4% | +58.3% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 1 | 70.1% | +61.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18396441 | NETWORK-ENABLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | WILCOX, JAMES J | 140d overdue |
| 18905999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICATION DELIVERY | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2439 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18905999 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS AND MEDICATION DELIVERY | SIPPEL, RACHEL T | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18396441 | NETWORK-ENABLED ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | DP | Non-Final OA | 140d overdue | Pending | Dec 26, 2023 |
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