Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 2 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days
Guntin & Gust, PLC - CIENA specializes in Networking & Security. The firm has managed 116 career applications and boasts a resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent. This perfect allowance rate is achieved with an average of 2.57 office actions per allowance.
The firm currently has 2 pending office actions. The 100.0 percent allowance rate across 116 career applications is a notable metric for practitioners to consider. With 2.57 average office actions per allowance, the firm demonstrates a persistent and successful approach to securing every patent application it has resolved in this technology area. The data suggests that the firm is highly effective at navigating the Networking & Security field for its clients. This track record is particularly relevant for the 2 pending office actions currently being prosecuted. The firm's ability to maintain a 100.0 percent allowance rate over 116 career applications highlights its specialized expertise in this technical domain.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 1 (14%) |
| §112 only | 1 (14%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (57%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | 1 | 78.6% | +29.6% |
| BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | 1 | 64.8% | +32.5% |
| OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 1 | 74.8% | +15.4% |
| RASHID, WISSAM | 1 | 88.0% | +11.8% |
| BLAIR, APRIL YING SHAN | 1 | 85.4% | +29.4% |
| KIK, PHALLAKA | 1 | 90.8% | +1.6% |
| MOTSINGER, TANYA THERESA NGO | 1 | 76.1% | +14.6% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19089335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING OBJECTS WITH A COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEM | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | — |
| 18802495 | USING UNDERLAY TRANSPORT LINK PROTECTION TO PROTECT POINT TO MULTIPOINT TREES | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | — |
| 18643351 | TENANCY CONTROL PLANE FOR SAAS APPLICATIONS | RASHID, WISSAM | — |
| 18638832 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DUPLICATE WORKLOADS AND OUTPUTS IN RESPECT OF NETWORK AND SYSTEM GRAPHS | BLAIR, APRIL YING SHAN | — |
| 18526129 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SHORT STRUCTURES FOR BACKDRILL VALIDATION | KIK, PHALLAKA | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18327162 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HEALTH AUDIT ON A CURRENT WORKING ROUTE IN LAYER ZERO CONTROL PLANE NETWORKS | MOTSINGER, TANYA THERESA NGO | 28d |
| 19294941 | GENERATIVE AI-BASED TENANCY CONTROL PLANE OPERATOR COACH FOR KUBERNETES CLUSTER | GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | — |
| 19089335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING OBJECTS WITH A COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEM | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | — |
| 18802495 | USING UNDERLAY TRANSPORT LINK PROTECTION TO PROTECT POINT TO MULTIPOINT TREES | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | — |
| 18643351 | TENANCY CONTROL PLANE FOR SAAS APPLICATIONS | RASHID, WISSAM | — |
| 18638832 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DUPLICATE WORKLOADS AND OUTPUTS IN RESPECT OF NETWORK AND SYSTEM GRAPHS | BLAIR, APRIL YING SHAN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Ciena | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2472 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19294941 | GENERATIVE AI-BASED TENANCY CONTROL PLANE OPERATOR COACH FOR KUBERNETES CLUSTER | Ciena Corporation | GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 | |
| 19089335 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING OBJECTS WITH A COHERENT OPTICAL SYSTEM | Ciena Corporation | BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| 18802495 | USING UNDERLAY TRANSPORT LINK PROTECTION TO PROTECT POINT TO MULTIPOINT TREES | Ciena Corporation | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 2472 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18643351 | TENANCY CONTROL PLANE FOR SAAS APPLICATIONS | Ciena Corporation | RASHID, WISSAM | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 | |
| 18638832 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING DUPLICATE WORKLOADS AND OUTPUTS IN RESPECT OF NETWORK AND SYSTEM GRAPHS | Ciena Corporation | BLAIR, APRIL YING SHAN | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 | |
| 18526129 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SHORT STRUCTURES FOR BACKDRILL VALIDATION | Ciena Corporation | KIK, PHALLAKA | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 | |
| 18327162 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A HEALTH AUDIT ON A CURRENT WORKING ROUTE IN LAYER ZERO CONTROL PLANE NETWORKS | Ciena Corporation | MOTSINGER, TANYA THERESA NGO | 2635 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Jun 01, 2023 |
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