Technology area: Computing & Software
543 pending office actions • 177 art units • 449 examiners • 0 of 543 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2,569 patents granted in the last 365 days
Dell Products L.P. has 563 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The portfolio spans 452 examiners and 172 art units, making it a highly distributed prosecution operation with activity across a very large number of examination settings. The gap between action volume and examiner count shows that some examiners handle multiple matters, while the art-unit count indicates extensive technical classification coverage.
DO, CHAT C is the busiest examiner, with 4 pending matters. That recurring assignment can support focused comparison of objections and amendments, but it is only one coordination point within the broader docket. Counsel should establish portfolio-wide standards for software terminology, claim eligibility positions, and prior-art analysis, then apply them through structured matter-level review. The 172 art units also make classification tracking important for identifying recurring issues and avoiding inconsistent responses across related technologies.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 149 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 149 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 49 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 128 (24%) |
| §103 only | 216 (40%) |
| §102 only | 19 (3%) |
| §112 only | 12 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (0%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 112 (21%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DO, CHAT C | 4 | 43.8% | +11.5% |
| SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 4 | 76.0% | +6.6% |
| CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 4 | 56.4% | +29.5% |
| TONG, JUSTIN CHE-CHUN | 4 | 45.5% | +32.7% |
| CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER | 3 | 57.1% | +41.7% |
| RIVERA, ANIBAL | 3 | 91.0% | +11.8% |
| LU, KEVIN X | 3 | 75.1% | +45.3% |
| WILSON, YOLANDA L | 3 | 83.7% | +5.8% |
| CAO, DIEM K | 3 | 80.6% | +18.7% |
| KESSLER, GREGORY AARON | 3 | 87.2% | +7.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18478748 | COMPOSED API REQUESTS WITH ZERO-SHOT LANGUAGE MODEL INTERFACES | CAO, DIEM K | 27d |
| 18226893 | Data Center Workload Orchestration Via A Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation | CAO, DIEM K | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17980394 | HCI WORKLOAD SIMULATION | LE, JOHN H | 219d overdue |
| 18426943 | MANAGING DEVICE ONBOARDING AFTER COMPONENT REPLACEMENT | DAVIS, ZACHARY A | 169d overdue |
| 18103282 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MICRO MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING FACTORING REPAIR ASSETS | MONTALVO, CARLOS FERNANDO | 60d overdue |
| 18459755 | MANAGEMENT OF STATE INFORMATION USING A MESSAGE QUEUE | MHEIR, ZUHEIR | 49d overdue |
| 17936867 | RUNTIME CONTROL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODEL PARAMETERS IN A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORM | SPIELER, WILLIAM | 44d overdue |
| 18307726 | SELF-PROVISIONING IN A PRIVATE CELLULAR ENTERPRISE NETWORK | BARRY, JUSTIN ARTHUR | 43d overdue |
| 18196549 | TASK-RELATED DATA PROCESSING USING MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 42d overdue |
| 18352251 | MAINTAINING BACKUP SERVER HEALTH AND RESILIENCY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | WILSON, YOLANDA L | 35d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17657719 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING POWER SUPPY UNIT (PSU) FIRMWARE UPDATES WITHOUT INTERRUPTING A USER'S DATAPATH | DO, CHAT C | 188d overdue |
| 18520615 | Server System Multi Access Option Storage System | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 32d overdue |
| 18160150 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND UTILIZING STRANDED COMPUTING RESOURCES | DO, CHAT C | 28d overdue |
| 18160738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONTROL VIRTUALIZATION | CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER | 2d overdue |
| 17949533 | METHOD TO MANAGE A HYPER-CONVERGED INFRASTRUCTURE WITH A DESIRED STATE MODEL | LU, KEVIN X | 12d |
| 18478748 | COMPOSED API REQUESTS WITH ZERO-SHOT LANGUAGE MODEL INTERFACES | CAO, DIEM K | 27d |
| 18428132 | CARRIER MODULE FOR STACKED COMPRESSION ATTACHED MEMORY MODULES | CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN | 54d |
| 19028870 | DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE PAYLOAD TRANSMISSION FOR IMAGING IN HCI ENVIRONMENT | DO, CHAT C | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2841 | 19 |
| 2196 | 18 |
| 2197 | 16 |
| 2195 | 15 |
| 2175 | 11 |
| 2193 | 11 |
| 2199 | 11 |
| 2192 | 11 |
| 2128 | 11 |
| 2176 | 10 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19239649 | CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY BASED OWNERSHIP FOR SECURE DEVICE ONBOARDING | CHOUDHURY, RAQIUL A | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19085868 | FAILSAFE OHMIC-CAPACITIVE MEMBRANE ACTUATOR-BASED RADIO FREQUENCY SWITCH | ROJAS, BERNARD | 2837 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19079219 | DISALLOWING READS ON FILES ENCRYPTED WITH A COMPROMISED KEY USING A HYBRID SEGMENT REFERENCE FILTER SYSTEM | MOLES, JAMES P | 2494 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19079236 | HYBRID SEGMENT REFERENCE FILTER SYSTEM TO PREVENT ACCESS TO FILES ENCRYPTED WITH A COMPROMISED KEY | MOLES, JAMES P | 2494 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19066314 | DEPTH CAMERA AND INDOOR LOCATION BEACON DATA CROSS-POLLINATION FOR USER PROFILE BUILDING | ANDERSON II, JAMES M | 2425 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19062770 | MANAGING SYSTEM VERIFICATION USING SETS OF DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS | CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | 2175 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062644 | MANAGING STARTUP OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING AN SPDM HARDWARE COMPONENT POLICY | KANAAN, SIMON P | 2407 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19060960 | SYNCHRONIZED CAMERA AND MICROPHONE TRACKING | DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D | 2638 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19060497 | SIMPLIFIED VALIDATION STRATEGIES USING ONE OR MORE VALIDATION PANEL SYSTEMS | VO, TIM T | 2138 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19056052 | VECTOR DATABASE-BASED TIME EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR ENTRY INCLUSION | VOGT, JACOB BUI | 2653 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19043698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ISSUES IMPACTING OPERATION OF DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS | MURRAY, WAYNE SCOTT | 3628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19041242 | LICENSING SUPPORT FOR INCREMENTAL FEATURE SUPPORT IN MULTISERVICE FRAMEWORK | WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | 2498 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19039474 | TRUST SCORING OF LLM-BASED KG WITH EXPERT IN THE LOOP | FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN | 2654 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19036615 | GENERATING IMAGE-BASED AVATARS USING MULTI-MODAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES | PARK, HYORIM NMN | 2615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19036554 | IDENTIFYING DUPLICATE SEGMENTS AND THE LATEST SEGMENT USING A LIVE INSTANCE FILTER | HU, XIAOQIN | 2168 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035081 | EDGE-BASED SUBSCRIPTION MANAGEMENT DURING CONTEXT DATA RETRIEVAL | MORRISON, JAY A | 2151 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19034993 | EDGE AUGMENTED GENERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS | MARI VALCARCEL, FERNANDO MARIANO | 2159 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19034203 | USING DISPOSITION INFORMATION IN OWNERSHIP VOUCHERS TO ENABLE ZERO-TOUCH ON-BOARDING OF DEVICES | PATEL, NIMESH G | 2176 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034272 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AS SECURE ENGINE TO MANAGE USER PRESENCE DETECT FEATURES | PATEL, NIMESH G | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033917 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT USING TACIT STATEMENTS | CHAVEZ, RODRIGO A | 2658 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19033631 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WITH SECURE CONTENT | NEURAUTER JR, GEORGE C | 2459 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034017 | SYSTEM MANAGEMENT USING TACIT STATEMENTS INFORMED AGENTS | PANDEY, KESHAB R | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19027358 | Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including a Telemetry Connectivity Management Operation | MEHEDI, MORSHED | 2408 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028724 | NODE SCORING IN REMOTE CONNECTIVITY ENABLEMENT | MURPHY, JOSEPH B | 2435 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027016 | MANAGING STARTUP OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM USING A LIST OF HARDWARE COMPONENTS | NGUYEN, PHIL K | 2176 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19030600 | RECONFIGURABLE INTELLIGENT SURFACE USING FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS AND METAL-INSULATOR TRANSITION MATERIALS | DUONG, DIEU HIEN | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028870 | DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE PAYLOAD TRANSMISSION FOR IMAGING IN HCI ENVIRONMENT | DO, CHAT C | 2193 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19024013 | GROUP VOICE-RECOGNIZED AGGREGATED TRANSCRIBE AND PERSONALIZATION | BOGGS JR., JAMES | 2657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19025886 | CLOSED-LOOP FAILURE RECOVERY SYSTEM WITH SELF-HEALING AND ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS FOR DISTRIBUTED ENVIRONMENTS | WHITESELL, AUDREY EMMA | 2113 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19026014 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR PROVIDING MEDIA CONTENT FOR SERVICING STORAGE ENCLOSURES | SONG, HUA JASMINE | 2133 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19015572 | Improved Power Usage at Telco Edge Clusters | CHEN, XUXING | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19014069 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM WITH A SECURE CAMERA FUNCTION | ZHAO, DAQUAN | 2484 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19013962 | MONOLITHICALLY INTEGRATED CHALCOGENIDE SWITCH MATRIX | JAGER, RYAN C | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19011059 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUAL GENERATIVE TRANSFORMATIONS | TRUONG, KARL DUC | 2614 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 06, 2025 |
| 19004548 | Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism | ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO | 2841 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18988443 | ASSESSMENT OF POTENTIAL BACKUP REVERSION DATA LOSS | WILLOUGHBY, ALICIA M | 2156 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18988575 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM CABINET WITH AN OFFSET SUPPORT BRACKET | WRIGHT, KIMBERLEY S | 3637 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18976430 | OUT-OF-BAND COMPONENT UPDATE SYSTEM | HEBERT, THEODORE E | 2199 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18965186 | LIQUID COOLING LEAKAGE ABATEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME | CHANG, VINCENT WEN-LIANG | 2119 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18962134 | AUTOMATED DESIGN OF VARIATIONAL REFERENCED PATTERNS OF INFORMATION FOR ALIGNMENT OF GENERATIVE PROCESSES WITH HUMAN PREFERENCES | ALBERTALLI, BRIAN LOUIS | 2656 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962689 | MONITORING FOR A FAULT POINT OF A SERVICE USING A STATE MAP | KIM, HEE SOO | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962736 | GENERATING A RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM USING CONFORMAL PREDICTION AND DIFFUSION MODELS | FRUNZI, VICTORIA E. | 3689 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18948930 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM INCLUDING AN ABSORBENT MATERIAL | LANE, DEVON | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18935800 | ERGONOMIC SLED HANDLE | THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK | 2841 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2024 |
| 18933236 | STORAGE OPTIMIZATION VIA DATA DEDUPLICATION | BLUST, JASON W | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18931737 | PROTECTION OF MANAGEMENT NETWORK | KAZI, SAYEEM MUHAMMAD | 2455 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18931508 | DEVICE PAIRING USING POWER-BASED COMMUNICATIONS | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 2175 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18930125 | INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD RELEASE | MORRISON, RASHEN E | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18930321 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED LOG INFORMATION INCORPORATION INTO CODE | NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH | 2199 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18930052 | SHARING OF DIGITAL KEYS AND PERMISSIONS AMONG REAL-WORLD DEVICES | DUFFIELD, JEREMY S | 2498 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
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