Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

DELL PRODUCTS, L.P.

14 pending office actions • 14 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

Deadline Fire Line

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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (1)

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.

5
Hard (36%)
9
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other2 (14%)
§103 only9 (64%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
36% of docket
7
Communications
50% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE 1 80.0% +37.3%
VOGT, JACOB BUI 1 50.0% +100.0%
MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 1 78.3% +29.4%
TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH 1 76.6% +19.9%
SIRJANI, FARIBA 1 75.3% +32.1%
BLAIR, KILE O 1 63.4% +8.0%
JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 1 83.5% +15.6%
NGUYEN, CHAN T H 1 86.3% +2.8%
ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 1 42.0% +9.7%
SMITH, JOSHUA Y 1 68.6% +25.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18607898 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MICROPHONE WITH CALIBRATED ALGORITHM TO WIDEN SPEECH OUTPUT RANGE FOR A HEADSET DEVICE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 58d overdue
18430430 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID AUTO EXPOSURE IMAGING CORRECTIONS NGUYEN, CHAN T H 15d
18930325 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PORT RESILIENCY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FAILED PORTS AT AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE

Hard Cases (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18634677 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUDIO PRIVACY COVER FOR AUDIO HEADPHONES BLAIR, KILE O 56d
18929352 ESYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SERVICE REQUEST TICKET TO PERFORM A CAPABILITY FOR AN AI PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENABLEABLE APPLICATION FROM SYSTEM EVENTS OR A USER QUERY VOGT, JACOB BUI
18791660 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POLICIES FOR CAPABILITY INTENTS OF CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL RESPONSES EXECUTING ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH
18780611 BIOS PASSWORD RETENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A MOTHERBOARD TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH
17969341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DUE TO COMPONENT REPLACEMENT IN CLIENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS CRANDALL, RICHARD W.

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18607898 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MICROPHONE WITH CALIBRATED ALGORITHM TO WIDEN SPEECH OUTPUT RANGE FOR A HEADSET DEVICE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 58d overdue
18227963 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLISION-FREE JOINING OF WIRELESS INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) DEVICES TO A WIRELESS IO DEVICE NETWORK SMITH, JOSHUA Y 71d
18930325 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PORT RESILIENCY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FAILED PORTS AT AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE
18929352 ESYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SERVICE REQUEST TICKET TO PERFORM A CAPABILITY FOR AN AI PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENABLEABLE APPLICATION FROM SYSTEM EVENTS OR A USER QUERY VOGT, JACOB BUI
18791660 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POLICIES FOR CAPABILITY INTENTS OF CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL RESPONSES EXECUTING ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH
18780611 BIOS PASSWORD RETENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A MOTHERBOARD TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH
18778943 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ORCHESTRATING PERFORMANCE OF USER-REQUESTED AI PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENABLEABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATION CAPABILITIES SIRJANI, FARIBA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2114 1
2653 1
2657 1
2175 1
2659 1
2691 1
2695 1
2638 1
2625 1
2477 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18930325 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PORT RESILIENCY AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FAILED PORTS AT AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM NGUYEN, CATHERINE MARIE 2114 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2024
18929352 ESYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A SERVICE REQUEST TICKET TO PERFORM A CAPABILITY FOR AN AI PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENABLEABLE APPLICATION FROM SYSTEM EVENTS OR A USER QUERY VOGT, JACOB BUI 2653 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18791660 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POLICIES FOR CAPABILITY INTENTS OF CAPABILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL RESPONSES EXECUTING ON AN INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MUELLER, PAUL JOSEPH 2657 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18780611 BIOS PASSWORD RETENTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REPLACING A MOTHERBOARD TRUVAN, LEYNNA THANH 2175 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18778943 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ORCHESTRATING PERFORMANCE OF USER-REQUESTED AI PRODUCTIVITY TOOL ENABLEABLE SOFTWARE APPLICATION CAPABILITIES SIRJANI, FARIBA 2659 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2024
18634677 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AN AUDIO PRIVACY COVER FOR AUDIO HEADPHONES BLAIR, KILE O 2691 §102§103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18607898 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL MICROPHONE WITH CALIBRATED ALGORITHM TO WIDEN SPEECH OUTPUT RANGE FOR A HEADSET DEVICE JEREZ LORA, WILLIAM A 2695 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18430430 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID AUTO EXPOSURE IMAGING CORRECTIONS NGUYEN, CHAN T H 2638 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18384161 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A QUIET MAGNETIC KEYBOARD KEY ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18227963 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLISION-FREE JOINING OF WIRELESS INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) DEVICES TO A WIRELESS IO DEVICE NETWORK SMITH, JOSHUA Y 2477 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Jul 30, 2023
17982943 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SECURE USER SESSION AT ENDPOINT DEVICE OVER ACCESS-RESTRICTED CELLULAR NETWORK MANAGED BY AN ENTERPRISE AVERY, BRIAN WILLIAM 2495 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2022
17969341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS DUE TO COMPONENT REPLACEMENT IN CLIENT INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS CRANDALL, RICHARD W. 3619 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2022
17866018 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSPARENT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS VALIDATION AND REPORTING FOR AN END PRODUCT HTAY, LIN LIN M 2153 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 15, 2022
17733965 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ELECTROCHROMIC GLASS CAMERA SHUTTER PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2022

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