Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Ingram Micro Inc.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

6
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZEROUAL, OMAR 4 33.7% +39.9%
NELSON, FREDA ANN 1 42.6% +7.1%
PRASAD, NANCY N 1 21.4% +18.3%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18768971 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SPECIAL PRICING DETERMINATION NELSON, FREDA ANN 60d
18732227 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR 62d
19399360 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR
18614517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING HARDWARE-SOFTWARE-CLOUD TO AS-A-SERVICE (AAS) PRASAD, NANCY N
18349836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR
18341714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE ZEROUAL, OMAR

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18732227 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR 62d
19399360 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR
18614517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING HARDWARE-SOFTWARE-CLOUD TO AS-A-SERVICE (AAS) PRASAD, NANCY N
18349836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR
18341714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE ZEROUAL, OMAR

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 4
3629 1
3624 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19399360 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR 3629 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2025
18768971 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SPECIAL PRICING DETERMINATION NELSON, FREDA ANN 3628 §101§112 Final Rejection 60d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18732227 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Jun 03, 2024
18614517 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING HARDWARE-SOFTWARE-CLOUD TO AS-A-SERVICE (AAS) PRASAD, NANCY N 3624 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18349836 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INCLUDING ERP AGNOSTIC REALTIME DATA MESH WITH CHANGE DATA CAPTURE ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2023
18341714 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT INCLUDING SINGLE PANE OF GLASS USER INTERFACE ZEROUAL, OMAR 3628 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2023

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