Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
87 pending office actions • 57 art units • 84 examiners • 0 of 87 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 159 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mellanox Technologies Ltd. has 94 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The docket spans 89 distinct examiners across 60 distinct art units, showing broad distribution across the technology area and a large number of examination assignments.
ZARROLI, MICHAEL C is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. Counsel should rely on strong portfolio-level coordination while preserving separate response strategies for the many examiner and art-unit contexts.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 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. 23 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 | 2 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (6%) |
| §103 only | 49 (56%) |
| §102 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (29%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 2 | 72.4% | +15.8% |
| MYERS, PAUL R | 2 | 79.4% | +13.5% |
| SMARTH, GERALD A | 2 | 83.4% | +12.6% |
| CHACKO, JOE | 1 | 75.3% | +28.3% |
| MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 1 | 72.4% | +33.7% |
| THIEU, BENJAMIN M | 1 | 84.5% | +15.2% |
| BAYARD, DJENANE M | 1 | 83.6% | +1.2% |
| WOO, ANDREW M | 1 | 82.7% | +43.9% |
| WAQAS, SAAD A | 1 | 74.3% | +37.6% |
| DANG, HUNG Q | 1 | 68.2% | +18.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19274319 | ADAPTIVE PORT ROUTING | THIEU, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 18664336 | Load Balancing Between Network Devices Using Queue Sharing | SMARTH, GERALD A | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18627972 | ALLOCATING POWER BETWEEN INTERCONNECT DEVICES | CHAN, DANNY | 18d overdue |
| 18595475 | Network device with datagram transport layer security | VAUGHAN, MICHAEL R | 5d overdue |
| 18491820 | Remote Memory Filling | UNELUS, ERNEST | 4d overdue |
| 17500598 | VECTOR ACTIVATION FUNCTION TO SUPPORT MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE AND OTHER PROCESSES | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 7d |
| 18225562 | WEIGHTED TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN GRADED PORTS | MCBETH, WILLIAM C | 20d |
| 18624180 | Hash Table Remote Direct Memory Operations (RDMO) | CHEN, WUJI | 21d |
| 18630704 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) IN A DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT | KOBROSLI, SHADI HASSAN | 30d |
| 19253255 | MULTI-CABLE INTERCONNECT CONNECTION SYSTEM | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19292276 | MAINTAINING DATA CONFIDENTIALITY IN SHARED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | CHACKO, JOE | — |
| 19285680 | HARDWARE RECOVERY UTILIZING STATE INFORMATION | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | — |
| 19274319 | ADAPTIVE PORT ROUTING | THIEU, BENJAMIN M | — |
| 19253255 | MULTI-CABLE INTERCONNECT CONNECTION SYSTEM | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 19188425 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBERS | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 19174316 | DYNAMIC FABRIC REACTION FOR OPTIMIZED COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION | WOO, ANDREW M | — |
| 19174443 | COMPANION METADATA FOR PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL (PTP) HARDWARE CLOCK | WAQAS, SAAD A | — |
| 19172755 | Mechanical thermal interface for improved heat dissipation in network transceivers | DANG, HUNG Q | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2874 | 5 |
| 2176 | 4 |
| 2457 | 3 |
| 2444 | 3 |
| 2458 | 3 |
| 2184 | 3 |
| 2635 | 3 |
| 2449 | 3 |
| 2453 | 2 |
| 2468 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19292276 | MAINTAINING DATA CONFIDENTIALITY IN SHARED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | CHACKO, JOE | 2457 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2025 |
| 19285680 | HARDWARE RECOVERY UTILIZING STATE INFORMATION | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19274319 | ADAPTIVE PORT ROUTING | THIEU, BENJAMIN M | 2453 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19253255 | MULTI-CABLE INTERCONNECT CONNECTION SYSTEM | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 2833 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19234364 | Real-time performance optimization of a packet network | BAYARD, DJENANE M | 2444 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19188425 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBERS | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19174316 | DYNAMIC FABRIC REACTION FOR OPTIMIZED COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION | WOO, ANDREW M | 2458 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19174443 | COMPANION METADATA FOR PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL (PTP) HARDWARE CLOCK | WAQAS, SAAD A | 2468 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19172755 | Mechanical thermal interface for improved heat dissipation in network transceivers | DANG, HUNG Q | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19084811 | Network Device with Programmable Action Processing | SNYDER, STEVEN G | 2184 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19068544 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ENCRYPTED DATA TRANSFER | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | 2497 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19063380 | Network path state detection | NGUYEN, HAO HONG | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061127 | COMPUTING DEVICES WITH IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT | LEA EDMONDS, LISA S | 2847 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19058978 | TRAFFIC REORDERING FOR LOWER TOGGLING | ABAD, FARLEY J | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19057041 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DISAGGREGATED MEMORY RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | MYERS, PAUL R | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19043475 | Hierarchical Network Sub-Partitioning | BENGZON, GREG C | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2025 |
| 19030411 | DATA SHUFFLE OFFLOAD | MYERS, PAUL R | 2176 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19028356 | STATISTICAL HIGH BANDWIDTH AND PACKET RATE CROSSBAR WITH LOW CELL COUNT | COUSINS, JOSEPH M | 2459 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026299 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF INITIATING RETRANSMISSION REQUESTS | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2111 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19021312 | Network-Adapter Based Packet Coloring | AGUIAR, JOHNNY B | 2447 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19017665 | Secure and efficient distributed processing | TRAN, JIMMY H | 2451 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19015129 | LIVE MIGRATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTE ENVIRONMENTS | GADALLA, HANY S | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18976396 | Shared reorder buffer for memory I/O responses | TALUKDAR, ARVIND | 2132 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18932660 | Multicore Network Adapter | BAROT, BHARAT | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18917976 | DYNAMIC PACKET ROUTING USING PRIORITIZED GROUPS | AHMED, ATIQUE | 2413 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18915400 | Packet Transmission with Implicit Loss Indication (ILI) | SCHEIBEL, ROBERT C | 2467 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18914324 | Time division communication between processors | CHOUDHRY, SAMINA F | 2462 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18914327 | Clock synchronization control optimization | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | 2176 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18901515 | DEVICE ATTESTATION IN MANAGED NETWORKS | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18890429 | EARLY AND EFFICIENT PACKET TRUNCATION | SMARTH, GERALD A | 2478 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18888767 | WAFER ALIGNMENT IN MULTIPLE DIES | BLEVINS, JERRY M | 2874 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18882798 | Clock syntonization using digital control loop | MATTIS, JASON E | 2461 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18822878 | SYSTEM FOR NETWORK CONGESTION CONTROL | BLAIR, DOUGLAS B | 2454 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18808849 | ASYMMETRICAL SCALING OF CO-PACKAGED OPTICS | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18787408 | SUB-IMAGE STREAMING AND PROCESSING | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18787366 | SUB-IMAGE STREAMING AND PROCESSING | WU, CHONG | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18776367 | LOW POWER PHOTONIC RESONATORS | WONG, TINA MEI SENG | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18756506 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DUPLICATE DELIVERY PREVENTION FOR DYNAMICALLY CONNECTED TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | 16d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18741148 | WORKLOAD AWARE PACKET STEERING | LAMONT, BENJAMIN S | 2473 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18735293 | Follower clock holdover system | ANDREI, RADU | 3697 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 |
| 18680404 | CONNECTIVITY INDICATORS IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | ABDELRAHEEM, MOHAMMED SAID | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18676556 | USING SOURCE ROUTING FOR AUTHORIZATION | CADORNA, CHRISTOPHER PALACA | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18668320 | Smart Serial Bus Interface Circuit | WANG, HARRY Z | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18669515 | OPEN TOP CAGE RECEPTACLE ASSEMBLY | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18669310 | VIRTUALIZING HARDWARE RESILIENCE FOR NETWORK CONNECTIONS | BARKER, TODD L | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18664354 | Master time translation in peripheral device | LEE, ADAM | 2198 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18664336 | Load Balancing Between Network Devices Using Queue Sharing | SMARTH, GERALD A | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18631846 | AUTO NEGOTIATION OVER OPTICS | LEE, JAE YOUNG | 2634 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
| 18630704 | SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION (QKD) IN A DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT | KOBROSLI, SHADI HASSAN | 2492 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18627972 | ALLOCATING POWER BETWEEN INTERCONNECT DEVICES | CHAN, DANNY | 2175 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 18d overdue | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMellanox Technologies Ltd. has 87 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 57 art units and 84 examiners.
Michael C Zarroli has the most, with 2 of Mellanox Technologies Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
