Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
99 pending office actions • 61 art units • 91 examiners • 0 of 99 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 168 patents granted in the last 365 days
Mellanox Technologies Ltd. currently faces 101 pending office actions within the Networking & Security technology area. This portfolio is spread across 93 distinct examiners. The 61 distinct art units involved indicate the range of technical sub-specialties being pursued within the networking domain.
ZARROLI, MICHAEL C is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, managing 2 pending office actions. The 101 pending office actions are distributed such that the busiest examiner holds 2 actions. The count of 93 distinct examiners compared to the total actions shows that most examiners are handling one case.
Practitioners should prepare for various examiner perspectives given the 61 distinct art units. The distribution across the examiners, with ZARROLI, MICHAEL C having his assigned actions, means that prosecution outcomes are influenced by many individual examiner styles across the Networking & Security field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 26 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. 26 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 | 3 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 8 (8%) |
| §103 only | 55 (56%) |
| §102 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 23 (23%) |
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% | +15.6% |
| MYERS, PAUL R | 2 | 79.3% | +13.5% |
| REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | 2 | 83.4% | +18.5% |
| AHMED, ATIQUE | 2 | 80.9% | +15.3% |
| SMARTH, GERALD A | 2 | 83.4% | +12.6% |
| PAPE, ZACHARY | 2 | 72.4% | +19.4% |
| HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 2 | 80.4% | +17.0% |
| HAGAN, SEAN P | 2 | 39.6% | +30.8% |
| CHACKO, JOE | 1 | 75.3% | +28.4% |
| MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 1 | 72.4% | +33.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18935698 | Data Processing Performance Optimization Under Power Budgeting Constraints | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | — |
| 18917976 | DYNAMIC PACKET ROUTING USING PRIORITIZED GROUPS | AHMED, ATIQUE | — |
| 18914327 | Clock synchronization control optimization | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | — |
| 18664336 | Load Balancing Between Network Devices Using Queue Sharing | SMARTH, GERALD A | — |
| 18631095 | Scheduled synchronization messages | AHMED, ATIQUE | — |
| 18516833 | LATENCY-DRIVEN SHARED BUFFER ALGORITHM | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
| 18240549 | DATA PACKETS WITH MEMORY ACCESS PROTOCOLS IN HIGH-SPEED PACKET NETWORKS | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | — |
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 |
| 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 | — |
| 19234364 | Real-time performance optimization of a packet network | BAYARD, DJENANE M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16890149 | VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER WITH CHARACTERISTIC WAVELENGTH OF 910 NM | HAGAN, SEAN P | 29d |
| 18144984 | TUNNEL JUNCTION PATTERNING FOR CONTROLLING OPTICAL AND CURRENT CONFINEMENT IN A VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE-EMITTING LASER | HAGAN, SEAN P | 39d |
| 19292276 | MAINTAINING DATA CONFIDENTIALITY IN SHARED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | CHACKO, JOE | — |
| 19285680 | HARDWARE RECOVERY UTILIZING STATE INFORMATION | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | — |
| 19253255 | MULTI-CABLE INTERCONNECT CONNECTION SYSTEM | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 19188425 | NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE HAVING HEAT DISSIPATING MEMBERS | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | — |
| 19057041 | DEVICES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS FOR DISAGGREGATED MEMORY RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | MYERS, PAUL R | — |
| 19030411 | DATA SHUFFLE OFFLOAD | MYERS, PAUL R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2184 | 4 |
| 2449 | 4 |
| 2176 | 3 |
| 2635 | 3 |
| 2828 | 3 |
| 2181 | 2 |
| 2835 | 2 |
| 2175 | 2 |
| 2457 | 2 |
| 2113 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19292276 | MAINTAINING DATA CONFIDENTIALITY IN SHARED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS | CHACKO, JOE | — | §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 | — | 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 | — | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19208832 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MEMORY SYSTEM DETERMINATION AND DUPLICATIVE DATA WRITE PREVENTION | HO, ANDREW N | 2169 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 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 | — | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19174443 | COMPANION METADATA FOR PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL (PTP) HARDWARE CLOCK | WAQAS, SAAD A | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19172755 | Mechanical thermal interface for improved heat dissipation in network transceivers | DANG, HUNG Q | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19084811 | Network Device with Programmable Action Processing | SNYDER, STEVEN G | — | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19068544 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ENCRYPTED DATA TRANSFER | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19061127 | COMPUTING DEVICES WITH IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT | LEA EDMONDS, LISA S | — | §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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19041170 | ANTI-HAMMERING MECHANISM IN A NETWORK SERVER | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2025 |
| 19030411 | DATA SHUFFLE OFFLOAD | MYERS, PAUL R | — | §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 | 4100 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 18988345 | INTERRUPT EMULATION ON NETWORK DEVICES | DANG, PHONG H | 2184 | DP | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18976396 | Shared reorder buffer for memory I/O responses | TALUKDAR, ARVIND | 2132 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18935698 | Data Processing Performance Optimization Under Power Budgeting Constraints | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | 2176 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 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 | — | §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 | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18914327 | Clock synchronization control optimization | REHMAN, MOHAMMED H | 2176 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18911312 | Fast In-Service Software Updating using Multi-Layer Memory | KENDALL, CHUCK O | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18905971 | JITTER CORRECTION IN A RECEIVER DEVICE | GILES, EBONI N | 2622 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 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 | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18888767 | WAFER ALIGNMENT IN MULTIPLE DIES | BLEVINS, JERRY M | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18808849 | ASYMMETRICAL SCALING OF CO-PACKAGED OPTICS | ISMAIL, OMAR S | 2635 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18787366 | SUB-IMAGE STREAMING AND PROCESSING | WU, CHONG | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18787408 | SUB-IMAGE STREAMING AND PROCESSING | BROWN, SHEREE N | 2612 | §103 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 29, 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 |
| 18747252 | NETWORK DEVICES ASSISTED BY MACHINE LEARNING | TURCHEN, JAMES R | 2439 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 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 | — | §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 |
| 18665615 | Efficient flexible parser in a networking device | SEYMOUR, JAMES PAUL | 2419 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18664347 | Two-way time synchronization protocol on network device | KIM, SUN JONG | 2469 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18664336 | Load Balancing Between Network Devices Using Queue Sharing | SMARTH, GERALD A | 2478 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18664354 | Master time translation in peripheral device | LEE, ADAM | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2024 |
| 18631095 | Scheduled synchronization messages | AHMED, ATIQUE | 2413 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialMellanox Technologies Ltd. has 99 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 61 art units and 91 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.