Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Micro Focus LLC

24 pending office actions • 17 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 57 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

11
Hard (46%)
12
Medium (50%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§101 + other5 (21%)
§103 only12 (50%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
18
Information Tech
75% of docket
2
Communications
8% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
4
Business / Other
17% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AGUIAR, JOHNNY B 1 80.3% +19.5%
ROCHE, JOHN B 1 74.0% -19.9%
CHEN, SHIN HON 1 86.5% +13.4%
ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A 1 66.0% +26.3%
LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 1 87.5% +7.4%
NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 1 81.7% +34.4%
HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM 1 66.7% +50.0%
GUNDRY, STEPHEN T 1 91.8% +9.0%
CHAO, MICHAEL W 1 70.1% +40.5%
SESAY, HASSAN RAMADAN 1

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18766648 Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Anomalous Behavior in a Distributed Ledger GUNDRY, STEPHEN T 2d overdue
18917745 Image-Based Object Identification Scalability Improvement LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON

Hard Cases (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18389770 PATCH GENERATION FOR FLAWS IN SOFTWARE LUU, CUONG V 59d overdue
17976480 UPDATING LABEL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF DATA POINTS MARU, MATIYAS T 50d overdue
18486916 Systems and Methods For Structured Bayesian Classification For Content Management BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 17d overdue
18520863 Controlling the Use of Source Code for Training Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms GOORAY, MARK A 1d overdue
18182241 Application Resource Tracking Between Load Cycles of an Application LIN, KATHERINE Y 7d
19209463 AUTOMATED NETWORK CONFIGURATION AGUIAR, JOHNNY B
18969260 SENSITIVE INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND TEST COMPONENT CONFIGURATION CHEN, SHIN HON
18938543 ENABLING CUSTOM WORD IDENTIFICATION IN SPEECH-TO-TEXT MODELS ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18757995 THREAD-BASED MALWARE DETECTION CHAO, MICHAEL W 13d
19209463 AUTOMATED NETWORK CONFIGURATION AGUIAR, JOHNNY B
18969260 SENSITIVE INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND TEST COMPONENT CONFIGURATION CHEN, SHIN HON
18938543 ENABLING CUSTOM WORD IDENTIFICATION IN SPEECH-TO-TEXT MODELS ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A
18791540 GENERATION OF USER INTERFACE TESTS FROM A VIDEO NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH
18772069 A System and Method for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Recommend Solutions to Issues and Fix Issues in Source Code HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2492 3
2199 2
2658 1
2674 1
2191 1
2435 1
2491 1
2169 1
2192 1
2400 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19209463 AUTOMATED NETWORK CONFIGURATION AGUIAR, JOHNNY B §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2025
19201684 IDENTIFYING ANOMALOUS DEVICE CONFIGURATION ROCHE, JOHN B DP Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2025
18969260 SENSITIVE INFORMATION DISCOVERY AND TEST COMPONENT CONFIGURATION CHEN, SHIN HON §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18938543 ENABLING CUSTOM WORD IDENTIFICATION IN SPEECH-TO-TEXT MODELS ADESANYA, OLUJIMI A 2658 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18917745 Image-Based Object Identification Scalability Improvement LIEW, ALEX KOK SOON 2674 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18791540 GENERATION OF USER INTERFACE TESTS FROM A VIDEO NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH 2199 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18772069 A System and Method for Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Recommend Solutions to Issues and Fix Issues in Source Code HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM 2191 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18766648 Using Artificial Intelligence to Identify Anomalous Behavior in a Distributed Ledger GUNDRY, STEPHEN T 2435 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024
18757995 THREAD-BASED MALWARE DETECTION CHAO, MICHAEL W 2492 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18604669 License Analysis for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Compositions SESAY, HASSAN RAMADAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18603035 Identification of a Compromised Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithm DESROSIERS, EVANS 2491 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2024
18419282 SEARCH TABLE AND SEARCH JOB FOR SEARCH QUERY FOR WHICH MATCHING EVENTS ARE TO BE CONTINUALLY PROVIDED ELIAS, EARL L 2169 §103 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18389770 PATCH GENERATION FOR FLAWS IN SOFTWARE LUU, CUONG V 2192 §101 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Dec 19, 2023
18533713 Scanning of Training Code to Prevent Vulnerabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI) Generated Source Code LYNCH, SHARON S 2400 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18520863 Controlling the Use of Source Code for Training Artificial Intelligence (AI) Algorithms GOORAY, MARK A 2199 §101§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18486916 Systems and Methods For Structured Bayesian Classification For Content Management BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN 2168 §101§103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18372775 SECURITY ORCHESTRATION, AUTOMATION, AND RESPONSE (SOAR) PLAYBOOK GENERATION DO, KHANG D 2492 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18191747 Audit Chain for Encrypted Hashes ABYANEH, ALI S 2437 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Mar 28, 2023
18182241 Application Resource Tracking Between Load Cycles of an Application LIN, KATHERINE Y 2113 §101 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 10, 2023
18149623 Multi-Level Virtual Resource Authentication XIE, EDGAR WANGSHU 2433 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 03, 2023
17976480 UPDATING LABEL PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS OF DATA POINTS MARU, MATIYAS T 2148 §101§103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2022
17844580 TYING ADDRESSES TO AUTHENTICATION PROCESSES HOANG, HIEU T 2449 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2022
17716763 USING AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIALS TO VALIDATE BLOCKCHAIN ADDITIONS DHARIA, RUPAL 2492 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2022
17623851 SCHEDULING VIRTUAL USERS BASED ON CURVE FITTING RUTNAM, SAMUEL DILAN 2471 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2021

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