Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

MongoDB Inc.

Technology area: Computing & Software

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

MongoDB Inc. has 7 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 6 distinct examiners and 6 distinct art units, indicating that most of the current prosecution activity is distributed across separate examination contexts.

HARMON, COURTNEY N is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. This is the only listed concentration above one matter, so examiner-specific review may be useful for that pair while the remaining matters require individualized preparation.

The matching examiner and art-unit figures suggest limited repetition in the available assignments. Counsel can coordinate technical positions and disclosure practices across the software portfolio, but should avoid assuming that an approach developed for one matter will transfer unchanged to every examination group.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (17%)
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
6
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
YEN, SYLING 1 75.0% +28.1%
TAN, PHEBE 1 — —
JAMI, HARES 1 73.2% +29.9%
YU, JAE UN 1 89.9% +9.7%
HARMON, COURTNEY N 1 63.3% +8.9%
GHAFFARI, ABU Z 1 79.3% +47.7%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18748997 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS YU, JAE UN —

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18328953 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ASYMMETRIC NODES GHAFFARI, ABU Z 44d overdue
18748921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS JAMI, HARES 40d
19347384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMER INTEGRATION INTO DYNAMIC SCHEMA DATABASES YEN, SYLING —
18749026 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS TAN, PHEBE —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18328953 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ASYMMETRIC NODES GHAFFARI, ABU Z 44d overdue
18748921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS JAMI, HARES 40d
19347384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMER INTEGRATION INTO DYNAMIC SCHEMA DATABASES YEN, SYLING —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2166 1
2198 1
2164 1
2138 1
2159 1
2195 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19347384 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFORMER INTEGRATION INTO DYNAMIC SCHEMA DATABASES YEN, SYLING 2166 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2025
18749026 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS TAN, PHEBE 2198 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18748921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS JAMI, HARES 2164 §103§112 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18748997 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DATA STREAMS YU, JAE UN 2138 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18664907 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA MIGRATION HARMON, COURTNEY N 2159 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 15, 2024
18328953 DATABASE SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH ASYMMETRIC NODES GHAFFARI, ABU Z 2195 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does MongoDB Inc. have?

MongoDB Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most MongoDB Inc. applications?

Syling Yen has the most, with 1 of MongoDB Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are MongoDB Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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