Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
27 pending office actions • 16 art units • 22 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 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. 27 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 (7%) |
| §103 only | 21 (78%) |
| §102 only | 1 (4%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (11%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SKHOUN, HICHAM | 3 | 77.6% | +5.6% |
| AYERS, MICHAEL W | 3 | 70.2% | +53.7% |
| XU, MICHAEL | 2 | 76.4% | +24.7% |
| PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 1 | 78.8% | +13.0% |
| GUYTON, PHILIP A | 1 | 83.8% | +8.2% |
| MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 89.1% | +9.2% |
| CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 1 | 77.7% | +32.8% |
| MORRIS, JOHN J | 1 | 60.9% | +19.7% |
| PRIFTI, AUREL | 1 | 83.0% | +22.3% |
| PEUGH, BRIAN R | 1 | 92.1% | +1.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791271 | CONTAINERIZED CLOUD-NATIVE CLUSTER STORAGE TARGETS | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 60d overdue |
| 18970664 | FAILOVER AND FAILBACK OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 43d overdue |
| 18806617 | BOOTSTRAPPING A MICROSERVICES REGISTRY | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18426058 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 53d overdue |
| 19071587 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXAMPLES PROVIDING METRICS ADJUSTED FOR APPLICATION OPERATION | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 76d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18217438 | INFRASTRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT SCALING OF HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING NODES | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 46d overdue |
| 17976596 | HIGH PERFORMANCE NODE-TO-NODE PROCESS MIGRATION | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 43d overdue |
| 19082057 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM JOURNAL ON A SINGLE MEMORY PAGE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 35d overdue |
| 18051014 | MANUAL SNAPSHOT AND RESTORE OF USER APPLICATIONS HOSTED ON CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES | XU, MICHAEL | 9d overdue |
| 18806617 | BOOTSTRAPPING A MICROSERVICES REGISTRY | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2d overdue |
| 18930885 | PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT INCLUDING SERVICE DOMAINS | CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 14d |
| 18826953 | TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE SNAPSHOT STORAGE SERVICE INSTANCES ON-DEMAND | MORRIS, JOHN J | 26d |
| 17350636 | AI INFERENCE HARDWARE RESOURCE SCHEDULING | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 33d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2113 | 6 |
| 2195 | 4 |
| 2164 | 3 |
| 2163 | 2 |
| 2154 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2152 | 1 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2133 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19082057 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM JOURNAL ON A SINGLE MEMORY PAGE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 35d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19071587 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXAMPLES PROVIDING METRICS ADJUSTED FOR APPLICATION OPERATION | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 76d | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 19071618 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18982992 | MONITORING INPUT/OUTPUT AND PERSISTENT RESERVATION ACTIVITY PATTERNS TO DETECT DEGRADED PERFORMANCE OF A HIGH AVAILABILITY AND FAULT TOLERANT APPLICATION | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 2113 | Other | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18970664 | FAILOVER AND FAILBACK OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18930885 | PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT INCLUDING SERVICE DOMAINS | CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 2444 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18920825 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BACKING UP HIGHLY AVAILABLE SOURCE DATABASES IN A HYPERCONVERGED SYSTEM | XU, MICHAEL | 2113 | Other | Non-Final OA | 42d | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18826953 | TECHNIQUE FOR MANAGING MULTIPLE SNAPSHOT STORAGE SERVICE INSTANCES ON-DEMAND | MORRIS, JOHN J | 2152 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18806617 | BOOTSTRAPPING A MICROSERVICES REGISTRY | PRIFTI, AUREL | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18791271 | CONTAINERIZED CLOUD-NATIVE CLUSTER STORAGE TARGETS | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 2133 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18756809 | FAST, REVERSIBLE ROLLBACK AT SHARE LEVEL IN VIRTUALIZED FILE SERVER | GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18640326 | WRITEABLE PARTITIONS WITHIN READ-ONLY REPLICATED RECORDS | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18426058 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §101 | Final Rejection | 53d overdue | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18379058 | ASYNCHRONOUS REPLICATION VIA FILE-ORIENTED SNAPSHOTS | BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | 2168 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18468558 | FILE SERVER MANAGERS INCLUDING API-LEVEL PERMISSIONS EXAMINATION | SHIU, HO T | 2443 | §103 | Final Rejection | 25d overdue | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18450319 | DISASTER RECOVERY FOR DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS, INCLUDING METADATA FIXERS | MEHRMANESH, ELMIRA | 2113 | Other | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Aug 15, 2023 |
| 18224008 | USER INTERFACE FOR DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES | VU, THANH T | 2179 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Jul 19, 2023 |
| 18217438 | INFRASTRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT SCALING OF HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING NODES | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2023 |
| 18183883 | DATA ANALYTICS SYSTEMS FOR FILE SYSTEMS INCLUDING EXAMPLES OF PATH GENERATION | PHAM, TUAN A | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Mar 14, 2023 |
| 18069920 | ENUMERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | SHAH, VAISHALI | 2156 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18051014 | MANUAL SNAPSHOT AND RESTORE OF USER APPLICATIONS HOSTED ON CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES | XU, MICHAEL | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17976596 | HIGH PERFORMANCE NODE-TO-NODE PROCESS MIGRATION | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Oct 28, 2022 |
| 17880283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF QUERYING OBJECTS ON DEMAND | SYED, FARHAN M | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17864252 | GENERATING RULES FOR MANAGING AN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM NATURAL-LANGUAGE EXPRESSIONS | CASTILLO-TORRES, KEISHA Y | 2659 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jul 13, 2022 |
| 17710342 | VIRTUAL MACHINE REMOTE HOST MEMORY ACCESSES | SEYE, ABDOU K | 2198 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2022 |
| 17443839 | PROVISIONING COMPUTING RESOURCES ACROSS COMPUTING PLATFORMS | WU, BENJAMIN C | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 100d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2021 |
| 17350636 | AI INFERENCE HARDWARE RESOURCE SCHEDULING | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Jun 17, 2021 |
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