Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
27 pending office actions • 16 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 52 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 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. 12 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 | 1 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 20 (74%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 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 | 2 | 77.3% | +4.9% |
| AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2 | 70.4% | +53.1% |
| MORRIS, JOHN J | 1 | 61.0% | +19.9% |
| BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y | 1 | 75.4% | +10.8% |
| GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 1 | 80.1% | +17.7% |
| PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 1 | 79.1% | +12.9% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 1 | 70.2% | +61.3% |
| MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 89.2% | +9.2% |
| CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 1 | 77.9% | +32.8% |
| ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 1 | 67.2% | +26.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18970664 | FAILOVER AND FAILBACK OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 43d overdue |
| 19082076 | CONSISTENT AND DURABLE TRANSACTIONS IN A HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18791271 | CONTAINERIZED CLOUD-NATIVE CLUSTER STORAGE TARGETS | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 60d overdue |
| 19071618 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 15d |
| 19207943 | DATABASE AS A SERVICE ON CLOUD | BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y | — |
| 18984668 | MIGRATION AND DISASTER RECOVERY OF VTPM ENABLED VIRTUAL MACHINES | WILCOX, JAMES J | — |
| 18883586 | DATABASE CACHING BASED ON QUERY WORKLOAD | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | — |
| 18765837 | INTER-CLUSTER COMMUNICATION | NOWLIN, ERIC | — |
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 |
| 19082057 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM JOURNAL ON A SINGLE MEMORY PAGE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 35d overdue |
| 18930885 | PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT INCLUDING SERVICE DOMAINS | CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 14d |
| 17350636 | AI INFERENCE HARDWARE RESOURCE SCHEDULING | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 33d |
| 19294157 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENTLY INDEXING DATA OF AN ARCHIVAL STORAGE SYSTEM | MORRIS, JOHN J | — |
| 19207943 | DATABASE AS A SERVICE ON CLOUD | BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y | — |
| 19082076 | CONSISTENT AND DURABLE TRANSACTIONS IN A HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | — |
| 18984668 | MIGRATION AND DISASTER RECOVERY OF VTPM ENABLED VIRTUAL MACHINES | WILCOX, JAMES J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2156 | 3 |
| 2195 | 3 |
| 2163 | 2 |
| 2154 | 2 |
| 2164 | 2 |
| 2113 | 2 |
| 2169 | 2 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2455 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19294157 | TECHNIQUE FOR EFFICIENTLY INDEXING DATA OF AN ARCHIVAL STORAGE SYSTEM | MORRIS, JOHN J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19207943 | DATABASE AS A SERVICE ON CLOUD | BROMELL, ALEXANDRIA Y | 2156 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19082076 | CONSISTENT AND DURABLE TRANSACTIONS IN A HIGH-PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19082057 | DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM JOURNAL ON A SINGLE MEMORY PAGE | PHAN, TUANKHANH D | 2154 | §103 | Final Rejection | 35d overdue | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19071618 | FILE ANALYTICS SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §101 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Mar 05, 2025 |
| 18984668 | MIGRATION AND DISASTER RECOVERY OF VTPM ENABLED VIRTUAL MACHINES | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18970664 | FAILOVER AND FAILBACK OF DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | MASKULINSKI, MICHAEL C | 2113 | §112DP | Final Rejection | 43d overdue | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18930885 | PLATFORM-AS-A-SERVICE DEPLOYMENT INCLUDING SERVICE DOMAINS | CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 2444 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18883586 | DATABASE CACHING BASED ON QUERY WORKLOAD | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 2154 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18790809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EFFICIENT TRAFFIC FORWARDING FROM A PRIVATE CLOUD | YU, XIANG | 2455 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18791271 | CONTAINERIZED CLOUD-NATIVE CLUSTER STORAGE TARGETS | PEUGH, BRIAN R | 2133 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18765837 | INTER-CLUSTER COMMUNICATION | NOWLIN, ERIC | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18677339 | SMART PREFETCHING OF OPERATIONS TECHNIQUE | CURRAN, J MITCHELL | 2169 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18402605 | MULTI-CLUSTER DATABASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES | MITIKU, BERHANU | 2156 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18243980 | LAZY INDEX CONSTRUCTION OF SNAPSHOTS IN A REPLICATION RECEIVER | ALLEN, BRITTANY N | 2169 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18217438 | INFRASTRUCTURE-INDEPENDENT SCALING OF HYPERCONVERGED COMPUTING NODES | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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 |
| 18153671 | TRACKING AND ADJUSTING GRANULARITY OF MEMORY DIRTINESS DURING VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION | NGUYEN, AN-AN NGOC | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2023 |
| 18069920 | ENUMERATION FOR DISTRIBUTED FILE SERVERS | SHAH, VAISHALI | 2156 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18080563 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VIRTUAL OBJECT STORE | WOOD, WILLIAM C | 2193 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2022 |
| 18051014 | MANUAL SNAPSHOT AND RESTORE OF USER APPLICATIONS HOSTED ON CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURES | XU, MICHAEL | 2113 | §103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 31, 2022 |
| 17880283 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF QUERYING OBJECTS ON DEMAND | SYED, FARHAN M | 2161 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17858867 | DATA-DRIVEN EVALUATION OF TRAINING ACTION SPACE FOR REINFORCEMENT LEARNING | MAUNI, HUMAIRA ZAHIN | 2141 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 06, 2022 |
| 17710342 | VIRTUAL MACHINE REMOTE HOST MEMORY ACCESSES | SEYE, ABDOU K | 2198 | §103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 31, 2022 |
| 17452144 | MALICIOUS ACTIVITY DETECTION AND REMEDIATION IN VIRTUALIZED FILE SERVERS | SKHOUN, HICHAM | 2164 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2021 |
| 17350636 | AI INFERENCE HARDWARE RESOURCE SCHEDULING | AYERS, MICHAEL W | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Jun 17, 2021 |
| 16522567 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DEPOYING A MACHINE LEARNING INFERENCE AS A SERVICE AT SYSTEMS | BREENE, PAUL J | 2129 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2019 |
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