Technology area: Computing & Software
73 pending office actions • 35 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 211 patents granted in the last 365 days
Red Hat Inc. has 72 pending office actions in Computing & Software. Those matters involve 67 distinct examiners across 33 distinct art units, showing a substantial workload spread across many examination assignments. The portfolio has both broad examiner coverage and meaningful concentration within some art units.
VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. The largest examiner grouping is limited compared with the full workload, so recurring examiner practice will affect only part of the portfolio. Counsel should use centralized tracking for common software claim themes while tailoring responses to the relevant art unit and examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 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. 22 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 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 10 (14%) |
| §103 only | 44 (60%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (15%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (3%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 3 | 51.7% | +38.0% |
| ALAM, SHIHAB | 2 | — | — |
| HEADLY, MELISSA A | 2 | 75.1% | +41.0% |
| LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | 2 | 64.0% | +25.5% |
| HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 1 | 79.3% | +23.1% |
| BAROT, BHARAT | 1 | 87.5% | +8.0% |
| MEHEDI, MORSHED | 1 | 85.8% | -0.5% |
| JOHNSON, TERRELL S | 1 | 86.9% | +10.4% |
| PEYTON, TAMMARA R | 1 | 90.9% | +5.7% |
| SHAW, YIN CHEN | 1 | 48.4% | +63.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19088576 | GENERATING BOOTABLE DISK IMAGE USING CONTAINER-BASED PARTITION TABLE | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | — |
| 19073894 | SIZING SERVICE FOR CLOUD MIGRATION TO PHYSICAL MACHINE | PEYTON, TAMMARA R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18175800 | DYNAMIC QUANTUM INSTRUCTION FILE CUSTOMIZATION | BAKER, EZRA JAMES | 4d overdue |
| 18145999 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NEW DATA FOR USE BY AN APPLICATION IN RESPONSE TO A FORK OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 5d |
| 17874605 | QUANTUM COMPUTING NETWORK WITH PHYSICAL MESH SERVICE | GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE | 8d |
| 18639683 | TECHNIQUES FOR VALIDATING SAFETY AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE USING SBOMS | GOORAY, MARK A | 27d |
| 18326797 | INTRA-VEHICLE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES INCORPORATING UPDATE COMPATIBILITY | SOUGH, HYUNG SUB | 57d |
| 19197693 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS | MEHEDI, MORSHED | — |
| 18938062 | DETERMINING NETWORK TOPOLOGY BASED ON PACKET TRAFFIC | CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R | — |
| 18933421 | Predicting and Minimizing Quantum Decoherence in Quantum Computer Systems | BODDEN, EVRAL E | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17702583 | LAYERED OPERATING SYSTEM | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 45d overdue |
| 18145999 | AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NEW DATA FOR USE BY AN APPLICATION IN RESPONSE TO A FORK OF A VIRTUAL MACHINE | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 5d |
| 18322315 | COPY-ON-WRITE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH ENCRYPTED STORAGE | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 41d |
| 19282506 | SIDECAR DATA SERVICES FOR ENFORCING DATA POLICIES | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | — |
| 19088576 | GENERATING BOOTABLE DISK IMAGE USING CONTAINER-BASED PARTITION TABLE | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | — |
| 19054547 | DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL OF COMPUTING RESOURCES BASED ON COMMUNICATION MECHANISM | SHAW, YIN CHEN | — |
| 18794083 | SCHEDULING AN EXECUTION OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION BASED ON A SOFTWARE INVENTORY | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | — |
| 17864206 | QUANTUM SIMULATOR NETWORK FOR SIMULATING A QUANTUM SERVICE | LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2197 | 8 |
| 2196 | 7 |
| 2199 | 6 |
| 2198 | 4 |
| 2191 | 4 |
| 2193 | 3 |
| 2192 | 3 |
| 2195 | 3 |
| 2194 | 3 |
| 2458 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19282506 | SIDECAR DATA SERVICES FOR ENFORCING DATA POLICIES | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 2458 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19246770 | SELECTIVE ACCESS TO COMPUTING SYSTEMS BASED ON AUTHENTICATION MECHANISMS | BAROT, BHARAT | 2431 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19197693 | CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS | MEHEDI, MORSHED | 2408 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19088576 | GENERATING BOOTABLE DISK IMAGE USING CONTAINER-BASED PARTITION TABLE | JOHNSON, TERRELL S | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19073894 | SIZING SERVICE FOR CLOUD MIGRATION TO PHYSICAL MACHINE | PEYTON, TAMMARA R | 2184 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2025 |
| 19054547 | DYNAMIC ACCESS CONTROL OF COMPUTING RESOURCES BASED ON COMMUNICATION MECHANISM | SHAW, YIN CHEN | 2498 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19000898 | MIGRATING SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS FROM A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT TO A LOCAL SYSTEM | HEBERT, THEODORE E | 2199 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18957267 | DRY-RUN BOOT PROCESS TO DETERMINE UPDATED CONFIGURATION VALUES | MURSHID, AFRINA | 2176 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18954275 | NESTED CONTAINER GENERATION FOR CROSS-PLATFORM WORKLOADS | NGO, THANH | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18937339 | ACCESS CONTROL OF A NODE USING A CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY | LOUIE, HOWARD H | 2494 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18938062 | DETERMINING NETWORK TOPOLOGY BASED ON PACKET TRAFFIC | CHOWDHURY, HARUN UR R | 2473 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18933421 | Predicting and Minimizing Quantum Decoherence in Quantum Computer Systems | BODDEN, EVRAL E | 2193 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18918931 | DIFFERENTIATING CONTROLLERS AND RECONCILERS FOR SOFTWARE OPERATORS IN A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | RAZA, MUHAMMAD A | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18911054 | DEDUPLICATION OF CONTAINER IMAGE FILES | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 2163 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18894047 | MANAGING A CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSOCIATED WITH EXECUTING A JOB ON COMPUTER NODES | LYONS, ANDREW M | 2191 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18890363 | IDENTIFYING MINIMAL DEPENDENCY UPDATES TO MITIGATE KNOWN CVES FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS WITHOUT SEMANTIC VERSIONING | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18884681 | EMBEDDING SECURITY REQUIREMENTS IN CONTAINER IMAGES | JEUDY, JOSNEL | 2438 | DP | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18825284 | STATEFUL CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION AND CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT PIPELINES | SOLTANZADEH, AMIR | 2191 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18796193 | MOUNTING IMAGES FOR UNPRIVILEGED USERS | NGUYEN, DUY KHUONG THANH | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18794083 | SCHEDULING AN EXECUTION OF A SOFTWARE APPLICATION BASED ON A SOFTWARE INVENTORY | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 2196 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18782836 | MOVING A STATEFUL APPLICATION BETWEEN NODES OF A DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | WAI, ERIC CHARLES | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18764480 | WRITE-ONLY SWAPPING OF MEMORY PAGES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | TALUKDAR, ARVIND | 2132 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 05, 2024 |
| 18761442 | DENORMALIZING OPERATOR ACTIVITY FOR DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATIONS | MILLS, FRANK D | 2194 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18757795 | FUNCTIONAL SAFETY ANALYSIS USING DEBUGGING DATA | VO, TED T | 2191 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18748602 | COHERENT CONTAINERIZED COMPUTING | SRIVASTAVA, VIVEK | 2449 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18749033 | DOMAIN AGNOSTIC SYSTEM CONFIGURATION | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 2175 | Other | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18732142 | FLEETWIDE SERVERLESS FUNCTIONAL SAFETY PROTECTION FOR HYBRID CLOUD INTEROPERABILITY | PEDERSEN, DAVID RUBEN | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 43d overdue | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18675767 | WORKLOAD DISTRIBUTION BASED ON NODE PROPERTIES | REAGAN, JAMES A | 3697 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18671984 | DYNAMIC REPROVISIONING OF MACHINE LEARNING MODEL LAYERS | LEE JR, KENNETH B | 2625 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18669831 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING EXECUTION OF JOBS WITH CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION PLATFORMS | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 2196 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18662661 | OVER SUBSCRIBE SAAS WHILE MITIGATING NOISY NEIGHBORS | KESSLER, GREGORY AARON | 2197 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18653220 | INDEPENDENT LOAD BALANCING TO PREVENT NODE AGENT OVERLOAD | WOO, ANDREW M | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18649156 | TECHNIQUES FOR SUPPORTING MODEL REGISTRIES AND MODEL ENSEMBLE DETERMINATION | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3624 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18639683 | TECHNIQUES FOR VALIDATING SAFETY AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE USING SBOMS | GOORAY, MARK A | 2199 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18637623 | REMOTE LOGIN RESOURCE ACCESS CONTROL USING A CONTAINER | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18633204 | PROACTIVE HOSTING CAPACITY ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION FOR DYNAMIC CONTAINER MIGRATION | SEYE, ABDOU K | 2198 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18617342 | TESTING AND DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINERIZED APPLICATION USING SIDE-CAR CONTAINERS | BROPHY, MATTHEW J | 2191 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18442557 | MANAGEABLE INPUT/OUTPUT (IO) FOR VOLATILE CONTAINER MEMORY | TRUONG, DANIEL NHU | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18419872 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING REDUCING INSTRUCTION USAGE | BREEN, JAKE TIMOTHY | 2143 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18407704 | OVERLAY CONTAINER STORAGE DRIVER FOR MICROSERVICE WORKLOADS | AQUINO, WYNUEL S | 2199 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18541760 | VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION WITH VIRTUAL CPU DESCRIPTORS | MHEIR, ZUHEIR | 2198 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18538257 | UPGRADE OF DISTRIBUTED DATA GRID WITH NO STATE TRANSFER | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18520296 | AUTOMATED OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) INSTALLER PRE-BOOTING | RAHMAN, FAHMIDA | 2175 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Nov 27, 2023 |
| 18499428 | MIGRATING CONTAINER WORKLOADS IN EDGE COMPUTING SYSTEMS BASED ON ENERGY CONSUMPTION | ABDULLAHI, SELMAN MOHAMED | 2197 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2023 |
| 18498320 | RUNTIME LOADING OF NON-NATIVE MODULES IN VIRTUAL MACHINES | TANG, KENNETH | 2196 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18499127 | SECURE VIRTUAL MACHINE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION | ALAM, SHIHAB | 2197 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18362206 | CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION SYSTEM MONITORING FOR DEPENDENCIES ON REMOTE SYSTEMS | ALAM, SHIHAB | 2197 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18362648 | EFFICIENT INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) FOR NESTED VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH MEMORY OVERCOMMIT | BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA | 2194 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d overdue | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18326927 | INTRA-VEHICLE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES BASED ON INSTALL TIMESTAMP | KENDALL, CHUCK O | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
| 18326797 | INTRA-VEHICLE OVER-THE-AIR UPDATES INCORPORATING UPDATE COMPATIBILITY | SOUGH, HYUNG SUB | 2192 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 57d | Pending | May 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRed Hat Inc. has 73 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 35 art units and 68 examiners.
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Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
