Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
47 pending office actions • 27 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 47 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 128 patents granted in the last 365 days
Snowflake Inc. has 47 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 42 distinct examiners across 27 distinct art units, indicating broad distribution with some repeated assignments. This pattern supports coordinated software claim strategy while preserving separate analysis of examiner treatment and technical classification.
CASANOVA, JORGE A is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The cluster provides a limited basis for examiner-specific comparison, but most of the docket lies elsewhere. Counsel should combine targeted review of that assignment with systematic tracking of eligibility, prior-art, and claim-scope issues across the art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 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. 9 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 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (19%) |
| §103 only | 28 (60%) |
| §102 only | 2 (4%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (4%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CASANOVA, JORGE A | 2 | 84.9% | +19.8% |
| YANG, HAN | 2 | 92.1% | +11.7% |
| EYERS, DUSTIN D | 2 | 58.2% | +22.7% |
| TRAN, AMY NMN | 2 | 40.0% | +39.2% |
| HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2 | 79.2% | +12.4% |
| TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 1 | 72.9% | +10.6% |
| GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | 1 | 78.6% | +29.6% |
| GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 1 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
| GEBRESENBET, DINKU W | 1 | 71.2% | +34.8% |
| BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | 1 | 81.4% | +19.9% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19308689 | DYNAMIC TABLES WITH EXTERNALLY MANAGED ICEBERG SOURCE TABLES | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | — |
| 19287694 | DATA REPLICATION IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS | CASANOVA, JORGE A | — |
| 19284080 | COLUMNAR CACHE IN HYBRID TRANSACTIONAL/ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (HTAP) WORKLOADS | BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | — |
| 19049451 | NETWORK RESPONSE TO AN INTRUSION EVENT | YANG, HAN | — |
| 18917471 | NOTEBOOKS WITH CACHED RESULTS | CASANOVA, JORGE A | — |
| 18375252 | AUTHORIZATION ON USER DEFINED ENTITY TYPES | YANG, HAN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746644 | JOIN ELIMINATION | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 163d overdue |
| 19021001 | SEARCH IN A DATA MARKETPLACE | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 60d overdue |
| 17673388 | EVALUATING RELIABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | HAN, KYU HYUNG | 44d overdue |
| 19358878 | AUTOMATED COMPLETION OF QUESTIONNAIRES BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED DATABASE OBJECTS | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | — |
| 18790920 | DETERMINING BIAS-CAUSING FEATURES OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | TRAN, AMY NMN | — |
| 18759210 | DATA TABLE ROW TO VECTOR EMBEDDING | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | — |
| 18670224 | DISCRETE WORKLOAD PROCESSING USING A PROCESSING PIPELINE | AMIN, MUSTAFA A | — |
| 18505908 | HYPERPARAMETER TUNING IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENT | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18746644 | JOIN ELIMINATION | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 163d overdue |
| 18776918 | JOIN CONSTRAINTS FOR QUERY PROCESSING | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 26d |
| 19358878 | AUTOMATED COMPLETION OF QUESTIONNAIRES BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED DATABASE OBJECTS | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | — |
| 19310581 | HASH-JOIN BROADCAST DECISION MAKING IN DATABASE SYSTEMS | GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | — |
| 19308689 | DYNAMIC TABLES WITH EXTERNALLY MANAGED ICEBERG SOURCE TABLES | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | — |
| 19299800 | METADATA SEARCH VIA N-GRAM INDEX | GEBRESENBET, DINKU W | — |
| 19287694 | DATA REPLICATION IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS | CASANOVA, JORGE A | — |
| 19284080 | COLUMNAR CACHE IN HYBRID TRANSACTIONAL/ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (HTAP) WORKLOADS | BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2165 | 4 |
| 2164 | 4 |
| 2166 | 4 |
| 2126 | 3 |
| 2168 | 2 |
| 2153 | 2 |
| 2493 | 2 |
| 2495 | 2 |
| 2161 | 2 |
| 2154 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19358878 | AUTOMATED COMPLETION OF QUESTIONNAIRES BASED ON UNSTRUCTURED DATABASE OBJECTS | TORGRIMSON, TYLER J | 2165 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19310581 | HASH-JOIN BROADCAST DECISION MAKING IN DATABASE SYSTEMS | GORTAYO, DANGELINO N | 2168 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19308689 | DYNAMIC TABLES WITH EXTERNALLY MANAGED ICEBERG SOURCE TABLES | GURMU, MULUEMEBET | 2163 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19299800 | METADATA SEARCH VIA N-GRAM INDEX | GEBRESENBET, DINKU W | 2164 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19287694 | DATA REPLICATION IN DATA STORAGE SYSTEMS | CASANOVA, JORGE A | 2165 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2025 |
| 19284080 | COLUMNAR CACHE IN HYBRID TRANSACTIONAL/ANALYTICAL PROCESSING (HTAP) WORKLOADS | BHUYAN, MOHAMMAD SOLAIMAN | 2168 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19244203 | ROW-LEVEL SECURITY | SCHMIDT, KARI L | 2431 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19173697 | QUERY-BASED DATABASE REDACTION | BULLOCK, JOSHUA | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19049451 | NETWORK RESPONSE TO AN INTRUSION EVENT | YANG, HAN | 2493 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19031161 | REPLICATION OF DYNAMIC TABLES | PHAM, KHANH B | 2166 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025920 | DATA MODEL OF SCHEMA LEVEL OBJECT FOR ASSOCIATING ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT IDENTITIES WITH DATA ASSETS | LEWIS, LISA C | 2495 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19020807 | BOTTOM-UP PLAN RECONSTRUCTION FOR SQL QUERY OPTIMIZATION | GLASSER, DARA J | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19021001 | SEARCH IN A DATA MARKETPLACE | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 2154 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 18976635 | PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS FOR SECURE OBJECTS EVALUATIONS | BAKER, IRENE H | 2154 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18972407 | DYNAMICALLY ANALYZING NATIVE APPLICATIONS USING SECURITY PROFILES | WRIGHT, BRYAN F | 2497 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18933334 | HYBRID TABLE FAST BULK LOAD FOR INSERT AND COPY | EYERS, DUSTIN D | 2164 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18917471 | NOTEBOOKS WITH CACHED RESULTS | CASANOVA, JORGE A | 2165 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 16, 2024 |
| 18824688 | ORGANIZING, DISCOVERING AND EVALUATING MARKETPLACE DATASETS AND SERVICES BY INDUSTRY BUSINESS NEEDS | CHBOUKI, TAREK | 2165 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18790920 | DETERMINING BIAS-CAUSING FEATURES OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | TRAN, AMY NMN | 2126 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18776918 | JOIN CONSTRAINTS FOR QUERY PROCESSING | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18759210 | DATA TABLE ROW TO VECTOR EMBEDDING | HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES | 2142 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18746644 | JOIN ELIMINATION | HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM | 2166 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 163d overdue | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18670489 | ICEBERG TABLE AUTO-REFRESH | WAI, ERIC CHARLES | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18670224 | DISCRETE WORKLOAD PROCESSING USING A PROCESSING PIPELINE | AMIN, MUSTAFA A | 2194 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18651570 | QUERY PROCESSING IN A SECURE DATA CLEAN ROOM | JOHNSON, CARLTON | 2436 | §103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Apr 30, 2024 |
| 18645294 | FINE GRAINED TELEMETRY SHARING | HEBERT, THEODORE E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18637833 | REMOTE DEPLOYMENT REPLICATION USING A PLURALITY OF DATA OBJECTS | TRUONG, CAM Y T | 2169 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Apr 17, 2024 |
| 18635637 | DATA DICTIONARY METADATA FOR MARKETPLACE LISTINGS | EYERS, DUSTIN D | 2164 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18633840 | REAL-TIME, ACCESS-CONTROLLED INTERFACE FOR VIEWING METADATA | GREENE, JOSEPH L | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18622395 | DATABASE SYSTEM USING DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY DOMAIN | LWIN, MAUNG T | 2495 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18622438 | DIFFERENTIAL PRIVACY ON DATABASE SYSTEM USING STORED PROCEDURE | PYZOCHA, MICHAEL J | 2409 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18599647 | EXPORT DATA FROM TABLES INTO PARTITIONED FOLDERS ON AN EXTERNAL DATA LAKE | FERRER, JEDIDIAH P | 2153 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Mar 08, 2024 |
| 18586797 | CLUSTERING EXECUTION MANAGEMENT IN A DATABASE SYSTEM | DAUD, ABDULLAH AHMED | 2164 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18443903 | INTERACTIVE INTERFACE WITH GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | GMAHL, NAVNEET K | 2166 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18524920 | END-TO-END ENTERPRISE SAAS LICENSE LIFECYCLE OPTIMIZATION | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18505908 | HYPERPARAMETER TUNING IN A DATABASE ENVIRONMENT | UDDIN, MOHAMMED R | 2161 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18375252 | AUTHORIZATION ON USER DEFINED ENTITY TYPES | YANG, HAN | 2493 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18478539 | FRAMEWORK TO REQUEST AND GRANT ACCESS TO PROTECTED RESOURCES | ALATA, AYOUB | 2494 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18362587 | DISTRIBUTED CONTROL PLANE IN A DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT | WU, BENJAMIN C | 2195 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
| 18357082 | MACHINE LEARNING ENHANCEMENTS TO ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS | BRAHMACHARI, MANDRITA | 2144 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2023 |
| 18348490 | BUNDLE VERSIONING AND UPGRADE | KENDALL, CHUCK O | 2192 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18316787 | OBJECT REFERENCE WITH SELECTABLE SCOPE | DADA, BEEMNET W | 2435 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18133477 | TIME SERIES FORECASTING USING UNIVARIATE ENSEMBLE MODEL | BYCER, ERIC J | 2141 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2023 |
| 18194085 | DATASTORE WORKLOAD ISOLATION | LE, JESSICA N | 2169 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 17897760 | EXTRACTING AND TRANSFERRING FEATURE REPRESENTATIONS BETWEEN MODELS | AHMED, SYED RAYHAN | 2126 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
| 17673388 | EVALUATING RELIABILITY OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | HAN, KYU HYUNG | 2123 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 44d overdue | Pending | Feb 16, 2022 |
| 17371551 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BEHAVIOR OVER DATA SEGMENTS | TRAN, AMY NMN | 2126 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialSnowflake Inc. has 47 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 27 art units and 42 examiners.
Jorge A Casanova has the most, with 2 of Snowflake Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.