Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
25 pending office actions • 17 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 142 patents granted in the last 365 days
Suzhou Metabrain Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. has 24 pending office actions in the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are spread across 23 distinct examiners, which indicates that almost every pending application is being handled by a different individual. This high number of 23 distinct examiners means the company must navigate many different individual examination styles. The portfolio is distributed among 16 distinct art units, reflecting a broad technical range within the software sector. LI, SIDNEY is the busiest examiner but only has 2 pending office actions.
Because the 24 pending office actions are dispersed across 16 distinct art units, the prosecution strategy requires coordination across many different technical groups. The presence of distinct examiners suggests that there is very little opportunity to apply a uniform negotiation tactic across the portfolio. Instead, each pending office action likely requires a customized approach based on the specific examiner and art unit involved. This level of fragmentation in the Computing & Software area demands a high degree of organizational oversight to ensure consistent messaging while addressing the diverse requirements of the art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 11 (44%) |
| §102 only | 2 (8%) |
| §112 only | 3 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, SIDNEY | 2 | 79.3% | +6.6% |
| XU, MICHAEL | 1 | 75.8% | +27.6% |
| AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID | 1 | 83.9% | +13.7% |
| SADLER, NATHAN | 1 | 70.8% | +26.0% |
| PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 1 | 93.7% | -6.6% |
| CHERY, MARDOCHEE | 1 | 88.5% | +10.3% |
| OBERLY, ERIC T | 1 | 74.1% | +14.7% |
| CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO | 1 | 87.5% | +14.3% |
| HICKS, SHIRLEY D. | 1 | 60.8% | +50.5% |
| DU, ZONGHUA A | 1 | 59.0% | +42.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19260691 | POWER SUPPLY AND BACKUP NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE | AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID | — |
| 19125120 | SYSTEM RUNNING METHOD OF BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER, AND BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | — |
| 19124600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RAID, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHERY, MARDOCHEE | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18724632 | SMALL SAMPLE FINE-TURNING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND RELATED APPARATUS | VOGT, JACOB BUI | 12d |
| 19139456 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LI, SIDNEY | — |
| 19051048 | HARD DISK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED COMPONENT | OBERLY, ERIC T | — |
| 18878760 | VOLTAGE REGULATION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND APPARATUS, AND SERVER POWER SUPPLY | CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO | — |
| 18876148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING DATA, DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M | — |
| 18850550 | BMC HETEROGENOUS UPGRADING METHOD AND SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | NIGATU, BEZA DIRESSA | — |
| 18724126 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — |
| 18718385 | PCB SIGNAL VIA STRUCTURE AND DETERMINATION METHOD, DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR PCB SIGNAL VIA STRUCTURE | AZAM, MUHAMMED | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19137256 | MEMORY CAPACITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SADLER, NATHAN | 40d |
| 19147056 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Processor Information, Non-Transitory Readable Storage Medium, and Electronic Device | XU, MICHAEL | — |
| 19260691 | POWER SUPPLY AND BACKUP NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE | AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID | — |
| 19124600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RAID, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHERY, MARDOCHEE | — |
| 19051048 | HARD DISK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED COMPONENT | OBERLY, ERIC T | — |
| 18878760 | VOLTAGE REGULATION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND APPARATUS, AND SERVER POWER SUPPLY | CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO | — |
| 18878628 | METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS OF BACKING UP DATA, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HICKS, SHIRLEY D. | — |
| 18876956 | INTER-DEVICE POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2113 | 2 |
| 2137 | 2 |
| 2139 | 2 |
| 2175 | 1 |
| 2133 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2168 | 1 |
| 2444 | 1 |
| 2492 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19147056 | Method and Apparatus for Processing Processor Information, Non-Transitory Readable Storage Medium, and Electronic Device | XU, MICHAEL | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 10, 2025 |
| 19260691 | POWER SUPPLY AND BACKUP NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION DEVICE | AMAYA, CARLOS DAVID | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19139456 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | LI, SIDNEY | 2137 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19137256 | MEMORY CAPACITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SADLER, NATHAN | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Jun 09, 2025 |
| 19134665 | Method and Apparatus for Controlling Storage Resources in Storage Node, and Storage Node | LI, SIDNEY | 2137 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19125120 | SYSTEM RUNNING METHOD OF BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER, AND BASEBOARD MANAGEMENT CONTROLLER | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 2175 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2025 |
| 19124600 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING RAID, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHERY, MARDOCHEE | 2133 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19051048 | HARD DISK CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND RELATED COMPONENT | OBERLY, ERIC T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 18878760 | VOLTAGE REGULATION CIRCUIT, METHOD, AND APPARATUS, AND SERVER POWER SUPPLY | CORDOVA RODRIGUEZ, ULARISLAO | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 18878628 | METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUS OF BACKING UP DATA, AND NONVOLATILE COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HICKS, SHIRLEY D. | 2168 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18876956 | INTER-DEVICE POINT-TO-POINT COMMUNICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DU, ZONGHUA A | 2444 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18876148 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REQUESTING DATA, DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | ALMAGHAYREH, KHALID M | 2492 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18876159 | CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BASEBOARD CONTROL UNIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-VOLATILE READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | WHITESELL, AUDREY EMMA | 2113 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18858683 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SLOT OF FIELD REPLACEABLE UNIT DEVICE | WANG, HARRY Z | 2184 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18853002 | LIQUID COOLING APPARATUS AND SERVER | FENG, ZHENGFU J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18850550 | BMC HETEROGENOUS UPGRADING METHOD AND SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | NIGATU, BEZA DIRESSA | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18724632 | SMALL SAMPLE FINE-TURNING METHOD AND SYSTEM AND RELATED APPARATUS | VOGT, JACOB BUI | 2653 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18724126 | DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18724112 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR HEAT DISSIPATION OF SERVER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING HEAT DISSIPATION OF SERVER | MATEY, MICHAEL A | 2835 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18718385 | PCB SIGNAL VIA STRUCTURE AND DETERMINATION METHOD, DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION DEVICE FOR PCB SIGNAL VIA STRUCTURE | AZAM, MUHAMMED | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18714043 | NETWORK TRAFFIC LOAD BALANCING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DATA CENTER | WHIPPLE, BRIAN P | 2447 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18697413 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING EMOTION, TRAINING METHOD, APPARATUSES, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PRODUCT | SHIMELES, BEZAWIT NOLAWI | 2673 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18696803 | CACHE METHOD AND APPARATUS APPLIED TO ALL-FLASH STORAGE, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | ALSIP, MICHAEL | 2139 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18696255 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIALIZING SMART NETWORK INTERFACE CARD BY SERVER, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | TODD, GREGORY G | 2443 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18563847 | CLOUD HARD DISK ENCRYPTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, CLOUD HARD DISK DECRYPTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | HENNING, MATTHEW T | 2491 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
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