Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
47 pending office actions • 26 art units • 42 examiners • 0 of 47 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 112 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vmware LLC has 19 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters span 15 examiners and 11 art units, reflecting repeated exposure in both examiner and art-unit assignments.
NGUYEN, BRANDON A is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner is an appropriate focal point for coordinated review, while the broader distribution requires consistent claim and prior-art practices across the remaining matters.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 | 11 (23%) |
| §103 only | 19 (40%) |
| §102 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (6%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (23%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DASCOMB, JACOB D | 3 | 85.2% | +21.1% |
| MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2 | 74.3% | +57.1% |
| ZHAO, BING | 2 | 89.7% | +46.5% |
| YUAN, PETER LI | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 1 | 85.4% | +14.3% |
| ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 1 | 69.8% | +14.2% |
| TRAN, JIMMY H | 1 | 79.5% | +17.2% |
| NGUYEN, QUANG N | 1 | 87.7% | +16.6% |
| JOO, JOSHUA | 1 | 78.4% | +23.2% |
| HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 1 | 84.4% | +25.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18952462 | SERVICE INSERTION AT LOGICAL NETWORK GATEWAY | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 50d |
| 19064066 | IMPLEMENTING DEFINED SERVICE POLICIES IN A THIRD-PARTY CONTAINER CLUSTER | NGUYEN, QUANG N | — |
| 18765934 | REMOTELY PERFORMING DATA ANALYSIS USING A VIRTUAL DESKTOP | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — |
| 18766459 | REDUCING THE STARTUP LATENCY OF FUNCTIONS IN A FAAS INFRASTRUCTURE | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18607364 | Process-Aware Identity Firewall | LEE, MICHAEL M | 147d overdue |
| 18377830 | OPTIMIZING A NIC THAT EMULATES A LOCAL NVME STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROCESSES OF A HOST COMPUTER | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 26d overdue |
| 18196450 | CLOUD NATIVE NETWORK FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT | ZHAO, BING | 26d overdue |
| 18371762 | FUNCTIONS AS A SERVICE | LEE, ADAM | 19d |
| 18607212 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 34d |
| 18331236 | MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENT BASED ON SMARTNIC RESOURCE AVAILABILITY | YUAN, PETER LI | 34d |
| 18379201 | AGENT STATE MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCES | MILLS, PAUL V | 40d |
| 18329577 | UPDATING A CACHE IN A MULTI-LAYER DATA STORE USING PARALLEL PREFETCH THREADS | DARE, RYAN A | 55d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18196450 | CLOUD NATIVE NETWORK FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT | ZHAO, BING | 26d overdue |
| 18952462 | SERVICE INSERTION AT LOGICAL NETWORK GATEWAY | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 50d |
| 19261366 | CELL SITES MONITORING AND/OR MANAGEMENT IN 5G RADIO-ACCESS NETWORKS | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | — |
| 19247984 | GENERATING NETWORK FLOW PROFILES FOR COMPUTING ENTITIES | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | — |
| 19193322 | TWO TIER DNS | TRAN, JIMMY H | — |
| 19064066 | IMPLEMENTING DEFINED SERVICE POLICIES IN A THIRD-PARTY CONTAINER CLUSTER | NGUYEN, QUANG N | — |
| 19047945 | FACILITATING DISTRIBUTED SNAT SERVICE | JOO, JOSHUA | — |
| 18903960 | SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2196 | 6 |
| 2198 | 5 |
| 2197 | 4 |
| 2195 | 3 |
| 2453 | 2 |
| 2133 | 2 |
| 2192 | 2 |
| 2151 | 2 |
| 2193 | 2 |
| 2142 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19261366 | CELL SITES MONITORING AND/OR MANAGEMENT IN 5G RADIO-ACCESS NETWORKS | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 2453 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19247984 | GENERATING NETWORK FLOW PROFILES FOR COMPUTING ENTITIES | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 2447 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19193322 | TWO TIER DNS | TRAN, JIMMY H | 2451 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19064066 | IMPLEMENTING DEFINED SERVICE POLICIES IN A THIRD-PARTY CONTAINER CLUSTER | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2453 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19047945 | FACILITATING DISTRIBUTED SNAT SERVICE | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18952462 | SERVICE INSERTION AT LOGICAL NETWORK GATEWAY | HUSSAIN, TAUQIR | 2446 | §103 | Final Rejection | 50d | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18923578 | TIME MANAGEMENT IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTER | MILLS, FRANK D | 2194 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18903960 | SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18815679 | CONFIGURATION OF LOGICAL ROUTER | ZAIDI, IQBAL | 2464 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18806558 | COMMUNICATION USING NON-CACHE-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18765934 | REMOTELY PERFORMING DATA ANALYSIS USING A VIRTUAL DESKTOP | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18766459 | REDUCING THE STARTUP LATENCY OF FUNCTIONS IN A FAAS INFRASTRUCTURE | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2024 |
| 18751765 | PACKET PROCESSING WITH HARDWARE OFFLOAD UNITS | PHUNG, LUAT | 2468 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18649909 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT AUTOMATICALLY GENERATE PARAMETERIZED CLOUD-INFRASTRUCTURE TEMPLATES | MUDRICK, TIMOTHY A | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2024 |
| 18648112 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONFIGURE VIRTUAL MACHINES | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18634824 | REMOTE EXECUTIONS OF HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE RUNTIMES IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | AGUILERA, TODD | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18630922 | UNIFYING HARDWARE TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT TECHNOLOGIES USING VIRTUAL SECURE ENCLAVE DEVICE | KIM, TAE K | 2496 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2024 |
| 18607364 | Process-Aware Identity Firewall | LEE, MICHAEL M | 2436 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18607191 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | HEADLY, MELISSA A | 2197 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18607338 | Orchestration of Requests with Intent Valet | ZHAO, BING | 2151 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18607212 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18510332 | FAST UPGRADE FOR MULTIPLE EDGE SITES IN A RAN | BODDEN, EVRAL E | 2193 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18382122 | CLOUD SCHEDULER | YUAN, PETER LI | 2197 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18489527 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT POST-PROVISIONING TASKS | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18379201 | AGENT STATE MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCES | MILLS, PAUL V | 2196 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18377829 | NVME FABRICS TO VVOL BRIDGE FOR DPU STORAGE | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §102 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18377830 | OPTIMIZING A NIC THAT EMULATES A LOCAL NVME STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROCESSES OF A HOST COMPUTER | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 2196 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18371762 | FUNCTIONS AS A SERVICE | LEE, ADAM | 2198 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18242654 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT DEFER EDGE-WEIGHT CALCULATION AND GRAPH COMPLETION PRIOR TO, AND DURING, OPTIMAL-GRAPH-TRAVERSAL DETERMINATION | KHAN, SHAHID K | 2146 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2023 |
| 18239920 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURING PODS TO IMPLEMENT LOGICAL ROUTER | LI, HARRISON | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18456161 | HYPERVISOR SCHEDULING OF WORKLOADS ON HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING CORES BASED ON WORKLOAD HINTS | SUN, ANDREW NMN | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2023 |
| 18226817 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT MANAGE CLOUD-COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE BY IDEMPOTENT APPLICATION OF DATA SPECIFICATIONS | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 2196 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18225554 | CONFIGURATION OF SERVICE PODS FOR LOGICAL ROUTER | TONG, JUSTIN CHE-CHUN | 2196 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18350504 | METHOD FOR EFFICIENT LOW-LATENCY INTEGRATION OF WEBASSEMBLY CONTAINERS | ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18217742 | LOGICAL L3 DAEMON | CHU, WUTCHUNG | 2418 | §103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Jul 03, 2023 |
| 18331236 | MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENT BASED ON SMARTNIC RESOURCE AVAILABILITY | YUAN, PETER LI | 2197 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18329577 | UPDATING A CACHE IN A MULTI-LAYER DATA STORE USING PARALLEL PREFETCH THREADS | DARE, RYAN A | 2132 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 55d | Pending | Jun 06, 2023 |
| 18325839 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE SHUTDOWNS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON RESOURCE LOCKS | CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18196450 | CLOUD NATIVE NETWORK FUNCTION DEPLOYMENT | ZHAO, BING | 2151 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | May 12, 2023 |
| 18314881 | ENHANCED DATASTORES FOR VIRTUALIZED ENVIRONMENTS | HU, SELINA ELISA | 2193 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18190830 | FEDERATED DECISION TREE LEARNING VIA PRIVATE SET INTERSECTION | BHAT, VIBHA NARAYAN | 2142 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2023 |
| 18186059 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PREDICT POWER CONSUMPTION | FLYNN, KEVIN H | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18176867 | BI-DIRECTIONAL GRADIENT COMPRESSION FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING | KIM, DAVID | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18102686 | COMMON CONNECTION TRACKER ACROSS MULTIPLE LOGICAL SWITCHES | FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2023 |
| 18067503 | COMPRESSION OF MODEL WEIGHTS FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING | MILLER, ALEXANDRIA JOSEPHINE | 2142 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
| 17979019 | CONTROL PLANE LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT WITH DPU DEVICES | TRAN, KENNETH PHUOC | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 02, 2022 |
| 17960863 | LOAD BALANCING WITH SERVICE-TIER AWARENESS | KIM, DONG U | 2197 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialVMware, Inc. has 47 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 26 art units and 42 examiners.
Jacob D Dascomb has the most, with 3 of VMware, Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
