Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Dority & Manning, P.A. And Red Hat, Inc.

24 pending office actions • 1 client • 24 examiners • 18 art units • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 86 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

2
Hard (8%)
21
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§103 only21 (88%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
22
Information Tech
92% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P 1 63.3% +43.9%
MORRISON, JAY A 1 81.0% +23.6%
APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER 1 88.1% +24.7%
AGUILERA, TODD 1 57.1% +57.1%
SWIFT, CHARLES M 1 81.2% +22.0%
KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN 1 88.9% +16.2%
LEE, PAUL D 1 82.4% +15.5%
MCBETH, WILLIAM C 1 66.9% +57.6%
NGUYEN, BRANDON A 1
BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA 1

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18493210 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS A CLUSTER OF COMPUTING DEVICES KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN 19d overdue
18502529 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTE INSTANCES SWIFT, CHARLES M 9d overdue
18581152 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CONTAINER IMAGE WASM CONVERSION MORRISON, JAY A 29d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17685021 MANAGING ACCESS TO QUANTUM SERVICES IN QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES WAI, ERIC CHARLES 44d overdue
18486613 TEST METHOD VALIDATION USING QUANTUM ALGORITHMS LEE, PAUL D 19d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18493210 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS A CLUSTER OF COMPUTING DEVICES KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN 19d overdue
18486613 TEST METHOD VALIDATION USING QUANTUM ALGORITHMS LEE, PAUL D 19d overdue
18520890 DEPLOYING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY TESTING ENVIRONMENTS FOR A TEST SUITE AGUILERA, TODD 17d overdue
18502529 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTE INSTANCES SWIFT, CHARLES M 9d overdue
18540285 OBJECT SIZE ANNOTATIONS FOR MEMORY SAFETY APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER 12d
18581152 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CONTAINER IMAGE WASM CONVERSION MORRISON, JAY A 29d
18597262 QUANTUM SERVICE VERSION REQUEST ROUTING DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P 34d
18470928 CLAIM CHECK MECHANISM FOR A MESSAGE PAYLOAD IN AN ENTERPRISE MESSAGING SYSTEM MCBETH, WILLIAM C 46d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
IBM 24

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21963
21953
21512
21932
21661
21921
28571
24491
21941
21971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18597262 QUANTUM SERVICE VERSION REQUEST ROUTING Red Hat, Inc. DORAISWAMY, RANJIT P 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18581152 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION THROUGH CONTAINER IMAGE WASM CONVERSION Red Hat, Inc. MORRISON, JAY A 2151 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18540285 OBJECT SIZE ANNOTATIONS FOR MEMORY SAFETY Red Hat, Inc. APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER 2151 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18520890 DEPLOYING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY TESTING ENVIRONMENTS FOR A TEST SUITE Red Hat, Inc. AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18502529 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE COMPUTE INSTANCES Red Hat, Inc. SWIFT, CHARLES M 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18493210 AUTOMATED DISTRIBUTION OF PROCESSING NODES OF A RULES-BASED APPLICATION ACROSS A CLUSTER OF COMPUTING DEVICES Red Hat, Inc. KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18486613 TEST METHOD VALIDATION USING QUANTUM ALGORITHMS Red Hat, Inc. LEE, PAUL D 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Oct 13, 2023
18470928 CLAIM CHECK MECHANISM FOR A MESSAGE PAYLOAD IN AN ENTERPRISE MESSAGING SYSTEM Red Hat, Inc. MCBETH, WILLIAM C 2449 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Sep 20, 2023
18463828 SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION FOR CONTAINERIZED INSTANCES Red Hat, Inc. NGUYEN, BRANDON A 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18362648 EFFICIENT INPUT/OUTPUT (I/O) FOR NESTED VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH MEMORY OVERCOMMIT Red Hat, Inc. BLACKBURN, CONNOR IMIOLA 2194 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362617 RACE FREE VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS Red Hat, Inc. AYERS, MICHAEL W 2195 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18322315 COPY-ON-WRITE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH ENCRYPTED STORAGE Red Hat, Inc. HEADLY, MELISSA A 2197 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 23, 2023
18307324 SECURE TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT UPDATES VIA QKD NETWORKS Red Hat, Inc. RAMPURIA, SATISH 2193 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18175800 DYNAMIC QUANTUM INSTRUCTION FILE CUSTOMIZATION Red Hat, Inc. BAKER, EZRA JAMES 2126 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18157501 INITIATING EXECUTABLE CONTAINERS IN TRUSTED EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS Red Hat, Inc. KAWSAR, ABDULLAH AL 2127 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 20, 2023
18085069 ROUTING FOR DATA GRID IN A COMPUTING CLUSTER Red Hat, Inc. HU, SELINA ELISA 2193 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 20, 2022
18073196 SUPERDENSE NETWORK LINK OPTIMISER TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC PEAKS Red Hat, Inc. XIA, XUYANG 2143 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Dec 01, 2022
17976951 RESOURCE ACCESS REQUEST HANDLING FOR QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Red Hat, Inc. ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO 2199 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Oct 31, 2022
17948824 VOICE CALL IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION BASED ON APPLICATION USAGE Red Hat, Inc. KIM, TAE K 2496 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17898564 UNIKERNELS FOR PRIVATE/PUBLIC KEY DISTRIBUTION Red Hat, Inc. MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 30, 2022
17874605 QUANTUM COMPUTING NETWORK WITH PHYSICAL MESH SERVICE Red Hat, Inc. GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 2123 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 27, 2022
17702583 LAYERED OPERATING SYSTEM Red Hat, Inc. VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022
17685021 MANAGING ACCESS TO QUANTUM SERVICES IN QUANTUM COMPUTING DEVICES Red Hat, Inc. WAI, ERIC CHARLES 2195 §101 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 02, 2022
17487790 QUANTUM DATA AND STATE SYNCHRONIZATION Red Hat, Inc. LIN, ARIC 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021

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