Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

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

Technology area: Computing & Software

35 pending office actions • 1 client • 34 examiners • 20 art units • 0 of 35 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Dority & Manning, P.A. and Red Hat, Inc. focuses on Computing & Software. The firm has 28235 career applications and an 88.31 percent resolved allowance rate. There are 30 pending office actions. The firm averages 3.39 office actions per allowance.

The 30 pending office actions for Red Hat, Inc. are a significant part of the firm's 28235 career applications. The 88.31 percent allowance rate and 3.39 average office actions per allowance serve as benchmarks for these software-related applications.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=28235 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.3%
Allowance Rate
n=28235
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28235
3.4
OAs to Allowance
n=17390
-0.14σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=17390
1009 days
Time to Allowance
n=17390
+3.4pp
Interview Lift
n=28235
28.2%
RCE Rate
n=28235
2.8%
Appeal Rate
n=28235

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

70.7%
§101 Overcome
n=1484
77.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8450
77.6%
§103 Overcome
n=13928
78.6%
§112 Overcome
n=7979

Specialization & Scale

G06F, F05D, F01D
Top CPC Subclasses
8%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28235
59
Practitioners
n=28235
478.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=28235

Portfolio Summary

35
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
8
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

13
Hard (37%)
21
Medium (60%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other5 (14%)
§103 only19 (54%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
31
Information Tech
89% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
9% 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.

350 h
Manual time on pending OAs
70 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
122 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ALAM, SHIHAB 2 — —
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.8% -0.5%
PEYTON, TAMMARA R 1 90.9% +5.8%
CORRIELUS, JEAN M 1 84.0% +12.5%
MURSHID, AFRINA 1 — —
LANIER, BENJAMIN E 1 69.4% +16.9%
RIVERA, ANIBAL 1 90.9% +11.9%
KESSLER, GREGORY AARON 1 87.1% +8.0%
MHEIR, ZUHEIR 1 77.5% +10.2%
AGUILERA, TODD 1 57.6% +57.6%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19073894 SIZING SERVICE FOR CLOUD MIGRATION TO PHYSICAL MACHINE PEYTON, TAMMARA R —

Hard Cases (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18362617 RACE FREE VIRTUAL MACHINE SNAPSHOTS AYERS, MICHAEL W 10d overdue
18307324 SECURE TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT UPDATES VIA QKD NETWORKS RAMPURIA, SATISH 9d overdue
18175800 DYNAMIC QUANTUM INSTRUCTION FILE CUSTOMIZATION BAKER, EZRA JAMES 4d overdue
17874605 QUANTUM COMPUTING NETWORK WITH PHYSICAL MESH SERVICE GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 8d
19197693 CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS MEHEDI, MORSHED —
18986281 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OUTPUTS CORRIELUS, JEAN M —
18923817 MITIGATING A COPY-PASTE ATTACK USING AN ISOLATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT LANIER, BENJAMIN E —
18890363 IDENTIFYING MINIMAL DEPENDENCY UPDATES TO MITIGATE KNOWN CVES FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS WITHOUT SEMANTIC VERSIONING RIVERA, ANIBAL —

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18520890 DEPLOYING FUNCTIONAL SAFETY TESTING ENVIRONMENTS FOR A TEST SUITE AGUILERA, TODD 17d overdue
18986281 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OUTPUTS CORRIELUS, JEAN M —
18923817 MITIGATING A COPY-PASTE ATTACK USING AN ISOLATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT LANIER, BENJAMIN E —
18890363 IDENTIFYING MINIMAL DEPENDENCY UPDATES TO MITIGATE KNOWN CVES FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS WITHOUT SEMANTIC VERSIONING RIVERA, ANIBAL —
18541760 VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION WITH VIRTUAL CPU DESCRIPTORS MHEIR, ZUHEIR —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
RED HAT, INC. 35

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21975
21954
21963
21922
21982
21932
21591
21761
24371
21221

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19197693 CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY MANAGEMENT FOR DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS Red Hat, Inc. MEHEDI, MORSHED §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19073894 SIZING SERVICE FOR CLOUD MIGRATION TO PHYSICAL MACHINE Red Hat, Inc. PEYTON, TAMMARA R §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18986281 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERFERENCE ANALYSIS FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL OUTPUTS Red Hat, Inc. CORRIELUS, JEAN M 2159 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18957267 DRY-RUN BOOT PROCESS TO DETERMINE UPDATED CONFIGURATION VALUES Red Hat, Inc. MURSHID, AFRINA 2176 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18923817 MITIGATING A COPY-PASTE ATTACK USING AN ISOLATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Red Hat, Inc. LANIER, BENJAMIN E 2437 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18890363 IDENTIFYING MINIMAL DEPENDENCY UPDATES TO MITIGATE KNOWN CVES FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS WITHOUT SEMANTIC VERSIONING Red Hat, Inc. RIVERA, ANIBAL 2192 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2024
18662661 OVER SUBSCRIBE SAAS WHILE MITIGATING NOISY NEIGHBORS Red Hat, Inc. KESSLER, GREGORY AARON §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18541760 VIRTUAL MACHINE MIGRATION WITH VIRTUAL CPU DESCRIPTORS Red Hat, Inc. MHEIR, ZUHEIR 2198 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 15, 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
18519224 PREDICTING SALIENCY VALUES WITH MACHINE LEARNED MODELS FOR MODEL EXPLANATION Red Hat, Inc. JONES, CHARLES JEFFREY 2122 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18498320 RUNTIME LOADING OF NON-NATIVE MODULES IN VIRTUAL MACHINES Red Hat, Inc. TANG, KENNETH 2197 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 2023
18499127 SECURE VIRTUAL MACHINE AND PERIPHERAL DEVICE COMMUNICATION Red Hat, Inc. ALAM, SHIHAB 2197 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 31, 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 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18463828 SCHEDULING OPTIMIZATION FOR CONTAINERIZED INSTANCES Red Hat, Inc. NGUYEN, BRANDON A 2195 §103 Final Rejection 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 §102§103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 31, 2023
18362206 CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION SYSTEM MONITORING FOR DEPENDENCIES ON REMOTE SYSTEMS Red Hat, Inc. ALAM, SHIHAB 2197 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18322315 COPY-ON-WRITE FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES WITH ENCRYPTED STORAGE Red Hat, Inc. HEADLY, MELISSA A 2197 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 23, 2023
18307324 SECURE TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT UPDATES VIA QKD NETWORKS Red Hat, Inc. RAMPURIA, SATISH 2193 §101§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18193303 GUEST SECRET PROTECTION FOR VIRTUAL MACHINES Red Hat, Inc. CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER 2195 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 30, 2023
18175800 DYNAMIC QUANTUM INSTRUCTION FILE CUSTOMIZATION Red Hat, Inc. BAKER, EZRA JAMES 2126 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18155792 HANDOVER OF DEEPLY NESTED QUERIES FOR QUANTUM COMPUTATION Red Hat, Inc. TRAN, KENNETH PHUOC 2196 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2023
18146187 POWER MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEMS Red Hat, Inc. HUARACHA, WILLY W 2197 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2022
17975858 USING RULE ENGINE FOR MANAGING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE OBJECTS IN AN OPERATOR FRAMEWORK Red Hat, Inc. ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO 2199 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2022
17952887 DISTRIBUTED ACCESS POLICIES Red Hat, Inc. KIM, JUNG W 2494 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 26, 2022
17948824 VOICE CALL IDENTIFICATION AND AUTHENTICATION BASED ON APPLICATION USAGE Red Hat, Inc. KIM, TAE K 2496 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17945531 SECURE TRANSMISSION OF CONTENT UPDATES VIA SUPERDENSE CODING Red Hat, Inc. POUDEL, SAMIKSHYA NMN 2436 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 15, 2022
17874605 QUANTUM COMPUTING NETWORK WITH PHYSICAL MESH SERVICE Red Hat, Inc. GOLAN, MATTHEW BRYCE 2123 §103§112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 27, 2022
17871309 RUNTIME GUIDED OPTIMIZATION OF BUSINESS ASSET COMPONENTS Red Hat, Inc. KANG, INSUN 2193 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2022
17704866 SELF INSTANTIATING ALPHA NETWORK Red Hat, Inc. MILLER, ALEXANDRIA JOSEPHINE 2142 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2022
17702583 LAYERED OPERATING SYSTEM Red Hat, Inc. VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL 2196 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2022
17557637 OPTIMIZING QUANTUM PROCESSING BY QUBIT TYPE Red Hat, Inc. LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 2128 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2021
17557890 CENTRALIZING PROVISION OF QUANTUM CORE SERVICES (QCSs) Red Hat, Inc. LI, HARRISON 2195 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 21, 2021
17513442 BINARY EXECUCTION BY A VIRTUAL DEVICE Red Hat, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN MINH 2198 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 28, 2021
17216505 AUTOMATED QUANTUM CIRCUIT JOB SUBMISSION AND STATUS DETERMINATION Red Hat, Inc. LIN, ARIC 2851 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 29, 2021

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