Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Computing & Software
30 pending office actions • 1 client • 27 examiners • 15 art units • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kim & Stewart LLP- VMware specializes in Computing & Software, with 4532 career applications. The firm has a resolved allowance rate pct of 79.58. There are 30 pending office actions currently being managed. The 79.58 resolved allowance rate pct is an indicator of the firm's success in the Computing & Software field. The 30 pending office actions are fewer than the 4532 career applications.
The avg office actions per allowance is 1.95. This indicates a level of efficiency, with allowances typically secured with a limited number of office actions. The 1.95 avg office actions per allowance is a feature of the firm's prosecution profile. With 4532 career applications, these metrics provide a basis for understanding the firm's performance and its streamlined approach to patent prosecution. Practitioners can use these figures to understand the typical path to allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 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. 14 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 | 8 (27%) |
| §103 only | 15 (50%) |
| §102 only | 2 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2 | 74.3% | +57.1% |
| DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2 | 85.1% | +21.1% |
| LEE, ADAM | 2 | 84.1% | +61.0% |
| HUISMAN, DAVID J | 1 | 57.8% | +34.0% |
| AGUILERA, TODD | 1 | 57.6% | +57.6% |
| RIVERA, ANIBAL | 1 | 90.9% | +11.9% |
| HEADLY, MELISSA A | 1 | 75.1% | +41.0% |
| KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 1 | 90.0% | +14.1% |
| DAO, TUAN C. | 1 | 82.0% | +15.6% |
| MILLS, PAUL V | 1 | 53.3% | +39.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487007 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 30d overdue |
| 18380658 | CONTAINERIZED MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS | DAO, TUAN C. | 2d overdue |
| 18489527 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT POST-PROVISIONING TASKS | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 49d |
| 18373580 | SERVER AND APPLICATION AWARE NUMA-BASED LOAD-BALANCING SOLUTION | LEE, ADAM | — |
| 18299481 | CLOUD MANAGEMENT OF ON-PREMISES VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IN A MULTI-CLOUD SYSTEM | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18376852 | RATE LIMITING EVENTS IN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 38d overdue |
| 18377830 | OPTIMIZING A NIC THAT EMULATES A LOCAL NVME STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROCESSES OF A HOST COMPUTER | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 26d overdue |
| 18371762 | FUNCTIONS AS A SERVICE | LEE, ADAM | 19d |
| 18607212 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 34d |
| 18348902 | COMPONENT-AGNOSTIC LICENSING ENTITLEMENT SERVICE IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | VO, TED T | 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 |
| 18903960 | SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18487007 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 30d overdue |
| 18380658 | CONTAINERIZED MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS | DAO, TUAN C. | 2d overdue |
| 18371762 | FUNCTIONS AS A SERVICE | LEE, ADAM | 19d |
| 18607212 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 34d |
| 18379201 | AGENT STATE MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCES | MILLS, PAUL V | 40d |
| 18489527 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT POST-PROVISIONING TASKS | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 49d |
| 18903960 | SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
| 18806558 | COMMUNICATION USING NON-CACHE-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| VMWARE LLC | 30 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2198 | 5 |
| 2196 | 4 |
| 2195 | 4 |
| 2133 | 2 |
| 2192 | 2 |
| 2199 | 2 |
| 2183 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| 3624 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18903960 | SCALABLE AND HIGH-PERFORMANCE SHARED OBJECT STORAGE USING NON-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | VMware, Inc. | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2024 |
| 18806558 | COMMUNICATION USING NON-CACHE-COHERENT DISAGGREGATED MEMORY | VMware, Inc. | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18763532 | ALLOCATION OF THREAD LOCAL STORAGE WHEN A THREAD SWITCHES BETWEEN LINK DOMAINS SHARING A COMMON ADDRESS SPACE | VMware, Inc. | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 2183 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18634824 | REMOTE EXECUTIONS OF HETEROGENEOUS INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE RUNTIMES IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT | VMware, Inc. | AGUILERA, TODD | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18607212 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 18607191 | LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF HETEROGENEOUS CLUSTERS IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | HEADLY, MELISSA A | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18489527 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO IMPLEMENT POST-PROVISIONING TASKS | VMware, Inc. | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 49d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18380658 | CONTAINERIZED MICROSERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS | VMware, Inc. | DAO, TUAN C. | 2198 | §103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Oct 17, 2023 |
| 18487007 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE IMAGES | VMware, Inc. | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Oct 13, 2023 |
| 18379201 | AGENT STATE MANAGEMENT FOR VIRTUAL COMPUTING INSTANCES | VMware, Inc. | MILLS, PAUL V | 2196 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18377830 | OPTIMIZING A NIC THAT EMULATES A LOCAL NVME STORAGE DEVICE FOR PROCESSES OF A HOST COMPUTER | VMware, Inc. | SWIFT, CHARLES M | 2196 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18377829 | NVME FABRICS TO VVOL BRIDGE FOR DPU STORAGE | VMware, Inc. | CERVETTI, DAVID GARCIA | 2409 | §102 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Oct 09, 2023 |
| 18376852 | RATE LIMITING EVENTS IN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | ROTARU, OCTAVIAN | 3624 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 38d overdue | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18376856 | MANAGING DEPLOYMENT OF CUSTOM RESOURCES IN A CONTAINER ORCHESTRATION SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | ESPANA, CARLOS ALBERTO | 2199 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Oct 05, 2023 |
| 18479613 | REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED DYNAMIC AGGREGATION FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING | VMware, Inc. | KANJOOR, AJAY J | 4100 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2023 |
| 18476834 | MANAGING CLUSTERS OF HOSTS TO SUPPORT DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIRTUAL ENDPOINT WORKLOADS | VMware, Inc. | ABDULLAHI, SELMAN MOHAMED | 2199 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18373580 | SERVER AND APPLICATION AWARE NUMA-BASED LOAD-BALANCING SOLUTION | VMware, Inc. | LEE, ADAM | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18371762 | FUNCTIONS AS A SERVICE | VMware, Inc. | LEE, ADAM | 2198 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Sep 22, 2023 |
| 18239920 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM CONFIGURING PODS TO IMPLEMENT LOGICAL ROUTER | VMware, Inc. | LI, HARRISON | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2023 |
| 18456161 | HYPERVISOR SCHEDULING OF WORKLOADS ON HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING CORES BASED ON WORKLOAD HINTS | VMware, Inc. | 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 | VMware, Inc. | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 2196 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jul 27, 2023 |
| 18348902 | COMPONENT-AGNOSTIC LICENSING ENTITLEMENT SERVICE IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | VO, TED T | 2191 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
| 18331236 | MANAGING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENT BASED ON SMARTNIC RESOURCE AVAILABILITY | VMware, Inc. | YUAN, PETER LI | 2197 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Jun 08, 2023 |
| 18331050 | UNIFIED DATA STREAMING FRAMEWORK IN VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE | VMware, Inc. | NGUYEN, BRANDON A | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18325839 | MANAGEMENT OF VIRTUAL MACHINE SHUTDOWNS IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT BASED ON RESOURCE LOCKS | VMware, Inc. | CASTANEDA, IVAN ALEXANDER | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18299481 | CLOUD MANAGEMENT OF ON-PREMISES VIRTUALIZATION MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE IN A MULTI-CLOUD SYSTEM | VMware, Inc. | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2023 |
| 18176867 | BI-DIRECTIONAL GRADIENT COMPRESSION FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING | VMware, Inc. | KIM, DAVID | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | 5d | Pending | Mar 01, 2023 |
| 18102686 | COMMON CONNECTION TRACKER ACROSS MULTIPLE LOGICAL SWITCHES | VMware, Inc. | FOLLANSBEE, KEITH TRAN-DANH | 2411 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2023 |
| 18087674 | POPULATING ENTROPY POOL WITH ENTROPY FROM EXTERNAL SOURCES | VMware, Inc. | TRAN, VU V | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 | |
| 18067503 | COMPRESSION OF MODEL WEIGHTS FOR DISTRIBUTED AND FEDERATED LEARNING | VMware, Inc. | MILLER, ALEXANDRIA JOSEPHINE | 2142 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 |
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