Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security
70 pending office actions • 1 client • 67 examiners • 55 art units • 16 of 70 (23%) have an AI response strategy ready • 160 patents granted in the last 365 days
Ray Quinney & Nebeker, representing Microsoft, focuses on Computing & Software and has 72 pending office actions. The reported portfolio contains 2221 career applications, with a resolved allowance rate of 93.78% and an average of 2.42 office actions per allowance.
The allowance rate indicates that most resolved applications reached allowance. The office-action average shows that allowed matters typically required more than two examination actions, so the high outcome rate coexists with recurring prosecution work.
The pending docket forms part of a substantial application portfolio and reflects active work in computing and software. Practitioners can use the figures to assess historical expectations for claim persistence and response planning, while reviewing individual files for the relevant software functionality, prior art, and prosecution posture.
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.
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.
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 only | 4 (6%) |
| §101 + other | 19 (27%) |
| §103 only | 23 (33%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 3 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 15 (21%) |
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% |
| MAI, KEVIN S | 2 | 30.0% | +25.3% |
| PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 1 | 87.4% | +3.6% |
| SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 1 | 86.3% | +20.6% |
| MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 1 | 85.4% | +14.3% |
| GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 1 | 77.5% | +23.7% |
| MCMAHON, DANIEL F | 1 | 89.7% | +2.3% |
| HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 1 | 79.3% | +23.1% |
| RAHIM, MONJUR | 1 | 84.6% | +16.2% |
| PYO, MONICA M | 1 | 83.0% | +35.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18990015 | Untitled | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | — |
| 19251107 | PERSONALIZED SERVICE SCHEDULING | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | — |
| 19070326 | SECURE VERIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL USING WIRELESS BROADCASTS | RAHIM, MONJUR | — |
| 18760728 | RIGHTSIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — |
| 18760785 | RIGHTSIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18177547 | UNIVERSAL ADAPTER FOR LOW-OVERHEAD INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS WITH A WEB-BASED SERVICE PLATFORM | WU, NICHOLAS S | 71d overdue |
| 18331734 | LARGE TENSOR TILING | CAMPOS, ALFREDO | 31d overdue |
| 18310812 | NEW ENTITY DETECTION USING PROBABILISTIC DATA STRUCTURES | DOAN, HIEN VAN | 23d overdue |
| 18211808 | GENERATING GROUNDED DOCUMENTS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 19d overdue |
| 18243876 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 9d overdue |
| 18737582 | GENERATING WEB CRAWLING DISCOVERY ACTIONS USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS | MOSER, BRUCE M | 14d |
| 18144565 | MACHINE LEARNING MODEL LINEAGE TRACKING | HOANG, AMY P | 15d |
| 18327763 | REASONING WITH CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE GRAPHS | STARKS, WILBERT L | 19d |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19294444 | GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC DATA FOR QUERY GENERATION | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | — |
| 19251107 | PERSONALIZED SERVICE SCHEDULING | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | — |
| 19215119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ACCESS CONTROL VERIFICATION IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS BY UTILIZING DYNAMIC NODE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL CACHES | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | — |
| 19190327 | PROXY-BASED IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR WEB APPLICATIONS | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | — |
| 19070326 | SECURE VERIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL USING WIRELESS BROADCASTS | RAHIM, MONJUR | — |
| 19042852 | DYNAMIC DATA QUERY GENERATION BASED ON NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT | PYO, MONICA M | — |
| 18905333 | SECURITY GRAPH CARDINALITY REDUCTION IN NETWORK-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMS | MAI, KEVIN S | — |
| 18777281 | SCHEDULING HYBRID SHARING OF COMPUTE RESOURCES BETWEEN REAL-TIME WORKLOADS | DASCOMB, JACOB D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Microsoft | 70 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2196 | 3 |
| 2198 | 3 |
| 2835 | 3 |
| 2492 | 2 |
| 2458 | 2 |
| 3623 | 2 |
| 2499 | 2 |
| 2192 | 2 |
| 2141 | 2 |
| 2129 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18990015 | Untitled | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY | 2492 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | |
| 19294444 | GENERATION OF SYNTHETIC DATA FOR QUERY GENERATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM | 2166 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19251107 | PERSONALIZED SERVICE SCHEDULING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MANIWANG, JOSEPH R | 2447 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19215119 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING ACCESS CONTROL VERIFICATION IN KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS BY UTILIZING DYNAMIC NODE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL CACHES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2495 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19190411 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING CODEWORDS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MCMAHON, DANIEL F | 2111 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19190327 | PROXY-BASED IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR WEB APPLICATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | HENDERSON, ESTHER BENOIT | 2458 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19070326 | SECURE VERIFICATION OF AN INDIVIDUAL USING WIRELESS BROADCASTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RAHIM, MONJUR | 2436 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19042852 | DYNAMIC DATA QUERY GENERATION BASED ON NATURAL LANGUAGE INPUT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PYO, MONICA M | 2161 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19014494 | INTELLIGENT SELF-SERVE DIAGNOSTICS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S | 3623 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | AI Ready | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19003782 | RULE-BASED AUTOMATED REMEDIATION OF RESOURCES IN DATA CENTERS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SCHELL, JOSEPH O | 2114 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18965800 | UTILIZING PROBABILITY DATA STRUCTURES TO IMPROVE ACCESS CONTROL OF DOCUMENTS ACROSS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM | 2434 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18962075 | REGISTRATION-BASED APPLICATION AUTHENTICATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RASUL, MUHAMMAD HASHIR | 2492 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18959219 | REDUCING PLACEMENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN CONCURRENT VIRTUAL MACHINE ALLOCATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §103DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18935067 | SURFACING REASONS FOR ANOMALOUS MULTIVARIATE SESSIONS IN AUDIT AND SECURITY LOGS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NOAMAN, BASSAM A | 2497 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 33d | AI Ready | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18905333 | SECURITY GRAPH CARDINALITY REDUCTION IN NETWORK-BASED COMPUTER SYSTEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18905908 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRICAL SWITCHES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18897840 | MANAGING AND RANKING MEMORY RESOURCES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TSAI, SHENG JEN | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 48d | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18811587 | CONTENT TYPE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT FOR COMPUTATIONAL CAPACITY-CONSTRAINED RESOURCE SYSTEMS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KAMRAN, MEHRAN | 2196 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18777281 | SCHEDULING HYBRID SHARING OF COMPUTE RESOURCES BETWEEN REAL-TIME WORKLOADS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18763285 | COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR MEETINGS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | WAESCO, JOSEPH M | 3625 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18760728 | RIGHTSIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18760785 | RIGHTSIZING VIRTUAL MACHINE DEPLOYMENTS IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DASCOMB, JACOB D | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18755529 | DETERMINING OUTLIER IMAGES BASED ON CATEGORY-BASED IMAGE RELEVANCE USING EMBEDDING NEURAL NETWORKS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CADEAU, WEDNEL | 2632 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18739031 | GENERATING INSIGHTS FOR LARGE DATASETS USING PROMPT GENERATION PROCESSES AND GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | FERRER, JEDIDIAH P | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18737582 | GENERATING WEB CRAWLING DISCOVERY ACTIONS USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MOSER, BRUCE M | 2154 | §101 | Final Rejection | 14d | AI Ready | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18679735 | CONTEXT-AWARE PERMISSION REDUCTION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIM, EUI H | 2453 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18677516 | AUTOMATED SOFTWARE PACKAGE RELEASE MANAGEMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RIVERA, ANIBAL | 2192 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18667743 | TOUCHLESS DEVICE MANAGEMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | DAO, THUY CHAN | 2192 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18618383 | SECURE AI AUTHENTICATION AND INTERACTION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NOEL, LYDIA LOUIS-FILS | 2437 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 34d | AI Ready | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18615774 | VALIDATING ROLE-BASED ACCESS CONTROL POLICIES USING SYMBOLIC ABSTRACTION MODELS AND SATISFIABILITY SOLVER MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | LYNCH, SHARON S | 2438 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18598154 | RECOMMENDED FORMULAS IN SPREADSHEETS USING LEARNED TABLE REPRESENTATIONS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | FIBBI, CHRISTOPHER J | 2174 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18594633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VARIABLE TEMPERATURE DATACENTER ARCHITECTURE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | SMITH, COURTNEY L | 2835 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18684117 | FACADE BIASING FOR REFLECTION CORRECTION IN PHOTOGRAMMETRIC RECONSTRUCTION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | AI Ready | Feb 15, 2024 |
| 18400818 | REDUCED ON-DEMAND AND STANDING PRIVILEGE ACCESS CONTROL ASSIGNMENT RECOMMENDATIONS IN MULTI-CLOUD ENVIRONMENTS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | MAI, KEVIN S | 2499 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2023 |
| 18526753 | METHODS FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE PREDICTIONS OF INCOMING BEHAVIOR OF A COMPUTING DEVICE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18524362 | SUBPIXEL DESIGNS FOR DISPLAY DEVICE WITH UNDER DISPLAY CAMERA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIM, SU C | 2899 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 34d | AI Ready | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18518016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRANDED-LESS POWER DATACENTERS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PARRIES, DRU M | 2836 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18517183 | OPTIMIZED CHIP COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | PAPE, ZACHARY | 2835 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | 46d | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18478817 | UTILIZING LARGE GENERATIVE MODELS TO IMPROVE BAD-QUALITY AND SUBJECTIVE DATA | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | COHEN, ZARED ORION | 2148 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18474943 | DIRECT FIXED POINT TO FIXED POINT DATA CONVERSION APPROXIMATING FLOATING POINT PRECISION IN HARDWARE ACCELERATOR | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | TANK, ANDREW L | 2141 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18474519 | PRIVACY PRESERVING MULTI-AGENT DECISION MAKING | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | CRAWLEY, TALIA F | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18370227 | FEDERATED LEARNING WITH NEURAL GRAPHICAL MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O | 2129 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18368936 | THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DIES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR | 2426 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 18243876 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 2835 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 9d overdue | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18457979 | INTERACTIVE ANALYTICS SERVICE FOR ALLOCATION FAILURE DIAGNOSIS IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BRUCKART, BENJAMIN R | 2424 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 293d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2023 |
| 18448786 | ASYNCHRONOUS MEETING PARTICIPATION | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 3623 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18211808 | GENERATING GROUNDED DOCUMENTS USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | NEWAY, SAMUEL G | 2657 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 19d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18212056 | MULTI-COIL TANDEM ARRANGEMENT FOR WIRELESS CHARGER | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | OMAR, AHMED H | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2023 |
| 18336789 | CAPACITY PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT FOR VM DEPLOYMENT | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 17d overdue | AI Ready | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18335848 | DATASET EXPLORATION PIPELINE USING CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE GRAPHS AND NEURAL GRAPHICAL MODELS | Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC | BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT | 2124 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 60d | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial93.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Ray Quinney & Nebeker - Microsoft were allowed, across 2,221 applications in USPTO records.
2.42 office actions per allowed application on average.
70 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 67 examiners in 55 art units.
