Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Setter Roche Llp- Oracle

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security

9 pending office actions • 1 client • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Setter Roche LLP- Oracle manages a portfolio within the Networking & Security technology area. The data shows 2770 career applications associated with this profile, resulting in a resolved allowance rate pct of 87.31. There are currently 5 pending office actions under management. The 2770 career applications indicate the base of experience that supports the firm's work in networking technologies.

The average office actions per allowance for this profile is 3.49. This figure helps set expectations for the prosecution timeline for Networking & Security patents. The resolved allowance rate pct of 87.31 demonstrates the frequency of successful outcomes for the 2770 career applications filed. With 5 pending office actions, the current active docket is a specific portion of the total career volume. These metrics provide an overview of the firm's historical performance and current activity level.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2770 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.3%
Allowance Rate
n=2770
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2770
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=1500
-0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1500
999 days
Time to Allowance
n=1500
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=2770
33.1%
RCE Rate
n=2770
5.7%
Appeal Rate
n=2770

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

76.0%
§101 Overcome
n=354
80.1%
§102 Overcome
n=608
79.1%
§103 Overcome
n=1199
83.5%
§112 Overcome
n=653

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, H02J
Top CPC Subclasses
32%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2770
9
Practitioners
n=2770
307.8
Apps / Practitioner
n=2770

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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 (22%)
7
Medium (78%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only5 (56%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
8
Information Tech
89% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
11% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAILEY, THOMAS J 1 81.0% +14.9%
CHOU, ALAN S 1 75.4% +14.0%
WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE 1 64.9% +15.7%
NGUYEN, VAN TA 1 70.0% +60.0%
AGUILERA, TODD 1 57.6% +57.6%
COONEY, ADAM A 1 57.8% +11.0%
GMAHL, NAVNEET K 1 57.5% +38.0%
NAJI, YOUNES 1 75.2% +73.4%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.0% +25.2%

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
19054395 Rx MESSAGE HANDLING BETWEEN BSF AND PCF DAILEY, THOMAS J —

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
16731704 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CHANGE CONTROL SYSTEMS NGUYEN, NGA B 4d overdue
18645141 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK AGUILERA, TODD —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
16731704 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CHANGE CONTROL SYSTEMS NGUYEN, NGA B 4d overdue
18502861 ANALYTICS SERVICE GOVERNANCE GMAHL, NAVNEET K 16d
19054395 Rx MESSAGE HANDLING BETWEEN BSF AND PCF DAILEY, THOMAS J —
18987990 APPLICATION-LAYER CONNECTION REDISTRIBUTION AMONG SERVICE INSTANCES CHOU, ALAN S —
18826839 MASKING OF NETWORK FUNCTION TOPOLOGY FOR VISITING CONSUMERS WITHIN A 5G NETWORK WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE —
18747637 DYNAMICALLY UPDATING SERVICE PRIORITIES FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS WITHIN A 5G NETWORK NGUYEN, VAN TA —
18645141 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK AGUILERA, TODD —
18536857 HEALTH CHECK FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS COONEY, ADAM A —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION 9

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24582
24511
24431
24651
21921
21661
24451
36251

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19054395 Rx MESSAGE HANDLING BETWEEN BSF AND PCF Oracle International Corporation DAILEY, THOMAS J 2458 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2025
18987990 APPLICATION-LAYER CONNECTION REDISTRIBUTION AMONG SERVICE INSTANCES Oracle International Corporation CHOU, ALAN S 2451 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18826839 MASKING OF NETWORK FUNCTION TOPOLOGY FOR VISITING CONSUMERS WITHIN A 5G NETWORK Oracle International Corporation WIDHALM DE RODRIG, ANGELA MARIE 2443 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18747637 DYNAMICALLY UPDATING SERVICE PRIORITIES FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS WITHIN A 5G NETWORK Oracle International Corporation NGUYEN, VAN TA 2465 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 19, 2024
18645141 APPLICATION OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK Oracle International Corporation AGUILERA, TODD 2192 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18536857 HEALTH CHECK FOR NETWORK FUNCTIONS Oracle International Corporation COONEY, ADAM A 2458 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
18502861 ANALYTICS SERVICE GOVERNANCE Oracle International Corporation GMAHL, NAVNEET K 2166 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18492278 NETWORK INTRUSION DETECTION Oracle International Corporation NAJI, YOUNES 2445 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2023
16731704 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CHANGE CONTROL SYSTEMS Oracle International Corporation NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 31, 2019

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