Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

14 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 70 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell has 18 pending office actions in Computing & Software. Its profile records 3830 career applications, providing the same stated prosecution base for this Dell-related profile.

The resolved allowance rate is 86.76%, and the average is 4.23 office actions per allowance. The figures indicate frequent allowance among resolved matters, with several examination exchanges commonly preceding that outcome. Practitioners can use the profile to consider response planning for computing and software claims.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3830 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.8%
Allowance Rate
n=3830
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3830
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=2857
+0.41σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2857
1207 days
Time to Allowance
n=2857
+6.5pp
Interview Lift
n=3830
35.4%
RCE Rate
n=3830
6.7%
Appeal Rate
n=3830

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.0%
§101 Overcome
n=950
78.2%
§102 Overcome
n=1241
79.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1991
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=957

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
58%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3830
1
Practitioners
n=3830
3830.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3830

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

5
Hard (36%)
9
Medium (64%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (21%)
§103 only8 (57%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
64% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
3
Semiconductors
21% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.8% -0.5%
ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO 1 84.3% +10.9%
ZAMAN, FAISAL M 1 67.2% +13.3%
WEI, ZENGPU 1 70.3% +53.3%
CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 1 70.9% +13.1%
BACK, AUSTIN M 1 80.2% +22.5%
WENG, PEI YONG 1 79.5% +22.7%
CHEN, QING 1 80.3% +53.1%
KIM, HYUN SOO 1 88.7% +13.1%
BROPHY, MATTHEW J 1 68.5% +34.3%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration KIM, HYUN SOO 15d
18644195 Information Handling System Antenna System Parasitic Element For Improved Closed Mode Wireless Performance BACK, AUSTIN M 33d
19027358 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including a Telemetry Connectivity Management Operation MEHEDI, MORSHED —
18429068 Processor Environment Architecture Agnostic Firmware Update Management Operation CHEN, QING —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 10d overdue
18429001 Method and System to Dynamically Perform Dependency Compliance and Remediation BROPHY, MATTHEW J 77d
19004548 Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO —
18772180 Lean Network Communications Stack with Recovery Protocol for an NVMe Boot Partition ZAMAN, FAISAL M —
17971347 Highly Scalable Data Center Asset Metrics Collection in an Aggregator KNIGHT, LETORIA G —

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
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 10d overdue
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration KIM, HYUN SOO 15d
18644195 Information Handling System Antenna System Parasitic Element For Improved Closed Mode Wireless Performance BACK, AUSTIN M 33d
18429001 Method and System to Dynamically Perform Dependency Compliance and Remediation BROPHY, MATTHEW J 77d
19004548 Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO —
18772180 Lean Network Communications Stack with Recovery Protocol for an NVMe Boot Partition ZAMAN, FAISAL M —
18770715 Workload Context Aware Processor Environment Agnostic Processor Core Handling for Power and Computation Optimization WEI, ZENGPU —
18604891 Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Asset Utilization Forecast Operation Including a Feature Clustering Operation WENG, PEI YONG —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Dell 14

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28412
24081
21751
21971
26571
28451
21411
21921
21761
21911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19027358 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including a Telemetry Connectivity Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MEHEDI, MORSHED 2408 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19004548 Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18772180 Lean Network Communications Stack with Recovery Protocol for an NVMe Boot Partition DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. ZAMAN, FAISAL M 2175 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 14, 2024
18770715 Workload Context Aware Processor Environment Agnostic Processor Core Handling for Power and Computation Optimization DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. WEI, ZENGPU 2197 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 2657 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18644195 Information Handling System Antenna System Parasitic Element For Improved Closed Mode Wireless Performance DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BACK, AUSTIN M 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 24, 2024
18604891 Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including An Asset Utilization Forecast Operation Including a Feature Clustering Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. WENG, PEI YONG 2141 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18429068 Processor Environment Architecture Agnostic Firmware Update Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHEN, QING 2192 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KIM, HYUN SOO 2176 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18429001 Method and System to Dynamically Perform Dependency Compliance and Remediation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BROPHY, MATTHEW J 2191 §101§103 Final Rejection 77d Pending Jan 31, 2024
18520615 Server System Multi Access Option Storage System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18229503 Always On Information Handling System Chassis Intrusion System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TRUONG, LOAN 2114 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2023
18226893 Data Center Workload Orchestration Via A Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CAO, DIEM K 2196 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
17971347 Highly Scalable Data Center Asset Metrics Collection in an Aggregator DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KNIGHT, LETORIA G 3623 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell's patent allowance rate?

86.8% of resolved applications prosecuted by Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell were allowed, across 3,830 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell average before allowance?

4.23 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell have?

14 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 14 examiners in 13 art units.

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