Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell

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

26 pending office actions • 1 client • 25 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 26 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 63 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell focuses on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The firm has 3823 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 86.8 percent. This percentage indicates the frequency of patent grants among resolved cases. For a practitioner, this rate describes the firm's historical success in its specified technology fields.

The firm currently manages 26 pending office actions. On average, the firm receives 4.25 office actions per allowance. This 4.25 office actions per allowance figure reflects the typical volume of correspondence required for a grant. The 3823 career applications and 26 pending office actions characterize the firm's total and active prosecution activity. These metrics provide a detailed view of the firm's prosecution history.

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

Quality Metrics (n=3823 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.8%
Allowance Rate
n=3823
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3823
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=2841
+0.42σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2841
1208 days
Time to Allowance
n=2841
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3823
35.5%
RCE Rate
n=3823
6.7%
Appeal Rate
n=3823

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

77.1%
§101 Overcome
n=943
78.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1237
79.6%
§103 Overcome
n=1984
79.8%
§112 Overcome
n=951

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
58%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3823
1
Practitioners
n=3823
3823.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3823

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

15
Hard (58%)
11
Medium (42%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other6 (23%)
§103 only10 (38%)
§102 only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
12
Information Tech
46% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
10
Semiconductors
38% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
1
Business / Other
4% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2 56.9% +30.1%
VU, PHY ANH TRAN 1 71.4% +69.3%
MEHEDI, MORSHED 1 85.8% -0.5%
ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO 1 84.0% +11.5%
CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C 1 84.3% +8.7%
SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE 1 90.0% +11.4%
CHUNG, DAVID Y 1 70.4% +7.4%
MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 1 9.1% -11.1%
THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 1 69.2% +19.7%
ZAMAN, FAISAL M 1 67.2% +13.5%

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
19027358 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including a Telemetry Connectivity Management Operation MEHEDI, MORSHED —

Hard Cases (16)

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
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 10d overdue
18773658 Server Information Handling System Peripheral Riser Module System THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 5d
18077093 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including Data Center Disk Array Configuration Operation PARIKH, KALPIT 41d
19035032 Processor Environment Agnostic Firmware Management Operation Including a Microcode Component Management Operation VU, PHY ANH TRAN —
19004548 Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO —
18951769 Server System Component Array Connection System CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C —
18926417 Information Handling System Connector Adapter System SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE —
18921301 Display Device Having a Narrow Bezel Design CHUNG, DAVID Y —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18138761 Server System Configurable Bay Device Mounting System CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 45d overdue
18520615 Server System Multi Access Option Storage System CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 32d overdue
18773658 Server Information Handling System Peripheral Riser Module System THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 5d
19035032 Processor Environment Agnostic Firmware Management Operation Including a Microcode Component Management Operation VU, PHY ANH TRAN —
19004548 Server Information Handling System Power Distribution System Attachment Mechanism ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO —
18926417 Information Handling System Connector Adapter System SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE —
18772180 Lean Network Communications Stack with Recovery Protocol for an NVMe Boot Partition ZAMAN, FAISAL M —

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Dell 26

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28417
28452
21962
24381
24081
28711
24961
21751
26571
21911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19035032 Processor Environment Agnostic Firmware Management Operation Including a Microcode Component Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. VU, PHY ANH TRAN 2438 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
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
18951769 Server System Component Array Connection System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18926417 Information Handling System Connector Adapter System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18921301 Display Device Having a Narrow Bezel Design DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHUNG, DAVID Y 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18783970 Trusted Port Based Communication Queues for Secure Runtime Device Specific Execution DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 2496 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18773658 Server Information Handling System Peripheral Riser Module System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 2841 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Jul 16, 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
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
18643496 Information Handling System Antenna System Having Stacking Coupler Structure DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. HO, ANH N 2845 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 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 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2024
18429068 Processor Environment Architecture Agnostic Firmware Update Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHEN, QING 2191 §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
18536890 Server System Liquid Cooling Leak Detection Information Signal Generation System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHEN, GEORGE YUNG CHIEH 3628 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2023
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
18513703 Server System Repositionable Peripheral Tray System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. AUGUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER L 2841 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 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
18142256 Method And System For Writeable Persistent Storage For Container Based Applications Unaware of Orchestration System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TRAN, KENNETH PHUOC 2196 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 02, 2023
18138761 Server System Configurable Bay Device Mounting System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18077093 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including Data Center Disk Array Configuration Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. PARIKH, KALPIT 2137 §101§103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Dec 07, 2022
18076534 Data Center Monitoring And Management Operation Including Interaction With A Monitoring And Management Console DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. JIANG, HAIMEI 2142 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 07, 2022
17974588 System for Dynamically Generating Self-Improving Data Center Asset Health Scores DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BRACERO, ANDREW ANGEL 2126 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2022
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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