Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Terrile, Cannatti & Chambers, LLP - Dell

31 pending office actions • 1 client • 28 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3807 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

86.9%
Allowance Rate
n=3807
+0.49σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3807
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=2840
+0.40σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2840
1206 days
Time to Allowance
n=2840
+6.7pp
Interview Lift
n=3807
35.3%
RCE Rate
n=3807
6.7%
Appeal Rate
n=3807

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

78.5%
§101 Overcome
n=930
78.5%
§102 Overcome
n=1227
80.0%
§103 Overcome
n=1965
80.9%
§112 Overcome
n=936

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, H04L
Top CPC Subclasses
58%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3807
1
Practitioners
n=3807
3807.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=3807

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)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.

17
Hard (55%)
14
Medium (45%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other8 (26%)
§103 only13 (42%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
42% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
10
Semiconductors
32% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
5
Business / Other
16% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 3 56.8% +31.2%
KIM, HYUN SOO 2 88.1% +13.9%
RAHMAN, FAHMIDA 1 82.4% +51.4%
LOPEZ CRUZ, DIMARY S 1 72.9% -53.3%
PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 1 93.8% -3.8%
BOYD, MALA DENAE 1
PATEL, NIMESH G 1 77.2% +7.3%
MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS 1 85.5% +1.5%
SHRESTHA, SAGAR 1 84.1% +12.3%
MARTINEZ, TOMMY NMN 1 14.3% -20.0%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration KIM, HYUN SOO 15d
18928535 Untitled RAHMAN, FAHMIDA
18911458 Untitled PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN

Hard Cases (18)

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
18748660 Server Information Handling System Peripheral Riser Module System WILSON, ADRIAN S 38d overdue
18140093 System and Method to Measure Indirect Emissions Caused by Workload Hosted on a Distributed Cloud LEE, TAMMY EUNHYE 32d overdue
18768217 Server System Chassis Rear Wall System CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 31d overdue
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 10d overdue
18077093 Data Center Monitoring and Management Operation Including Data Center Disk Array Configuration Operation PARIKH, KALPIT 41d
18921227 Untitled KIM, HYUN SOO
18982959 Untitled LOPEZ CRUZ, DIMARY S
18905338 Untitled MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS

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
18768217 Server System Chassis Rear Wall System CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 31d overdue
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration KIM, HYUN SOO 15d
18921227 Untitled KIM, HYUN SOO
18928535 Untitled RAHMAN, FAHMIDA
18955037 Server System Cable Management System SHRESTHA, SAGAR

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Dell 31

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28417
21752
21762
28452
24961
26571
36281
28311
21141
21961

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18921227 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KIM, HYUN SOO §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
18928535 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. RAHMAN, FAHMIDA §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18982959 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. LOPEZ CRUZ, DIMARY S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18911458 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 2175 §102 Non-Final OA Pending
18931881 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BOYD, MALA DENAE §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18909125 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. PATEL, NIMESH G 2176 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18905338 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MISIURA, BRIAN THOMAS 2175 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
18955037 Server System Cable Management System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. SHRESTHA, SAGAR 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 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
18768217 Server System Chassis Rear Wall System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103§112 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jul 10, 2024
18748660 Server Information Handling System Peripheral Riser Module System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. WILSON, ADRIAN S 2841 §102§103 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18745751 Server Information Handling System with Configurable Power Supply Unit Bay System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. DANG, HUNG Q 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18644168 Data Center Documentation Management Operation DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CAUDLE, PENNY LOUISE 2657 §101§102§103 Final Rejection 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
18429077 Multi-Processing Unit Type Adaptive Memory Diagnostic Acceleration DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KIM, HYUN SOO 2176 §103 Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection 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
18514502 Server System Low Profile Connector System DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Final Rejection 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 Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18221947 Method and Apparatus for Workflow Based Provisioning Orchestration DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. DASCOMB, JACOB D 2198 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2023
18140093 System and Method to Measure Indirect Emissions Caused by Workload Hosted on a Distributed Cloud DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. LEE, TAMMY EUNHYE 2195 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Apr 27, 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
18118836 Method to Clone Failure Models for Real-Time Action Sequencing DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. DEVORE, CHRISTOPHER DILLON 2129 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 08, 2023
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
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
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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