Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Zagorin Cave LLP (Dell)

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

18 pending office actions • 3 clients • 18 examiners • 13 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=975 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

98.0%
Allowance Rate
n=975
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=975
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=836
-0.55σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=836
860 days
Time to Allowance
n=836
-1.7pp
Interview Lift
n=975
22.2%
RCE Rate
n=975
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=975

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

87.5%
§101 Overcome
n=24
87.2%
§102 Overcome
n=296
87.4%
§103 Overcome
n=492
89.4%
§112 Overcome
n=245

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H05K, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
48%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=975
0
Practitioners
n=975
—
Apps / Practitioner
n=975 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)

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.

7
Hard (39%)
11
Medium (61%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only9 (50%)
§102 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
5
Information Tech
28% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
5
Semiconductors
28% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
11% of docket
3
Business / Other
17% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HOQUE, NAFIZ E 1 75.6% +23.0%
TOPGYAL, GELEK W 1 59.6% +19.3%
CHIEN, LUCY P 1 82.9% +5.5%
THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 1 69.2% +19.7%
MORRISON, RASHEN E 1 85.2% +11.3%
CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 1 80.9% +23.2%
MERCEDES, DISMERY E 1 77.2% +10.4%
TUN, NAY L 1 64.9% +31.4%
ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN 1 80.6% +5.1%
SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B 1 89.7% +4.6%

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
18754708 Untitled CHIEN, LUCY P —
18930125 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD RELEASE MORRISON, RASHEN E —
18676757 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM DONGLE WITH EMBEDDED SEPARABLE ANTENNA SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B —

Hard Cases (7)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18206178 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK CERLANEK, RACHEL ELIZABETH 73d overdue
18103282 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MICRO MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING FACTORING REPAIR ASSETS MONTALVO, CARLOS FERNANDO 60d overdue
18930165 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD ADJUSTABLE ADAPTER CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D —
18910240 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM KEYBOARD-TO-PEER DIRECT CONTROL BY ULTASOUND COMMANDS TUN, NAY L —
18753356 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE STITCHING USING JUMPER DIE ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN —
18081137 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM HAVING EXPANDABLE AND ADAPTABLE BATTERY MODULES CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN —
17986158 WAKE-UP FOR BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE WHITE, SADIE —

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
18932823 Untitled HOQUE, NAFIZ E —
18980359 Untitled TOPGYAL, GELEK W —
18983793 PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM PERIPHERAL CAMERA AND DOCK THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK —
18930125 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD RELEASE MORRISON, RASHEN E —
18930165 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD ADJUSTABLE ADAPTER CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D —
18910227 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM KEYBOARD WITH COLLAPSIBLE KEYS AT A TOUCHPAD AREA MERCEDES, DISMERY E —
18910240 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM KEYBOARD-TO-PEER DIRECT CONTROL BY ULTASOUND COMMANDS TUN, NAY L —

Client Portfolio (3 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Dell 13
Silicon Laboratories Inc. 4
Zero Asic Corporation 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28413
28711
26271
26881
28121
21811
21711
21911
24181
24121

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18932823 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. HOQUE, NAFIZ E §103 Final Rejection — Pending
18980359 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TOPGYAL, GELEK W §103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18754708 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHIEN, LUCY P 2871 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending
18983793 PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM PERIPHERAL CAMERA AND DOCK DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18930125 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD RELEASE DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MORRISON, RASHEN E 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18930165 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM ADD-IN CARD ADJUSTABLE ADAPTER DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 2841 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 29, 2024
18910227 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM KEYBOARD WITH COLLAPSIBLE KEYS AT A TOUCHPAD AREA DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MERCEDES, DISMERY E 2627 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18910240 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM KEYBOARD-TO-PEER DIRECT CONTROL BY ULTASOUND COMMANDS DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TUN, NAY L 2688 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18753356 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DIE STITCHING USING JUMPER DIE Zero Asic Corporation ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18676757 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM DONGLE WITH EMBEDDED SEPARABLE ANTENNA DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B 2181 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2024
18422290 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM TOUCH FUNCTION ROW WITH HOVER DETECTION AND COORDINATED PRESENTATION ON MAIN DISPLAY DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. LEGGETT, ANDREA C. 2171 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18421503 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING COMPRESSED ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS Silicon Laboratories Inc. TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 2191 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18525266 ACTIVE SCANNING WITH EXCLUDED SSID LISTS Silicon Laboratories Inc. CHERY, DADY 2418 §102Other Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18206178 SELF-CONFIGURATION OF MULTI-PROTOCOL NODES IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK Silicon Laboratories Inc. CERLANEK, RACHEL ELIZABETH 2412 §102§103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18103282 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MICRO MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING FACTORING REPAIR ASSETS DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MONTALVO, CARLOS FERNANDO 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18081137 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM HAVING EXPANDABLE AND ADAPTABLE BATTERY MODULES DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CRUM, GAGE STEPHEN 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2022
17986158 WAKE-UP FOR BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE Silicon Laboratories Inc. WHITE, SADIE 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2022
17876709 THERMAL MANAGEMENT USING POROUS LAYER FOR LOW FORM FACTOR DEVICE DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KIM, PAUL D 3700 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 29, 2022

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