Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Zagorin Cave LLP (Dell)

25 pending office actions • 2 clients • 25 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=953 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

98.2%
Allowance Rate
n=953
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=953
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=816
-0.56σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=816
860 days
Time to Allowance
n=816
-0.9pp
Interview Lift
n=953
22.4%
RCE Rate
n=953
2.3%
Appeal Rate
n=953

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

83.3%
§101 Overcome
n=24
88.4%
§102 Overcome
n=292
86.6%
§103 Overcome
n=485
89.7%
§112 Overcome
n=242

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H05K, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
48%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=953
0
Practitioners
n=953
Apps / Practitioner
n=953 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
3
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 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.

11
Hard (44%)
14
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only12 (48%)
§102 only2 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)9 (36%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
5
Information Tech
20% of docket
6
Communications
24% of docket
7
Semiconductors
28% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
8% of docket
4
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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TOPGYAL, GELEK W 1 59.1% +18.6%
MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY 1 76.9% +24.9%
CHIEN, LUCY P 1 83.1% +5.7%
DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI 1 82.1% +20.7%
NGUYEN, JIMMY H 1 57.9% +32.4%
KRIM, PETER 1 84.2% +5.2%
SHRESTHA, SAGAR 1 84.1% +12.3%
THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK 1 68.9% +19.8%
CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 1 80.7% +23.5%
WU, JAMES 1 70.6% +33.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18754708 Untitled CHIEN, LUCY P
19420856 Untitled KRIM, PETER

Hard Cases (11)

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
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
18958245 Untitled MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY
18825132 Untitled DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI
18910235 Untitled NGUYEN, JIMMY H
18930187 Untitled SHRESTHA, SAGAR
18788789 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY TOOL-LESS BACK COVER ASSEMBLY CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D
18788800 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY WU, JAMES

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18980359 Untitled TOPGYAL, GELEK W
18958245 Untitled MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY
18825132 Untitled DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI
18910235 Untitled NGUYEN, JIMMY H
18930187 Untitled SHRESTHA, SAGAR
18983793 PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM PERIPHERAL CAMERA AND DOCK THAKER, NIDHI VIVEK
18788789 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY TOOL-LESS BACK COVER ASSEMBLY CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D
18788800 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY WU, JAMES

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Dell 18
Silicon Laboratories Inc. 7

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28415
28711
26531
26261
26321
21811
26911
28491
26211
21711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18980359 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. TOPGYAL, GELEK W §103 Final Rejection Pending
18958245 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MULARSKI, ROSS TERRY §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
18754708 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHIEN, LUCY P 2871 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18825132 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. DUGDA, MULUGETA TUJI 2653 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18910235 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. NGUYEN, JIMMY H 2626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending
19420856 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. KRIM, PETER 2841 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18930187 Untitled DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. SHRESTHA, SAGAR §102§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
18788789 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY TOOL-LESS BACK COVER ASSEMBLY DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. CHOWDHURY, ROCKSHANA D 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18788800 MODULAR PERIPHERAL DISPLAY ASSEMBLY DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. WU, JAMES 2841 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 30, 2024
18736841 DUTY-CYCLE-BASED RECEIVER WITH LISTENING POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION Silicon Laboratories Inc. TSE, YOUNG TOI 2632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 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
18669972 WIDE ANGLE LENS PERSPECTIVE DISTORTION REDUCTION DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 2691 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 21, 2024
18669978 PORTABLE INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM HINGE-UP DISPLAY RETENTION FOR AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. MILLISER, THERON S 2841 §102 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending May 21, 2024
18657069 NOISE DOWN CONVERSION FOR JITTER REDUCTION Silicon Laboratories Inc. YOUSSEF, MENATOALLAH M 2849 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending May 07, 2024
18428725 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM TOUCH DETECTION PALM WITH CONFIGURABLE ACTIVE AREA AND FORCE DETECTION DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. BOCAR, DONNA V 2621 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jan 31, 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 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2023
18193928 AUDIO STREAMING USING RELAY NETWORK Silicon Laboratories Inc. REGO, DOMINIC E 2648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2023
18103279 INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM MICRO MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR REUSE AND RECYCLING FACTORING REPAIR COST DELL PRODUCTS, L.P. LEMIEUX, JESSICA 3626 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 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 Final Rejection 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§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2022

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