Technology area: Computing & Software
201 pending office actions • 92 art units • 171 examiners • 0 of 201 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 276 patents granted in the last 365 days
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has 201 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The workload spans 172 distinct examiners and 95 distinct art units, demonstrating extensive examination coverage across the portfolio. The action and examiner figures are both substantial, while the art-unit figure shows that the matters are distributed across a wide technical and administrative landscape.
DEROSE, VOLVICK is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. That limited concentration relative to the full workload means examiner-specific handling cannot substitute for portfolio-level systems. Counsel should maintain centralized deadline control, organize matters by art unit and technical issue, and use recurring examiner assignments as targeted review groups rather than as the primary management structure.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 65 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (0%) |
| §101 + other | 22 (11%) |
| §103 only | 91 (45%) |
| §102 only | 15 (7%) |
| §112 only | 2 (1%) |
| Double-patenting only | 3 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (0%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 66 (33%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEROSE, VOLVICK | 3 | 90.0% | +11.0% |
| DOMAN, SHAWN | 3 | 64.9% | +25.9% |
| METZGER, MICHAEL J | 3 | 90.7% | +7.5% |
| YANG, ANDREW GUS | 3 | 69.1% | +7.3% |
| DAO, TUAN C. | 3 | 82.1% | +15.5% |
| SANDIFER, MATTHEW D | 3 | 80.4% | +24.9% |
| FAAL, BABOUCARR | 2 | 80.7% | +14.3% |
| RAHMAN, FAHMIDA | 2 | 82.6% | +50.9% |
| THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2 | 86.8% | +7.8% |
| VITAL, PIERRE M | 2 | 50.5% | +20.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477941 | Selective Transfer of Cache Block Data | FAAL, BABOUCARR | 72d overdue |
| 18477458 | GRANULAR POWER GATING OVERRIDE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 27d |
| 18758058 | Software-Guided Prefetch Throttling based on Memory Region Boundaries | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 68d |
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 18991188 | Selective Data Compression for Non-Critical Memory Requests | METZGER, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18915190 | RECONFIGURABLE AND ACCELERATED TRANSCEDENTAL FUNCTIONS | METZGER, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18618838 | RESCHEDULING WORK ONTO PERSISTENT THREADS | METZGER, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18524907 | Task Graph Control of Data Transfer | DAO, TUAN C. | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18619392 | WAVE LEVEL MATRIX MULTIPLY INSTRUCTIONS | VICARY, KEITH E | 128d overdue |
| 18742830 | Intersection Testing on Dense Geometry Data using Triangle Prefiltering | WU, CHONG | 46d overdue |
| 18121403 | HARDWARE-ASSISTED MEMORY DATA PLACEMENT | KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN | 45d overdue |
| 18355011 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABNORMAL POWER CONNECTION DETECTION | ZHANG, HAIDONG | 35d overdue |
| 17958058 | COMMUNICATION REDUCTION TECHNIQUES FOR PARALLEL COMPUTING | GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K | 35d overdue |
| 18750098 | DUAL USE OF BOUNDING VOLUME HIEARCHY FOR RAY TRACING AND COLLISION DETECTION | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 22d overdue |
| 17843640 | Controlling Instruction Dispatch based on Counts of Dynamic VLIW Data Communications | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 19d overdue |
| 18395484 | METHOD FOR LENS BREATHING COMPENSATION IN CAMERA SYSTEMS | CHIU, WESLEY JASON | 17d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18477941 | Selective Transfer of Cache Block Data | FAAL, BABOUCARR | 72d overdue |
| 18324808 | EVENT-TRIGGERED DYNAMIC POWER MANAGEMENT | RAHMAN, FAHMIDA | 3d overdue |
| 18374837 | ADVANCED HARDWARE SCHEDULING USING UNMAPPED-QUEUE DOORBELLS | DAO, TUAN C. | 1d overdue |
| 18477458 | GRANULAR POWER GATING OVERRIDE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 27d |
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 19096299 | MEMORY DEPENDENCE PREDICTION | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 18989911 | Shared Last Level Cache Usage Management for Multiple Clients | FAAL, BABOUCARR | — |
| 18969372 | EARLY DISPLAY ACTIVATION USING CACHE-BASED MEMORY EMULATION | RAHMAN, FAHMIDA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2183 | 12 |
| 2194 | 9 |
| 2195 | 8 |
| 2137 | 7 |
| 2175 | 6 |
| 2198 | 6 |
| 2899 | 6 |
| 2184 | 6 |
| 2611 | 5 |
| 2614 | 5 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19243984 | Buffer for Error Correction in Memory Systems | MCNAMARA, SEAN KEVIN | 2113 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19197684 | DYNAMIC DISPATCH FOR WORKGROUP DISTRIBUTION | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19195264 | READ CLOCK START AND STOP FOR SYNCHRONOUS MEMORIES | BAE, JI H | 2176 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 30, 2025 |
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 2176 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19096299 | MEMORY DEPENDENCE PREDICTION | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19095947 | Data Transfer Device for Heterogeneous Memory Systems | PARIKH, KALPIT | 2137 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19079916 | EFFICIENT BATCHING FOR BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY BUILD OPERATIONS | SINHA, SNIGDHA | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2025 |
| 19062604 | RECONFIGURABLE VIRTUAL GRAPHICS AND COMPUTE PROCESSOR PIPELINE | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 2614 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19049461 | ADAPTIVE APPLICATION AUTOMATION BASED ON REAL-TIME STATE ANALYSIS AND MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN CODE GENERATION | ROSARIO, NELSON M | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19023128 | RETENTION MECHANISIM FOR MEMORY MODULES | CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C | 2841 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19006603 | BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP | WOO, ANDREW M | 2458 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19000008 | NEURAL LIGHT SAMPLING | MCCULLEY, RYAN D | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18999156 | TRANSPOSE INSTRUCTIONS FOR 6-BIT FLOATING-POINT OPERATIONS | ABAD, FARLEY J | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18999782 | OBJECT SEARCH USING RAY TRACING HARDWARE | WEI, XIAOMING | 2611 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18990059 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF OPACITY MICRO-MAPS | ZHAI, KYLE | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989911 | Shared Last Level Cache Usage Management for Multiple Clients | FAAL, BABOUCARR | 2138 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18991188 | Selective Data Compression for Non-Critical Memory Requests | METZGER, MICHAEL J | 2183 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18983599 | LOOK AHEAD WINDOW SIZE FOR SPECULATIVE DECODING | AZAD, ABUL K | 2656 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18984639 | Learning Grainy Texture Parameters in the Frequency Domain | IMPERIAL, JED-JUSTIN | 2616 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18976109 | ALLEVIATING CONGESTION AT A RECEIVER FOR IN-CAST TRAFFIC | WOLDEMARIAM, AYELE F | 2447 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18969372 | EARLY DISPLAY ACTIVATION USING CACHE-BASED MEMORY EMULATION | RAHMAN, FAHMIDA | 2175 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18915524 | DYNAMIC NETWORK OF SUPERCOMPUTING RESOURCES WITH UNIFIED MANAGEMENT INTERFACE | ZARKA, DAVID PETER | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18915190 | RECONFIGURABLE AND ACCELERATED TRANSCEDENTAL FUNCTIONS | METZGER, MICHAEL J | 2183 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2024 |
| 18911080 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFT FUSE OVERRIDE | SARKER, SANCHIT K | 2495 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18901288 | NEURAL NETWORK BASED GRAPHICS RENDERING | PERLMAN, DAVID S | 2673 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18902707 | Hardware Mitigation of Cache Side-Channel Attacks | KNACKSTEDT, JACOB BENEDICT | 2408 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2024 |
| 18898552 | Spatial Nonuniformity and Shading Effects Mitigation Using Machine-Learning Models | DANG, PHILIP | 2488 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18898466 | ADJUSTING TRAINING DELAYS IN SDRAM | SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE | 2825 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18898255 | INTERMEDIATE FORMATS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINES | WELLS, HEATH E | 2664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18895297 | AI-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING INTERACTIVE, ANIMATED VIDEO | WANG, YI | 2619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18894900 | METHODS TO ENABLE VARIABLE-WIDTH PACKET FETCH IN COMMAND PROCESSORS | YU, JAE UN | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18886970 | Selective Encryption for Processing-in-Memory | DESROSIERS, EVANS | 2491 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18820013 | Isolation-Based Confidentiality | PARK, SANGSEOK | 2499 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18809578 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING THERMAL WEAR LEVELING | LYONS, ANDREW M | 2191 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18794436 | Memory Control for Data Processing Pipeline Optimization | VO, TED T | 2191 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18783900 | MEMORY SELF-REFRESH POWER GATING | LUONG, DUY HAN | 2825 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2024 |
| 18774797 | Configurable and Scalable Power Gating and Voltage Regulation | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 2176 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18774042 | Dual Purpose Millimeter Wave Frequency Band Transmitter | ARMAND, MARC ANTHONY | 3646 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18773419 | CHIPLET PACKAGE HAVING AN INTERCONNECTING DIE | LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18772534 | Interframe Power Gating | SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET | 2842 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jul 15, 2024 |
| 18771588 | HIGH-VOLTAGE APPLICATION OF LOW-VOLTAGE-TOLERANT MULTI-LAYER CAPACITORS | DULKA, JOHN P | 2817 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 12, 2024 |
| 18758058 | Software-Guided Prefetch Throttling based on Memory Region Boundaries | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 68d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18758387 | Power Gating for Memory Physical Layers | LI, ZHUO H | 2133 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18758515 | DENSE GEOMETRY FORMAT ENCODINGS AS BASE MESH FOR SUBDIVISION SURFACES | HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18757238 | Asymmetrical Last Level Cache | VITAL, PIERRE M | 2198 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18756106 | DRAM FAULT ANALYZER | BRYAN, JASON B | 2114 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18755919 | VIDEO TRANSCODER | LEE, JIMMY S | 2487 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18754264 | ERROR HANDLING MANAGEMENT CORE | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 2113 | §103 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18752735 | CHIP PACKAGE WITH MULTIPLE HBM STACKS | OH, JAEHWAN | 2899 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18751915 | PARALLEL MULTI-CLIENT RAY TRACING TASK PROCESSING | TRAN, JENNY NGAN | 2615 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 16d overdue | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialAdvanced Micro Devices Inc. has 201 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 92 art units and 171 examiners.
Volvick Derose has the most, with 3 of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
