Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Allegro MicroSystems LLC

29 pending office actions • 14 art units • 27 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 69 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (4)

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.

16
Hard (55%)
10
Medium (34%)
3
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (7%)
§103 only8 (28%)
§102 only2 (7%)
§112 only3 (10%)
Multi-statute (no §101)14 (48%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
7% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
21
Semiconductors
72% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
4
Business / Other
14% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MONSUR, NASIMA 2 78.6% +26.3%
ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2 88.4% +10.4%
NGUYEN, DANNY 1 90.2% +6.4%
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.5% +7.7%
QUDDUS, NUSRAT 1 89.1% +6.0%
NGUYEN, HOAI AN D 1 86.0% +11.8%
DHAKAL, BICKEY 1 84.3% +16.4%
SCHINDLER, DAVID M 1 40.5% +23.1%
MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1 63.4% +24.4%
MILLER, DANIEL R 1 82.5% +20.9%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18940021 ADAPTIVE POWER LIMITATION CIRCUIT AND HANDSHAKE DEACTIVATION/REACTIVATION PROTOCOL FOR A MULTIPHASE DCDC CONTROLLER TRAN, NGUYEN
18940014 ADAPTIVE POWER LIMITATION CIRCUIT AND HANDSHAKE DEACTIVATION/REACTIVATION PROTOCOL FOR A MULTIPHASE DCDC CONTROLLER QUDDUS, NUSRAT
18892933 SENSOR HAVING TRANSLINEAR LINEARITY COMPENSATION NGUYEN, HOAI AN D
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI
18663263 CURRENT SENSOR SYSTEMS MILLER, DANIEL R

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
18748234 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIALLY SENSING A MAGNETIC FIELD SCHINDLER, DAVID M 35d overdue
18340053 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER WITH A FAULT SIGNAL NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 5d overdue
18679972 Perpendicular MR SAF MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 9d
18628319 TMR SENSOR HAVING VORTEX STACK TO ENHANCE LINEARITY AURORA, REENA 34d
18417392 COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR EXTENDED LINEARITY OF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS MONSUR, NASIMA 34d
18362218 WIDE-DYNAMIC-RANGE SPLIT-DETECTOR LIDAR PHOTORECEIVER THATCHER, CLINT A 63d
18260151 LINEARIZATION OF MAGNETIC SENSOR OUTPUT BASED ON CONTINUOUS CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMPONENTS BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 70d
18606252 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER IC HAVING HETEROGENOUS ASIL COMMUNICATION YEAMAN, JAMES G 75d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18748234 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIALLY SENSING A MAGNETIC FIELD SCHINDLER, DAVID M 35d overdue
18679972 Perpendicular MR SAF MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 9d
18417392 COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR EXTENDED LINEARITY OF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS MONSUR, NASIMA 34d
18944096 Systems and Methods for Integrated Shielding in a Current Sensor MONSUR, NASIMA
18938948 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR IMPROVING MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR PERFORMANCE ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI
18892933 SENSOR HAVING TRANSLINEAR LINEARITY COMPENSATION NGUYEN, HOAI AN D
18830847 AUTOMATIC TUNING FOR BLDC MOTOR FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROLLER DHAKAL, BICKEY
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2858 10
2838 3
3645 2
1794 1
2863 1
2842 1
2811 1
2857 1
2891 1
2812 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18966300 CONTACTOR BOUNCE REDUCTION NGUYEN, DANNY 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 03, 2024
18944096 Systems and Methods for Integrated Shielding in a Current Sensor MONSUR, NASIMA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18940021 ADAPTIVE POWER LIMITATION CIRCUIT AND HANDSHAKE DEACTIVATION/REACTIVATION PROTOCOL FOR A MULTIPHASE DCDC CONTROLLER TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18940014 ADAPTIVE POWER LIMITATION CIRCUIT AND HANDSHAKE DEACTIVATION/REACTIVATION PROTOCOL FOR A MULTIPHASE DCDC CONTROLLER QUDDUS, NUSRAT 2838 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18938948 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR IMPROVING MAGNETIC FIELD SENSOR PERFORMANCE ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18892933 SENSOR HAVING TRANSLINEAR LINEARITY COMPENSATION NGUYEN, HOAI AN D 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18830847 AUTOMATIC TUNING FOR BLDC MOTOR FIELD-ORIENTED CONTROLLER DHAKAL, BICKEY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2024
18822765 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND STRUCTURES FOR REDUCING CONDUCTOR CROSS-TALK ERROR ASTACIO-OQUENDO, GIOVANNI 2858 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18748234 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIFFERENTIALLY SENSING A MAGNETIC FIELD SCHINDLER, DAVID M 2858 §102§112 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18679972 Perpendicular MR SAF MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d Pending May 31, 2024
18663263 CURRENT SENSOR SYSTEMS MILLER, DANIEL R 2858 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 14, 2024
18660811 MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT AND MAGNETIC SWITCH COMPRISING THE MAGNETORESISTIVE ELEMENT ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18652971 STRUCTURES, METHODS, AND TECHNIQUES FOR DECREASING A LATERAL DIMENSION OF TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE PILLARS SANGHERA, JAS A 2863 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 02, 2024
18628319 TMR SENSOR HAVING VORTEX STACK TO ENHANCE LINEARITY AURORA, REENA 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18609375 GMR LAYOUT FOR COMPACT TRANSDUCER WITH MISMATCH CONTROL ALLGOOD, ALESA M 2858 §102§103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18606252 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER IC HAVING HETEROGENOUS ASIL COMMUNICATION YEAMAN, JAMES G 2842 §102§103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18438831 TRANSFORMER-BASED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES HAVING FRACTIONAL COIL STRUCTURES GEBREMARIAM, SAMUEL A 2811 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18417392 COMPENSATION MECHANISM FOR EXTENDED LINEARITY OF MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18393954 POSITION SENSING METHOD AND SYSTEM KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18511743 TMR SENSOR HAVING TUNED VORTEX RESPONSE GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Nov 16, 2023
18499345 HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR FORMED IN PCB FABRICATION GEYER, SCOTT B 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18495060 PACKAGE CONFIGURATION FOR HIGH VOLTAGE GATE DRIVERS WITH A TRANSFORMER TRAN, DZUNG 2893 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18362218 WIDE-DYNAMIC-RANGE SPLIT-DETECTOR LIDAR PHOTORECEIVER THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 §102§103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jul 31, 2023
18355536 MAGNETIC-FIELD BIOSENSOR MEASURING A DIFFERENTIAL SIGNAL FROM AT LEAST TWO MAGNETIC-FIELD SENSING ELEMENTS GABEL, GAILENE 1678 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 20, 2023
18349266 VOLTAGE-ISOLATED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGES WITH PIN-COUPLED COILS WHITTINGTON, KENNETH 3992 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2023
18260151 LINEARIZATION OF MAGNETIC SENSOR OUTPUT BASED ON CONTINUOUS CORRECTION OF HIGH ORDER VOLTAGE OUTPUT COMPONENTS BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 §101§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18340053 ISOLATED GATE DRIVER WITH A FAULT SIGNAL NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103§112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 23, 2023
18330555 DAMAGE PROTECTION FOR OPTICAL SYSTEMS NOEL, JEMPSON 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18149203 SENSORS WITH FAULT DETECTION FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Jan 03, 2023

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