Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Ampere Computing LLC

7 pending office actions • 4 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

7
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (29%)
2
Medium (29%)
3
Easy (43%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (14%)
§103 only2 (29%)
§112 only1 (14%)
Double-patenting only2 (29%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
5
Information Tech
71% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
29% 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.

70 h
Manual time on pending OAs
14 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
24 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MCMAHON, DANIEL F 1 89.6% +2.3%
ABAD, FARLEY J 1 86.2% +5.3%
SAMPATH, GAYATHRI 1 77.7% +38.4%
HUISMAN, DAVID J 1 57.9% +33.7%
VICARY, KEITH E 1 57.7% +41.0%
AQUINO, WYNUEL S 1 78.8% +21.1%
SMITH, CHENECA 1 69.9% +47.1%

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
19097656 COMPONENT DIE VALIDATION BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (VBIST) ENGINE MCMAHON, DANIEL F
19033150 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF PREFETCHING BASED ON PREFETCHING ACCURACY IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM ABAD, FARLEY J

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18933952 GATHER OPERATION USING A COMMON REGISTER FILE ENTRY AS DESTINATION REGISTER FOR ALL LOAD SUBOPERATIONS HUISMAN, DAVID J
18490660 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WORKLOAD THROTTLING IN A MESH NETWORK AQUINO, WYNUEL S

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17166479 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT IN A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP SMITH, CHENECA 20d
19014013 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A PROCESSOR POWER LEVEL ESTIMATE SAMPATH, GAYATHRI
18933952 GATHER OPERATION USING A COMMON REGISTER FILE ENTRY AS DESTINATION REGISTER FOR ALL LOAD SUBOPERATIONS HUISMAN, DAVID J
18812889 ENERGY-EFFICIENT INDIRECT PREFETCHER VICARY, KEITH E
18490660 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WORKLOAD THROTTLING IN A MESH NETWORK AQUINO, WYNUEL S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2183 2
2181 1
2199 1
2192 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097656 COMPONENT DIE VALIDATION BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (VBIST) ENGINE MCMAHON, DANIEL F DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2025
19033150 DYNAMIC CONTROL OF PREFETCHING BASED ON PREFETCHING ACCURACY IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM ABAD, FARLEY J 2181 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 21, 2025
19014013 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING A PROCESSOR POWER LEVEL ESTIMATE SAMPATH, GAYATHRI DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18933952 GATHER OPERATION USING A COMMON REGISTER FILE ENTRY AS DESTINATION REGISTER FOR ALL LOAD SUBOPERATIONS HUISMAN, DAVID J 2183 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 31, 2024
18812889 ENERGY-EFFICIENT INDIRECT PREFETCHER VICARY, KEITH E 2183 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18490660 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF WORKLOAD THROTTLING IN A MESH NETWORK AQUINO, WYNUEL S 2199 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
17166479 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED SENSOR MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT IN A SYSTEM-ON-CHIP SMITH, CHENECA 2192 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Feb 03, 2021

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