Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
104 pending office actions • 46 art units • 94 examiners • 0 of 104 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 246 patents granted in the last 365 days
Analog Devices Inc. manages a large portfolio of 104 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are distributed among 93 distinct examiners and 45 distinct art units. The busiest examiner, AURORA, REENA, is responsible for 2 pending office actions.
The scale of the portfolio is evident in the 104 pending office actions, which are spread across 93 distinct examiners. This high number of examiners indicates that the company faces a wide variety of individual examination styles. Furthermore, the 45 distinct art units involved suggest that the company's semiconductor and circuit technologies are technically diverse, touching dozens of specialized groups at the patent office.
With the busiest examiner, AURORA, REENA, handling only 2 pending office actions, the prosecution risk is highly fragmented. No single individual has a dominant influence over the 104 pending actions. Practitioners must navigate 45 distinct art units and 93 distinct examiners, requiring a highly coordinated and adaptable strategy to maintain consistency across the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 (1%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (9%) |
| §103 only | 37 (36%) |
| §102 only | 6 (6%) |
| §112 only | 4 (4%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 44 (42%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (1%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AURORA, REENA | 2 | 87.1% | -13.4% |
| MAI, LAM T | 2 | 96.1% | +0.9% |
| SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2 | 40.5% | +23.4% |
| CHEN, SIBIN | 2 | 86.6% | +5.2% |
| HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | 2 | 93.9% | +4.1% |
| QIAN, SHIZHI | 2 | 62.2% | +46.0% |
| TSE, YOUNG TOI | 2 | 89.3% | +8.6% |
| MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2 | 58.6% | +16.2% |
| MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA | 2 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | 2 | 81.1% | +11.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19194843 | SERDES QUICK WAKE AND COMMUNICATION LOCK | TSE, YOUNG TOI | — |
| 19173211 | SAR ADC WITH DIRECT DECISION FEEDBACK LOOP | MAI, LAM T | — |
| 18767476 | SERIALIZER-DESERIALIZER SENSOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| 18415446 | BIASING TECHNIQUES FOR LOW DISTORTION AMPLIFIERS | MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA | — |
| 18798988 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AN ANALOG OUTPUT SIGNAL USING A CLASS-D AMPLIFIER | CHEN, SIBIN | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18305154 | ASYNCHRONOUS DATA NETWORKING OVER A NETWORK BUS | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | 49d overdue |
| 18158358 | VOICE ACTIVITY DETECTION (VAD) BASED ON MULTIPLE INDICIA | SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE | 45d overdue |
| 18009543 | SAMPLE TESTING DEVICE | QIAN, SHIZHI | 42d overdue |
| 18475135 | MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 30d overdue |
| 18601838 | PERSONALIZED HEART RATE PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHOD | SAHAND, SANA | 28d overdue |
| 18189707 | NON-INVASIVE AND NON-OBTRUSIVE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION | HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL | 26d overdue |
| 17494422 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING HARDWARE ACCELERATOR PERFORMANCE IN NEURAL NETWORK APPLICATIONS | LIN, HSING CHUN | 25d overdue |
| 18126262 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT CAMERA SYSTEM | RICHTER, KARA MARIE | 19d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18009543 | SAMPLE TESTING DEVICE | QIAN, SHIZHI | 42d overdue |
| 18475135 | MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 30d overdue |
| 19057624 | HIGH PRECISION ANGULAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — |
| 18862291 | SENSING ASSEMBLY | QIAN, SHIZHI | — |
| 18444201 | CAPACITOR DISCHARGE | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
| 18201063 | ACTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL EXCITATION SYSTEM | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — |
| 18767476 | SERIALIZER-DESERIALIZER SENSOR SYSTEM CONFIGURATIONS | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| 18595276 | ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY CURRENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING DC CURRENT | RIVERA VARGAS, MANUEL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 6 |
| 2858 | 4 |
| 2836 | 3 |
| 3645 | 3 |
| 2845 | 2 |
| 2849 | 2 |
| 1795 | 2 |
| 2415 | 2 |
| 3796 | 2 |
| 2859 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19233421 | ENHANCED INTERNET OF THINGS SENSOR ANALYSIS AND REAL-TIME TRUST PROVENANCE DETERMINATION | IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19181242 | ADJUSTING FOR AN ALTERNATING SIGNAL IN ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPENDANCE SPECTROSCOPY | AURORA, REENA | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 16, 2025 |
| 19170713 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR A MATRIX SCAN ARCHITECTURE | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2025 |
| 19079259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING JITTER | MAI, LAM T | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19078072 | CURRENT SENSOR | ZHANG, HAIDONG | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19064611 | CONTACTLESS MONITORING OF VITAL SIGNS USING ACCELEROMETER SIGNALS | BERHANU, ETSUB D | — | §101§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19057624 | HIGH PRECISION ANGULAR MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19052039 | SOLID STATE SWITCH AND A CIRCUIT | CHEN, SIBIN | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19046342 | CLOCK PHASE CONTROL TO ADJUST THE QUANTIZER-DAC DELAY FOR CONTINUOUS-TIME PIPELINED ADCS | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19042965 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOVING DC OFFSET FROM A SIGNAL | HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | 2849 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 31, 2025 |
| 19038523 | MULTI-MODAL NON-AMBULATORY-CARE MONITORING OF STATUS CHANGES OF A CARDIOPULMONARY CONDITION | GHAND, JENNIFER LEIGH-STEWAR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19007287 | SOLID STATE SWITCH | HERNANDEZ, WILLIAM | 2849 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 19007345 | SOLID STATE SWITCH DEVICE | BHATIA, AMIT R | 2842 | §101§102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18991190 | CIRCUIT BREAKER CIRCUITRY WITH ELECTRICAL OVERSTRESS PROTECTION | FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18985655 | A METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR VOLTAGE PROTECTION | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18985567 | A METHOD AND CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENT FOR SWITCH BOOST CURRENT | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18984724 | DISTRIBUTED BATTERY PROPERTY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM | MAHONEY, CHRISTOPHER E | — | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18965964 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF USING HEADERS FOR CONTROLLING NODES IN A COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | JOO, JOSHUA | 2445 | §102§103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18862291 | SENSING ASSEMBLY | QIAN, SHIZHI | — | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18919248 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE EFFECT OF CARRIER FREQUENCY OFFSET ERRORS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS | HA, DAC V | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18912189 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MULTILEVEL CONVERTERS | TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | 2838 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18909720 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS | PANWALKAR, VINEETA S | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18886682 | INTEGRATED ION SENSING APPARATUS AND METHODS | BALL, JOHN C | 1795 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 |
| 18846208 | OUT-OF-CABIN VOICE CONTROL OF FUNCTIONS OF A PARKED VEHICLE | CHEN, SHELLEY | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 45d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18806517 | LAND GRID ARRAY PACKAGE WITH KELVIN CONTACTING | MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18794428 | LOAD SWITCH SYSTEM WITH MIS-WIRING DETECTION AND PROTECTION | LEWIS, MONICA | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18751608 | RE-TIMER-BASED GALVANICALLY ISOLATED DATA PATH | TSE, YOUNG TOI | 2632 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 5d | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18737509 | FLUID MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD | FISHER, BRITTANY I | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18732474 | SEMICONDUCTOR FABRICATION CONTROL SYSTEM | DUNN, DARRIN D | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18680908 | INDIVIDUALIZED IDENTIFIER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIPS | ZAKARIA, AKM | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18679379 | SPARK GAPS WITH MULTIPLE TRIGGER VOLTAGES FOR ELECTRICAL OVERSTRESS DETECTION AND PROTECTION | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | 2836 | §102 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18677667 | MEASUREMENT POLLING IN WIRELESS BATTERY MANAGEMENT | KNOX, KALERIA | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18670399 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY TIMING PARAMETERS | WANG, HARRY Z | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18662010 | BATTERY FLEET MONITORING SYSTEMS | SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 |
| 18657607 | GRANDMASTER DIRECT SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZED PERFORMANCE IN SHARED MEDIA NETWORKS | WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL | 2415 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 07, 2024 |
| 18627153 | DYNAMIC VOLTAGE SCALING (DVS) IN PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY (PPG) SYSTEMS | TEJANI, ANKIT D | 3796 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 04, 2024 |
| 18618984 | BYPASSABLE CIRCUITRY ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTROLYZERS WITH BYPASSABLE BIPOLAR PLATES | MENDEZ, ZULMARIAM | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18601838 | PERSONALIZED HEART RATE PREDICTION DEVICE AND METHOD | SAHAND, SANA | 3796 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | 28d overdue | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18598916 | LASER DRIVER | WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18444201 | CAPACITOR DISCHARGE | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18423087 | AUTONOMOUS DETERMINATION OF DISCONTINUOUS TRANSMIT OPPORTUNITIES BY ETHERNET BASED RADIOS | RUTKOWSKI, JEFFREY M | 2415 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18475135 | MAGNETORESISTIVE SENSOR | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 30d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18463060 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY IN A RECONFIGURABLE BATTERY | MIKELS, MATTHEW | — | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18546261 | INTEGRATED DEVICE PACKAGE | NATH, SUMAN KUMAR | 2855 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18341616 | ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ENGINE FOR ROBUST ETHERNET COMMUNICATION TO REMOTE NODES | KHANAL, SANDARVA | 2453 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 54d | Pending | Jun 26, 2023 |
| 18265901 | SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR LINE DIAGNOSTICS | HE, AMY | 2858 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2023 |
| 18265133 | AN INITIALISATION DEVICE | AURORA, REENA | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2023 |
| 18201063 | ACTIVE ELECTROCHEMICAL EXCITATION SYSTEM | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V | 2859 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18037736 | TECHNIQUES FOR EXTRACTING RESPIRATORY PARAMETERS FROM NOISY SHORT DURATION THORACIC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS | YOON, CHANEL J | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 18, 2023 |
| 18309612 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY | CHIN, CHRISTOPHER L | 1799 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAnalog Devices Inc. has 104 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 46 art units and 94 examiners.
Reena Aurora has the most, with 2 of Analog Devices Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.