Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Analog Devices, Inc.

48 pending office actions • 36 art units • 47 examiners • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 88 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

48
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
19
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
3
Due this week
15
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 48 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (6)

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.

5
Hard (10%)
41
Medium (85%)
2
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (10%)
§103 only37 (77%)
§102 only4 (8%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting only1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
15% of docket
5
Information Tech
10% of docket
7
Communications
15% of docket
19
Semiconductors
40% of docket
10
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

480 h
Manual time on pending OAs
96 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
168 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHOI, SEUNG HO 2 100.0% +0.0%
BOYD, JONATHAN A 1 68.8% +6.8%
YU, LIHONG 1 81.7% +19.0%
YIMER, GETENTE A 1 88.0% +9.6%
NGUYEN, LONG T 1 89.2% +8.2%
NGUYEN, LINH V 1 89.1% +2.3%
CHIN, VIVIAN C 1 10.3% +10.4%
HANSEN, JONATHAN M 1 79.4% +11.6%
AHMAD, KHAJA 1 80.9% +26.6%
HA, DAC V 1 93.5% +6.6%

Quick Wins (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18924349 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFIER INPUT-OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION WITH LOW LEAKAGE CURRENT NGUYEN, LONG T 28d overdue
18720540 CIRCUIT FOR CALCULATING EFFICIENCY IN SWITCHING REGULATORS CHOI, SEUNG HO 4d overdue
18952387 PUSH-PULL MECHANISMS FOR HANDLING DATAFLOW BETWEEN CIRCUIT BLOCKS YIMER, GETENTE A 3d overdue
18735813 DIGITAL PREDISTORTION WITH HYBRID BASIS-FUNCTION-BASED ACTUATOR AND NEURAL NETWORK HA, DAC V 12d
18741376 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSDUCER AHMAD, KHAJA 16d
18783792 Controllers for DC-To-DC Converters, and Associated Systems and Methods CHOI, SEUNG HO 26d
18789225 BACKGROUND DAC ERROR CALIBRATION FOR SAR ADCS NGUYEN, LINH V 36d
18991267 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CHANNEL DECODING TECHNIQUES YU, LIHONG 48d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18189707 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-OBTRUSIVE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 26d overdue
18199180 NEUROMUSCULAR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AKAR, SERKAN 17d overdue
18779995 LEARNING ROAD CONDITION REPRESENTATION FOR ACTIVE ROAD NOISE CANCELLATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 9d overdue
18265815 TECHNIQUES FOR MODEL-BASED LUNG FLUID STATUS DETECTION CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 7d
17527901 AUDIBLE AND VISUAL CUES IN CHEST-WORN SENSOR DEVICE TRAN, THIEN JASON 20d

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18753792 INCUBATION SYSTEM WITH INDIVIDUALIZED IMAGING OF VESSELS HANSEN, JONATHAN M 38d overdue
18779995 LEARNING ROAD CONDITION REPRESENTATION FOR ACTIVE ROAD NOISE CANCELLATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 9d overdue
18741376 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSDUCER AHMAD, KHAJA 16d
18991267 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CHANNEL DECODING TECHNIQUES YU, LIHONG 48d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 3
2877 3
2843 3
3791 3
2891 2
3645 2
1795 2
3792 2
2627 1
2631 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19064165 TOUCH SCREEN MOTION COMPENSATION BOYD, JONATHAN A 2627 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 26, 2025
18991267 PULSE WIDTH MODULATION CHANNEL DECODING TECHNIQUES YU, LIHONG 2631 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Dec 20, 2024
18952387 PUSH-PULL MECHANISMS FOR HANDLING DATAFLOW BETWEEN CIRCUIT BLOCKS YIMER, GETENTE A 2181 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 19, 2024
18924349 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR AMPLIFIER INPUT-OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION WITH LOW LEAKAGE CURRENT NGUYEN, LONG T 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Oct 23, 2024
18789225 BACKGROUND DAC ERROR CALIBRATION FOR SAR ADCS NGUYEN, LINH V 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18783792 Controllers for DC-To-DC Converters, and Associated Systems and Methods CHOI, SEUNG HO 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18779995 LEARNING ROAD CONDITION REPRESENTATION FOR ACTIVE ROAD NOISE CANCELLATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 2695 §101 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2024
18753792 INCUBATION SYSTEM WITH INDIVIDUALIZED IMAGING OF VESSELS HANSEN, JONATHAN M 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18720540 CIRCUIT FOR CALCULATING EFFICIENCY IN SWITCHING REGULATORS CHOI, SEUNG HO 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18741376 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIELD EFFECT TRANSDUCER AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jun 12, 2024
18735813 DIGITAL PREDISTORTION WITH HYBRID BASIS-FUNCTION-BASED ACTUATOR AND NEURAL NETWORK HA, DAC V 2633 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jun 06, 2024
18667353 CURRENT LIMITING SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18635341 ISOLATION USING MICRO/NANOSCALE PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC RESONATOR STRUCTURES TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18635118 ISOLATION USING MICRO/NANOSCALE PIEZOELECTRIC ACOUSTIC RESONATOR STRUCTURES SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 2843 DP Final Rejection 84d Pending Apr 15, 2024
18595248 ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY CURRENT MEASUREMENT SYSTEM GONZALEZ, MILTON 2852 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18428998 PHYSICAL-LAYER SIGNALING TECHNIQUES FOR MAINTAINING DC LINE BALANCE PEREZ, JAMES M 2635 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18293625 DIFFERENTIAL PATH LENGTH SENSING USING MONOLITHIC, DUAL-WAVELENGTH LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AHMED, JAMIL 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18529822 HEARING DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM LAO, LUNSEE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Dec 05, 2023
18519716 MULTI-MODAL FAR FIELD USER INTERFACES AND VISION-ASSISTED AUDIO PROCESSING TUCKER, WESLEY J 2661 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18509730 INTER-PROCESSOR COMMUNICATION INTERFACE EMULATION WU, QING YUAN 2199 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 15, 2023
18387380 SHARED ELECTROLYZER MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS KAUR, GURPREET 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18498702 BIDIRECTIONAL INTEGRATED LOW TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT CURRENT SENSOR RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18361750 FLUID SENSOR CARTRIDGE PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18345335 COMPACT OPTICAL SMOKE DETECTOR SYSTEM AND APPARATUS GRAY, SUNGHEE Y 2877 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18209977 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE INCLUDING HEAT SHIELD WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18265815 TECHNIQUES FOR MODEL-BASED LUNG FLUID STATUS DETECTION CERIONI, DANIEL LEE 3791 §101 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18199180 NEUROMUSCULAR ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AKAR, SERKAN 3797 §101 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18034623 CAPACITIVE SENSING FOR DRUG DELIVERY VU, QUYNH-NHU HOANG 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18033262 NODE DISCOVERY AND CONFIGURATION IN A DAISY-CHAINED NETWORK CARDONE, JASON D 2458 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 21, 2023
18189707 NON-INVASIVE AND NON-OBTRUSIVE MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION HEALY, NOAH MICHAEL 3791 §101 Final Rejection 26d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18189717 SENSOR ASSEMBLY FABRICATION AND SENSOR ASSEMBLY MUTREJA, JYOTI NAGPAUL 1798 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18188316 Z-PLANE IDENTIFICATION AND BOX DIMENSIONING USING THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGING FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18042543 EIS MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR ELECTROLYZERS KEELING, ALEXANDER W 1795 §102 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 22, 2023
18154688 PROGRAMMABLE POWER MODULE FOR LIDAR RECEIVER CHAIN TEITELBAUM, MICHAEL E 2422 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18088153 MULTIPLY-ACCUMULATE WITH VARIABLE FLOATING POINT PRECISION PARIHAR, SUCHIN 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2022
18069777 HIGH-ELECTRON-MOBILITY TRANSISTOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED P-N LAYER WRIGHT, TUCKER J 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18009543 SAMPLE TESTING DEVICE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 §103 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
18051261 DUAL-PHASE COUPLED INDUCTOR WITH DIAGONALLY OVERLAPPED WINDINGS AND GAP CONTROLLED INVERSE COUPLING LIAN, MANG TIN BIK 2837 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17945900 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PHASE UNWRAPPING CHEN, CHIA-LING 3645 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Sep 15, 2022
17827555 SENSING ASSEMBLY, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A PROPERTY GAMBLE JR, RANDALL LEE 1795 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending May 27, 2022
17740256 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM SIGNAL QUALITY ASSESSMENT HUH, VYNN V 3792 §102 Final Rejection 19d Pending May 09, 2022
17712416 TECHNIQUE FOR ESTIMATION OF INTERNAL BATTERY TEMPERATURE CORDERO, LINA M 2857 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Apr 04, 2022
17706196 PULSE OXIMETRY DEVICE AND METHOD MARMOR II, CHARLES ALAN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2022
17527901 AUDIBLE AND VISUAL CUES IN CHEST-WORN SENSOR DEVICE TRAN, THIEN JASON 3792 §101 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Nov 16, 2021
17516909 INTERNAL POSITIVE CONTROL FOR DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS SIEFKE, SAMUEL P 1758 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 02, 2021
17511798 Multiplier Circuit Array, MAC and MAC Pipeline including Same, and Methods of Configuring Same LE, PHAT NGOC 2182 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 27, 2021
17347062 CLOUD-BASED PORTABLE SYSTEM FOR NON-INVASIVE REAL-TIME URINALYSIS AUGER, NOAH ANDREW 1687 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Jun 14, 2021
17344780 ALIGNMENT TOOL FOR CHEST-WORN SENSOR DEVICE LEE, DAVINA EN-YIN 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 10, 2021

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