Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.

24 pending office actions • 14 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 24 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 104 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

24
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
2
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

13
Hard (54%)
9
Medium (38%)
1
Easy (4%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (12%)
§103 only6 (25%)
§102 only3 (12%)
Double-patenting only1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (42%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
3
Information Tech
12% of docket
3
Communications
12% of docket
12
Semiconductors
50% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
4% of docket
4
Business / Other
17% 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.

240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
48 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
84 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 1 78.1% +2.7%
GAUTHIER, GERALD 1 91.1% +6.5%
RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 1 87.0% +8.8%
MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 1 50.7% +52.4%
NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL 1 88.4% +8.5%
MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 1 72.0% +26.4%
HUH, VYNN V 1 61.2% +44.0%
HUYNH, KIM NGOC 1 58.1% +0.6%
YEAMAN, JAMES G 1 82.5% +7.2%
SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1 63.6% +11.1%

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
19170622 ECHO CANCELLATION GAUTHIER, GERALD
19042339 FAULT DETECTION CIRCUITRY RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J

Hard Cases (13)

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
18295762 EFFICIENT FIRMWARE PATCHING USING ACCRETIVE PATCHES TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 17d overdue
18907479 PHASE ALIGNMENT CIRCUITRY HUYNH, KIM NGOC 16d overdue
18491252 SPLIT POWER SUPPLY AMPLIFIER FOR OUTPUT LEAKAGE CURRENT MANAGEMENT RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 7d
18544675 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM HARRISON, MICHAEL A 15d
18188270 POWER CONVERTER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE 26d
17944498 USING CHARGING PATH STEP-DOWN POWER CONVERTER TO PROVIDE BOOSTED SUPPLY FOR DEVICE COMPONENTS FANTU, YALKEW 50d
18417476 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SIGNAL AND SIGNALING TYPE MORLAN, ROBERT M 54d
18969919 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARYING THE FREQUENCY OF A POWER CONVERTER BASED ON AN EXTERNAL CLOCK NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL

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
18987310 REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS
18968361 USER INPUT DEVICE MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE
18912735 GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM HUH, VYNN V
18813175 Detection in Electrochemical Sensors SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2843 3
2859 3
2858 2
2695 2
3682 1
2626 1
2176 1
2836 1
1795 1
2409 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19253779 SEGMENTED-WIDTH THIN-FILM SENSE RESISTORS WITH WIDTH-DISTRIBUTED TERMINAL LAND CONNECTIONS BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2025
19170622 ECHO CANCELLATION GAUTHIER, GERALD DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19042339 FAULT DETECTION CIRCUITRY RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 2858 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
18987310 REMOTE HEALTH MONITORING MONTICELLO, WILLIAM THOMAS 3682 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18969919 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARYING THE FREQUENCY OF A POWER CONVERTER BASED ON AN EXTERNAL CLOCK NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18968361 USER INPUT DEVICE MARTINEZ QUILES, IVELISSE 2626 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 04, 2024
18912735 GLUCOSE MONITORING SYSTEM HUH, VYNN V §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 11, 2024
18907479 PHASE ALIGNMENT CIRCUITRY HUYNH, KIM NGOC 2176 §102§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2024
18906448 SWITCHING TRANSDUCER DRIVER CIRCUITRY YEAMAN, JAMES G 2836 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2024
18813175 Detection in Electrochemical Sensors SUN, CAITLYN MINGYUN 1795 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 23, 2024
18628374 ONLINE ESTIMATION OF CURRENT-DEPENDENT NON-LINEAR EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL PARAMETERS OF A BATTERY GIRMA, FEKADESELASS §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18417476 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SIGNAL AND SIGNALING TYPE MORLAN, ROBERT M 2409 §102§103 Final Rejection 54d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18544675 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM HARRISON, MICHAEL A 2852 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18529364 ELECTROMECHANICAL CONNECTORS LEE, PING 2695 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18492853 OUTPUT CURRENT-DEPENDENT VOLTAGE REGULATOR OUTPUT STAGE RECONFIGURATION NGUYEN, HIEU P 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18491252 SPLIT POWER SUPPLY AMPLIFIER FOR OUTPUT LEAKAGE CURRENT MANAGEMENT RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 2843 §102§103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18313975 BATTERY TEMPERATURE SENSING USING COIL FUREMAN, JARED 2859 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2023
18295530 ADAPTING A BATTERY CHARGING PROFILE BASED ON NORMAL OPERATION OF A BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE TAT, BINH C 2851 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2023
18295762 EFFICIENT FIRMWARE PATCHING USING ACCRETIVE PATCHES TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 2191 §101§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18188270 POWER CONVERTER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE 2838 §102§112 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18181975 AMPLIFIER CIRCUITRY WITH SUPPLY COMPENSATION NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2843 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2023
18180429 MULTI-CHANNEL CONVERTERS AND RECONFIGURATION THEREOF KANG, ANNABELLE 2695 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 08, 2023
17944498 USING CHARGING PATH STEP-DOWN POWER CONVERTER TO PROVIDE BOOSTED SUPPLY FOR DEVICE COMPONENTS FANTU, YALKEW 2859 §103§112 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Sep 14, 2022
17880432 CELL BALANCING WEINMANN, RYU-SUNG PETER 2859 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2022

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