Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Diodes Incorporated

8 pending office actions • 6 art units • 7 examiners • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
3
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
7
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (62%)
§102 only2 (25%)
§112 only1 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAI, ANH D 2 37.6% +9.9%
ZHANG, JUE 1 83.0% +10.1%
ALAM, MOHAMMED R 1 89.1% +6.2%
KHALIFA, MOATAZ 1 93.0% -3.4%
RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER 1 100.0% +0.0%
BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 1 50.0% +0.0%
ARROYO, TERESA M 1 71.9% +22.9%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18205288 Power Diode Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER 103d overdue
18673943 STANDBY METHOD FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONTROL CIRCUITS ZHANG, JUE 10d overdue
18378553 Semiconductor Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof ALAM, MOHAMMED R 41d
18235126 Vertical Semiconductor Power Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same KHALIFA, MOATAZ 56d

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18193598 PACKAGING SUBSTRATE, GRID ARRAY PACKAGE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR ARROYO, TERESA M 42d overdue
18673943 STANDBY METHOD FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONTROL CIRCUITS ZHANG, JUE 10d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2893 3
2838 1
2897 1
2815 1
2812 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18952927 TRENCHED SCHOTTKY STRUCTURE HAVING A DOPED REGION LOCATED AT A CENTRAL POSITION BETWEEN FIRST TRENCH AND SECOND TRENCH STRUCTURES MAI, ANH D 2893 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Nov 19, 2024
18737883 Manufacturing Method for a Power MOSFET with a p-n-p-n-p Gate-Source ESD Diode Structure Formed Over A Breakdown Voltage Enhancement and Leakage Prevention Structure Comprising a Reduced Surface Field (RESURF) Structure and a Body Ring Structure MAI, ANH D 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18673943 STANDBY METHOD FOR SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY, AND PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CONTROL CIRCUITS ZHANG, JUE 2838 §102 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 24, 2024
18378553 Semiconductor Structure and Manufacturing Method Thereof ALAM, MOHAMMED R 2897 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Oct 10, 2023
18235126 Vertical Semiconductor Power Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same KHALIFA, MOATAZ 2815 §112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Aug 17, 2023
18205288 Power Diode Device and Method of Manufacturing the Same RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18202272 Package, Lead Frame and Roughening Method Thereof BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending May 25, 2023
18193598 PACKAGING SUBSTRATE, GRID ARRAY PACKAGE, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR ARROYO, TERESA M 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023

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