Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
77 pending office actions • 35 art units • 68 examiners • 0 of 77 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 111 patents granted in the last 365 days
Imagination Technologies Limited has 76 pending office actions in Communications. The portfolio spans 67 examiners and 33 art units, showing extensive examiner dispersion alongside repeated art-unit involvement.
CRAWFORD, JACINTA M is the busiest examiner, with 6 pending matters. That assignment provides a clear focal point for examiner-specific review, but the overall distribution makes portfolio-wide docket discipline and consistent technical positioning essential.
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.
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.
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 | 4 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 16 (21%) |
| §103 only | 20 (26%) |
| §102 only | 2 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 15 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 14 (18%) |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 6 | 88.0% | +9.7% |
| RICKS, DONNA J | 3 | 76.7% | +10.3% |
| HOANG, PHI | 2 | 82.0% | +16.5% |
| MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 2 | 86.6% | +13.0% |
| PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | 1 | 80.1% | +8.6% |
| DHARIA, PRABODH M | 1 | 85.6% | +5.5% |
| LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 1 | 89.9% | +10.9% |
| THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 1 | 86.8% | +7.8% |
| OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SUN, HAI TAO | 1 | 73.6% | +24.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18211725 | Foveated Rendering | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 28d |
| 19262316 | Executing Memory Requests Out of Order | PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | — |
| 19244367 | Allocation of Resources to Tasks | DHARIA, PRABODH M | — |
| 19225536 | Distributed System Level Cache | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | — |
| 19199490 | Graphics Processing Method and System for Rendering Items of Geometry Based on Their Size | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 19197768 | Data Structures, Methods and Primitive Block Generators for Storing Primitives in a Graphics Processing System | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | — |
| 19189092 | Cube Mapping Using Gradients of an Input Block of Fragments | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 19181443 | Multicore Master/Slave Communications | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18800021 | INTERSECTION TESTING IN RAY TRACING SYSTEMS USING HIERARCHICAL ACCELERATION STRUCTURES WITH IMPLICITLY REPRESENTED NODES | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 20d |
| 18211208 | HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF AN ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORK | DEVORE, CHRISTOPHER DILLON | 20d |
| 19243245 | Workload Repetition Redundancy | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | — |
| 19197990 | Graphics Processing Unit for Processing Primitives Using a Rendering Space Which is Sub-Divided into a Plurality of Tiles | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | — |
| 19193617 | Gamut Mapping Using Luminance Parameters | SUN, HAI TAO | — |
| 19187869 | Assembling Primitive Data into Multi-View Primitive Blocks in a Graphics Processing System | WU, YANNA | — |
| 19172079 | Burst Processing | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | — |
| 19061691 | Intersection Testing in a Ray Tracing System Using Three-Dimensional Axis-Aligned Box | LE, MICHAEL | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18394420 | APPLYING TEXTURE PROCESSING TO A BLOCK OF FRAGMENTS IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT | RICKS, DONNA J | 51d overdue |
| 19243245 | Workload Repetition Redundancy | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | — |
| 19199490 | Graphics Processing Method and System for Rendering Items of Geometry Based on Their Size | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 19193617 | Gamut Mapping Using Luminance Parameters | SUN, HAI TAO | — |
| 19189092 | Cube Mapping Using Gradients of an Input Block of Fragments | HOANG, PHI | — |
| 19063584 | Tile Region Protection Using Multiple GPUs | RICKS, DONNA J | — |
| 19022671 | Graphics Processing Using Directional Representations of Lighting at Probe Positions within a Scene | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| 19019232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFT SHADOWING IN 3-D RENDERING CASTING MULTIPLE RAYS FROM RAY ORIGINS | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 8 |
| 2618 | 7 |
| 2617 | 7 |
| 2614 | 4 |
| 2612 | 4 |
| 2182 | 4 |
| 2615 | 3 |
| 2613 | 3 |
| 2194 | 3 |
| 2183 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19262316 | Executing Memory Requests Out of Order | PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | 2183 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 08, 2025 |
| 19244367 | Allocation of Resources to Tasks | DHARIA, PRABODH M | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19243245 | Workload Repetition Redundancy | LEIBOVICH, YAIR | 2114 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19225536 | Distributed System Level Cache | THAMMAVONG, PRASITH | 2137 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19199490 | Graphics Processing Method and System for Rendering Items of Geometry Based on Their Size | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 06, 2025 |
| 19197990 | Graphics Processing Unit for Processing Primitives Using a Rendering Space Which is Sub-Divided into a Plurality of Tiles | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 2618 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2025 |
| 19197768 | Data Structures, Methods and Primitive Block Generators for Storing Primitives in a Graphics Processing System | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19193617 | Gamut Mapping Using Luminance Parameters | SUN, HAI TAO | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19189092 | Cube Mapping Using Gradients of an Input Block of Fragments | HOANG, PHI | 2619 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2025 |
| 19187869 | Assembling Primitive Data into Multi-View Primitive Blocks in a Graphics Processing System | WU, YANNA | 2615 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19181443 | Multicore Master/Slave Communications | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19172079 | Burst Processing | CRADDOCK, ROBERT J | 2618 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19092305 | Modifying Processing of Commands in a Command Queue Based on Accessed Data Related to a Command | DOAN, PHUC N | 2618 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19090105 | Methods and Hardware Logic for Writing Ray Tracing Data From a Shader Processing Unit of a Graphics Processing Unit | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19066347 | Register Allocation for Multi-Phase Task | VU, KHOA | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19063584 | Tile Region Protection Using Multiple GPUs | RICKS, DONNA J | 2618 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061691 | Intersection Testing in a Ray Tracing System Using Three-Dimensional Axis-Aligned Box | LE, MICHAEL | 2614 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19059137 | Graphics Processing Systems and Methods | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19046339 | Unified Rasterization and Ray Tracing Rendering Environments | HE, WEIMING | 2611 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19043591 | EFFICIENT SHADER OPERATION | CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19037551 | Intersection Testing in a Ray Tracing System Using Axis-Aligned Box Coordinate Components | LIU, GORDON G | 2618 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 19032322 | IMAGE PROCESSING USING FILTERING FUNCTION COVARIANCE | WILSON, NICHOLAS R | 2611 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 20, 2025 |
| 19031815 | Graphics Processing Systems with Expansion Transformation Stage Masks | WANG, YUEHAN | 2617 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031589 | Scheduling Tasks in a Processor | TSENG, CHENG YUAN | 2615 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19031852 | Data Structures, Methods and Tiling Engines for Storing Tiling Information in a Graphics Processing System | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2617 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2025 |
| 19022671 | Graphics Processing Using Directional Representations of Lighting at Probe Positions within a Scene | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 2612 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19019886 | MULTISTAGE COLLECTOR FOR OUTPUTS IN MULTIPROCESSOR SYSTEMS | BEUTEL, WILLIAM A | 2616 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19019747 | IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM USING RAY TRACING | THOMPSON, JAMES A | 2615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19020711 | Untransformed Display Lists In A Tile Based Rendering System | MAZUMDER, SAPTARSHI | 2612 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19019232 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOFT SHADOWING IN 3-D RENDERING CASTING MULTIPLE RAYS FROM RAY ORIGINS | MCDOWELL, JR, MAURICE L | 2612 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19017672 | Graphics Processor with Non-Blocking Concurrent Architecture | CRAWFORD, JACINTA M | 2617 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19017706 | Ray Tracing System Architectures and Methods | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19017677 | On Demand Geometry and Acceleration Structure Creation with Tile Object Lists | DEMETER, HILINA K | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19013158 | INTERSECTION TESTING IN A RAY TRACING SYSTEM | MAZUMDER, TAPAS | 2611 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2025 |
| 19012604 | RENDERING A 3-D SCENE USING OFFSET SECONDARY RAY TRACING | YANG, ANDREW GUS | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18990463 | UPSAMPLING | ZHAO, LEI | 2668 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989805 | UPSAMPLING | SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18989324 | WEIGHTING PARAMETERS FOR USE IN APPLYING UPSAMPLING | SOHRABY, PARDIS | 2668 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18976502 | IMAGE NOISE REDUCTION | DUNPHY, DAVID F | 2673 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18969001 | STEREOSCOPIC GRAPHICS PROCESSING | PRINGLE-PARKER, JASON A | 2617 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2024 |
| 18964387 | DATA DECOMPRESSION AND PACKING | HARANDI, SIAMAK | 2662 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2024 |
| 18962727 | ANISOTROPIC TEXTURE FILTERING FOR SAMPLING POINTS IN SCREEN SPACE | SAJOUS, WESNER | 2612 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18959911 | GRAPHICS PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENDERING ITEMS OF GEOMETRY BASED ON THEIR SIZE | SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D | 2613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18934146 | DECODING IMAGES COMPRESSED USING MIP MAP COMPRESSION | WELLS, HEATH E | 2664 | §101§102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18926104 | SAMPLING FOR FEATURE DETECTION IN IMAGE ANALYSIS | ROSARIO, DENNIS | 2676 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18925302 | Clock Synchronisation Between Devices Using Message Timestamps | DUONG, FRANK | 2474 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2024 |
| 18883768 | SCHEDULING HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTATION ON MULTITHREADED PROCESSORS | AQUINO, WYNUEL S | 2199 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18800021 | INTERSECTION TESTING IN RAY TRACING SYSTEMS USING HIERARCHICAL ACCELERATION STRUCTURES WITH IMPLICITLY REPRESENTED NODES | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 2617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Aug 10, 2024 |
| 18791035 | Processing Memory Access Transactions | KROFCHECK, MICHAEL C | 2138 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 34d | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18788527 | NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE USING CONVOLUTION ENGINES | SACKALOSKY, COREY MATTHEW | 2183 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialImagination Technologies Limited has 77 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 35 art units and 68 examiners.
Jacinta M Crawford has the most, with 6 of Imagination Technologies Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
