Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
56 pending office actions • 34 art units • 51 examiners • 0 of 56 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 120 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lodestar Licensing Group LLC has 56 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 50 distinct examiners and 35 distinct art units, showing that prosecution is spread across several examination groups. This distribution may require docket management that accounts for different examiner practices and art-unit procedures.
KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. The limited concentration means that responses directed to this examiner should be handled as a focused subset of the portfolio, not as a complete proxy for the broader docket. Counsel can use the examiner and art-unit breakdown to tailor amendments and interview preparation.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 + other | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 17 (30%) |
| §102 only | 4 (7%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 4 (7%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (9%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 22 (39%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHOE, YONG J | 2 | 92.2% | +4.6% |
| SUN, MICHAEL | 2 | 88.5% | -1.9% |
| GU, SHAWN X | 2 | 92.1% | +16.4% |
| PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 2 | 93.7% | -6.6% |
| KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 2 | 65.5% | +18.4% |
| BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 1 | 84.1% | +11.2% |
| MATIN, TASNIMA | 1 | 90.0% | +8.3% |
| NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 1 | 91.0% | +4.2% |
| PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M | 1 | 81.9% | -0.4% |
| PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | 1 | 80.1% | +8.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19331937 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND SHARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING STYLE INFORMATION WITH PROXIMATE VEHICLES | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | — |
| 19315067 | HOST ACCELERATED OPERATIONS IN MANAGED NAND DEVICES | MATIN, TASNIMA | — |
| 19294107 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL WRITING TO MULTIPLE MEMORY DEVICE LOCATIONS | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | — |
| 19243471 | BLOCK OR PAGE LOCK FEATURES IN SERIAL INTERFACE MEMORY | PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M | — |
| 19049984 | RECONFIGURABLE CHANNEL INTERFACES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | SUN, MICHAEL | — |
| 19025893 | GENERATING AND EXECUTING A CONTROL FLOW | SUN, MICHAEL | — |
| 18986137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVICES WITH SELF-SELECTING BUS DECODER | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | — |
| 18959128 | BANK TO BANK DATA TRANSFER | CHOE, YONG J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18435628 | UNIFORM ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATING OF METAL ONTO ARRAYS OF PILLARS HAVING DIFFERENT LATERAL DENSITIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY | PARKER, JOHN M | 3d overdue |
| 18326972 | Data Recorders of Autonomous Vehicles | TSENG, CHENG YUAN | 14d |
| 18793357 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN MEMORY | CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | 20d |
| 18959106 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY MODULE ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT MEMORY ERROR CORRECTION | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 21d |
| 18359371 | VEHICLE HAVING AN INTELLIGENT USER INTERFACE | PHAM, LINH K | 21d |
| 18824664 | SUPPLEMENTAL AI PROCESSING IN MEMORY | GU, SHAWN X | 62d |
| 18661326 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | TRAN, TAN N | 76d |
| 19219971 | MEMORY COMMAND VERIFICATION | CHOE, YONG J | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824664 | SUPPLEMENTAL AI PROCESSING IN MEMORY | GU, SHAWN X | 62d |
| 19331937 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND SHARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING STYLE INFORMATION WITH PROXIMATE VEHICLES | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | — |
| 19022880 | COHERENT MEMORY ACCESS | GU, SHAWN X | — |
| 18526978 | POWER MANAGEMENT, DYNAMIC ROUTING AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | — |
| 17149362 | Configuration of a Vehicle Based on Collected User Data | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2135 | 4 |
| 2138 | 4 |
| 2824 | 4 |
| 3667 | 3 |
| 2827 | 3 |
| 3665 | 3 |
| 2181 | 2 |
| 2183 | 2 |
| 2175 | 2 |
| 2836 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19331937 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING AND SHARING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING STYLE INFORMATION WITH PROXIMATE VEHICLES | BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW | 3667 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19315067 | HOST ACCELERATED OPERATIONS IN MANAGED NAND DEVICES | MATIN, TASNIMA | 2135 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19294107 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR PARALLEL WRITING TO MULTIPLE MEMORY DEVICE LOCATIONS | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2025 |
| 19243471 | BLOCK OR PAGE LOCK FEATURES IN SERIAL INTERFACE MEMORY | PATEL, KAUSHIKKUMAR M | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2025 |
| 19221221 | APPARATUS AND METHODS RELATED TO MICROCODE INSTRUCTIONS INDICATING INSTRUCTION TYPES | PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19219971 | MEMORY COMMAND VERIFICATION | CHOE, YONG J | 2135 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19183136 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR STORING AND WRITING MULTIPLE PARAMETER CODES FOR MEMORY OPERATING PARAMETERS | HUSON, ZACHARY K | 2181 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19171878 | FEEDBACK FOR POWER MANAGEMENT OF A MEMORY DIE USING A DEDICATED PIN | DEROSE, VOLVICK | 2176 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 |
| 19169920 | MEMORY ARRAY PAGE TABLE WALK | CHAPPELL, DANIEL C | 2135 | §112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19057205 | HIGHLIGHTING A TAGGED OBJECT WITH AUGMENTED REALITY | LETT, THOMAS J | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 19049984 | RECONFIGURABLE CHANNEL INTERFACES FOR MEMORY DEVICES | SUN, MICHAEL | 2183 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19029423 | COMMUNICATING DATA WITH STACKED MEMORY DIES | LEE, CHUN KUAN | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19027646 | BACKGROUND OPERATIONS IN MEMORY | WARREN, TRACY A | 2137 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19025893 | GENERATING AND EXECUTING A CONTROL FLOW | SUN, MICHAEL | 2183 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19022880 | COHERENT MEMORY ACCESS | GU, SHAWN X | 2138 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 |
| 19020975 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SCATTER AND GATHER | KROFCHECK, MICHAEL C | 2138 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19004196 | CONTROLLER COMMAND SCHEDULING IN A MEMORY SYSTEM TO INCREASE COMMAND BUS UTILIZATION | ZAMAN, FAISAL M | 2175 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18988329 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR TRACKING WORD LINE ACCESSES | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | 2827 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18986137 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DEVICES WITH SELF-SELECTING BUS DECODER | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18982133 | SHARING A MEMORY RESOURCE AMONG PHYSICALLY REMOTE ENTITIES | WHIPPLE, BRIAN P | 2447 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18961097 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OPERATIONS IN A SELF-REFRESH STATE | LI, ZHUO H | 2133 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18959106 | NON-VOLATILE MEMORY MODULE ARCHITECTURE TO SUPPORT MEMORY ERROR CORRECTION | ABRAHAM, ESAW T | 2112 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18959128 | BANK TO BANK DATA TRANSFER | CHOE, YONG J | 2135 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18943644 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR IN-MEMORY OPERATIONS | LEBOEUF, JEROME LARRY | 2824 | §102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18932097 | Re-Routing Autonomous Vehicles Using Dynamic Routing and Memory Management for Border Security Purposes | MOTAZEDI, SAHAR | 3667 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18924858 | DRIVE STRENGTH CALIBRATION FOR MULTI-LEVEL SIGNALING | PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN | 2827 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18924864 | SCRUB RATE CONTROL FOR A MEMORY DEVICE | MERANT, GUERRIER | 2111 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18922785 | PASSENGER SCREENING | ALLISON, ANDRAE S | 2673 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 22, 2024 |
| 18828510 | BLACK BOX DATA RECORDER FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE | MERLINO, DAVID P | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18827561 | BLOCK-ON-BLOCK MEMORY ARRAY ARCHITECTURE USING BI-DIRECTIONAL STAIRCASES | YANG, HAN | 2824 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18824664 | SUPPLEMENTAL AI PROCESSING IN MEMORY | GU, SHAWN X | 2138 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 62d | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18819500 | PARALLEL ACCESS TO VOLATILE MEMORY BY A PROCESSING DEVICE FOR MACHINE LEARNING | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3626 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18819725 | Low Power State Implementation in a Power Management Circuit | BEGUM, SULTANA | 2824 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18818430 | POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH BLEED CIRCUIT CONTROL | ZHANG, JUE | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18815724 | PACKAGED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICES WITH THROUGH-BODY CONDUCTIVE VIAS, AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME | WRIGHT, TUCKER J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18795728 | CRYPTOGRAPHICALLY SECURE MECHANISM FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE | KORSAK, OLEG | 2492 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18793357 | POWER MANAGEMENT IN MEMORY | CHOUDHURY, ZAHID | 2175 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 20d | Pending | Aug 02, 2024 |
| 18776968 | LIGHTWEIGHT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LAYER TO CONTROL THE TRANSFER OF BIG DATA | LOPATA, ROBERT J | 2471 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18756181 | STACKED MEMORY DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS | GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S | 2132 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18752438 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES AND MEMORY DEVICES | SALERNO, SARAH KATE | 2814 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18666369 | PACKAGE-ON-PACKAGE SEMICONDUCTOR ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | TRAN, THANH Y | 2817 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18661326 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | TRAN, TAN N | 2812 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 18642617 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH CONDUCTIVE EXTENSIONS BETWEEN UPPER STAIRCASE STEPS AND THEIR CONTACTS, AND RELATED METHODS | PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH | 2898 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18435628 | UNIFORM ELECTROCHEMICAL PLATING OF METAL ONTO ARRAYS OF PILLARS HAVING DIFFERENT LATERAL DENSITIES AND RELATED TECHNOLOGY | PARKER, JOHN M | 2800 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18420248 | AUTONOMOUS DUTY CYCLE CALIBRATION | ALMO, KHAREEM E | 2836 | §102 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18402618 | MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING STAIRCASE STRUCTURES, AND RELATED MEMORY DEVICES AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS | PURVIS, SUE A | 2893 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2024 |
| 18393375 | CONFIGURING A HOST INTERFACE OF A MEMORY DEVICE BASED ON MODE OF OPERATION | NGUYEN, VAN THU T | 2824 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18526978 | POWER MANAGEMENT, DYNAMIC ROUTING AND MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLES | KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M | 3665 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18505199 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED TARGETED REFRESH OPERATIONS | TRAN, ANTHAN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Nov 09, 2023 |
| 18471890 | APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR OPERATING NEURAL NETWORKS | PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialLodestar Licensing Group LLC has 56 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 34 art units and 51 examiners.
Yong J Choe has the most, with 2 of Lodestar Licensing Group LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
