Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.

19 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 19 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 48 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

19
Total Pending OAs
14
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

11
Hard (58%)
7
Medium (37%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (26%)
§102 only2 (11%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (58%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

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
2
Communications
11% of docket
11
Semiconductors
58% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
6
Business / Other
32% 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.

190 h
Manual time on pending OAs
38 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
66 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 3 91.4% +11.4%
BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2 50.0% +35.1%
TSE, YOUNG TOI 1 89.3% +8.5%
LAMBERT, DAVID W 1 76.5% +12.7%
ULLAH, ELIAS 1 84.9% +7.8%
VU, VU A 1 92.3% +6.7%
SPRENGER, JAIME LYNN 1 100.0% +0.0%
DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 1 79.2% +1.4%
MUNOZ, ANDRES F 1 76.4% +18.3%
SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 1 48.1% +48.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18775169 DEVICE HAVING A COUPLED INTERSTAGE TRANSFORMER AND PROCESS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ULLAH, ELIAS
18679754 HIGH-ELECTRON-MOBILITY TRANSISTOR HAVING GROUP-III-NITRIDE CAPPING LAYER SEPARATED FROM CONTACT VU, VU A
18675839 HYBRID POWER AMPLIFIER WITH GAN-ON-SI AND GAN-ON-SIC CIRCUITS SHAMIRYAN, NAREH

Hard Cases (11)

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
19015446 WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE CONTINUOUS-TIME LINEAR EQUALIZER (CTLE) TSE, YOUNG TOI
18933884 ONE-WIRE INTERFACE TO SUPPORT SHARING A LOSS OF SIGNAL EVENT LAMBERT, DAVID W
18657441 CAPACITOR HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY FACTOR AND/OR REDUCED PLATE RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME SPRENGER, JAIME LYNN
18591875 III-NITRIDE MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES ON CONDUCTIVE SILICON SUBSTRATES MUNOZ, ANDRES F
18685616 SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL WAFERS OPTIMIZED FOR LINEAR AMPLIFIERS SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN
18480336 ASYMMETRIC RESONATOR STACK FOR HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR
18466921 THREE-WAY DOHERTY AMPLIFIER SHAMIRYAN, NAREH
18461980 TRANSISTOR WITH GATE LAYOUT, DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSISTOR WITH OUTPUT PRE-MATCHING, AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18933884 ONE-WIRE INTERFACE TO SUPPORT SHARING A LOSS OF SIGNAL EVENT LAMBERT, DAVID W
18675839 HYBRID POWER AMPLIFIER WITH GAN-ON-SI AND GAN-ON-SIC CIRCUITS SHAMIRYAN, NAREH
18591875 III-NITRIDE MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES ON CONDUCTIVE SILICON SUBSTRATES MUNOZ, ANDRES F
18685616 SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL WAFERS OPTIMIZED FOR LINEAR AMPLIFIERS SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN
18466921 THREE-WAY DOHERTY AMPLIFIER SHAMIRYAN, NAREH
17951366 PACKAGED FLIP CHIP RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE
17766611 EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTI-STAGE POWER AMPLIFIERS SHAMIRYAN, NAREH
17711084 SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON LAYERS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2899 3
2898 2
2800 2
2631 1
2634 1
2818 1
2843 1
2814 1
2828 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19015446 WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE CONTINUOUS-TIME LINEAR EQUALIZER (CTLE) TSE, YOUNG TOI 2631 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2025
18933884 ONE-WIRE INTERFACE TO SUPPORT SHARING A LOSS OF SIGNAL EVENT LAMBERT, DAVID W 2634 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18775169 DEVICE HAVING A COUPLED INTERSTAGE TRANSFORMER AND PROCESS IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ULLAH, ELIAS §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18679754 HIGH-ELECTRON-MOBILITY TRANSISTOR HAVING GROUP-III-NITRIDE CAPPING LAYER SEPARATED FROM CONTACT VU, VU A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18675839 HYBRID POWER AMPLIFIER WITH GAN-ON-SI AND GAN-ON-SIC CIRCUITS SHAMIRYAN, NAREH §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18657441 CAPACITOR HAVING IMPROVED QUALITY FACTOR AND/OR REDUCED PLATE RESISTANCE AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME SPRENGER, JAIME LYNN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18629726 DEVICE PACKAGE HAVING SIGNAL PADS CONFIGURED TO PROMOTE SELF ALIGNMENT OF LEADS AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18591875 III-NITRIDE MATERIAL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURES ON CONDUCTIVE SILICON SUBSTRATES MUNOZ, ANDRES F 2818 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18685616 SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL WAFERS OPTIMIZED FOR LINEAR AMPLIFIERS SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18480336 ASYMMETRIC RESONATOR STACK FOR HIGH ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING GONZALEZ, JULIO CESAR §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18466921 THREE-WAY DOHERTY AMPLIFIER SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 2843 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18461980 TRANSISTOR WITH GATE LAYOUT, DEVICE IMPLEMENTING THE TRANSISTOR WITH OUTPUT PRE-MATCHING, AND PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE SAME ADHIKARI DAWADI, BIPANA 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18334527 PACKAGED DEVICE HAVING AN INTEGRATED PASSIVE DEVICE WITH WAFER LEVEL FORMED CONNECTION TO AT LEAST ONE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND PROCESSES FOR IMPLEMENTING THE SAME HANUMASAGAR, SHAMITA S 2814 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2023
17952267 METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR DEVICE WITH INTEGRATED WIRE BONDING SURFACE MOJADDEDI, OMAR F 2898 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2022
17951366 PACKAGED FLIP CHIP RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2022
17848500 MODULAR POWER TRANSISTOR COMPONENT ASSEMBLIES WITH FLIP CHIP INTERCONNECTIONS TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 2800 Final Rejection Pending Jun 24, 2022
17766611 EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS FOR MULTI-STAGE POWER AMPLIFIERS SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 2800 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 05, 2022
17711084 SELECTIVE ETCHING OF SILICON LAYERS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 01, 2022
17204550 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2021

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