Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Macronix International Co., Ltd.

28 pending office actions • 18 art units • 27 examiners • 1 of 28 (4%) have an AI response strategy ready • 123 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
11
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.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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 (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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 (46%)
13
Medium (46%)
2
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (4%)
§103 only8 (29%)
§102 only4 (14%)
§112 only2 (7%)
Double-patenting + other1 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)12 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
14% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
18
Semiconductors
64% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
6
Business / Other
21% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHAM, LY D 2 94.0% +3.3%
HEISTERKAMP, JUSTIN BRYCE 1 98.8% +2.2%
RADKE, JAY W 1 85.8% +8.6%
ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 1 86.2% +2.5%
FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE 1 95.3% +6.7%
HAN, JONATHAN 1 83.7% +9.6%
FERNANDES, ERROL V 1 85.3% +10.9%
BRASFIELD, QUINTON A 1 72.1% +17.6%
BUI, THA-O H 1 88.2% +4.2%
ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y 1 91.3% +4.1%

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
19050126 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEROF PHAM, LY D
18991886 TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND DECISION GENERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME PHAM, LY D
18632293 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME FERNANDES, ERROL V
18605974 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y

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
18610368 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BUI, THA-O H 23d overdue
18941129 METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY DEVICE HEISTERKAMP, JUSTIN BRYCE
18916724 READ METHOD AND READ COMMAND FORMAT FOR FLASH MEMORY DEVICE RADKE, JAY W
18884372 MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY OPERATION METHOD ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N
18668878 MEMORY DEVICE FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE
18636275 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME HAN, JONATHAN
18582677 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME TRAN, TRANG Q
18534862 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME LINDSEY, COLE LEON

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
18632293 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME FERNANDES, ERROL V
18617852 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR 3D MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF BRASFIELD, QUINTON A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2827 3
2824 3
2899 2
2825 1
4100 1
2811 1
2812 1
2123 1
2896 1
2813 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19050126 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEROF PHAM, LY D 2827 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 11, 2025
18991886 TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY AND DECISION GENERATION METHOD FOR THE SAME PHAM, LY D §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18941129 METHOD FOR OPERATING MEMORY DEVICE HEISTERKAMP, JUSTIN BRYCE 2827 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2024
18916724 READ METHOD AND READ COMMAND FORMAT FOR FLASH MEMORY DEVICE RADKE, JAY W 2827 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18884372 MEMORY SYSTEM AND MEMORY OPERATION METHOD ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 2824 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18668878 MEMORY DEVICE FAYETTE, NATHALIE RENEE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18636275 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME HAN, JONATHAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18632293 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME FERNANDES, ERROL V §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2024
18617852 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR 3D MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF BRASFIELD, QUINTON A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18610368 MEMORY DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF BUI, THA-O H 2825 §103§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2024
18605974 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME ASSOUMAN, HERVE-LOUIS Y 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 15, 2024
18582676 MEMORY DEVICE HARRISTON, WILLIAM A 2899 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18582677 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2024
18534862 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME LINDSEY, COLE LEON 2812 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18479893 PANOPTIC PERCEPTION SYSTEM, METHOD THEREOF AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA MULLINAX, CLINT LEE 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 03, 2023
18471295 MEMORY DEVICE COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2896 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18471292 CAPACITOR STRUCTURE AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 21, 2023
18466820 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME NIELSEN, DEREK LANG 2899 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18464262 MULTI-CIRCUIT CONTROL SYSTEM AND READING METHOD FOR STATUS INFORMATION THEREOF NGUYEN, VAN THU T 2824 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18464718 UNIVERSAL MEMORIES FOR IN-MEMORY COMPUTING SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE 2128 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18366116 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ANDERSON, WILLIAM H 2817 §102 Final Rejection 66d overdue AI Ready Aug 07, 2023
18323473 ENCODING METHOD AND ENCODING CIRCUIT LU, HWEI-MIN 2142 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending May 25, 2023
18312207 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME MOVVA, AMAR 2898 §112 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 04, 2023
18139410 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME NGUYEN, HIEN N 2824 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18177138 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME RONO, VINCENT KIPKEMOI 2891 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 02, 2023
18164623 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE FOR 3D MEMORY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SALAZ, SAMMANTHA KATELYN 2892 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 06, 2023
18150211 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME TAN, DAVE 2897 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
17686478 TERNARY CONTENT ADDRESSABLE MEMORY (TCAM)-BASED TRAINING METHOD FOR GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK AND MEMORY DEVICE USING THE SAME RIVERA, MARIA DE JESUS 2151 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 04, 2022

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