Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
29 pending office actions • 20 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 127 patents granted in the last 365 days
Marvell Asia Pte. Ltd. is currently prosecuting 28 pending office actions within the Computing & Software technology area. These actions are handled by 28 distinct examiners, resulting in a distribution where every pending matter is reviewed by a different official. This ensures that no single examiner's perspective dominates the current prosecution of the company's portfolio at the patent office.
The applications are spread across 20 distinct art units, which is a high number for 28 pending office actions. This suggests that the company's software and computing innovations are highly diverse and fall into many different technical classifications. The busiest examiner, MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT, is managing 1 busiest examiner pending action, which is consistent with the overall spread of the portfolio.
For practitioners, managing 28 pending office actions across 20 distinct art units requires a high degree of technical and administrative versatility. Since there are 28 distinct examiners, each office action response must be tailored to a different individual's preferences. This lack of concentration, evidenced by the 1 busiest examiner pending action, means that the portfolio's progress is subject to many independent timelines and examination styles.
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 | 1 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (10%) |
| §103 only | 12 (41%) |
| §102 only | 4 (14%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (24%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 1 | 74.3% | +57.1% |
| CHOE, YONG J | 1 | 92.3% | +4.5% |
| SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | 1 | 76.3% | +21.3% |
| PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| VU, TAYLOR P | 1 | 69.4% | +8.4% |
| BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 1 | 76.2% | +13.5% |
| NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 1 | 87.4% | +11.7% |
| WU, JIANYE | 1 | 82.0% | +14.7% |
| KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 1 | 80.4% | +34.3% |
| BLEVINS, JERRY M | 1 | 87.5% | +5.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939010 | MANAGING PATCHING OF WRITE-LIMITED MEMORY WITH A HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 3d overdue |
| 19214460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURABLE PARALLEL LOOKUPS USING MULTIPLE SHARED MEMORIES | CHOE, YONG J | — |
| 18985491 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | — |
| 18943862 | WLAN OPERATION USING MULTIPLE COMPONENT CHANNELS | WU, JIANYE | — |
| 18911296 | High-efficiency thin-film electro-optical modulator on silicon photonics platform | BLEVINS, JERRY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17594150 | System and Method for Improving a Processing System using Learning Systems | KNIGHT, PAUL M | 24d overdue |
| 17686676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING FLOATING POINT HARDWARE EXCEPTION | LE, PHAT NGOC | 4d overdue |
| 18762385 | VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE | SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 40d |
| 18737531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOUD PLATFORM FOR SECURE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAINING AND INFERENCE | HENNING, MATTHEW T | 70d |
| 19327291 | SHORT BLOCK DATA ACCUMULATION TECHNIQUES | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
| 19063221 | Hybrid Logical to Physical Address Mapping | PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG | — |
| 19048689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SECURITY OF A SYSTEM | VU, TAYLOR P | — |
| 18732569 | ERROR CORRECTION AND RECOVERY IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH LOW-POWER OPTICAL SOURCE DEVICES | PENG, CHARLIE YU | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18939010 | MANAGING PATCHING OF WRITE-LIMITED MEMORY WITH A HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 3d overdue |
| 19327291 | SHORT BLOCK DATA ACCUMULATION TECHNIQUES | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | — |
| 19075828 | Link-quality estimation and anomaly detection in high-speed wireline receivers | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | — |
| 18987142 | NETWORK TRANSCEIVER WITH CLOCK SHARING BETWEEN DIES | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | — |
| 18985491 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | — |
| 18943862 | WLAN OPERATION USING MULTIPLE COMPONENT CHANNELS | WU, JIANYE | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2133 | 2 |
| 2818 | 2 |
| 2899 | 2 |
| 2437 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 2111 | 1 |
| 2494 | 1 |
| 3698 | 1 |
| 2447 | 1 |
| 2491 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19327291 | SHORT BLOCK DATA ACCUMULATION TECHNIQUES | MENDEL, JULIAN SCOTT | 2133 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2025 |
| 19214460 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECONFIGURABLE PARALLEL LOOKUPS USING MULTIPLE SHARED MEMORIES | CHOE, YONG J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19075828 | Link-quality estimation and anomaly detection in high-speed wireline receivers | SWEARINGEN, JEFFREY R | — | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19063221 | Hybrid Logical to Physical Address Mapping | PHAM, KAITLYN HUNG | 2133 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19048689 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SECURITY OF A SYSTEM | VU, TAYLOR P | 2437 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18987142 | NETWORK TRANSCEIVER WITH CLOCK SHARING BETWEEN DIES | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2024 |
| 18985491 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DATA TRANSMISSION | NGUYEN, THIEN DANG | 2111 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18943862 | WLAN OPERATION USING MULTIPLE COMPONENT CHANNELS | WU, JIANYE | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18939010 | MANAGING PATCHING OF WRITE-LIMITED MEMORY WITH A HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 2494 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Nov 06, 2024 |
| 18911296 | High-efficiency thin-film electro-optical modulator on silicon photonics platform | BLEVINS, JERRY M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 |
| 18775002 | Customized heat dissipation from different types of integrated circuit dies packaged on a common substrate | MENZ, LAURA MARY | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18762385 | VIRTUALIZED HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE | SAX, TIMOTHY PAUL | 3698 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 40d | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18745384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCING SECURITY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPERATION AND IMPROVING PERFORMANCE | ZHANG, SHIRLEY X | 2447 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18737531 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLOUD PLATFORM FOR SECURE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAINING AND INFERENCE | HENNING, MATTHEW T | 2491 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18732569 | ERROR CORRECTION AND RECOVERY IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS WITH LOW-POWER OPTICAL SOURCE DEVICES | PENG, CHARLIE YU | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 03, 2024 |
| 18680419 | Peer-to-Peer Interfaced Supplemental Computing Nodes | WONG, TITUS | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18609659 | Object-Oriented Memory | WAI, ERIC CHARLES | 2195 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18421366 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE WITH STACKED INTERFACE CHIPLETS | RAMOS-DIAZ, FERNANDO JOSE | 2818 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18419445 | MECHANICAL STIFFENER FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PACKAGE WITH VARYING HEAT DISSIPATION MODES | MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18408185 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING KEYS FOR ENCRYPTION AND/OR DECRYPTION | PEARSON, DAVID J | 2407 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Jan 09, 2024 |
| 18462470 | Reduction of four-wave mixing crosstalk in optical links | WONG, ERIC K | 2874 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
| 18348041 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICE EXPOSED DIE PACKAGE STRUCTURE WITH ADHESIVE | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18141468 | Methods and Apparatus for Preamble Detection in A Communication Network | ELLIOTT IV, BENJAMIN H | 2474 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18167912 | Three-Dimensional Device Package with Vertical Heat Pipes | CULLEN, PATRICK LAWRENCE | 2899 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Feb 13, 2023 |
| 18086144 | STIFFENER RING FOR PACKAGES WITH MICRO-CABLE/OPTICAL CONNECTORS | NGUYEN, DUY T V | 2818 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 17816105 | High-Speed Signal Transition Across Thick Package Cores | YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY | 2899 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2022 |
| 17686676 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING FLOATING POINT HARDWARE EXCEPTION | LE, PHAT NGOC | 2182 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17686711 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HANDLING FLOATING POINT HARDWARE EXCEPTION | RIVERA, MARIA DE JESUS | 2151 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2022 |
| 17594150 | System and Method for Improving a Processing System using Learning Systems | KNIGHT, PAUL M | 2148 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 24d overdue | Pending | Oct 04, 2021 |
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