Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

MaxLinear Inc.

33 pending office actions • 19 art units • 33 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

10
Hard (30%)
22
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only19 (58%)
§102 only3 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)8 (24%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
14
Information Tech
42% of docket
5
Communications
15% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
12
Business / Other
36% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA 1 86.1% +10.2%
VO, TIM T 1 54.5% +25.3%
AGHDAM, FRESHTEH N 1 82.9% +5.2%
DEPPE, BETSY LEE 1 84.4% +9.4%
TIKU, SISAY G 1 91.6% +9.1%
LEE, JAI M 1 77.2% +11.2%
SANDHU, AMRITBIR K 1 82.9% +10.8%
LI, SHI K 1 73.5% +5.2%
ELPENORD, CANDAL 1 89.8% +12.6%
THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L 1 88.9% +9.4%

Quick Wins (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19176060 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID PHASE DETECTION AND CLOCK RECOVERY AGHDAM, FRESHTEH N
19080739 LINK TRAINING FOR BOOKENDED LINKS DEPPE, BETSY LEE
19000650 FAULT COMMUNICATION IN VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEMS TIKU, SISAY G
18936951 OPTICAL NETWORK POWER CONSUMPTION MITIGATION SANDHU, AMRITBIR K
18810439 ABBREVIATED HEADER COMMUNICATION THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L

Hard Cases (10)

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
18440880 FREQUENCY SPREADING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS AHN, SUNG S 84d
19257431 DATA TRANSFORM ACCELERATION USING METADATA STORED IN ACCELERATOR MEMORY ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA
18851678 PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE PARAMETER MEASUREMENT AND ONLINE RECONFIGURATION LI, SHI K
18830462 BEAMFORMER SOLICITED SOUNDING ELPENORD, CANDAL
18788104 EARLY LINK DETECTION BASED ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF RECEIVE PARAMETERS LA, PHONG
18764123 TRAFFIC IDENTIFIER SPREADING IN A MULTI-LINK DEVICE CHOI, WON JUN
18676201 HASHING A DATA SET WITH MULTIPLE HASH ENGINES RICHARDSON, JAMES E
18621010 WIRELESS STATION ZONING MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19257431 DATA TRANSFORM ACCELERATION USING METADATA STORED IN ACCELERATOR MEMORY ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA
19216597 SWITCHING SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP VO, TIM T
18961424 OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT ACTIVATION AND LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSIONS IN DELAY SENSITIVE NETWORKS LEE, JAI M
18936951 OPTICAL NETWORK POWER CONSUMPTION MITIGATION SANDHU, AMRITBIR K
18830462 BEAMFORMER SOLICITED SOUNDING ELPENORD, CANDAL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2633 2
3648 2
2469 1
2112 1
2169 1
2478 1
2415 1
2631 1
2419 1
2462 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19257431 DATA TRANSFORM ACCELERATION USING METADATA STORED IN ACCELERATOR MEMORY ARJOMANDI, NOOSHA §101§102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 01, 2025
19216597 SWITCHING SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP VO, TIM T §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2025
19176060 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYBRID PHASE DETECTION AND CLOCK RECOVERY AGHDAM, FRESHTEH N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2025
19080739 LINK TRAINING FOR BOOKENDED LINKS DEPPE, BETSY LEE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2025
19000650 FAULT COMMUNICATION IN VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEMS TIKU, SISAY G §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18961424 OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT ACTIVATION AND LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSIONS IN DELAY SENSITIVE NETWORKS LEE, JAI M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18936951 OPTICAL NETWORK POWER CONSUMPTION MITIGATION SANDHU, AMRITBIR K §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 04, 2024
18851678 PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE PARAMETER MEASUREMENT AND ONLINE RECONFIGURATION LI, SHI K §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18830462 BEAMFORMER SOLICITED SOUNDING ELPENORD, CANDAL §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 10, 2024
18810439 ABBREVIATED HEADER COMMUNICATION THOMPSON, JR, OTIS L §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18788104 EARLY LINK DETECTION BASED ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF RECEIVE PARAMETERS LA, PHONG 2469 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 29, 2024
18781974 MULTI-RADIO WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER POWER CONSERVATION OHRI, ROMANI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 23, 2024
18764123 TRAFFIC IDENTIFIER SPREADING IN A MULTI-LINK DEVICE CHOI, WON JUN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18762573 DEVICE WITH MULTI-CHANNEL BONDING ALSHACK, OSMAN M 2112 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18676201 HASHING A DATA SET WITH MULTIPLE HASH ENGINES RICHARDSON, JAMES E 2169 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 28, 2024
18621010 WIRELESS STATION ZONING MURILLO GARCIA, FABRICIO R 2633 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2024
18613098 LOW LATENCY MULTI-LINK DEVICE (MLD) PHY/MAC RELAY (LLMR) ACOLATSE, KODZOVI 2478 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18608840 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WONG, XAVIER S 2415 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18440880 FREQUENCY SPREADING FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMMUNICATIONS AHN, SUNG S 2631 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Feb 13, 2024
18539192 TIME-SENSITIVE DATA OVER WI-FI LITTLE, DALE L 2419 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2023
18537736 WIRELESS DATA TRANSMISSION HARPER, KEVIN C 2462 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18484428 HARDWARE DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE FOLLANSBEE, JOHN A 2441 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 10, 2023
18471191 STATION ADAPTIVE RANGING MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18461357 STEERING MATRIX DERIVATION FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS 2633 §103 Final Rejection 127d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18333442 ACCESS POINT (AP) INTERFERENCE REDUCTION GHOWRWAL, OMAR J 2463 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2023
18295264 RECEIVER SENSITIVITY IMPROVEMENT BY PASSIVE INTERMODULATION CANCELLATION TSVEY, GENNADIY 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Apr 03, 2023
18194404 SPATIAL REUSE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION THOMAS, WILFRED 2416 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2023
18162606 GAIN CONTROL IN AN ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED RADAR SYSTEM WAHEED, NAZRA NUR 3648 §103 Final Rejection 162d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2023
18052934 LATENCY REDUCTION WITH ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (OFDMA) AND A MULTIPLE RESOURCE UNIT (MRU) RAHMAN, M MOSTAZIR 2411 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 06, 2022
17995253 WI-FI BASED FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS PROTOCOL VU, QUOC THAI NGOC 2642 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 30, 2022
17572874 ADAPTIVE RADIO DUONG, DUC T 2467 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 11, 2022
17237510 RETRANSMISSION OF WIRELESS DATA RENNER, BRANDON M 2400 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2021
15686528 BURST-SIZED LINKED LIST ELEMENTS FOR A QUEUE BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 2184 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2017

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