Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
80 pending office actions • 45 art units • 75 examiners • 0 of 80 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 121 patents granted in the last 365 days
Microchip Technology Incorporated has 84 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 78 examiners and 49 art units, demonstrating broad examination coverage and recurring activity across the art-unit structure.
ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration at that examiner makes portfolio-wide systems important, including consistent technical records, amendment review, and coordination across multiple prosecution assignments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 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. 23 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 | 1 (1%) |
| §103 only | 34 (42%) |
| §102 only | 7 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 34 (42%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2 | 86.5% | +2.4% |
| GUYTON, PHILIP A | 2 | 83.8% | +8.8% |
| ALI, SHAWKAT M | 2 | 89.2% | +20.5% |
| NGUYEN, STEVE N | 2 | 74.5% | +19.5% |
| HUYNH, KIM T | 2 | 82.6% | +7.2% |
| KING, MONICA C | 1 | 84.6% | +6.6% |
| PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 1 | 42.5% | +5.8% |
| NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | 1 | 88.2% | +8.8% |
| HUISMAN, DAVID J | 1 | 57.7% | +34.1% |
| KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 1 | 79.5% | +24.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18767640 | SIMO CONVERTER INCLUDING TRANSIENT ENHANCEMENT LOOP | NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | 9d |
| 18937232 | System and Method to Efficiently Assist Time-Synchronous Media Streaming and Remote-Control Applications | HUYNH, KIM T | 14d |
| 18660355 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING DATA FROM A DEGRADED RAID VOLUME USING AN ACCELERATOR ENGINE | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 34d |
| 18942876 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 56d |
| 19246864 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A CONSTANT CURRENT MODE IN AN INPUT-OUTPUT PAD | KING, MONICA C | — |
| 19192709 | PROGRAMMABLE FAULT VIOLATION FILTER | GUYTON, PHILIP A | — |
| 18077385 | Automatic USB3 Hub for Detecting and Changing Link Speed | HUYNH, KIM T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18892276 | REDUCING STARTUP TIME OF A TRELLIS-BASED MLSE DECODER | GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN | 26d overdue |
| 19034553 | DETERMINING HEALTH OF WORDLINES FOR CONTINUED USER DATA PROGRAMMING | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 17d overdue |
| 17468574 | System of Multiple Stacks in a Processor Devoid of an Effective Address Generator | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 15d overdue |
| 18630327 | PROXIMITY DETECTION FOR LIFE SAFETY DEVICES | WU, ZHEN Y | 30d |
| 18354559 | METHODS OF PACKAGING MICROELECTRONIC DEVICES UTILIZING PANELS AND RELATED TEMPORARY STRUCTURES | KIM, PAUL D | 30d |
| 18909937 | GENERATING A LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DATA STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID STATE DRIVE USING SECTORS OF DIFFERENT SIZES | YEW, CHIE W | 36d |
| 18830235 | SINGLE CHIP LED DRIVER CIRCUIT | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | — |
| 19223772 | SIGNAL QUALITY ANALYSIS BASED ON DIGITAL CORRELATION | JOSEPH, JAISON | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18611441 | DETERMINING BERLEKAMP DISCREPANCY VALUES | NGUYEN, STEVE N | 18d overdue |
| 17468574 | System of Multiple Stacks in a Processor Devoid of an Effective Address Generator | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 15d overdue |
| 18942876 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 56d |
| 19224032 | VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON MEMORY DEVICE TEMPERATURE PROFILING | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | — |
| 19070424 | SERDES-SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PAM-MODULATED SYMBOLS | ALI, SHAWKAT M | — |
| 19017648 | REFINED HARD BIT READ VOLTAGES | NGUYEN, STEVE N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2139 | 4 |
| 2184 | 4 |
| 2858 | 4 |
| 2812 | 4 |
| 2838 | 3 |
| 2132 | 3 |
| 2893 | 3 |
| 2817 | 3 |
| 2845 | 2 |
| 2183 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19246864 | DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR A CONSTANT CURRENT MODE IN AN INPUT-OUTPUT PAD | KING, MONICA C | 2845 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 18830235 | SINGLE CHIP LED DRIVER CIRCUIT | PIZIALI, JEFFREY J | 2628 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18767640 | SIMO CONVERTER INCLUDING TRANSIENT ENHANCEMENT LOOP | NOVAK, PETER MICHAEL | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
| 17468574 | System of Multiple Stacks in a Processor Devoid of an Effective Address Generator | HUISMAN, DAVID J | 2183 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Sep 07, 2021 |
| 19224032 | VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT BASED ON MEMORY DEVICE TEMPERATURE PROFILING | KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19224033 | PASS THROUGH VOLTAGE ADJUSTMENT TO COMPENSATE FOR CROSS-TEMPERATURE EFFECTS | PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19223772 | SIGNAL QUALITY ANALYSIS BASED ON DIGITAL CORRELATION | JOSEPH, JAISON | 2633 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19198492 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWAPPING FAULTY MEMORY ADDRESSES IN A MICROCONTROLLER | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2824 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2025 |
| 19192709 | PROGRAMMABLE FAULT VIOLATION FILTER | GUYTON, PHILIP A | 2113 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19183680 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTI-CORE ACCESS CONTROL ON A DUAL-CORE MICROCONTROLLER | SUN, MICHAEL | 2183 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2025 |
| 19175589 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING SIGNALS FROM MULTIPLE ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS | MAI, LAM T | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19169556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING SPI CONTROLLER FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY OPERATION | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2184 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 03, 2025 |
| 19093416 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IN COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL | KORSAK, OLEG | 2492 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19092186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING SERIAL COMMUNICATION COLLISION | BARRY, LANCE LEONARD | 2457 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19086448 | Series Architecture Output Driver for Input-Output with Constant Step | SHIN, CHRISTOPHER B | 2181 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19077616 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SPI MONITOR FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY OPERATION | SNYDER, STEVEN G | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19070424 | SERDES-SPECIFIC GROUPS OF PAM-MODULATED SYMBOLS | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 4100 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19056286 | PHOTO CHAMBER WITH LIGHT SHROUDS | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19051351 | 10BASE-T1S TRANSCEIVER REGISTER ACCESS USING CONTROLLER REMAPPING | MAMO, ELIAS | 2184 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2025 |
| 19045652 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE ENUMERATION OF PCIe DEVICES | CHRISTENSEN, SCOTT B | 2444 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19040720 | A SYSTEM FIRMWARE ALGORITHM TO REDUCE READ ERRORS IN CASES OF CROSS-TEMPERATURE USING BACKGROUND DUMMY READ OPERATIONS | PINGA, JASON MICHAEL | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19034553 | DETERMINING HEALTH OF WORDLINES FOR CONTINUED USER DATA PROGRAMMING | DUDEK JR, EDWARD J | 2132 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19021154 | PROGRAMMING DUMMY DATA OR PERFORMING FLASH WRITE ON PARTIALLY PROGRAMMED MEMORY BLOCKS OF VIRTUAL BLOCKS | BRASWELL, DONALD H.B. | 2825 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19017648 | REFINED HARD BIT READ VOLTAGES | NGUYEN, STEVE N | 2111 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2025 |
| 19002635 | GENERATING A LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DATA STRUCTURE STORED BY A HOST DEVICE | LOONAN, ERIC T | 2137 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18984995 | PROGRAM ERROR HANDLING AT A STORAGE DEVICE | ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N | 2824 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 17, 2024 |
| 18967246 | NAMESPACE DATA SEGREGATION IN A MULTI-NAMESPACE MEMORY DEVICE | VERDERAMO III, RALPH A | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18966003 | TUNING A SLIDING MODE OBSERVER FOR A PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR | IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18962376 | DISPLACED RECEIVER DETECTION IN A WIRELESS POWER SYSTEM AND RELATED APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND SYSTEMS | INGE, JOSEPH N | 2836 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18957302 | INITIATING SELF CLEANING BASED ON SENSOR DRIFT | CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN | 1711 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2024 |
| 18953161 | CAPACITANCE SENSOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DETECTION DEVICE | MILLER, DANIEL R | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18942876 | DEVICE AND METHODS FOR DATA COMMUNICATION | ALI, SHAWKAT M | 2633 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18941100 | NOISE SUPPRESSION USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SENSORS IN A PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTOR | PHAN, TRUONG D | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18937232 | System and Method to Efficiently Assist Time-Synchronous Media Streaming and Remote-Control Applications | HUYNH, KIM T | 2184 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18927229 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SOFTWARE PROGRAMMABLE CACHE MEMORY | KHAN, MASUD K | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | 117d overdue | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18909937 | GENERATING A LOGICAL TO PHYSICAL DATA STRUCTURE FOR A SOLID STATE DRIVE USING SECTORS OF DIFFERENT SIZES | YEW, CHIE W | 2139 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 36d | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18908932 | SMOKE DETECTOR LIGHT SOURCE AND SENSOR TO EMIT AND DETECT POLARIZED LIGHT | PHAM, QUANG | 2685 | §103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18905252 | SMART CARD AND READER USING ULTRA-WIDE BAND COMMUNICATION | ST CYR, DANIEL | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18905830 | POE PD Redundant System | PATEL, HETUL B | 3992 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 03, 2024 |
| 18904263 | HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | WIEGAND, TYLER J | 2812 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 02, 2024 |
| 18892276 | REDUCING STARTUP TIME OF A TRELLIS-BASED MLSE DECODER | GHULAMALI, QUTBUDDIN | 2632 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 26d overdue | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18890469 | SENSOR INCLUDING AN ANODIZED POROUS LAYER AND METHOD OF FORMING A SENSOR | HAMMOND III, THOMAS M | 2855 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18828739 | TRANSISTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | AZONGHA, SARDIS F | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18826614 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | ALBRECHT, PETER M | 2811 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18799740 | REDUCED STATE MLSE DECODING | MALEK, LEILA | 2632 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18755022 | METHOD INCLUDING UNDER-ETCHING AN ION-INDUCED DAMAGE LAYER TO FACILITATE SEPARATION OF A SUBSTRATE FILM LAYER FROM AN UNDERLYING SUBSTRATE BULK REGION | LU, JIONG-PING | 1713 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18747833 | METHOD INCLUDING AN ION BEAM IMPLANT AND STRESSED FILM FOR SEPARATING A SUBSTRATE FILM REGION FROM A BULK SUBSTRATE REGION | WHALEN, DANIEL B | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18745685 | DETERMINE GAIN MARGIN FOR A CRYSTAL DRIVER | RAJAPUTRA, SURESH KS | 2858 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
| 18740864 | APPARATUS FORMED FROM ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS HAVING DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE THICKNESSES AND METHODS OF FORMING AN APPARATUS FROM ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS HAVING DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE THICKNESSES | LIU, XIAOMING | 2812 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2024 |
| 18739805 | FINFET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | PUNCHBEDDELL, SEYON ALI-SIMAH | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free TrialMicrochip Technology Incorporated has 80 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 45 art units and 75 examiners.
Khamdan N Alrobaie has the most, with 2 of Microchip Technology Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
