Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Microsemi Soc Corp.

5 pending office actions • 3 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 3 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (20%)
§102 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

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
1
Communications
20% of docket
2
Semiconductors
40% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, SEOKJIN 1 77.9% +13.7%
PHAM, LY D 1 94.0% +3.3%
PANWALKAR, VINEETA S 1 91.2% +8.6%
JAGER, RYAN C 1 89.6% +2.9%
HIDALGO, FERNANDO N 1 93.4% +1.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18821885 A CONFIGURATION MEMORY CELL HIDALGO, FERNANDO N 4d overdue
18962961 CONFIGURATION MEMORY CELL PHAM, LY D

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18895490 AVERAGING A DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP OUTPUT FREQUENCY TO CALCULATE A PRESET VALUE FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A LINK LOSS JAGER, RYAN C 28d
19067601 PLANE TRANSITIONING AT A GLOBAL SWITCH BOX KIM, SEOKJIN
18903799 Device and Method for Signal Retiming PANWALKAR, VINEETA S

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067601 PLANE TRANSITIONING AT A GLOBAL SWITCH BOX KIM, SEOKJIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2635 1
2842 1
2827 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067601 PLANE TRANSITIONING AT A GLOBAL SWITCH BOX KIM, SEOKJIN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2025
18962961 CONFIGURATION MEMORY CELL PHAM, LY D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18903799 Device and Method for Signal Retiming PANWALKAR, VINEETA S 2635 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18895490 AVERAGING A DIGITAL PHASE LOCKED LOOP OUTPUT FREQUENCY TO CALCULATE A PRESET VALUE FOR USE IN THE EVENT OF A LINK LOSS JAGER, RYAN C 2842 §102§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 25, 2024
18821885 A CONFIGURATION MEMORY CELL HIDALGO, FERNANDO N 2827 §112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024

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