Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Monolithic Power Systems Inc.

9 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

6
Hard (67%)
3
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (11%)
§102 only2 (22%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
11% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
8
Semiconductors
89% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NASH, GARY A 1 88.9% +4.8%
JACKSON, LAKAISHA 1 85.5% +11.9%
LAXTON, GARY L 1 86.4% +5.6%
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.5% +7.7%
PRIFTI, AUREL 1 82.9% +22.4%
DINH, THAI T 1 85.9% +0.1%
PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 1 88.6% +3.1%
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 1 72.5% +21.0%
WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 1 100.0% +0.0%

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
18454362 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TRENCH STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 14d
19036795 POWER STAGE CIRCUIT WITH MINIPHASE AND HETEROGENEOUS PHASE CONFIGURATION AND METHOD THEREOF NASH, GARY A

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18618365 GATE DRIVING UNIT PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 42d overdue
18926226 PRE-CHARGE MONITORING OF POWER STAGE CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR JACKSON, LAKAISHA
18926222 STATUS REPORT OF POWER STAGE CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR LAXTON, GARY L
18806689 DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR TRAN, NGUYEN
18738372 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH FAULT REPORTING STRUCTURE PRIFTI, AUREL
18637140 DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR DINH, THAI T

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18512540 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH GROUP III-V COMPOUND MATERIAL GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 22d
18926226 PRE-CHARGE MONITORING OF POWER STAGE CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR JACKSON, LAKAISHA
18738372 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH FAULT REPORTING STRUCTURE PRIFTI, AUREL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 4
2175 1
2846 1
2849 1
2891 1
2818 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19036795 POWER STAGE CIRCUIT WITH MINIPHASE AND HETEROGENEOUS PHASE CONFIGURATION AND METHOD THEREOF NASH, GARY A 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 24, 2025
18926226 PRE-CHARGE MONITORING OF POWER STAGE CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18926222 STATUS REPORT OF POWER STAGE CIRCUIT FOR MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR LAXTON, GARY L 2838 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2024
18806689 DRIVING CIRCUIT AND MULTIPHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR TRAN, NGUYEN 2838 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2024
18738372 INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH FAULT REPORTING STRUCTURE PRIFTI, AUREL 2175 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18637140 DRIVER CIRCUIT FOR SWITCHING CIRCUIT AND DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MOTOR DINH, THAI T 2846 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18618365 GATE DRIVING UNIT PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 2849 §103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2024
18512540 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH GROUP III-V COMPOUND MATERIAL GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §102 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18454362 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH TRENCH STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME WALJESKI-MOSES, KATRINA MARIE HESTER 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Aug 23, 2023

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