Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
12 pending office actions • 7 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nordic Semiconductor ASA has 11 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed across 6 distinct art units, indicating a range of electronic and optical innovations. The prosecution involves 11 distinct examiners, which means every single pending action is being reviewed by a different individual. This distribution requires the company to navigate the individual styles of many different examiners to advance its 11 pending matters.
JAMES M PEREZ is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though he is only managing 1 pending office action. This highlights the complete lack of examiner overlap across the 11 pending actions. With 11 actions spread over 6 distinct art units and 11 examiners, the company must manage a variety of technical classifications and individual examiner styles. Practitioners should note that the busiest examiner handles 1 of the active matters, which is consistent with the overall distribution of the portfolio. The focus on Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics ensures that the prosecution remains within a specific technical framework. With 11 pending office actions, the company maintains a steady and distributed presence at the patent office.
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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 7 (58%) |
| §102 only | 3 (25%) |
| §112 only | 1 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (8%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEREZ, JAMES M | 1 | 89.6% | +14.4% |
| HUANG, WEN WU | 1 | 73.0% | +15.6% |
| SAMS, MATTHEW C | 1 | 67.9% | +11.4% |
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 1 | 77.7% | +13.0% |
| TRAN, NGUYEN | 1 | 83.6% | +7.5% |
| WELLS, KENNETH B | 1 | 86.2% | +2.4% |
| RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 1 | 93.3% | +8.6% |
| WILCOX, JAMES J | 1 | 70.1% | +61.2% |
| FATIMA, AYMAN | 1 | 82.1% | +15.5% |
| LEE, ERIC D | 1 | 81.4% | +19.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19120354 | PACKET DURATION ESTIMATION | PEREZ, JAMES M | — |
| 18696235 | SINGLE-ENDED-TO-DIFFERENTIAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | WELLS, KENNETH B | — |
| 18601676 | AMPLIFIERS | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — |
| 18578276 | SYSTEM TIMER WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ULTRA-LOW POWER OPERATION | FATIMA, AYMAN | — |
| 18542102 | INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT DESIGN METHODS | LEE, ERIC D | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18704355 | BOOST CONVERTER CIRCUITS | TRAN, NGUYEN | 70d |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18648172 | GLITCH FILTER | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 17d overdue |
| 18428465 | RADIO DEVICES | WILCOX, JAMES J | 8d |
| 19120354 | PACKET DURATION ESTIMATION | PEREZ, JAMES M | — |
| 18825979 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING IN RADIO-FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS | HUANG, WEN WU | — |
| 18674499 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SAMS, MATTHEW C | — |
| 18578276 | SYSTEM TIMER WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ULTRA-LOW POWER OPERATION | FATIMA, AYMAN | — |
| 18542102 | INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT DESIGN METHODS | LEE, ERIC D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 2439 | 1 |
| 2176 | 1 |
| 2851 | 1 |
| 2417 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19120354 | PACKET DURATION ESTIMATION | PEREZ, JAMES M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2025 |
| 18825979 | IMPEDANCE MATCHING IN RADIO-FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS | HUANG, WEN WU | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18674499 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE | SAMS, MATTHEW C | 2646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18648172 | GLITCH FILTER | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2843 | §103 | Final Rejection | 17d overdue | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18704355 | BOOST CONVERTER CIRCUITS | TRAN, NGUYEN | 2838 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 70d | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18696235 | SINGLE-ENDED-TO-DIFFERENTIAL TRANSCONDUCTANCE AMPLIFIERS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF | WELLS, KENNETH B | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2024 |
| 18601676 | AMPLIFIERS | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18428465 | RADIO DEVICES | WILCOX, JAMES J | 2439 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Jan 31, 2024 |
| 18578276 | SYSTEM TIMER WITH HIGH RESOLUTION AND ULTRA-LOW POWER OPERATION | FATIMA, AYMAN | 2176 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18542102 | INTEGRATED-CIRCUIT DESIGN METHODS | LEE, ERIC D | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 18100270 | FINITE STATE MACHINE REPAIR CIRCUITRY | TAT, BINH C | 2851 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2023 |
| 16896921 | DIGITAL RADIO TRANSMISSIONS | VOLTAIRE, JEAN F | 2417 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2020 |
IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.
Start Free Trial