Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
564 pending office actions • 172 art units • 442 examiners • 0 of 564 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 886 patents granted in the last 365 days
NVIDIA Corporation has 566 pending office actions in Communications. The portfolio spans 444 distinct examiners across 174 distinct art units, creating a very broad examination footprint. The scale and distribution require durable systems for tracking claim families, technical themes, examiner treatment, and response deadlines, rather than ad hoc file management.
TRUONG, LECHI is the busiest examiner, with 6 pending matters. Those cases can support targeted monitoring of examiner-specific positions, but they represent only one part of a docket spread across hundreds of examiners and many art units. Counsel should establish shared technical and claim-language guidance, then preserve flexibility for distinct communication technologies, cited art, and examination practices.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 177 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. 177 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 only | 11 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 126 (22%) |
| §103 only | 232 (41%) |
| §102 only | 26 (5%) |
| §112 only | 11 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 7 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 145 (26%) |
| No statute on record | 2 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRUONG, LECHI | 6 | 87.2% | +36.7% |
| AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 4 | 73.1% | +19.0% |
| AN, IG TAI | 4 | 57.4% | +24.7% |
| RICHER, AARON M | 4 | 52.2% | +20.7% |
| HUA, QUAN M | 4 | 72.4% | +21.2% |
| KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN | 4 | 88.6% | +16.5% |
| GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | 4 | 59.5% | +28.8% |
| TSENG, CHENG YUAN | 3 | 84.1% | +15.3% |
| TSENG, CHARLES | 3 | 79.2% | +31.3% |
| CHEN, YU | 3 | 67.9% | +29.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17548445 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR INTEROPERABILITY | TRUONG, LECHI | 28d |
| 17691808 | Flexible Migration of Executing Software Between Processing Components Without Need For Hardware Reset | TRUONG, LECHI | 55d |
| 18070180 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO TRANSFER INFORMATION BETWEEN ACCELERATOR MEMORY | TRUONG, LECHI | 63d |
| 19054532 | EFFICIENT RELEASE OF COMPUTING RESOURCES ACROSS MEMORY CONTEXTS AND PROCESSOR PIPELINES | TSENG, CHENG YUAN | — |
| 18593578 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO ALLOCATE A DATA STRUCTURE | KIM, SISLEY NAHYUN | — |
| 17548433 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES FOR INTEROPERABILITY | TRUONG, LECHI | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17190724 | SELECTING A NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON AN AMOUNT OF MEMORY | CHUANG, SU-TING | 125d overdue |
| 17188338 | NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING TECHNIQUE | SPRAUL III, VINCENT ANTON | 93d overdue |
| 17720205 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO OBTAIN DATA | YUN, CARINA | 92d overdue |
| 16357047 | IMAGE IDENTIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS | TORRES, MARCOS L | 92d overdue |
| 18625837 | HIERARCHICAL SPARSE VOXEL REPRESENTATION FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC SCENES | CHEN, BIAO | 87d overdue |
| 18225674 | TEMPORALLY STABLE DATA RECONSTRUCTION WITH AN EXTERNAL RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK | ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY | 80d overdue |
| 18416133 | NEURAL NETWORK TO CONTROL AUTONOMOUS MACHINES | TURNBAUGH, ASHLEIGH NICOLE | 72d overdue |
| 16539989 | PERFORMING MATRIX OPERATIONS IN NEURAL NETWORKS | KANG, INSUN | 72d overdue |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747625 | OPTIMIZING COMPUTATIONAL GRAPHS FOR VISUAL SCRIPTING AND DISTRIBUTED CONTENT CREATION | TSENG, CHARLES | 44d overdue |
| 18402415 | IMAGE GENERATION USING TEXT | CHEN, YU | 30d overdue |
| 18411441 | NEURAL NETWORK WITH VARIABLE RESOLUTION | CHEN, YU | 23d overdue |
| 18970591 | Trajectory generation using an end-to-end neural network for autonomous and semi-autonomous systems and applications | AN, IG TAI | 9d overdue |
| 17720201 | APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO STORE DATA | GUTMAN, JENNIFER MARIE | 8d overdue |
| 17095556 | IMAGE BLENDING USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS | RICHER, AARON M | 8d overdue |
| 16922214 | IMAGE GENERATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS | HUA, QUAN M | 8d overdue |
| 17740041 | DATA COMPRESSION API | TRUONG, LECHI | 2d overdue |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2611 | 24 |
| 2194 | 22 |
| 2613 | 17 |
| 2619 | 12 |
| 2617 | 10 |
| 2196 | 10 |
| 2671 | 9 |
| 2195 | 9 |
| 3665 | 8 |
| 3662 | 8 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19342254 | OCCLUSION DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | TESSEMA, BESUFEKAD LEMMA | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19317870 | DEEP NEURAL NETWORK FOR SEGMENTATION OF ROAD SCENES AND ANIMATE OBJECT INSTANCES FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLICATIONS | ISMAIL, MAHMOUD S | 3662 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19316955 | CONFIDENCE GENERATION USING A NEURAL NETWORK | SARWAR, BABAR | 3667 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2025 |
| 19309375 | SIMULATING REALISTIC TEST DATA FROM TRANSFORMED REAL-WORLD SENSOR DATA FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONS | LANG, MICHAEL DEAN | 3667 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19308035 | NEURAL NETWORK TRAJECTORY PREDICTION | SHAAWAT, MUSSA A | 3669 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19304737 | AUTOMATED GENERATION OF DATA SOURCE DESCRIPTIONS FOR AGENTIC WORKFLOWS | HERSHLEY, MARK E | 2164 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19290972 | FAULT DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19290034 | BRAKING CONTROL FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | TRIVEDI, ATUL | 3661 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2025 |
| 19285394 | TARGET SPACE DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | NAWAZ, TALHA M | 2483 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19278445 | AUTONMOUS OR SEMI-AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONS | CAIN, AARON G | 3656 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19271620 | MACHINES LEARNING ASSEMBLY TASKS USING PRE-TRAINED SKILL LIBRARIES | KATZ, DYLAN MICHAEL | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19266798 | GENERATING GRASP POSES FOR CONTROLLING ROBOTS USING DIFFUSION MODELS | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2025 |
| 19248060 | ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR PATH PLANNING IN ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | ARELLANO, PAUL WOODWARD | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2025 |
| 19242731 | DEXTEROUS ARM-HAND GRASPING WITH GEOMETRIC FABRICS | CAMERON, ATTICUS A | 3658 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19242736 | DEXTEROUS ARM-HAND GRASPING WITH GEOMETRIC FABRICS | MARC, MCDIEUNEL | 3656 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2025 |
| 19239625 | VIDEO COMPRESSION TECHNIQUES FOR RELIABLE TRANSMISSION | TORRENTE, RICHARD T | 2485 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19235084 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROBOT CONTROL BASED ON DIFFERENTIABLE TASK-AND-MOTION PLANNING | KHAYER, SOHANA T | 3657 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19235090 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROBOT CONTROL BASED ON DIFFERENTIABLE TASK-AND-MOTION PLANNING | TRAN, DALENA | 3657 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2025 |
| 19233765 | HAZARD DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | WU, PAYSUN | 3665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19229186 | DEFERRED COLOR CORRECTION IN IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINES FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | HANNETT, JAMES M | 2639 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19224400 | GENERALIZED ACCELERATION OF MATRIX MULTIPLY ACCUMULATE OPERATIONS | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2182 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19207445 | IMAGE STITCHING WITH COLOR HARMONIZATION FOR SURROUND VIEW SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | HAQUE, MD NAZMUL | 2487 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 |
| 19205767 | DYNAMICALLY HARDENING COMMUNICATIONS HAVING INSECURE PROTOCOLS | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 19190102 | PIPELINE CONFIGURATION AND MODULAR PROCESSING FOR RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION | NGUYEN, MERILYN P | 2153 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19185635 | EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF QUEUE ENTRY STATE | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 2163 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19182436 | IN-NETWORK MESSAGE AGGREGATION FOR EFFICIENT SMALL MESSAGE TRANSPORT | GARCIA-CHING, KARINA J | 2449 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19178304 | PARALLEL REFRIGERANT COOLING IN DATACENTER COOLING SYSTEMS | BRADFORD, JONATHAN | 3763 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 14, 2025 |
| 19174667 | NEURAL RENDERING OF CHARACTERS USING OPERATING STATES | WANG, JIN CHENG | 2617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 09, 2025 |
| 19096085 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY USING SPECIALIST AND GENERALIST POLICIES | DO, TRUC M | 3658 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19096129 | TECHNIQUES FOR ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY USING SPECIALIST AND GENERALIST POLICIES | SAMPLE, JONATHAN L | 3657 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 31, 2025 |
| 19094441 | CLOSEST SILHOUETTE QUERIES FOR RAY TRAVERSAL | TRAN, JENNY NGAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
| 19087426 | VIDEO COMPARISON FOR EVALUATION OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS SYSTEMS | BRIER, JEFFERY A | 2613 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19084565 | CAMERA WITH COMPRESSIVE SENSING | NGUYEN, CHAN T H | 2638 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19082391 | TEST DATA AUTHENTICATION AND PROCESSING USING SCALABLE DATA STRUCTURES | PATEL, KAMINI B | 2114 | §101§102§103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2025 |
| 19077562 | SCALABLE MULTI-MODAL PERCEPTION FRAMEWORK FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 2617 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19076691 | BUFFER MANAGEMENT FOR SAMPLING SEQUENCE-BASED DATA IN PROCESSORS | TRUONG, CAM Y T | 2169 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19075010 | OFFLOADING SHADER PROGRAM COMPILATION | CHIN, MICHELLE | 2614 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2025 |
| 19072884 | TECHNIQUES FOR VISION-BASED ROBOT CONTROL | PECHE, JORGE O | 3656 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2025 |
| 19062712 | DETERMINING OBJECT INFORMATION USING ULTRASONIC DATA FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062698 | SENSOR FUSION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES | 3645 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19061844 | SLOT FILLING USING A ZERO SHOT MODEL FOR CONVERSATIONAL AI SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G | 2691 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19061506 | AUTOMATED STORYBOARDING USING GENERATIVE AI-BASED SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | AHMAD, NAUMAN UDDIN | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19054889 | FRAME RATE UP-CONVERSION USING OPTICAL FLOW | GUO, XILIN | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2025 |
| 19053834 | NEURAL RENDERING USING VIRTUAL RAYS | PATEL, SHIVANG I | 2615 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19054532 | EFFICIENT RELEASE OF COMPUTING RESOURCES ACROSS MEMORY CONTEXTS AND PROCESSOR PIPELINES | TSENG, CHENG YUAN | 2615 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19047461 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING SPEECH LANGUAGE MODELS USING DESCRIPTIVE SPEECH-TEXT ALIGNMENT | REN, ZHUBING | 2658 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19047458 | FAILURE DETECTION IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE BY MONITORING THERMAL RESISTANCE | YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU | 2175 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19047454 | TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING SPEECH LANGUAGE MODELS USING DESCRIPTIVE SPEECH-TEXT ALIGNMENT | SUBRAMANI, NANDINI | 2656 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19043949 | Displaced Micro-meshes for Ray and Path Tracing | BRIER, JEFFERY A | 2613 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19044390 | OPTIMIZING GRID-BASED COMPUTE GRAPHS | THOMPSON, JAMES A | 2615 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
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