Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nxp B V

57 pending office actions • 33 art units • 53 examiners • 0 of 57 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 271 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

57
Total Pending OAs
41
Non-Final OAs
13
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 57 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

29
Overdue
1
Due this week
17
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
6
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. 57 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (29)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (17)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (6)

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.

2
Hard (4%)
55
Medium (96%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (4%)
§103 only45 (79%)
§102 only10 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
13
Information Tech
23% of docket
7
Communications
12% of docket
20
Semiconductors
35% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
30% 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.

570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
114 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
200 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PERVIN, NUZHAT 2 80.8% +14.3%
MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 2 88.0% -2.6%
LE, HAILEY R 2 80.9% +10.0%
MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 2 71.4% +30.1%
TABONE JR, JOHN J 1 88.4% +8.7%
YU, HENRY W 1 69.0% +29.1%
RETEBO, METASEBIA T 1 89.5% +5.1%
VO, ETHAN VIET 1 73.4% +32.4%
FAN, CHIEH M 1 27.3% +9.3%
YACOB, SISAY 1 76.6% +17.5%

Quick Wins (8)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18139531 UPDATING RADAR SENSOR ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS FOR OBJECT TRACKING MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 77d overdue
18525971 METHOD OF OPERATING A UWB RADAR DEVICE PERVIN, NUZHAT 31d overdue
18617400 SECURE FLASHLESS BOOTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 3d overdue
18669391 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEM PERVIN, NUZHAT 2d overdue
18606257 LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD LE, HAILEY R 12d
18360455 TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM LE, HAILEY R 14d
18795300 SINE-WAVE GENERATOR INCLUDING FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTER-BASED HARMONIC CANCELLATION RETEBO, METASEBIA T 15d
18971585 SCAN FLIP-FLOP TABONE JR, JOHN J 21d

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
18766186 ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE FAN, CHIEH M 9d overdue
17819988 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM WITH ADAPTIVE BIT SHIFTING, AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE BIT SHIFTING LE, PHAT NGOC 4d overdue
18356403 EFFICIENT POINT VERIFICATION FOR SEMI-STATIC ELLIPTIC CURVE DIFFIE-HELLMAN AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS SHAW, PETER C 34d

Interview Candidates (9)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18754560 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD VO, ETHAN VIET 51d overdue
18525971 METHOD OF OPERATING A UWB RADAR DEVICE PERVIN, NUZHAT 31d overdue
18764565 NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING BEAT FREQUENCY SIGNALS IN THE NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS YACOB, SISAY 16d overdue
18669391 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEM PERVIN, NUZHAT 2d overdue
18606257 LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD LE, HAILEY R 12d
18360455 TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM LE, HAILEY R 14d
18235544 DIGITAL CHIRP OFDM RADAR AND RADAR SENSING METHODS MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 22d
18962516 CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) TRANSCEIVER, CAN DEVICE, CAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAN TRANSCEIVER YU, HENRY W 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3648 14
2111 2
2842 2
2431 2
2632 2
2663 2
2838 2
2858 2
2843 2
2897 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18971585 SCAN FLIP-FLOP TABONE JR, JOHN J 2111 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18962516 CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) TRANSCEIVER, CAN DEVICE, CAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAN TRANSCEIVER YU, HENRY W 2181 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18795300 SINE-WAVE GENERATOR INCLUDING FINITE IMPULSE RESPONSE FILTER-BASED HARMONIC CANCELLATION RETEBO, METASEBIA T 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18754560 STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD VO, ETHAN VIET 2431 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18766186 ELECTRONIC CONTROL DEVICE FAN, CHIEH M 2632 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18764565 NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING BEAT FREQUENCY SIGNALS IN THE NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS YACOB, SISAY 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2024
18746093 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BLENDING AUDIO SIGNALS BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18744887 CRITICAL PATH SENSITIZATION IN ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 2111 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18669391 ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEM PERVIN, NUZHAT 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 20, 2024
18647883 RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION WAHEED, NAZRA NUR 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18647458 OCCUPANCY GRID MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHOD ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN 2663 §102 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18617400 SECURE FLASHLESS BOOTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18606257 LOCALIZATION SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD LE, HAILEY R 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18606525 SPARSE RANGE PROCESSING FOR VEHICLE RADAR SYSTEM WINDRICH, MARCUS E 3646 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603974 MULTI-PULSE DRIVE CIRCUIT FOR POWER INTEGRATING LOAD GBLENDE, JEFFREY A 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18600833 ANTENNA PACKAGE SINGH, GURBIR 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2024
18598525 CASCADED RADAR SYSTEM WITH TRANSMITING-VEHICLE REFLECTION MITIGATION GOSLING, ANNA KOBACKER 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024
18591405 RADAR SIGNAL DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL SUPER-RESOLUTION ESTIMATION MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §102 Final Rejection 71d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18591341 CURRENT COMPARATOR USABLE IN DC-DC CONVERTER APPLICATIONS NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103 Final Rejection 42d Pending Feb 29, 2024
18444826 BACKSIDE AND SIDEWALL METALLIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §103 Final Rejection 78d Pending Feb 19, 2024
18412775 WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS SYNCHRONIZATION MANNAVA, VIJAY KUMAR 2479 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18398869 TIME SYNCHRONIZATION TESTING OF CASCADED RADAR TRANSCEIVER CHIPS HENSON, BRANDON JAMES 3648 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18531768 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILIATING A PHASE SHIFTER LEE, BENNY T 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18527890 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SILICON BIPOLAR JUNCTION TRANSISTOR, AND A BJT HO, ANTHONY 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 04, 2023
18525971 METHOD OF OPERATING A UWB RADAR DEVICE PERVIN, NUZHAT 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2023
18524997 LATCH-UP PREVENTION WITH WELL-TIE EXTENSION USING SELECTIVE WELL DOPING MENZ, DOUGLAS M 2897 §102 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18519268 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING EMBEDDED DIE AND METHOD THEREFOR JEFFERSON, QUOVAUNDA 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18505364 DIE IN DIE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 09, 2023
18483115 HYBRID RANDOM TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (RTDM) DOPPLER DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (DDM) MULTIPLE-INPUT MULTIPLE-OUTPUT (MIMO) RADAR SYSTEM AND METHOD JUSTICE, MICHAEL W 3648 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18481259 RF CIRCUIT CHOE, HENRY 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18479861 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINATION OF DIRECTION OF ARRIVAL ANGLE NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 03, 2023
18476397 APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION AND SENSING LO, DIANE LEE 2466 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2023
18461673 CASCADED RADAR SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED AVAILABILITY ZHU, NOAH YI MIN 3648 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18459759 A CIRCUIT BHATIA, AMIT R 2842 §103 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18458236 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ATTACKS ON DISTANCE ESTIMATIONS DOZE, PETER DAVON 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 191d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18238007 VEHICLE SENSOR POINT CLOUD PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION ESTIMATION BASED ON VISION SENSOR DATA MEMON, OWAIS IQBAL 2663 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Aug 25, 2023
18236481 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH EMBEDDED LEADFRAME AND METHOD THEREFOR ESKRIDGE, CORY W 3624 §103 Final Rejection 75d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18235544 DIGITAL CHIRP OFDM RADAR AND RADAR SENSING METHODS MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 18, 2023
18360455 TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM LE, HAILEY R 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18356403 EFFICIENT POINT VERIFICATION FOR SEMI-STATIC ELLIPTIC CURVE DIFFIE-HELLMAN AUTHENTICATION PROTOCOLS SHAW, PETER C 2493 §101 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18348403 LAYERED ARCHITECTURE FOR MANAGING HEALTH OF AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR LAYERED HEALTH MANAGEMENT XU, MICHAEL 2113 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18338754 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS WITH CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE AND INTER-SYMBOL INTERFER[[A]]ENCE CALCULATION BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 2632 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 21, 2023
18338795 VEHICULAR COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS WITH CO-CHANNEL COEXISTENCE OVEISSI, MANSOUR 2415 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18337622 DUAL LEADFRAME SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD THEREFOR INOUSSA, MOULOUCOULAY 2818 §102 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18208157 BLOCK-WISE NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH USING GUIDED SEARCH ALGORITHM ILES, TYLER EDWARD 2122 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18325503 ESD CIRCUIT WITH GGNMOS TRANSISTORS HAVING MULTIPLE BODY CONTACT REGIONS AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending May 30, 2023
18139531 UPDATING RADAR SENSOR ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS FOR OBJECT TRACKING MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 77d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18135922 LOW-ENTROPY MASKING FOR CRYPTOGRAPHY ALMAMUN, ABDULLAH 2431 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2023
18131929 LEADLESS SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE WITH DUAL-SIDED STUD STRUCTURE FOR DIE-TO-PACKAGE FAN OUT VU, HUNG K 2897 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18067590 WIRELESS DEVICE NETWORK TOPOLOGY YUN, EUGENE 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Dec 16, 2022
18054614 MULTI-TIME PROGRAMMABLE MEMORY CELL AND METHOD THEREFOR LIU, XIAOMING 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 268d overdue Pending Nov 11, 2022
18054217 TRANSFORMER CHAN, TSZFUNG JACKIE 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2022
17819988 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING A FAST FOURIER TRANSFORM WITH ADAPTIVE BIT SHIFTING, AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE BIT SHIFTING LE, PHAT NGOC 2182 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17818607 TRANSISTOR HEAT DISSIPATION STRUCTURE GREWAL, HEIM KIRIN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 09, 2022
17714089 METHOD FOR BLOCK-LEVEL NN DEPLOYMENT METRIC MODELLING LEE, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 2128 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2022
17657827 POSTURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD HENSON, DEVIN B 3791 §103 Final Rejection 157d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2022
17694330 FLIP CHIP DEVICE THROUGH PACKAGE VIA PLACEMENT YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 14, 2022

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