Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
138 pending office actions • 72 art units • 126 examiners • 0 of 138 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 455 patents granted in the last 365 days
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has 145 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are spread across 73 distinct art units, indicating a range of technical interests within the networking field. The company interfaces with 131 distinct examiners, which suggests that most of the 145 pending office actions are being reviewed by different individuals. The 73 distinct art units emphasize the need for a versatile prosecution strategy that can adapt to many different technical classifications.
JUSTICE, MICHAEL W is the busiest examiner, handling 3 pending office actions. This low concentration of work with any single examiner means that the company's prosecution strategy must be adaptable to many different examiner styles. With 131 distinct examiners and 73 distinct art units, the portfolio is decentralized. Practitioners must manage each of the 145 pending office actions with an eye toward the specific requirements of the many different art units involved. The 3 pending office actions with JUSTICE, MICHAEL W represent the highest concentration for any single examiner.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 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. 25 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 | 5 (4%) |
| §101 + other | 9 (7%) |
| §103 only | 46 (33%) |
| §102 only | 11 (8%) |
| §112 only | 8 (6%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 55 (40%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LI, YONGHONG | 3 | 76.0% | +22.6% |
| NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 3 | 85.8% | +12.4% |
| FRAZIER, BRADY W | 2 | 78.5% | +27.1% |
| JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 2 | 83.2% | +16.6% |
| PERVIN, NUZHAT | 2 | 81.2% | +13.7% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 2 | 72.8% | +28.5% |
| MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 2 | 85.5% | +5.9% |
| AJID, ABDELTIF | 2 | 76.9% | +12.0% |
| SCHWARTZ, JOSHUA L | 2 | 68.2% | +21.6% |
| JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM | 2 | 87.6% | +23.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19009603 | RADAR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING METHOD | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | — |
| 18820607 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A WIRELESS DEVICE TO SWITCH TO A NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS (NPCA) PRIMARY CHANNEL TO TRANSMIT FRAMES TO ANOTHER WIRELESS DEVICE | JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM | — |
| 18744374 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FRAME PROTECTION | JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535624 | MULTI-LINK DEVICE FRAME EXCHANGE WITHIN A WLAN (WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORK) | ADHAMI, MOHAMMAD SAJID | 86d overdue |
| 18139531 | UPDATING RADAR SENSOR ACCURACY MEASUREMENTS FOR OBJECT TRACKING | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 77d overdue |
| 18384818 | MULTI-LINK INFORMATION ELEMENT WITH MILLIMETER WAVE (MMWAVE) LINK | YANG, ZHAOHUI | 46d overdue |
| 18499100 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH MULTI-STEP GATE AND RECESSED MULTI-STEP FIELD PLATE WITH FIELD PLATE SPACERS AND METHOD OF FABRICATION | FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN | 45d 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 |
| 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 |
| 18461673 | CASCADED RADAR SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED AVAILABILITY | ZHU, NOAH YI MIN | 1d 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18669391 | ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEM | PERVIN, NUZHAT | 2d overdue |
| 18235544 | DIGITAL CHIRP OFDM RADAR AND RADAR SENSING METHODS | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 22d |
| 19044825 | SYNCHRONIZING OF DISTRIBUTED RADAR UNITS | FRAZIER, BRADY W | — |
| 19009603 | RADAR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING METHOD | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | — |
| 18965285 | RADAR SYSTEM | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18965354 | PLANAR BALUN STRUCTURE | LI, YONGHONG | — |
| 18961997 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT RADAR SYSTEM | PERVIN, NUZHAT | — |
| 18961836 | PHASE NOISE REMOVAL | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3648 | 23 |
| 2843 | 6 |
| 2649 | 4 |
| 2413 | 4 |
| 2898 | 4 |
| 2645 | 4 |
| 2474 | 4 |
| 2181 | 3 |
| 2812 | 3 |
| 2478 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19462203 | Method for determining a RFID backscatter link frequency and RFID tag | GUDORF, LAURA A | 2876 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2026 |
| 19343283 | TOUCH SENSOR CONTROLLER INCLUDING A LINE DRIVER AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION OF A LINE DRIVER | CHOW, VAN NGUYEN | 2627 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2025 |
| 19251269 | ROBUST TRAJECTORY CONTROL | WANG, KAI NMN | 3664 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19096903 | SECURE ELEMENT AND OPERATING METHOD | LEWIS, LISA C | 2495 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
| 19089892 | METHOD OF LOCATING A UWB-ENABLED MOBILE DEVICE IN A UWB BASED TRANSIT DEPLOYMENT | CLARE, MARK C | 3628 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2025 |
| 19085559 | SECURE ELEMENT AND OPERATING METHOD | LE, CHAU D | 2408 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19084089 | SECURE ELEMENT AND OPERATING METHOD | RONI, SYED A | 2432 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19065177 | GILBERT MIXER | ALGAHAIM, HELAL A | 3645 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19062348 | CAN DEVICE, CAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAN DEVICE | NGUYEN, HAO HONG | 2447 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19044825 | SYNCHRONIZING OF DISTRIBUTED RADAR UNITS | FRAZIER, BRADY W | 3648 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2025 |
| 19040341 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING RADAR SIGNAL | MULL, FRED H | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19014432 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING IDENTICAL CORES | KABIR, ENAMUL MD | 2112 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19009603 | RADAR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING METHOD | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 3648 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18976979 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A RADAR DEVICE AND RADAR DEVICE | WOLFORD, NAOMI M | 3648 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2024 |
| 18971680 | SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS DISTANCE RANGING | EDRADA, ISABELLA AMEYALI | 3648 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2024 |
| 18969394 | COMMUNICATION NODE WITH SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS AND METHODS FOR SECURING THEREIN | KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN | 2494 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18967269 | AUTHENTICATION OF MULTIPLE MOBILE DEVICES BY THE SAME TARGET DEVICE IN AN ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEM | RICHMOND, GARTH DANIEL | 2644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18965285 | RADAR SYSTEM | LI, YONGHONG | 3648 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18965354 | PLANAR BALUN STRUCTURE | LI, YONGHONG | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18961997 | MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT RADAR SYSTEM | PERVIN, NUZHAT | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961836 | PHASE NOISE REMOVAL | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18962516 | CONTROLLER AREA NETWORK (CAN) TRANSCEIVER, CAN DEVICE, CAN SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CAN TRANSCEIVER | YU, HENRY W | 2181 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18960180 | Method and device for self-calibrating a radiofrequency transmitter | CHEN, ZHITONG | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18957980 | VIRTUALLY IMMUTABLE FIRMWARE ATTESTATION, RECOVERY, AND RELATED SECURITY | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18955377 | RF COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WITH EMI REDUCTION | BROWN, VERNAL U | 2686 | — | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18950912 | DETECTION AND MITIGATION OF VOLT BOOT ATTACKS | FARAMARZI, GITA | 2496 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18950426 | ERROR CONCEALMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MOBILE RADIO | PEREZ, ANGELICA | 2649 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18937507 | POWER DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER DETECTOR | MONSUR, NASIMA | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18932354 | MULTI-RADAR JOINT DETECTION SYSTEM | RAYNAL, ASHLEY BROWN | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18919660 | GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | LI, YONGHONG | 3648 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 18, 2024 |
| 18916431 | METHOD OF OPERATING A GATEWAY DEVICE | LAFONTANT, GARY | 2646 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2024 |
| 18889656 | PHASE DIFFERENCE CORRECTION METHOD AND ULTRA-WIDEBAND SYSTEM | FRAZIER, BRADY W | 3648 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18889567 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERFERENCE SIGNAL REDUCTION | MANOHARAN, SHASHIDHAR SHANKAR | 2655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18825611 | RF communication device for adaptive detection of further RF communication devices | NGUYEN, CHUONG M | 2413 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18809684 | FAULT AND ATTACK TOLERANT ELECTRONIC HARDWARE USING REPROGRAMMABLE LOGIC WITH SOFTWARE OVER THE AIR SUPPORT | NAHAR, QAMRUN | 2199 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18669391 | ANGLE OF ARRIVAL ESTIMATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR SYSTEM | PERVIN, NUZHAT | 3648 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18647696 | METHOD OF PERFORMING RADAR OPERATIONS, RADAR DEVICE AND RADAR SYSTEM | HENSON, BRANDON JAMES | 3648 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18638786 | BIAS CIRCUIT | CHOE, HENRY | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18623083 | ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING A SIDEWALL STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF FORMATION THEREOF | BERNSTEIN, ALLISON | 2824 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2024 |
| 18617400 | SECURE FLASHLESS BOOTING FOR AUTOMOTIVE RADAR | MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18607680 | RADAR POWER CALIBRATION WITH COMPENSATION FOR DISSIPATED POWER | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 2843 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18598099 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A SI BJT, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES | AHMED, SHAHED | 2813 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 07, 2024 |
| 18595511 | SIGE HBT AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | WIEGAND, TYLER J | 2812 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18592294 | MIMO RADAR WITH OBJECT REFLECTED SIGNAL OVERLAP DETECTION | JUSTICE, MICHAEL W | 3648 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18584848 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUDIO STREAMING | BARKER, TODD L | 2449 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 22, 2024 |
| 18582770 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF DISTRIBUTED RADAR SYSTEM USING DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE | MOORE, WHITNEY | 3646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18444826 | BACKSIDE AND SIDEWALL METALLIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES | NGUYEN, THANH T | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | 78d | Pending | Feb 19, 2024 |
| 18418425 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING AND DESIGNING | AISAKA, BRYCE M | 2851 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2024 |
| 18394364 | SEMICONDUCTOR CHIP PACKAGING DEFECT FREE DIMPLE PROCESS AND DEVICE | SANDVIK, BENJAMIN P | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18526034 | METHOD OF OPERATING A DATA FRAME EXCHANGING COMMUNICATION DEVICE | AJID, ABDELTIF | 2478 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNXP Semiconductors N.V. has 138 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 72 art units and 126 examiners.
Yonghong Li has the most, with 3 of NXP Semiconductors N.V.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.