Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Power Integrations Inc.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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 (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

4
Hard (67%)
2
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (67%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
5
Semiconductors
83% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN 1 100.0% +0.0%
JACKSON, LAKAISHA 1 85.5% +11.9%
HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 1 72.3% +24.1%
ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 1 81.3% +25.1%
FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 1 76.1% +17.0%
HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 1 86.7% +1.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18048969 Magnet with Multiple Discs HOMZA, LISA NHUNG

Hard Cases (4)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290144 ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING IN A BUCK CONVERTER ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 171d overdue
18606753 HOUSING AND HOUSING GRASPING FEATURES USABLE WITH A HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 29d overdue
18867165 DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING A SECONDARY SWITCH TO ACHIEVE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN
18824780 CONTROLLING A SECONDARY SWITCH TO ACHIEVE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING JACKSON, LAKAISHA

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18290144 ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING IN A BUCK CONVERTER ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 171d overdue
18606753 HOUSING AND HOUSING GRASPING FEATURES USABLE WITH A HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 29d overdue
18376795 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE OPERATION OF A MUTLI-OUTPUT POWER CONVERTER FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 28d
18824780 CONTROLLING A SECONDARY SWITCH TO ACHIEVE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING JACKSON, LAKAISHA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 2
2835 1
2844 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18867165 DYNAMICALLY CONTROLLING A SECONDARY SWITCH TO ACHIEVE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING CHAPA MILLS, NICOLAS ALDEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18824780 CONTROLLING A SECONDARY SWITCH TO ACHIEVE ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING JACKSON, LAKAISHA 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18606753 HOUSING AND HOUSING GRASPING FEATURES USABLE WITH A HEAT DISSIPATING DEVICE HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2835 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18290144 ZERO VOLTAGE SWITCHING IN A BUCK CONVERTER ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA 171d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18376795 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE OPERATION OF A MUTLI-OUTPUT POWER CONVERTER FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18048969 Magnet with Multiple Discs HOMZA, LISA NHUNG 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2022

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