Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
17 pending office actions • 9 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
pSemi Corporation has 18 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These cases are spread across 10 distinct art units, indicating that the company's circuit designs are being evaluated by a variety of technical specialists. The portfolio involves 17 distinct examiners, which means that almost every pending action is being handled by a different individual, requiring a highly individualized approach to each application.
Kenneth B Wells is the busiest examiner for pSemi Corporation, with 2 pending office actions currently under his review. This low level of concentration, where the busiest examiner holds only 2 of the 18 pending office actions, emphasizes the need for a broad prosecution strategy. Because 17 distinct examiners are involved across 10 distinct art units, the company must prepare for a wide range of examiner perspectives and technical requirements to ensure that its semiconductor innovations are consistently protected.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 | 3 (18%) |
| §102 only | 2 (12%) |
| §112 only | 2 (12%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (12%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (41%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (6%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLS, KENNETH B | 2 | 86.2% | +2.4% |
| WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | 1 | 80.3% | +12.3% |
| ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 1 | 81.4% | +24.9% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.4% |
| KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | 1 | 87.2% | +9.8% |
| WENDELL, ANDREW | 1 | 84.2% | +12.0% |
| NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG | 1 | 90.9% | +5.1% |
| SEHAR, FAKEHA | 1 | 83.5% | +18.0% |
| NGUYEN, HIEU P | 1 | 92.1% | +5.1% |
| CHOE, HENRY | 1 | 92.2% | -1.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18827039 | GATE RESISTIVE LADDER BYPASS FOR RF FET SWITCH STACK | WELLS, KENNETH B | 36d overdue |
| 18640862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMPROVING LINEARITY OF MOSFETS USING AN ACCUMULATED CHARGE SINK | NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG | — |
| 18622519 | IMPEDANCE CONTROL IN MERGED STACKED FET AMPLIFIERS | NGUYEN, HIEU P | — |
| 18612392 | Diode-Based Protection Circuit | CHOE, HENRY | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19308992 | Methods and Apparatuses for Use in Tuning Reactance in a Circuit Device | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | — |
| 19029649 | SWITCHED CAPACITORS FOR AC-DC APPLICATIONS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 19017326 | AC Coupling Modules for Bias Ladders | WELLS, KENNETH B | — |
| 18750645 | T-Gate FET Structure | KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | — |
| 18664214 | REFERENCE SIGNAL ANTENNA SWITCHING FOR RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT END SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WENDELL, ANDREW | — |
| 18639640 | EDMOS FET with Variable Drift Region Resistance | SEHAR, FAKEHA | — |
| 18416779 | Low-Leakage NEDMOS and LDMOS Devices | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19308992 | Methods and Apparatuses for Use in Tuning Reactance in a Circuit Device | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | — |
| 19029649 | SWITCHED CAPACITORS FOR AC-DC APPLICATIONS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | — |
| 18664214 | REFERENCE SIGNAL ANTENNA SWITCHING FOR RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT END SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WENDELL, ANDREW | — |
| 18639640 | EDMOS FET with Variable Drift Region Resistance | SEHAR, FAKEHA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2842 | 4 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2648 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2646 | 1 |
| 2899 | 1 |
| 2812 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19308992 | Methods and Apparatuses for Use in Tuning Reactance in a Circuit Device | WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19029649 | SWITCHED CAPACITORS FOR AC-DC APPLICATIONS | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19031034 | PUMP CAPACITOR CONFIGURATION FOR SWITCHED CAPACITOR CIRCUITS | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | — | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19017326 | AC Coupling Modules for Bias Ladders | WELLS, KENNETH B | 2842 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18827039 | GATE RESISTIVE LADDER BYPASS FOR RF FET SWITCH STACK | WELLS, KENNETH B | 2842 | §103§112DP | Final Rejection | 36d overdue | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18750645 | T-Gate FET Structure | KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M | 2897 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 18664214 | REFERENCE SIGNAL ANTENNA SWITCHING FOR RADIO FREQUENCY FRONT END SYSTEMS AND METHODS | WENDELL, ANDREW | 2648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 14, 2024 |
| 18640862 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USE IN IMPROVING LINEARITY OF MOSFETS USING AN ACCUMULATED CHARGE SINK | NGUYEN, NIKI HOANG | 2818 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 2024 |
| 18639640 | EDMOS FET with Variable Drift Region Resistance | SEHAR, FAKEHA | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18622519 | IMPEDANCE CONTROL IN MERGED STACKED FET AMPLIFIERS | NGUYEN, HIEU P | 2843 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18612392 | Diode-Based Protection Circuit | CHOE, HENRY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2024 |
| 18605576 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING SWITCHING TIME OF RF FET SWITCHING DEVICES | VO, NGUYEN THANH | 2646 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18601465 | ESD Protection Circuit | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18416779 | Low-Leakage NEDMOS and LDMOS Devices | PARTHASARATHY, ROHIT | 2899 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18409152 | GATE RESISTOR BYPASS FOR RF FET SWITCH STACK | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2842 | §112 | Non-Final OA | 20d | Pending | Jan 10, 2024 |
| 18406435 | START-UP OF STEP-UP POWER CONVERTER WITH SWITCHED-CAPACITOR NETWORK | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18540531 | Asymmetric MOSFET Devices | MAZUMDER, DIDARUL A | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
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