Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
75 pending office actions • 42 art units • 71 examiners • 0 of 75 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 267 patents granted in the last 365 days
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation is currently managing 74 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 42 distinct art units, indicating an exceptionally broad range of semiconductor applications. The involvement of 70 distinct examiners means that almost every one of the 74 pending office actions is being reviewed by a different individual, requiring a highly decentralized prosecution strategy.
Tuan Thieu Lam is the busiest examiner for Realtek, holding 3 pending office actions. This very low concentration, where the busiest examiner manages only 3 of the pending office actions, highlights the extreme fragmentation of the portfolio. With 70 distinct examiners and 42 distinct art units involved, Realtek must employ a highly versatile prosecution strategy to address the varied feedback from the USPTO and ensure that its semiconductor innovations are consistently protected across all technical fields.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 19 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. 19 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 + other | 5 (7%) |
| §103 only | 41 (55%) |
| §102 only | 7 (9%) |
| §112 only | 4 (5%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (23%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAM, TUAN THIEU | 3 | 77.7% | +13.0% |
| BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | 2 | 80.3% | +26.2% |
| NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2 | 85.8% | +12.5% |
| OSORIO, RICARDO | 1 | 89.1% | +7.7% |
| FLORES, ROBERTO W | 1 | 49.7% | +13.9% |
| HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | 1 | 74.3% | +23.7% |
| PEARSON, DAVID J | 1 | 78.1% | +11.8% |
| KIM, WILLIAM JW | 1 | 78.6% | +15.2% |
| SHAH, SUJIT | 1 | 66.5% | +11.2% |
| CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 1 | 49.8% | -7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17965732 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE COMPENSATION | BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | 12d |
| 19302103 | PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD | OSORIO, RICARDO | — |
| 18629498 | AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — |
| 18629516 | AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17190458 | Wafer testing machine and method for training artificial intelligence model to test wafer | NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T | 169d overdue |
| 18593964 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | JACKSON, LAKAISHA | 42d overdue |
| 18743071 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD | MYERS, PAUL R | 15d |
| 18795195 | PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED PROCESSING DEVICE FOR NUMERICAL DATA | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 22d |
| 18372717 | Electronic system and firmware update method having firmware update troubleshooting mechanism | PAULINO, LENIN | 26d |
| 19046528 | MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE AND MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD | KIM, WILLIAM JW | 30d |
| 19017754 | IMAGE DATA TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DATA TRANSCEIVING METHOD | CZEKAJ, DAVID J | — |
| 18963244 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAINING SYSTEM | DEPALMA, CAROLINE ELIZABETH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19240001 | Fingerprint data processing method, host device and wireless device with encrypted communications | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 3d overdue |
| 17965732 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE COMPENSATION | BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | 12d |
| 19046528 | MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE AND MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD | KIM, WILLIAM JW | 30d |
| 19186815 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD SUPPORTING FREE PAIRING OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODE AND PICTURE-BY-PICTURE MODE | HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | — |
| 19083953 | INTELLIGENT METHOD FOR LOGGING IN OPERATING SYSTEM AND SYSTEM | PEARSON, DAVID J | — |
| 19035780 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY DEVICE TO PRESET MODE, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES THEREOF | SHAH, SUJIT | — |
| 18780442 | ISOLATED SELECTOR AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — |
| 18633629 | HIGH-LINEARITY TWO-STAGE COMPLEMENTARY AMPLIFIER | BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2843 | 4 |
| 2621 | 2 |
| 2649 | 2 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| 2426 | 1 |
| 2409 | 1 |
| 2624 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 2414 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19302103 | PROCESSING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY AND ASSOCIATED CONTROL METHOD | OSORIO, RICARDO | 2625 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 |
| 19240001 | Fingerprint data processing method, host device and wireless device with encrypted communications | FLORES, ROBERTO W | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19186815 | VIDEO PROCESSING DEVICE AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD SUPPORTING FREE PAIRING OF PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODE AND PICTURE-BY-PICTURE MODE | HONG, MICHAEL HYUN | 2426 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2025 |
| 19083953 | INTELLIGENT METHOD FOR LOGGING IN OPERATING SYSTEM AND SYSTEM | PEARSON, DAVID J | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2025 |
| 19046528 | MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICE AND MEDIA PLAYBACK METHOD | KIM, WILLIAM JW | 2409 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 19035780 | METHOD FOR SWITCHING DISPLAY DEVICE TO PRESET MODE, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES THEREOF | SHAH, SUJIT | 2624 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19017754 | IMAGE DATA TRANSCEIVING SYSTEM AND IMAGE DATA TRANSCEIVING METHOD | CZEKAJ, DAVID J | 2488 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 18963244 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND TRAINING SYSTEM | DEPALMA, CAROLINE ELIZABETH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18961413 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | GALERA, PATRICK PAUL CONTRER | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 26, 2024 |
| 18958661 | ONLOOKER DETECTION SYSTEM AND ONLOOKER DETECTION METHOD | OAKES, JUSTIN MONTGOMERY | — | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18953817 | WEBCAM AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF | SUN, ANDREW NMN | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18945795 | COLLABORATIVE OPERATING SYSTEM OF AUDIOVISUAL PERIPHERAL DEVICES AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | JONES, CARISSA ANNE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18931087 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD | FUENTES, RUDY CRISTOFER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18926307 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING LINEARITY OF TESTED CIRCUIT | ISLA, RICHARD | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 25, 2024 |
| 18922330 | CONVOLUTION OPERATION CIRCUIT AND RELATED CONVOLUTION OPERATION METHOD | LIU, XIAO | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 21, 2024 |
| 18909932 | WIRELESS TRANSMISSION METHOD AND RELATED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | ORGAD, EDAN | 2414 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18824080 | MEMORY CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | OTTO, ALAN | 2132 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18820179 | RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSCEIVER CIRCUIT AND ASSOCIATED CIRCUIT SET FOR PERFORMING DIGITAL PRE-DISTORTION COMPENSATION | NGUYEN, HAI V | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18795195 | PROCESSING METHOD AND RELATED PROCESSING DEVICE FOR NUMERICAL DATA | RAJAPUTRA, SUMAN | 2163 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 22d | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18793959 | INTEGRATOR OPERATING BASED ON VARIABLE CURRENT | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2024 |
| 18780442 | ISOLATED SELECTOR AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18774881 | IMAGE RECOGNITION SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK AND IMAGE PREPROCESSING METHOD | LIN, JESSICA YIFANG | 2668 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2024 |
| 18743071 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTING SYSTEM AND SIGNAL TRANSMITTING METHOD | MYERS, PAUL R | 2176 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18671958 | INDICATOR CIRCUIT AND CALIBRATION METHOD FOR CALIBRATING NON-LINEAR DEVIATION OF POWER DETECTION CIRCUIT | CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18669941 | JUDGMENT SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC SYSTEM, JUDGMENT METHOD AND DISPLAY METHOD | FATIMA, UROOJ | 2676 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18668227 | THERMOELECTRIC COOLING CHIP AND PACKAGE STRUCTURE THEREOF | BUCK, LINDSEY A | 1728 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 19, 2024 |
| 18633629 | HIGH-LINEARITY TWO-STAGE COMPLEMENTARY AMPLIFIER | BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2024 |
| 18633489 | MULTIPHASE CLOCK SIGNAL GENERATING CIRCUIT AND EYE DIAGRAM GENERATING CIRCUIT | LAM, TUAN THIEU | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 11, 2024 |
| 18621026 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING METHOD | MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18415595 | METHOD FOR CLOCK COMPENSATION IN COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND RELATED COMMUNICATION DEVICE | YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU | 2175 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18527385 | Transmission Parameter Decision Method and Related System | VO, ERIC MINHSANG | 2644 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18527383 | INSPECTION METHOD AND RELATED INSPECTION DEVICE FOR OUT-OF-ORDER EXECUTION CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT CIRCUIT | KIK, PHALLAKA | — | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18228985 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE | WANG, YI | 2619 | §103 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Aug 01, 2023 |
| 18226236 | VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD ARRANGED TO PERFORM PARTIAL HIGHLIGHTING WITH AID OF HAND GESTURE DETECTION AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM ON CHIP | KOETH, MICHELLE M | 2671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18225163 | AUDIO-VISUAL DATA MANAGING SYSTEM, AUDIO-VISUAL DATA MANAGING METHOD | MONTOYA, OSCHTA I | 2421 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 126d overdue | Pending | Jul 24, 2023 |
| 18122908 | Memory system, memory access interface device and operation method thereof | WELLS, JAMES STEVEN | 2825 | §103 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 18095506 | COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECEIVING AGGREGATE PACKET | HARLEY, JASON A | 2468 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jan 10, 2023 |
| 17965732 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE COMPENSATION | BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 12d | Pending | Oct 13, 2022 |
| 19240884 | Oscillating circuit having temperature compensation mechanism | WELLS, KENNETH B | 2836 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2025 |
| 19206084 | MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL ADDRESS TABLE UPDATING DEVICE | BENGZON, GREG C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19182572 | AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT AND VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT | LAM, TUAN THIEU | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 17, 2025 |
| 19078333 | Analog-to-digital conversion circuit and time-interleaved analog-to-digital conversion circuit | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19063397 | Clock frequency regulating circuit | PRIFTI, AUREL | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19055862 | Signal output apparatus having programmable slew rate | NGUYEN, HAI L | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19044057 | DATA RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING METHOD AND DATA RECEIVING AND TRANSMITTING DEVICE | BELKHAYAT, ZAKARIA MOHAMMED | 2139 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19036274 | FAKE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND FAKE FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION METHOD | SHERMAN, STEPHEN G | 2621 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19003277 | Harmonic compensation apparatus and method | NGUYEN, LINH V | 2845 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 27, 2024 |
| 18979685 | Ultra-wideband circuit | BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL | 2632 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18955888 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OWN VOICE DETECTION | MASTERS, KRISTEN MICHELLE | — | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18953101 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE | SANTOS, DANIEL JOSEPH | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18900626 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER DEVICE, WIRELESS TRANSMISSION HANDLING METHOD THEREOF, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | VANGAPATY, SRIHARSHA REDDY | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18819794 | Bluetooth communication system, Bluetooth access point apparatus and operation method of the same | KIM, WON TAE C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18818672 | Electronic system, electronic apparatus and initialization method thereof having firmware forward and backward compatibility mechanism | BOURZIK, BRAHIM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18817237 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AMPLIFIER AND BIASING CIRCUIT | CHEN, SIBIN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18813080 | CONTIGUOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION DEVICE AND CONTIGUOUS MEMORY ALLOCATION METHOD | ANYA, CHARLES E | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18780560 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND VALID SIGNAL DETECTION METHOD | BILODEAU, DAVID | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18741775 | WIRELESS RECEIVER DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | HAMPTON, TARELL A | 4100 | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2024 |
| 18669553 | DOCKING STATION AND DISPLAY DEVICE | CARDONE, JASON D | 2458 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 21, 2024 |
| 18629498 | AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18629516 | AMPLIFIER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — | §112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18605795 | WIRELESS TRANSCEIVER DEVICE AND WIRELESS TRANSMISSION MODE SWITCHING METHOD | CLAWSON, STEPHEN J | 2461 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18601323 | Bluetooth audio playback apparatus and Bluetooth communication method thereof having audio source scanning mechanism | NGUYEN, BENJAMIN HUY DINH | 2649 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18593964 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | JACKSON, LAKAISHA | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2024 |
| 18443362 | Common source transistor apparatus | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18430673 | METHOD FOR DETECTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE | PANCHOLI, RINA C | 2477 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 02, 2024 |
| 18416939 | Signal transmission apparatus and power amplification output circuit | SHAMIRYAN, NAREH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 19, 2024 |
| 18474238 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND LAYOUT METHOD OF THE SAME | TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18372717 | Electronic system and firmware update method having firmware update troubleshooting mechanism | PAULINO, LENIN | 2197 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18474240 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND LAYOUT METHOD OF THE SAME | KAO, SOPHIA WEI-CHUN | 2817 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18448177 | DISPLAY CONTROL CHIP, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF AND DISPLAY SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
| 18210667 | Electronic device and Bluetooth communication method having automatic re-connection activating mechanism | OLALEYE, OLADIRAN GIDEON | 2472 | §103 | Final Rejection | 47d | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 18322453 | SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGING EMI SHIELDING STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME | SENGDARA, VONGSAVANH | 2893 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2023 |
| 18147713 | BLUETOOTH NETWORK ESTABLISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD | HUANG, WEN WU | 2648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
| 17663214 | INDUCTOR DEVICE | LIAN, MANG TIN BIK | 2837 | §103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | May 13, 2022 |
| 17190458 | Wafer testing machine and method for training artificial intelligence model to test wafer | NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T | 2147 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 169d overdue | Pending | Mar 03, 2021 |
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