Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days
Renesas Design (Uk) Limited is addressing 6 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 6 actions are being reviewed by 6 distinct examiners, yet they are all concentrated within only 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the company has multiple active cases, they are all being processed by the same specialized department of the patent office. Having 6 different examiners within the 1 art unit means the company must navigate 6 individual examination styles while adhering to the specific internal guidelines of that single department.
BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND is the busiest examiner for the company, with 1 pending office action. This 1 action is 1 of the 6 total pending office actions for the portfolio. Given that there are 6 distinct examiners for the 6 pending actions, the workload is evenly distributed, with each examiner responsible for exactly 1 of the company's active cases. For the applicant, this distribution means that no single examiner's decision will dictate the outcome for the entire portfolio, as each of the 6 applications is being evaluated independently by a different person.
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 | 1 (17%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 1 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 1 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| BERHANE, ADOLF D | 1 | 88.4% | -1.9% |
| CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 1 | 97.4% | +3.8% |
| PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | 1 | 83.9% | +13.8% |
| FINCH III, FRED E | 1 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18675769 | CURRENT SYNTHESIZER | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 6d |
| 18746559 | CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER CONVERTER IN A BOOST MODE | BERHANE, ADOLF D | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18361345 | DIGITAL CONTROLLER | FINCH III, FRED E | 3d overdue |
| 18985965 | POWER CONVERTER | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | — |
| 18394482 | POWER RAIL GENERATION SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18361345 | DIGITAL CONTROLLER | FINCH III, FRED E | 3d overdue |
| 18947387 | CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 18394482 | POWER RAIL GENERATION SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 6 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18985965 | POWER CONVERTER | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18947387 | CURRENT SENSING CIRCUIT | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18746559 | CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER CONVERTER IN A BOOST MODE | BERHANE, ADOLF D | 2838 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18675769 | CURRENT SYNTHESIZER | CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE | 2838 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 6d | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18394482 | POWER RAIL GENERATION SYSTEM | PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2023 |
| 18361345 | DIGITAL CONTROLLER | FINCH III, FRED E | 2838 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 3d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRenesas Design (Uk) Limited has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 6 examiners.
Harry Raymond Behm has the most, with 1 of Renesas Design (Uk) Limited's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
