Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
15 pending office actions • 11 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 51 patents granted in the last 365 days
Richtek Technology Corporation manages 15 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 11 distinct art units. The portfolio involves 14 distinct examiners, which suggests that nearly every pending action is being handled by a unique individual.
JUE ZHANG is the busiest examiner, currently handling 2 pending actions. With 15 pending office actions and 14 distinct examiners, Zhang is the only person managing more than a single case. This high level of examiner diversity means that the company must navigate 14 different sets of examiner preferences and styles.
The distribution across 11 distinct art units indicates a variety of technical sub-fields within the semiconductor area. Practitioners should note that the actions are not concentrated under a few examiners, as the 14 distinct examiners are active, making the role of the busiest examiner, ZHANG, relatively limited with only 2 actions. This fragmented landscape requires a case by case prosecution strategy.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 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 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (13%) |
| §112 only | 2 (13%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (53%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZHANG, JUE | 2 | 83.3% | +10.0% |
| FINCH III, FRED E | 1 | 80.2% | +17.2% |
| TRAN, NGUYEN | 1 | 83.6% | +7.6% |
| NGUYEN, LONG T | 1 | 89.4% | +8.2% |
| BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 1 | 76.3% | +13.3% |
| RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 1 | 93.3% | +8.6% |
| MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES | 1 | — | — |
| GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | 1 | 72.9% | +20.8% |
| AHMADI, MOHSEN | 1 | 86.9% | +9.5% |
| COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | 1 | 87.5% | -6.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18978254 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY REDUCING ON-RESISTANCE | NGUYEN, LONG T | — |
| 18419739 | BAIS VOLTAGE GENERATOR, POWER CONVERTER, AND BAIS VOLTAGE GENERATING METHOD | COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748466 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2d overdue |
| 19186105 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 19058288 | ASYMMETRICAL HALF-BRIDGE FLYBACK POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT THAT CAN DIRECTLY OBTAIN OUTPUT POWER INFORMATION WITHOUT ISOLATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | TRAN, NGUYEN | — |
| 19049277 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS | ZHANG, JUE | — |
| 18827610 | POWER CONVERTER AND CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF | ZHANG, JUE | — |
| 18673588 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND CURRENT BUFFER THEREOF | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — |
| 18585414 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE | AHMADI, MOHSEN | — |
| 18492879 | CHARGING/DISCHARGING POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND AUXILIARY CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18748466 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2d overdue |
| 19186105 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | FINCH III, FRED E | — |
| 19049277 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS | ZHANG, JUE | — |
| 18827610 | POWER CONVERTER AND CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF | ZHANG, JUE | — |
| 18666604 | COMBINATION STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEEP TRENCH DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 5 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2184 | 1 |
| 2843 | 1 |
| 2897 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| 2896 | 1 |
| 2893 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2859 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19186105 | POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM | FINCH III, FRED E | 2838 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2025 |
| 19058288 | ASYMMETRICAL HALF-BRIDGE FLYBACK POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT THAT CAN DIRECTLY OBTAIN OUTPUT POWER INFORMATION WITHOUT ISOLATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | TRAN, NGUYEN | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
| 19049277 | CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS | ZHANG, JUE | 2838 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 18978254 | SWITCHING CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF EFFECTIVELY REDUCING ON-RESISTANCE | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2836 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 12, 2024 |
| 18827610 | POWER CONVERTER AND CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF | ZHANG, JUE | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 06, 2024 |
| 18748466 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM | BORROMEO, JUANITO C | 2184 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18673588 | AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND CURRENT BUFFER THEREOF | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 24, 2024 |
| 18666904 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED STRUCTURE HAVING HIGH/LOW VOLTAGE DEVICES AND CAPACITOR | MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 17, 2024 |
| 18666604 | COMBINATION STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEEP TRENCH DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | 2891 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2024 |
| 18585414 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE | AHMADI, MOHSEN | 2896 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18419739 | BAIS VOLTAGE GENERATOR, POWER CONVERTER, AND BAIS VOLTAGE GENERATING METHOD | COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18520789 | LEAD FRAME AND PACKAGE METHOD | MANDALA, MICHELLE | 2893 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 18492879 | CHARGING/DISCHARGING POWER CONVERSION SYSTEM AND AUXILIARY CURRENT CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18468713 | WIRELESS POWER TRANSMITTER CIRCUIT CAPABLE OF DETECTING MISALIGNMENT AND CONTROL CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREOF | HENZE, DAVID V | 2859 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2023 |
| 18328786 | PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialRichtek Technology Corporation has 15 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 14 examiners.
Jue Zhang has the most, with 2 of Richtek Technology Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
