Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Richtek Technology Corporation

16 pending office actions • 7 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

5
Hard (31%)
11
Medium (69%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (44%)
§102 only4 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
10
Semiconductors
62% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
5
Business / Other
31% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZHANG, JUE 2 83.2% +10.0%
TRAN, NGUYEN 1 83.5% +7.7%
FINCH III, FRED E 1 80.3% +17.9%
NGUYEN, LONG T 1 89.3% +8.3%
QUDDUS, NUSRAT 1 89.1% +6.0%
BORROMEO, JUANITO C 1 76.0% +13.3%
MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES 1
GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 1 72.5% +21.0%
SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 1 96.4% +5.6%
AHMADI, MOHSEN 1 86.6% +9.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19058288 ASYMMETRICAL HALF-BRIDGE FLYBACK POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT THAT CAN DIRECTLY OBTAIN OUTPUT POWER INFORMATION WITHOUT ISOLATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TRAN, NGUYEN
18939675 ADAPTIVE ADJUSTABLE SPREAD SPECTRUM CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SPREAD SPECTRUM CONTROL METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, LONG T
18827715 ZVS CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RESONANT FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER QUDDUS, NUSRAT
18827610 POWER CONVERTER AND CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF ZHANG, JUE
18661934 BIDIRECTIONAL SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER WITH CURRENT LIMITING AND CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18748466 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM BORROMEO, JUANITO C 2d overdue
19049277 CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS ZHANG, JUE
19009196 POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN FLYBACK MODE AND RESONANT MODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FINCH III, FRED E
18585414 PACKAGE STRUCTURE AHMADI, MOHSEN
18914275 Ultra-Low Power Buck Converter and Operation Method Thereof ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18748466 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MOTOR CONTROLLER AND CONTROL SYSTEM BORROMEO, JUANITO C 2d overdue
19049277 CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS ZHANG, JUE
19009196 POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN FLYBACK MODE AND RESONANT MODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FINCH III, FRED E
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2838 5
2842 1
2184 1
2896 1
2893 1
2812 1
2813 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19058288 ASYMMETRICAL HALF-BRIDGE FLYBACK POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT THAT CAN DIRECTLY OBTAIN OUTPUT POWER INFORMATION WITHOUT ISOLATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF TRAN, NGUYEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 20, 2025
19049277 CONTROL CIRCUIT OF FLYBACK CONVERTER WITH LOW CURRENT LOSS ZHANG, JUE §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
19009196 POWER CONVERSION CIRCUIT AUTOMATICALLY SWITCHING BETWEEN FLYBACK MODE AND RESONANT MODE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF FINCH III, FRED E §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2025
18939675 ADAPTIVE ADJUSTABLE SPREAD SPECTRUM CONTROL CIRCUIT AND SPREAD SPECTRUM CONTROL METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, LONG T 2842 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18827715 ZVS CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RESONANT FLYBACK POWER CONVERTER QUDDUS, NUSRAT 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2024
18827610 POWER CONVERTER AND CURRENT DETECTION CIRCUIT THEREOF ZHANG, JUE 2838 §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
18666904 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED STRUCTURE HAVING HIGH/LOW VOLTAGE DEVICES AND CAPACITOR MATTABONI, TIMOTHY JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18666604 COMBINATION STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEEP TRENCH DEVICES AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GONDARENKO, NATALIA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18661934 BIDIRECTIONAL SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTER WITH CURRENT LIMITING AND CONTROL CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF SHAW, LAUREN ASHLEY 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 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
18328786 PACKAGE STRUCTURE AND PACKAGING METHOD VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D 2812 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 05, 2023
18314684 INTEGRATED STRUCTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING SHARED CONTACT PLUG AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MALEK, MALIHEH 2813 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18914275 Ultra-Low Power Buck Converter and Operation Method Thereof ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2024

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