Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Silicon Laboratories Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Networking & Security

14 pending office actions • 14 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 78 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Silicon Laboratories Inc. has 15 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The portfolio spans 15 distinct examiners and 15 distinct art units, so each pending matter is associated with a separate examiner and art-unit assignment in the supplied data. This distribution points to broad prosecution activity rather than a cluster around a recurring examiner or unit.

NGUYEN, ANH is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. That limited concentration means a response strategy tailored to Nguyen may address only that matter, while broader portfolio management should focus on consistency in claim framing, disclosure support, and amendment positions across the separate assignments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

1
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.

7
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§103 only6 (43%)
§102 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (43%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
7% of docket
9
Information Tech
64% of docket
2
Communications
14% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, ANH 1 79.0% +25.0%
ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A 1 18.2% +18.5%
BILODEAU, DAVID 1 77.1% +14.5%
NANO, SARGON N 1 80.8% -1.5%
JAVAID, JAMAL 1 88.5% +5.9%
TON, DANG T 1 88.9% +1.0%
CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S 1 93.0% +6.2%
PINGA, JASON MICHAEL 1 90.9% +14.3%
MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA 1 100.0% +0.0%
TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 1 91.7% +33.3%

Quick Wins (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18904994 Selective Listening with Matter over Wi-Fi JAVAID, JAMAL —
18732504 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE WAKE-UP ON TRIGGER IN A MESH NETWORK CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S —
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases PINGA, JASON MICHAEL —
18421503 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING COMPRESSED ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS TRAN, TRAVIS VIET —

Hard Cases (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19055050 UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A —
18925951 INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE BILODEAU, DAVID —
18907751 HANDLING ATTRIBUTE UPDATES AND COMMANDS BETWEEN A POWER-CONSTRAINED DEVICE WITH AN EXTENDED SLEEP DURATION AND ANOTHER NODE USING A SIDE CHANNEL NANO, SARGON N —
18818496 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATION-BASED TERMINATION OF A TARGET WAKE TIME SERVICE PERIOD TON, DANG T —
18601408 VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO ENABLE REDUCED MEMORY EFFECTS IN POWER AMPLIFIER MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA —
18521379 Quality Indicator for High Accuracy Distance Measurements WOLFORD, NAOMI M —
17986158 WAKE-UP FOR BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE WHITE, SADIE —

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
19055707 System and Method for Seamless Integration of Mesh Networking Protocols, Sub-Gigahertz Band Communication, and BLE Location Technologies for Enhanced IoT Connectivity and Localization NGUYEN, ANH —
19055050 UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A —
18925951 INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE BILODEAU, DAVID —
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases PINGA, JASON MICHAEL —
18421503 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING COMPRESSED ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS TRAN, TRAVIS VIET —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2458 1
2686 1
2648 1
2443 1
2412 1
2476 1
2471 1
2137 1
2843 1
2191 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19055707 System and Method for Seamless Integration of Mesh Networking Protocols, Sub-Gigahertz Band Communication, and BLE Location Technologies for Enhanced IoT Connectivity and Localization NGUYEN, ANH 2458 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 18, 2025
19055050 UNIFIED RECEIVER ARCHITECTURE FOR A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS PROTOCOLS ZIMMERMAN, BRIAN A 2686 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 17, 2025
18925951 INTELLIGENT SYNCHRONOUS DATA TRANSMISSION SCHEDULING FOR CO-EXISTENCE BILODEAU, DAVID 2648 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18907751 HANDLING ATTRIBUTE UPDATES AND COMMANDS BETWEEN A POWER-CONSTRAINED DEVICE WITH AN EXTENDED SLEEP DURATION AND ANOTHER NODE USING A SIDE CHANNEL NANO, SARGON N 2443 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18904994 Selective Listening with Matter over Wi-Fi JAVAID, JAMAL 2412 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18818496 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STATION-BASED TERMINATION OF A TARGET WAKE TIME SERVICE PERIOD TON, DANG T 2476 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18732504 SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE WAKE-UP ON TRIGGER IN A MESH NETWORK CHOWDHURY, FAHMIDA S 2471 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 03, 2024
18675227 Linking RAM Code and Data with Multiple RAM Aliases PINGA, JASON MICHAEL 2137 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18601408 VOLTAGE REGULATOR TO ENABLE REDUCED MEMORY EFFECTS IN POWER AMPLIFIER MARANO, NATASHA YOLANDA 2843 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18421503 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL USING COMPRESSED ACCELERATOR PROGRAMS TRAN, TRAVIS VIET 2191 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18521379 Quality Indicator for High Accuracy Distance Measurements WOLFORD, NAOMI M 3648 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 28, 2023
17989257 COOPERATIVE NETWORK DEVICES WHITAKER, JUSTIN MICHAEL 2415 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 17, 2022
17986158 WAKE-UP FOR BATTERY-POWERED DEVICE WHITE, SADIE 1721 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2022
17677009 COMPRESSING INFORMATION IN AN END NODE USING AN AUTOENCODER NEURAL NETWORK LEY, SALLY THI 2147 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2022

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Silicon Laboratories Inc. have?

Silicon Laboratories Inc. has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 14 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Silicon Laboratories Inc. applications?

Anh Nguyen has the most, with 1 of Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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