Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
9 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 9 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. has 9 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are being handled by 6 distinct examiners across 5 distinct art units. The ratio of 6 examiners to 9 actions indicates that some examiners are managing multiple files for the company. This spread across 5 distinct art units suggests the portfolio covers a wide range of semiconductor and optical technologies.
The busiest examiner is SALAZAR JR, JORGE L, who is responsible for 4 pending office actions. This represents a concentration, as a portion of the 9 total pending actions are assigned to this single individual. The remaining actions are distributed among the other 5 distinct examiners. The presence of 5 distinct art units means the company must coordinate its prosecution strategy across several different technical divisions at the office to ensure consistent results.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (11%) |
| §102 only | 1 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (11%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 4 | 95.0% | +6.1% |
| PERENY, TYLER J | 1 | 95.0% | +5.9% |
| TURNER, BRIAN | 1 | 83.4% | +4.4% |
| CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 1 | 42.2% | +7.7% |
| GORDON, BRYAN P | 1 | 77.0% | +14.2% |
| TRINH, MINH N | 1 | 85.5% | +9.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18822722 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HARMONIC CONTROL | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 31d overdue |
| 19040724 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER WITH RECESS | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18639804 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 60d overdue |
| 17937175 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER | TRINH, MINH N | 13d |
| 19034404 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH INDUCTOR | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | — |
| 18889796 | HYBRID MODIFIED LATTICE FILTER | PERENY, TYLER J | — |
| 18370452 | PLASMA PROCESS UNIFORMITY BY WAFER BACK SIDE DOPING | TURNER, BRIAN | — |
| 17937312 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH REDUCED PERIMETER LEAKAGE | GORDON, BRYAN P | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17937312 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH REDUCED PERIMETER LEAKAGE | GORDON, BRYAN P | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2843 | 3 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 2815 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3729 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19040724 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE INCLUDING PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER WITH RECESS | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2025 |
| 19034404 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH INDUCTOR | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18889796 | HYBRID MODIFIED LATTICE FILTER | PERENY, TYLER J | 2843 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2024 |
| 18822722 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HARMONIC CONTROL | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 2843 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18639804 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE STRUCTURE WITH METAL-INSULATOR-METAL CAPACITOR | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 2843 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 60d overdue | Pending | Apr 18, 2024 |
| 18370452 | PLASMA PROCESS UNIFORMITY BY WAFER BACK SIDE DOPING | TURNER, BRIAN | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2023 |
| 18156181 | MEMS MICROPHONE WITH AN ANCHOR | CULBERT, CHRISTOPHER A | 2815 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2023 |
| 17937312 | BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH REDUCED PERIMETER LEAKAGE | GORDON, BRYAN P | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
| 17937175 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BULK ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE WITH ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION OF PIEZOELECTRIC LAYER | TRINH, MINH N | 3729 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 13d | Pending | Sep 30, 2022 |
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