Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Synaptics Incorporated

17 pending office actions • 15 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 62 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (4)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
15
Medium (88%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (88%)
§112 only1 (6%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
18% of docket
11
Communications
65% of docket
3
Semiconductors
18% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 1 81.3% +2.7%
WILSON, DOUGLAS M 1 75.3% +15.7%
SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 1 79.1% +16.0%
OSORIO, RICARDO 1 89.0% +8.2%
SANGHERA, JAS A 1 94.7% +4.8%
GAY, SONIA L 1 82.2% +11.4%
PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 1 82.9% +3.3%
KIYABU, KARIN A 1 56.9% +39.2%
BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 1 74.4% +11.7%
MISTRY, ONEAL R 1 87.3% +11.5%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18629682 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR REGION-OF-INTEREST-BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION MISTRY, ONEAL R 16d overdue
18748980 CASCADE AUDIO SPOTTING SYSTEM PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 12d
19262409 SENSING SYSTEM WITH GRASP DETECTION KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 14d
18781058 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DIAGNOSIS OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES SANGHERA, JAS A 15d
18762455 NOISE REDUCTION IN AUDIO MIXING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A BEAMFORMER GAY, SONIA L 15d
19228889 INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN A TOUCH SENSOR BY ADJUSTING SCAN ORDER OSORIO, RICARDO 34d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18702502 WIRELESS DEVICE CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 17d overdue
18629682 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR REGION-OF-INTEREST-BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION MISTRY, ONEAL R 16d overdue
18739155 MULTI-DISPLAY SUPPORT FOR MOBILE DEVICES KIYABU, KARIN A 7d
18762455 NOISE REDUCTION IN AUDIO MIXING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A BEAMFORMER GAY, SONIA L 15d
19238810 SOURCE AMPLIFIER CONTROL FOR POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION IN DISPLAY DRIVERS WILSON, DOUGLAS M 28d
19231291 SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT MOISTURE ON A SENSING REGION OF AN INPUT DEVICE SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 36d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2626 3
2628 1
2622 1
2625 1
2852 1
2657 1
2691 1
2632 1
2674 1
2663 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19262409 SENSING SYSTEM WITH GRASP DETECTION KOHLMAN, CHRISTOPHER J 2628 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 08, 2025
19238810 SOURCE AMPLIFIER CONTROL FOR POWER CONSUMPTION REDUCTION IN DISPLAY DRIVERS WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 16, 2025
19231291 SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DETECT MOISTURE ON A SENSING REGION OF AN INPUT DEVICE SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Jun 06, 2025
19228889 INTERFERENCE AVOIDANCE IN A TOUCH SENSOR BY ADJUSTING SCAN ORDER OSORIO, RICARDO 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 05, 2025
18781058 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR FAILURE DIAGNOSIS OF IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICES SANGHERA, JAS A 2852 §112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 23, 2024
18762455 NOISE REDUCTION IN AUDIO MIXING SYSTEMS INCLUDING A BEAMFORMER GAY, SONIA L 2657 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 02, 2024
18748980 CASCADE AUDIO SPOTTING SYSTEM PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G 2691 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18739155 MULTI-DISPLAY SUPPORT FOR MOBILE DEVICES KIYABU, KARIN A 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 10, 2024
18702502 WIRELESS DEVICE CLOCK SYNCHRONIZATION BURD, KEVIN MICHAEL 2632 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18629682 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR REGION-OF-INTEREST-BASED VIDEO COMPRESSION MISTRY, ONEAL R 2674 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18407191 NETWORK-AGNOSTIC REGION OF INTEREST (ROI) INFERENCING BALI, VIKKRAM 2663 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
18538098 FAIL-SAFE ARCHITECTURE FOR LOCAL DIMMING DISPLAY DEVICE ABEBE, SOSINA 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18515048 CAPACITIVE DETECTION OF FOLD ANGLE FOR FOLDABLE DEVICES FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18498647 BUMP ARRANGEMENT OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS FOR FLIP CHIP BONDING CHOI, CALVIN Y 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 31, 2023
18457997 RANGE EXTENDER FOR HOME AUTOMATION NETWORK PARK, JEONG S 2454 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18447534 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONTROLLER HUYNH, KIM T 2184 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
17936321 RECONFIGURABLE MULTILAYER IMAGE PROCESSING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE NETWORK BOSTWICK, SIDNEY VINCENT 2124 §103 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Sep 28, 2022

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