Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Tektronix Inc.

33 pending office actions • 13 art units • 29 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 40 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
21
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
0
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.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
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 (9)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

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.

18
Hard (55%)
13
Medium (39%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other7 (21%)
§103 only11 (33%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
21
Semiconductors
64% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
3% of docket
5
Business / Other
15% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 3 67.6% +23.9%
MONSUR, NASIMA 2 78.6% +26.3%
SUN, XIUQIN 2 72.5% +3.7%
NGUYEN, CINDY 1 78.3% +9.1%
KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C 1 87.4% +2.6%
TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. 1 82.4% +14.9%
NGUYEN, TRUNG Q 1 90.9% +6.2%
NGUYEN, LINH V 1 89.2% +2.3%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 1 56.4% +18.7%
BECKER, BRANDON J 1 54.1% +9.0%

Quick Wins (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18739160 WIDEBAND SIGNAL GENERATOR NGUYEN, LINH V 56d overdue
18783256 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTED TO BRITTLE SUBSTRATE NGUYEN, TRUNG Q

Hard Cases (18)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17191059 IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS OF INTEREST USING VISUAL QUALIFICATION NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 73d overdue
18478556 ADAPTIVE INSTRUMENT NOISE REMOVAL BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 59d overdue
18485257 CUSTOMIZABLE SAFETY ENCLOSURE FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST ISLA, RICHARD 46d overdue
18656487 TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT THAT USES MEASUREMENT PRECONDITIONS FOR MAKING MEASUREMENTS SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 15d overdue
18210583 MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEASUREMENT USING LINEAR RESPONSE EXTRACTED FROM WAVEFORM ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2d overdue
18436661 SELF-CALIBRATING RADAR SENSOR FOR BEAM PREDICTION DISCOVERY GOOD, KENNETH W 20d
18105736 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POWER SUPPLY INDUCED JITTER KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 34d
18243632 CURRENT SHUNT WITH CANCELING MUTUAL INDUCTANCE MONSUR, NASIMA 70d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17191059 IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS OF INTEREST USING VISUAL QUALIFICATION NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 73d overdue
18656487 TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT THAT USES MEASUREMENT PRECONDITIONS FOR MAKING MEASUREMENTS SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 15d overdue
18604102 CURRENT SHUNT USING WIRE BUNDLE CONSTRUCTION MONSUR, NASIMA 40d
18243632 CURRENT SHUNT WITH CANCELING MUTUAL INDUCTANCE MONSUR, NASIMA 70d
18924900 POWER PROBE FIXTURES AND ADAPTERS TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R.
18355296 CONTINUOUS ACQUISITION IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NGHIEM, MICHAEL P
18108483 SEAMLESS SPECTROGRAMS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NGHIEM, MICHAEL P

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 12
2858 6
2161 1
2845 1
2648 1
3648 1
2631 1
2818 1
4100 1
2853 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19242869 DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF KNOWLEDGE SETS FOR USE WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ASSISTANTS NGUYEN, CINDY 2161 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 18, 2025
19053083 DYNAMICAL LOCKING OF SEED VALUE FOR LFSR DESCRAMBLER FOR USB KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2025
18924900 POWER PROBE FIXTURES AND ADAPTERS TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18783256 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTED TO BRITTLE SUBSTRATE NGUYEN, TRUNG Q 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18739160 WIDEBAND SIGNAL GENERATOR NGUYEN, LINH V 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18656487 TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT THAT USES MEASUREMENT PRECONDITIONS FOR MAKING MEASUREMENTS SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 06, 2024
18654577 METHOD FOR SEPARATING AND MODELING N-UI JITTER BASED ON SPECTRUM BECKER, BRANDON J §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18652527 FLIP-CHIP PACKAGE HEAT SPREADER TAYLOR, EARL N §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2024
18643943 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND VALIDATION OF MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED RF TRANSMIT/RECEIVE SYSTEMS LE, LANA N 2648 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18613687 COMPACT BALUN STRUCTURE FOR BROADBAND TIME-DOMAIN APPLICATIONS RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J 2858 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 22, 2024
18604102 CURRENT SHUNT USING WIRE BUNDLE CONSTRUCTION MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18436661 SELF-CALIBRATING RADAR SENSOR FOR BEAM PREDICTION DISCOVERY GOOD, KENNETH W 3648 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Feb 08, 2024
18412151 AUTOMATED CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION FOR MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED RIS-AIDED MIMO SYSTEMS LUGO, DAVID B 2631 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Jan 12, 2024
18514800 INTEROPERABILITY PREDICTOR USING MACHINE LEARNING AND REPOSITORY OF TX, CHANNEL, AND RX MODELS FROM MULTIPLE VENDORS QUIGLEY, KYLE ROBERT 2857 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18511977 OPTICALLY-IMPLEMENTED ANALOG MUX ACCESSORY FOR A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NATALINI, JEFF WILLIAM 2818 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18485257 CUSTOMIZABLE SAFETY ENCLOSURE FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2023
18482765 COMPREHENSIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DEFINITION HICKS, AUSTIN JAMES 4100 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18478556 ADAPTIVE INSTRUMENT NOISE REMOVAL BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS 2857 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18243632 CURRENT SHUNT WITH CANCELING MUTUAL INDUCTANCE MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 §102§103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 07, 2023
18361672 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OUTPUT CHARGE OF WIDE BANDGAP DEVICES WITHOUT HARDWARE MODIFICATION SINGLETARY, MICHAEL J 2857 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 28, 2023
18359789 DYNAMIC VERTICAL SIGNAL CALIBRATION IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT MCDONNOUGH, COURTNEY G 2858 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 26, 2023
18355296 CONTINUOUS ACQUISITION IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 19, 2023
18353638 HIGH SPEED WAVEFORM ACQUISITIONS AND HISTOGRAMS USING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT IN A TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §112 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 17, 2023
18211410 GENERATING TEST DATA USING PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS ZAAB, SHARAH 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Jun 19, 2023
18210583 MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEASUREMENT USING LINEAR RESPONSE EXTRACTED FROM WAVEFORM ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18209110 OSCILLOSCOPE HAVING A PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYZER SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 13, 2023
18108483 SEAMLESS SPECTROGRAMS IN A MULTI-CHANNEL TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2023
18105736 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING POWER SUPPLY INDUCED JITTER KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 03, 2023
18081616 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT MISIR, DAYWAYSHWAR D 2127 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 14, 2022
18072554 TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT HAVING SPECTROGRAM WITH CURSOR TIME CORRELATION SUN, XIUQIN 2857 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2022
18060463 LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR THERMAL CONDUCTION IN A FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL SUBSTRATE WALSHON, SCOTT R 1759 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2022
17951064 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR TESTING AND MEASUREMENT NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2022
17191059 IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS OF INTEREST USING VISUAL QUALIFICATION NGHIEM, MICHAEL P 2857 §103§112 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2021

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