Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
37 pending office actions • 13 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 37 patents granted in the last 365 days
Tektronix Inc. has 37 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are spread across 13 distinct art units. The company interacts with 32 distinct examiners. NGHIEM, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner for the applicant, currently handling 4 pending office actions.
The 32 distinct examiners are assigned to cases across 13 distinct art units. NGHIEM, MICHAEL P is the busiest examiner with 4 pending office actions. The 37 pending office actions are the total for the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. Each of the 13 distinct art units may have different examination practices. The 32 distinct examiners represent a range of individual perspectives within the USPTO. These pending office actions reflect the current active volume for the applicant. The company must manage 37 pending office actions simultaneously.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 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. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 2 (5%) |
| §101 + other | 6 (16%) |
| §103 only | 13 (35%) |
| §102 only | 1 (3%) |
| §112 only | 3 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (32%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 4 | 67.5% | +24.2% |
| ISLA, RICHARD | 2 | 77.3% | +15.3% |
| SUN, XIUQIN | 2 | 72.5% | +4.2% |
| NGUYEN, CINDY | 1 | 78.4% | +9.1% |
| KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C | 1 | 87.4% | +2.6% |
| SANGHERA, JAS A | 1 | 94.5% | +5.0% |
| KNAPP, JUSTIN R | 1 | 84.7% | +8.4% |
| TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | 1 | 82.8% | +14.7% |
| NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | 1 | 91.0% | +6.2% |
| HAIDER, FAWAAD | 1 | 50.2% | +25.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19049821 | ENTROPY BASED SOFTWARE CLOCK RECOVERY FOR REAL-EQUIVALENT-TIME OSCILLOSCOPES | SANGHERA, JAS A | — |
| 19029348 | TIME-ALIGNED RF ANALYSIS FROM GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED RECEIVERS | KNAPP, JUSTIN R | — |
| 18783256 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR MOUNTED TO BRITTLE SUBSTRATE | NGUYEN, TRUNG Q | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due 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 |
| 18210583 | MACHINE LEARNING FOR MEASUREMENT USING LINEAR RESPONSE EXTRACTED FROM WAVEFORM | ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K | 2d overdue |
| 18613687 | COMPACT BALUN STRUCTURE FOR BROADBAND TIME-DOMAIN APPLICATIONS | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 13d |
| 18652163 | ISOLATED TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROBE | ISLA, RICHARD | 19d |
| 19053083 | DYNAMICAL LOCKING OF SEED VALUE FOR LFSR DESCRAMBLER FOR USB | KERVEROS, DEMETRIOS C | — |
| 18924900 | POWER PROBE FIXTURES AND ADAPTERS | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17191059 | IDENTIFYING ONE OR MORE ACQUISITIONS OF INTEREST USING VISUAL QUALIFICATION | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 73d overdue |
| 18485257 | CUSTOMIZABLE SAFETY ENCLOSURE FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST | ISLA, RICHARD | 46d overdue |
| 18652163 | ISOLATED TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROBE | ISLA, RICHARD | 19d |
| 18924900 | POWER PROBE FIXTURES AND ADAPTERS | TCHATCHOUANG, CARL F.R. | — |
| 18746902 | INSTRUMENT AND MEASUREMENT TRANSLATOR USING MACHINE LEARNING | HAIDER, FAWAAD | — |
| 18387413 | SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS RECORDING AND CONTROLLABLE PLAYBACK OF INPUT SIGNALS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | — |
| 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 | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2857 | 11 |
| 2858 | 8 |
| 2161 | 1 |
| 4100 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2631 | 1 |
| 3741 | 1 |
| 2818 | 1 |
| 2141 | 1 |
| 2853 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19049821 | ENTROPY BASED SOFTWARE CLOCK RECOVERY FOR REAL-EQUIVALENT-TIME OSCILLOSCOPES | SANGHERA, JAS A | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19029348 | TIME-ALIGNED RF ANALYSIS FROM GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED RECEIVERS | KNAPP, JUSTIN R | 4100 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 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 |
| 18746902 | INSTRUMENT AND MEASUREMENT TRANSLATOR USING MACHINE LEARNING | HAIDER, FAWAAD | — | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 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 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18652163 | ISOLATED TEST AND MEASUREMENT PROBE | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18645352 | TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT WITH INTEGRATED ANALOG FRONT END | MURSHED, OSAMAH | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18613687 | COMPACT BALUN STRUCTURE FOR BROADBAND TIME-DOMAIN APPLICATIONS | RIOS RUSSO, RAUL J | 2858 | §103§112 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 18407266 | TEST AND MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENT HAVING TAILORED JITTER COMPENSATION | WONGWIAN, PHUTTHIWAT | 3741 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 08, 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 |
| 18510234 | METHODS FOR 3D TENSOR BUILDER FOR INPUT TO MACHINE LEARNING | VAUGHN, RYAN C | — | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18387413 | SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS RECORDING AND CONTROLLABLE PLAYBACK OF INPUT SIGNALS | NGHIEM, MICHAEL P | 2857 | §101§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18485257 | CUSTOMIZABLE SAFETY ENCLOSURE FOR A DEVICE UNDER TEST | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 46d overdue | Pending | Oct 11, 2023 |
| 18482801 | AD HOC MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING THROUGH CONSTRAINTS, PREDICTIVE TRAFFIC LOADING, AND PRIVATE END-TO-END ENCRYPTION | TRAN, TAN H | 2141 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 06, 2023 |
| 18478556 | ADAPTIVE INSTRUMENT NOISE REMOVAL | BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS | 2857 | §101 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Sep 29, 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§112 | 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 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 10, 2023 |
| 18081616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT | MISIR, DAYWAYSHWAR D | 2127 | §103 | Final Rejection | 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§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
| 17724393 | REAL-EQUIVALENT-TIME FLASH ARRAY DIGITIZER OSCILLOSCOPE ARCHITECTURE | NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A | 2858 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 19, 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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