Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

TetraMem Inc.

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

12 pending office actions • 12 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

TetraMem Inc. has 12 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The docket includes 12 distinct examiners and 12 distinct art units, indicating complete dispersion across the recorded examination assignments.

BERHAN, AHMED A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Portfolio management should therefore emphasize coordinated claim strategy and deadline control without assuming repeated treatment by any single examiner or unit.

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

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)

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.

3
Hard (25%)
8
Medium (67%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only7 (58%)
§102 only1 (8%)
§112 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
8% of docket
11
Semiconductors
92% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BERHAN, AHMED A 1 87.6% +11.4%
BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 1 89.6% +2.0%
CHANG, JAY C 1 85.4% +13.9%
FLECK, LINDA JOAN 1 78.0% +12.0%
SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 1 84.5% +6.8%
ARORA, AJAY 1 84.5% +6.8%
NGUYEN, VAN THU T 1 83.0% +6.4%
CHEN, PATRICK C 1 82.5% +9.9%
PRENTY, MARK V 1 91.4% +2.1%
LIU, BENJAMIN T 1 75.1% +12.4%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18156171 VOLTAGE DIVIDER CIRCUITS UTILIZING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES CHEN, PATRICK C 146d overdue
19081618 INTEGRATED SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING DEVICES BERHAN, AHMED A —
18590746 DEUTERIUM-TREATED FERROELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME CHANG, JAY C —
18499596 RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (RRAM) DEVICES WITH DOPED SWITCHING OXIDES SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE —
18485209 RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (RRAM) DEVICES WITH ELECTRODES CONTAINING RUTHENIUM ARORA, AJAY —
18456452 BIT-SERIAL INPUT SCHEMES FOR CROSSBAR CIRCUITS NGUYEN, VAN THU T —
18152072 SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP (SOC) INTEGRATION OF RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY DEVICES WITH VARYING SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS PRENTY, MARK V —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
16366996 REDUCING CELL-TO-CELL SWITCH VARIATION IN CROSSBAR ARRAY CIRCUITS ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2191d overdue
18749166 CROSSBAR CIRCUITS FOR PERFORMING CONVOLUTION OPERATIONS BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 84d overdue
18430511 FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY STRUCTURE FLECK, LINDA JOAN —

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17508660 PATTERNING OXIDATION RESISTANT ELECTRODE IN CROSSBAR ARRAY CIRCUITS LIU, BENJAMIN T 121d overdue
19081618 INTEGRATED SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING DEVICES BERHAN, AHMED A —
18590746 DEUTERIUM-TREATED FERROELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME CHANG, JAY C —
18430511 FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY STRUCTURE FLECK, LINDA JOAN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2639 1
2825 1
2817 1
2812 1
2813 1
2892 1
2824 1
2836 1
2814 1
2893 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19081618 INTEGRATED SENSING AND MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSING DEVICES BERHAN, AHMED A 2639 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 17, 2025
18749166 CROSSBAR CIRCUITS FOR PERFORMING CONVOLUTION OPERATIONS BERMUDEZ LOZADA, ALFREDO 2825 §102§103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18590746 DEUTERIUM-TREATED FERROELECTRIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAME CHANG, JAY C 2817 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18430511 FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOGRAPHY STRUCTURE FLECK, LINDA JOAN 2812 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18499596 RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (RRAM) DEVICES WITH DOPED SWITCHING OXIDES SHEKER, RHYS PONIENTE 2813 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2023
18485209 RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (RRAM) DEVICES WITH ELECTRODES CONTAINING RUTHENIUM ARORA, AJAY 2892 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 2023
18456452 BIT-SERIAL INPUT SCHEMES FOR CROSSBAR CIRCUITS NGUYEN, VAN THU T 2824 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18156171 VOLTAGE DIVIDER CIRCUITS UTILIZING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES CHEN, PATRICK C 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18152072 SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP (SOC) INTEGRATION OF RESISTIVE RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY DEVICES WITH VARYING SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS PRENTY, MARK V 2814 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2023
17508660 PATTERNING OXIDATION RESISTANT ELECTRODE IN CROSSBAR ARRAY CIRCUITS LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 §103 Final Rejection 121d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2021
16366996 REDUCING CELL-TO-CELL SWITCH VARIATION IN CROSSBAR ARRAY CIRCUITS ENAD, CHRISTINE A 2811 §103§112 Non-Final OA 2191d overdue Pending Mar 27, 2019
16218786 IMPLEMENTING PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL-BASED SELECTORS IN A CROSSBAR ARRAY NGUYEN, VIET Q 2827 §112 Non-Final OA 2225d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2018

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does TetraMem Inc. have?

TetraMem Inc. has 12 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 12 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most TetraMem Inc. applications?

Ahmed A Berhan has the most, with 1 of TetraMem Inc.'s pending office actions.

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

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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