Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
514 pending office actions • 132 art units • 396 examiners • 0 of 514 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 764 patents granted in the last 365 days
Texas Instruments Incorporated has 526 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 402 distinct examiners and 138 distinct art units, reflecting a large and widely distributed prosecution operation. The examiner and art-unit structure indicates that portfolio management must combine centralized visibility with specialized review of technical and procedural issues.
VICARY, KEITH E is the busiest examiner, with 6 pending actions. That is the largest examiner concentration identified in the profile, but it remains one part of a much broader assignment structure. Counsel should use examiner and art-unit histories to prioritize recurring issues, coordinate claim strategies, and allocate review resources without assuming uniform treatment across the portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 158 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. 158 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 | 8 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 19 (4%) |
| §103 only | 162 (32%) |
| §102 only | 47 (9%) |
| §112 only | 25 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 17 (3%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 14 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 214 (42%) |
| No statute on record | 8 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 5 | 81.5% | +6.0% |
| VICARY, KEITH E | 5 | 57.9% | +40.1% |
| BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | 4 | 79.6% | +7.3% |
| ARROYO, TERESA M | 4 | 72.0% | +23.2% |
| TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | 4 | 86.7% | +11.1% |
| WARD, ERIC A | 4 | 78.3% | +13.3% |
| ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 4 | 62.3% | +5.7% |
| TRAN, NGUYEN | 4 | 83.6% | +7.6% |
| DOMAN, SHAWN | 3 | 64.9% | +25.9% |
| HUANG, DAVID S | 3 | 87.0% | +15.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19251892 | REJECTION OF END-OF-PACKET DRIBBLE IN HIGH SPEED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS REPEATERS | HUANG, DAVID S | — |
| 18989855 | CASCODE VOLTAGE REGULATOR CIRCUIT | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | — |
| 18783793 | Transceiver With Auxiliary Receiver Calibration Apparatus and Methodology | HUANG, DAVID S | — |
| 18678694 | PULSE FREQUENCY MODULATION (PFM) MODE FOR A MULTIPHASE CONVERTER | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17551081 | TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS | CHEN, DAVID Z | 203d overdue |
| 18091349 | PACKAGE SUBSTRATE HAVING DEPRESSION | MOJADDEDI, OMAR F | 121d overdue |
| 17096898 | Fail Density-Based Clustering for Yield Loss Detection | PARK, HYUN D | 119d overdue |
| 18426174 | INSTRUCTION TO PAUSE SERVICING OF INTERRUPTS BASED ON A SPECIFIED COUNT | MEHTA, JYOTI | 111d overdue |
| 18620073 | HALL SENSOR WITH MAGNETIC CONCENTRATORS | SCHINDLER, DAVID M | 103d overdue |
| 18082285 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT HAVING EXPOSED LEADS | DAS, PINAKI | 100d overdue |
| 17488891 | STAIR STEP FRAME STRUCTURES IN PIEZOELECTRIC RESONATORS | ROSENAU, DEREK JOHN | 100d overdue |
| 18081637 | FLUID SENSOR PACKAGE | FITZGERALD, JOHN P | 77d overdue |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17508009 | IC PACKAGE WITH INTERFACE REGION | ARROYO, TERESA M | 25d overdue |
| 18375214 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL SWITCHING CONVERTERS USING PEAK AND VALLEY CONTROL | TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX | 18d overdue |
| 18050458 | INSULATION FOR MAGNETIC-MOLDING COMPOUND (MMC) MODULE | ARROYO, TERESA M | 15d overdue |
| 17806959 | GAN DEVICE WITH EXTENDED DRAIN CONTACT | WARD, ERIC A | 14d |
| 19274117 | CONDITIONAL BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 19256267 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STREAMING ENGINE WITH READ AND READ/ADVANCE OPERAND CODING | DOMAN, SHAWN | — |
| 19251892 | REJECTION OF END-OF-PACKET DRIBBLE IN HIGH SPEED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS REPEATERS | HUANG, DAVID S | — |
| 19206182 | SECURING REGISTERS ACROSS SECURITY ZONES | VICARY, KEITH E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2838 | 44 |
| 2898 | 24 |
| 2893 | 21 |
| 2858 | 20 |
| 2897 | 17 |
| 2183 | 16 |
| 2843 | 16 |
| 2812 | 14 |
| 2818 | 12 |
| 2836 | 10 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19358592 | CONTROLLER WITH CACHING AND NON-CACHING MODES | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 15, 2025 |
| 19312885 | CONTEXT-SENSITIVE DEBUG REQUESTS FOR MEMORY ACCESS | DUNCAN, MARC M | 2113 | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19309051 | LOW AREA AND POWER MULTI-BIT FLIP-FLOP | O NEILL, PATRICK | 2836 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19307229 | VIDEO ENCODING AND DISTRIBUTION METHODS | BECKER, JOSEPH W | 2483 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 13d | Pending | Aug 22, 2025 |
| 19296402 | QUANTIZATION EXTRACTION FOR PHASE-LOCKED LOOP OSCILLATORS | ALMO, KHAREEM E | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2025 |
| 19281842 | THREE LEVEL SWITCHING CONVERTER AND CONTROL | LE, TUNG X | 2845 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19276781 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE WRITE MISS CACHING IN CACHE SYSTEM | CHOI, CHARLES J | 2133 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19275153 | High Voltage Converter Power Stage | HILTUNEN, THOMAS J | 2849 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 21, 2025 |
| 19273531 | DELAYED SNOOP FOR MULTI-CACHE SYSTEMS | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19274117 | CONDITIONAL BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19272985 | OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY BASED ON MOBILITY AND PTAT TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION | CHANG, JOSEPH | 2836 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2025 |
| 19267756 | ADDRESS SPACE MAPPING | DOAN, KHOA D | 2133 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2025 |
| 19263644 | MEMORY CONTROLLER WITH COMMAND REORDERING | RUIZ, ARACELIS | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2025 |
| 19261361 | SIMPLIFIED CONTEXT SELECTION FOR ENTROPY CODING OF TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT SYNTAX ELEMENTS | PHILIPPE, GIMS S | 2424 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19257672 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE READ-MODIFY-WRITE SUPPORT IN A COHERENT VICTIM CACHE WITH PARALLEL DATA PATHS | HASAN, MOHAMMAD S | 2139 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19256267 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING STREAMING ENGINE WITH READ AND READ/ADVANCE OPERAND CODING | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2025 |
| 19254068 | SAMPLER CIRCUIT FOR HIGH SPEED SERIALIZER/DESERIALIZER | CORRIELUS, JEAN B | 2631 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 30, 2025 |
| 19251892 | REJECTION OF END-OF-PACKET DRIBBLE IN HIGH SPEED UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS REPEATERS | HUANG, DAVID S | 2631 | §102§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2025 |
| 19246125 | CREDIT AWARE CENTRAL ARBITRATION FOR MULTI-ENDPOINT, MULTI-CORE SYSTEM | GOLDSCHMIDT, CRAIG S | 2132 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2025 |
| 19244063 | STREAMING ENGINE WITH SEPARATELY SELECTABLE ELEMENT AND GROUP DUPLICATION | PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW | 2139 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 19238783 | Reducing Target Frequency Variation In Oscillator | CHANG, JOSEPH | 2849 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 |
| 19237202 | NOISE ESTIMATION USING USER-CONFIGURABLE INFORMATION | CHIU, WESLEY JASON | 2639 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 13, 2025 |
| 19230213 | ENHANCED CHANNEL HOPPING SEQUENCE | MALEK, LEILA | 2632 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2025 |
| 19229189 | MULTICHANNEL MEMORY ARBITRATION AND INTERLEAVING SCHEME | HASSAN, AURANGZEB | 2184 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 05, 2025 |
| 19227833 | CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR INCREASED BIT DEPTH IN HIGH FRAME RATE APPLICATIONS | CERULLO, LILIANA P | 2621 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19224972 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE STATUS CHANGE DETECTION IN A LOW POWER MODE OF A MICROCONTROLLER UNIT | CLEARY, THOMAS J | 2175 | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19224981 | ENTERING PROTECTED PIPELINE MODE WITH CLEARING | LINDLOF, JOHN M | 2183 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 02, 2025 |
| 19224618 | CONFIGURABLE FREQUENCY-LOCKED LOOP/PHASE-LOCKED LOOP OSCILLATOR | KINKEAD, ARNOLD M | 2849 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 30, 2025 |
| 19219517 | BOOTSTRAP CAPACITANCE CHARGING SCHEME FOR GALLIUM NITRIDE BASED BRIDGE DRIVER | O NEILL, PATRICK | 2836 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19217538 | SALTED KEY REFRESHMENT | WALIULLAH, MOHAMMED | 2498 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19214148 | Calibration in Non-Linear Multi-Stage Delay-to-Digital Conversion Circuits | JEANGLAUDE, JEAN BRUNER | 2845 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 21, 2025 |
| 19206182 | SECURING REGISTERS ACROSS SECURITY ZONES | VICARY, KEITH E | 2183 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19196827 | ANTENNA-ON-PACKAGE SYSTEM | CHANG, DANIEL D | 2845 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2025 |
| 19192522 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE ATOMIC OPERATIONS IN VICTIM CACHE | NGUYEN, VIET Q | 2827 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19193810 | System and Method for Adaptive Gate Drive Current Circuit | LEE, JYE-JUNE | 2838 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2025 |
| 19179077 | VECTOR REVERSE | ABAD, FARLEY J | 2181 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19173134 | FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING | AGHDAM, FRESHTEH N | 2632 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19088488 | COMMUNICATION EXTENSION THROUGH INTERMEDIARY NODE | ARTHUR JEANGLAUDE, GERTRUDE | 3661 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 24, 2025 |
| 19085300 | CIRCUIT WITH DYNAMIC BIASING AND INPUT COMPENSATION | QUDDUS, NUSRAT | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19084839 | SECURE SNIFFING OF WIRELESS CONNECTIONS WITH FORWARD SECRECY | GEE, JASON KAI YIN | 2495 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19079072 | OCCUPANCY DETECTION USING RADAR | LE, HAILEY R | 3648 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 19075937 | PROCESSOR MICRO-ARCHITECTURE FOR REPEATED INSTRUCTION EXECUTION | SPANN, COURTNEY P | 2183 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19069543 | SYSTEM ON A CHIP WITH AN INTEGRATED CONFIGURABLE SAFETY MASTER MICROCONTROLLER UNIT | SUN, SCOTT C | 2181 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
| 19068702 | ANTENNA IN PACKAGE HAVING ANTENNA ON PACKAGE SUBSTRATE | KIM, SEOKJIN | 2844 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 03, 2025 |
| 19065252 | SWITCH CONTROLLER WITH ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF REFERENCE AND BACK-GATE VOLTAGES | COX, CASSANDRA F | 2836 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19065054 | SWITCH CONTROLLER WITH SEESAW DRIVER AND SWITCHING MODE DETECTION | COX, CASSANDRA F | 2849 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19064074 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO INTERPOLATE BETWEEN VOLTAGES IN A DELAY DOMAIN | NGUYEN, KHAI M | 2845 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2025 |
| 19061704 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CAPTURE SWITCH CHARGE INJECTIONS AND COMPARATOR KICKBACK EFFECTS | NGUYEN, KHAI M | 2845 | §101DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 |
| 19059395 | SHORT DETECTION CIRCUIT | LEE, JYE-JUNE | 2838 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19058444 | POWER-SAVE MODE FOR FIXED-FREQUENCY DC-DC CONVERTER | BEHM, HARRY RAYMOND | — | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialTexas Instruments Incorporated has 514 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 132 art units and 396 examiners.
Thomas J Hiltunen has the most, with 5 of Texas Instruments Incorporated's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
