Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2622 2843

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+10.4% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
+30.8%
Interview Lift
1264
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 37 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
18.2%
§102 Novelty
54.5%
§103 Obviousness
26.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18811287 BUFFER CIRCUIT, SOURCE DRIVER, AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17972518 System for Detecting External Reference Resistor in Voltage Supply Path Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18463569 Split Bias with Single Control Current Source for Radio Frequency Power Amplifier Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18476190 VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH SUBTHRESHOLD BIASING Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17965732 AMPLIFYING CIRCUIT WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE COMPENSATION Final Rejection Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
17836359 SYSTEM, METHOD, CIRCUIT, AND DEVICE FOR MILLIMETER-WAVE MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER WITH INDUCTIVE COUPLING Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
17939648 ULTRA-HIGH FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER Final Rejection ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18170822 TRANSIMPEDANCE GAIN CONTROL Non-Final OA Semtech Corporation
18340194 AMPLIFIER Final Rejection Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
18165359 POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM WITH PROTECTION CIRCUITRY Non-Final OA Qorvo US, Inc.
17589050 POWER AMPLIFIER WITH FEEDBACK BALLAST RESISTANCE Final Rejection Qorvo US, Inc.
17964297 POWER AMPLIFIER SYSTEM WITH INCREASED OUTPUT POWER FOR ENVELOPE TRACKING APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
17649862 LOAD MODULATED DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERS Final Rejection Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
18306117 INVERTING CURRENT AMPLIFICATION AND RELATED TOUCH SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
17664086 PROTECTING A CIRCUIT FROM AN INPUT VOLTAGE Non-Final OA Microchip Technology Incorporated
18217055 POWER AMPLIFIER Final Rejection Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
18308104 POWER AMPLIFIER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18141330 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT LINE DRIVER BOOST STAGE WITH HIGH OUTPUT SWING Final Rejection Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. Limited
18238011 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL PREDISTORTION INITIALIZATION OF HIGH-POWER AMPLIFIERS Final Rejection L3Harris Technologies, Inc.
18061757 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, RECEPTION CIRCUIT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Non-Final OA Socionext Inc.
18365200 CURRENT SENSE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND TRIMMING METHOD OF OFFSET REFERRED TO INPUT VOLTAGE Non-Final OA Richtek Technology Corporation
17929707 COMPENSATION CIRCUIT OF AMPLITUDE MODULATION-PHASE MODULATION, RADIO FREQUENCY POWER AMPLIFIER AND DEVICE Final Rejection SMARTER MICROELECTRONICS (GUANG ZHOU) CO., LTD.
18243187 CABLE NETWORK DEVICE WITH LOW LOSS MEASUREMENT PORT Non-Final OA TECHNETIX B.V.
18179381 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT WITH VARIABLE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT OF GAIN, AND CIRCUIT FOR GENERATING VOLTAGE WITH VARIABLE TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT, WHICH BECOMES REFERENCE POTENTIAL AT REFERENCE TEMPERATURE, DIRECT VOLTAGE GENERATING CIRCUIT, AND CIRCUIT FOR COMPENSATING FOR TEMPERATURE DRIFT OF ANOTHER AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, WHICH USE THE AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT Non-Final OA NF HOLDINGS CORPORATION
18154170 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND CORRECTING SIGNAL OFFSET AT TWO POINTS Non-Final OA GlobalFoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. KG
18080727 DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA DECO lntegration Technology Co.,Limited

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