Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TORRES-RIVERA, ALEX

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2838

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

86.2%
Allow Rate
+18.2% vs TC avg
784
Total Applications
+11.9%
Interview Lift
821
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 752 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
27.7%
§102 Novelty
52.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18663360 VOLTAGE CONVERTER AND OPERATING METHOD OF VOLTAGE CONVERTER Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18647972 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO BALANCE HALF BRIDGE CONVERTERS Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18544366 MODE TRANSITIONS FOR BUCK CONVERTERS Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18492385 MULTI-SYNCHRONOUS RECTIFIER (SR) DRIVE SWITCHING CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18375214 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CONTROL SWITCHING CONVERTERS USING PEAK AND VALLEY CONTROL Non-Final OA Texas Instruments Incorporated
18342070 VALLEY CURRENT MODE CONTROL FOR A VOLTAGE CONVERTER Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18338327 QUASI-RESONANT FLYBACK VOLTAGE REGULATOR SYSTEM Final Rejection TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
18522988 Dual-Input Bus Architecture Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18715113 POWER CONTROL OF A POWER CONVERTER BASED ON MIXED TYPES OF POWER CONVERTERS Non-Final OA Hitachi Energy Ltd
18560431 METHOD FOR OPERATING A DC-DC CONVERTER FOR SUPPLYING AN ELECTROLYSIS DEVICE WITH ELECTRICAL OPERATING POWER Non-Final OA Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
18531804 CURRENT SENSING DEVICE AND DIRECT-CURRENT (DC)/DC CONVERTER INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA HL MANDO CORPORATION
18715907 SWITCHING CONTROL UNIT, SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS, AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18535703 Fast Fly Capacitor Pre-Charging Circuit Non-Final OA pSemi Corporation
18538096 POWER STAGE CONTROLLER Non-Final OA Renesas Electronics Corporation
18667199 FLYBACK CONVERTERS WITH IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND THE CONTROL CIRCUIT THEREOF Non-Final OA Chengdu Monolithic Power Systems Co., Ltd.
18638897 MULTI-LEVEL MULTI-QUADRANT HYSTERESIS CURRENT CONTROLLERS AND METHODS FOR CONTROL THEREOF Non-Final OA TAE Technologies, Inc.
18494888 SWITCHING CONVERTER AND CONTROL CIRCUIT AND DISCONTINUOUS CONDUCTION MODE CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Richtek Technology Corporation
18747205 CONTROL UNIT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A POWER CONVERTER IN A BUCK-BOOST MODE Non-Final OA Renesas Design (UK) Limited
18662993 POWER CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA Power Forest Technology Corporation
18712148 POWER CONVERTER SYSTEM Non-Final OA HYPER POLAND ELECTRO S.A.
18709842 DIRECT-CURRENT CONVERTER Non-Final OA ALTENERGY POWER SYSTEM INC.
18630129 SWITCHING POWER CONVERTERS CONFIGURED TO INJECT CURRENT INTO AN OUTPUT NODE Non-Final OA Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.
18446478 SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NIDEC MOBILITY CORPORATION
18137745 Bidirectional Voltage Adapter Non-Final OA Current Ways, Inc.

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