Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
58 pending office actions • 1 client • 53 examiners • 33 art units • 6 of 58 (10%) have an AI response strategy ready • 165 patents granted in the last 365 days
APPLE INC. - Fletcher focuses on the Communications technology area, where it has managed 4334 career applications. This substantial portfolio reflects a deep involvement in communications-related patent prosecution. The firm currently has 51 pending office actions under its management.
The firm achieves a high resolved allowance rate pct of 91.94, indicating a strong probability of success for its applications. However, the prosecution process is relatively intensive, with an avg office actions per allowance of 3.4. This suggests that the firm frequently engages in several rounds of negotiation with the USPTO to secure allowances.
The 91.94 resolved allowance rate pct is a key indicator of the firm's effectiveness across its 4334 career applications. The 3.4 avg office actions per allowance reflects the persistence required in the competitive Communications sector. With 51 pending office actions, the firm continues to leverage its expertise to achieve successful outcomes for its clients.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 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. 10 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 | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 3 (5%) |
| §103 only | 26 (45%) |
| §102 only | 3 (5%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 23 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOROWAR, GOLAM | 3 | 81.4% | +17.9% |
| FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | 2 | 86.2% | +12.7% |
| WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J | 2 | 80.6% | +20.9% |
| PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2 | 24.2% | +9.1% |
| LAM, VINH TANG | 1 | 72.7% | +8.6% |
| LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 1 | 61.9% | +22.2% |
| NOH, JAE NAM | 1 | 86.3% | -9.2% |
| PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO | 1 | 73.5% | +19.1% |
| PERENY, TYLER J | 1 | 95.0% | +5.9% |
| YU, LIHONG | 1 | 81.6% | +18.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19303130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RATE CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE PASS VIDEO ENCODING | NOH, JAE NAM | — |
| 19054533 | SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR PROTECTION FROM DC OFFSET | YU, LIHONG | — |
| 18912331 | FRACTAL DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18898096 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18886609 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18746744 | COMMUNICATION MODULATIONS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER | WARMFLASH, MICHAEL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17837964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BATTERY TEMPERATURE | BECKER, BRANDON J | 147d overdue |
| 18166154 | REMESHING FOR EFFICIENT COMPRESSION | CHOW, JEFFREY J | 15d overdue |
| 17512462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS | PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 9d overdue |
| 17880617 | DATA PLANE LAYER COMMUNICATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS | CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR | 16d |
| 18624695 | FRONT-END ACTIVE RECTIFIER USING SINGLE INDUCTOR AND SERIES STACKED HALF BRIDGES FOR ISOLATED POWER SUPPLIES | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 26d |
| 18806078 | Meeting Proposal Generator | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 28d |
| 19049940 | Electronic Display Self-Coupling Cross Talk Compensation | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 86d |
| 19341949 | Column Driver Circuitry for Content-Addressable Electronic Display | LAM, VINH TANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19341961 | Dithering Circuitry for Content-Addressable Electronic Display | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | — |
| 19250758 | POWER ACCOUNTING FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER WITH SOFT RESTART | PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO | — |
| 19054533 | SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR PROTECTION FROM DC OFFSET | YU, LIHONG | — |
| 18955381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING SYNCHRONIZED SAMPLING | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | — |
| 18955560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING SYNCHRONIZED SAMPLING | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | — |
| 18912331 | FRACTAL DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18898096 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| 18886609 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | SOROWAR, GOLAM | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Apple | 58 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2849 | 3 |
| 2643 | 3 |
| 2838 | 2 |
| 2618 | 2 |
| 2859 | 2 |
| 2642 | 2 |
| 2628 | 1 |
| 2621 | 1 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 2625 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19341949 | Column Driver Circuitry for Content-Addressable Electronic Display | Apple Inc. | LAM, VINH TANG | 2628 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19341961 | Dithering Circuitry for Content-Addressable Electronic Display | Apple Inc. | LEIBY, CHRISTOPHER E | 2621 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2025 |
| 19303130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RATE CONTROL FOR MULTIPLE PASS VIDEO ENCODING | Apple Inc. | NOH, JAE NAM | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 18, 2025 | |
| 19250758 | POWER ACCOUNTING FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER WITH SOFT RESTART | Apple Inc. | PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO | 2836 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2025 |
| 19239461 | Unlimited Bandwidth Shifting Systems and Methods of an All-Digital Phase Locked Loop | Apple Inc. | PERENY, TYLER J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2025 | |
| 19054533 | SPLIT INPUT AMPLIFIER FOR PROTECTION FROM DC OFFSET | Apple Inc. | YU, LIHONG | 2849 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2025 |
| 19049940 | Electronic Display Self-Coupling Cross Talk Compensation | Apple Inc. | GYAWALI, BIPIN | 2625 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 86d | Pending | Feb 10, 2025 |
| 19002437 | Warped Filter Architecture with Reduced Processing Rate Systems and Methods | Apple Inc. | TRAN, CON P | 2695 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18982948 | METHODS FOR CONFORMING NON-TERRESTRIAL NETWORK COMMUNICATION TO TERRESTRIAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS | Apple Inc. | LEE, JOHN J | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| 18955381 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING SYNCHRONIZED SAMPLING | Apple Inc. | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18955560 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING SYNCHRONIZED SAMPLING | Apple Inc. | FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 | |
| 18912331 | FRACTAL DIGITAL TO ANALOG CONVERTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS | Apple Inc. | SOROWAR, GOLAM | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 10, 2024 | |
| 18897861 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PASS-THROUGH COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DEVICES | Apple Inc. | TOKUTA, SHEAN S | 2419 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18898096 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | Apple Inc. | SOROWAR, GOLAM | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 | |
| 18897556 | TAIL REGULATED SWITCHED CAPACITOR CONVERTERS | Apple Inc. | LEE, JYE-JUNE | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18896164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NETWORK PATH DISCOVERY | Apple Inc. | GRIJALVA LOBOS, BORIS D | 2496 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18894681 | Systems and Methods for Achieving Greater Image Generation Refresh Rates via Source Buffer Swap | Apple Inc. | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 2618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18895200 | Secure Heartbeat for Sensor Indicator | Apple Inc. | TRAN, THANG DUC | 3796 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2024 |
| 18886609 | PHASED ARRAY SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH PHASE SHIFTER | Apple Inc. | SOROWAR, GOLAM | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| 18830130 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SLEEPY FUNCTIONALITY IN WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS | Apple Inc. | SEFCHECK, GREGORY B | 2477 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2024 |
| 18824491 | USER EQUIPMENT CONFIRMATION OF NETWORK-INITIALIZED MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION | Apple Inc. | RAMPURIA, SHARAD K | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 | |
| 18818861 | COMMUNICATION MODULATIONS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER | Apple Inc. | WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J | 2849 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18815622 | USER EQUIPMENT CONFIRMATION OF NETWORK-INITIALIZED MULTIPLE INPUT, MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MIMO) COMMUNICATION | Apple Inc. | LUGO, DAVID B | 2631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18815488 | Acceleration Sub-System for Real-Time Display Configuration | Apple Inc. | LI, JAI WEI TOMMY | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18810163 | ADAPTIVE DATA TRANSMISSION | Apple Inc. | OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 | |
| 18806078 | Meeting Proposal Generator | Apple Inc. | TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN | 3625 | §101 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18792079 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EARLY FR2 TUNE-AWAY | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, THE HY | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18781941 | POWER MANAGEMENT FOR SIGNAL SCANNING | Apple Inc. | JAIN, RAJ K | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 | |
| 18767000 | RANGING WITH A MOBILE CELLULAR DEVICE | Apple Inc. | WASHINGTON, ERIKA ALISE | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 | |
| 18763769 | WIRELESS EMERGENCY ALERT GEOFENCING ENHANCEMENTS | Apple Inc. | GELIN, JEAN ALLAND | 2643 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18746744 | COMMUNICATION MODULATIONS FOR WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER | Apple Inc. | WARMFLASH, MICHAEL J | 2849 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18735956 | CURRENT MIRROR CIRCUIT TO COMPENSATE PROCESS VARIATION EFFECTS | Apple Inc. | CHOE, HENRY | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 06, 2024 | |
| 18680787 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING BATTERY SPIKE POWER CAPABILITY | Apple Inc. | KUNDU, SUJOY K | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 | |
| 18678594 | Model-Based Method of Estimating Optical Electro-Chemical Cell State Via Electrical Input | Apple Inc. | JUNG, JONATHAN Y | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18662354 | REGULATED MOS-BASED LOAD FOR STABILIZATION OF HF AMPLIFIER/MIXER GAIN VS. PVT | Apple Inc. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2024 | |
| 18624695 | FRONT-END ACTIVE RECTIFIER USING SINGLE INDUCTOR AND SERIES STACKED HALF BRIDGES FOR ISOLATED POWER SUPPLIES | Apple Inc. | ROSARIO BENITEZ, GUSTAVO A | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | AI Ready | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18592731 | COMPACT PHASE SHIFTER LAYOUT | Apple Inc. | HU, RUI MENG | 2643 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18590893 | Multidimensional Image Scaler | Apple Inc. | NAH, JONGBONG | 2674 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18589102 | GNSS AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION COEXISTENCE | Apple Inc. | KELLER, MICHAEL A | 2446 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2024 |
| 18441744 | TUNABLE HIGH-LINEARITY LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER | Apple Inc. | LAM, TUAN THIEU | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| 18439738 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SATELLITE BAND ALLOCATION | Apple Inc. | HO, CHUONG T | 2412 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 3d overdue | AI Ready | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18432987 | DUAL-CONNECTIVITY MOBILE SATELLITE COMMUNICATION | Apple Inc. | KUNTZ, CURTIS A | 2646 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18364378 | DIGITAL TETHER VIA SATELLITE | Apple Inc. | TRAN, CONGVAN | 2647 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 02, 2023 |
| 18220729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SYNCHRONIZE ACROSS POSITIONING RECEIVERS FOR SECONDARY CODE ACQUISITION | Apple Inc. | MULL, FRED H | 3648 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2023 |
| 18218867 | DUPLEXER WITH BALANCED IMPEDANCE LADDER | Apple Inc. | TALUKDER, MD K | 2648 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Jul 06, 2023 |
| 18342065 | RECONFIGURABLE BATTERY PACK | Apple Inc. | TSO, EDWARD H | 2859 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2023 |
| 18213669 | UTILIZING TRANSFORMER SECONDARY COIL FOR HARMONIC REJECTION FILTERING | Apple Inc. | CHEN, ZHITONG | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 23, 2023 |
| 18166154 | REMESHING FOR EFFICIENT COMPRESSION | Apple Inc. | CHOW, JEFFREY J | 2618 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d overdue | Pending | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18166213 | ADAPTIVE TESSELLATION FOR EFFICIENT DYNAMIC MESH ENCODING, DECODING, PROCESSING, AND RENDERING | Apple Inc. | COFINO, JONATHAN M | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | AI Ready | Feb 08, 2023 |
| 18105610 | WIDEBAND COMPACT RADIO FREQUENCY PHASE SHIFTER | Apple Inc. | GLENN, KIMBERLY E | 2843 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2023 |
| 18087396 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANTENNA OBSTRUCTION DETECTION AND MITIGATION | Apple Inc. | SHAHEED, KHALID W | 2643 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 22, 2022 |
| 18086275 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INDICATING CARRIER AGGREGATION CAPABILITY | Apple Inc. | AGUREYEV, VLADISLAV Y | 2471 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | AI Ready | Dec 21, 2022 |
| 18085199 | RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY (RAT) SPECTRUM TRANSLATOR | Apple Inc. | KASSIM, KHALED M | 2467 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2022 |
| 18068338 | BUCK-FED QUASI-RESONANT CURRENT MULTIPLIER | Apple Inc. | FANTU, YALKEW | 2859 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2022 |
| 17902526 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS | Apple Inc. | PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2642 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 02, 2022 |
| 17880617 | DATA PLANE LAYER COMMUNICATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS | Apple Inc. | CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR | 2475 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 16d | Pending | Aug 03, 2022 |
| 17837964 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BATTERY TEMPERATURE | Apple Inc. | BECKER, BRANDON J | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 147d overdue | Pending | Jun 10, 2022 |
| 17512462 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING EVOLVING BAND REGULATIONS | Apple Inc. | PEREZ GUTIERREZ, RAFAEL | 2642 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 9d overdue | Pending | Oct 27, 2021 |
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