Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Apple Inc. - Fletcher

40 pending office actions • 1 client • 39 examiners • 30 art units • 21 of 40 (52%) have an AI response strategy ready • 174 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

40
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

22
Overdue
0
Due this week
12
Due this month
5
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 40 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (22)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (5)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
36
Medium (90%)
2
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only29 (72%)
§102 only7 (18%)
§112 only2 (5%)
No statute on record1 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
5% of docket
5
Information Tech
12% of docket
17
Communications
42% of docket
14
Semiconductors
35% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
5% 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.

400 h
Manual time on pending OAs
80 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
140 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 2 96.0% +5.3%
BRUTUS, JOEL F 1 72.5% +17.9%
SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 1 79.1% +16.0%
GYAWALI, BIPIN 1 58.2% -0.6%
SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 1 83.6% +3.3%
OSORIO, RICARDO 1 89.0% +8.2%
PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 1 73.4% +18.9%
BUKOWSKI, KENNETH 1 67.7% +5.9%
NGUYEN, HAU H 1 90.4% +9.1%
TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 1 28.4% +39.0%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18136755 AMPLIFIER WITH ACTIVE AUXILIARY NON-LINEARITY CANCELLATION CIRCUITRY SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 126d overdue
18142540 FEEDBACK-TUNING BASED VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 119d overdue
18990415 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CHARGE PUMP PHASE-LOCKED LOOP PHASE STABILITY SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 15d
18827349 Synchronous Display Pipeline Systems and Methods NGUYEN, HAU H 29d
18951480 RESAMPLER FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE PIXEL LAYOUTS OSORIO, RICARDO 34d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17837964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BATTERY TEMPERATURE BECKER, BRANDON J 147d overdue
18806078 Meeting Proposal Generator TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 28d

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
19089965 ELECTRONIC DISPLAY PIPELINE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 15d overdue
18938039 MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT FOR MORE ROBUST WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 14d
18806078 Meeting Proposal Generator TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 28d
19242616 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADAR-BASED BIOMETRIC SIGNAL EXTRACTION BRUTUS, JOEL F 60d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Apple 40

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28435
26252
28362
26212
28592
28382
26462
37971
26261
28421

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19242616 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RADAR-BASED BIOMETRIC SIGNAL EXTRACTION Apple Inc. BRUTUS, JOEL F 3797 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jun 18, 2025
19089965 ELECTRONIC DISPLAY PIPELINE POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Apple Inc. SIDDIQUI, MD SAIFUL A 2626 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue AI Ready Mar 25, 2025
19049940 Electronic Display Self-Coupling Cross Talk Compensation Apple Inc. GYAWALI, BIPIN 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Feb 10, 2025
18990415 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CHARGE PUMP PHASE-LOCKED LOOP PHASE STABILITY Apple Inc. SKIBINSKI, TOMI SWEET 2842 §102 Non-Final OA 15d AI Ready Dec 20, 2024
18951480 RESAMPLER FOR ELECTRONIC DISPLAY HAVING MULTIPLE PIXEL LAYOUTS Apple Inc. OSORIO, RICARDO 2625 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Nov 18, 2024
18938039 MAGNETIC ALIGNMENT FOR MORE ROBUST WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER Apple Inc. PEREZ BORROTO, ALFONSO 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18933773 Low Memory Pixel Uniformity Compensation for Display Defects Apple Inc. BUKOWSKI, KENNETH 2621 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue AI Ready Oct 31, 2024
18827349 Synchronous Display Pipeline Systems and Methods Apple Inc. NGUYEN, HAU H 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18806078 Meeting Proposal Generator Apple Inc. TORRICO-LOPEZ, ALAN 3625 §102 Final Rejection 28d Pending Aug 15, 2024
18638216 Detection of Object Location and Orientation on a Wireless Charge Mat Apple Inc. MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Apr 17, 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 §103 Non-Final OA 26d AI Ready Apr 02, 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
18423034 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED UPLINK THROUGHPUT Apple Inc. WEBB, MARGARET G 2641 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue AI Ready Jan 25, 2024
18407179 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSMISSION AND CONSUMPTION OF IMAGE DATA Apple Inc. TRAN, NAM T 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue AI Ready Jan 08, 2024
18488419 PERIPHERAL LUMINANCE OR COLOR REMAPPING FOR POWER SAVING Apple Inc. WANG, YI 2619 §103 Final Rejection 14d AI Ready Oct 17, 2023
18476190 VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER WITH SUBTHRESHOLD BIASING Apple Inc. BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 28d AI Ready Sep 27, 2023
18373093 SAMPLED-DATA RECEIVER WITH CHOPPER STABILIZATION Apple Inc. NGUYEN, HIEU P 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue AI Ready Sep 26, 2023
18368272 CONFIGURATION-BASED UE MSD REPORTING Apple Inc. LEWIS, IYONDA LATIFAH 2647 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue AI Ready Sep 14, 2023
18453606 DAMPING FILTERS FOR REDUCED ELECTROMAGNETIC EMISSIONS Apple Inc. AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 161d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2023
18328736 DISPLAY PANEL OPTICAL CROSS-TALK COMPENSATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Apple Inc. JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 §102 Final Rejection 5d overdue AI Ready Jun 03, 2023
18326630 FOVEATED DISPLAY IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS Apple Inc. BROOME, SAID A 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 89d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18142540 FEEDBACK-TUNING BASED VARIABLE GAIN AMPLIFIER Apple Inc. SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 119d overdue AI Ready May 02, 2023
18136755 AMPLIFIER WITH ACTIVE AUXILIARY NON-LINEARITY CANCELLATION CIRCUITRY Apple Inc. SHAMIRYAN, NAREH 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue AI Ready Apr 19, 2023
18121426 PHASE SHIFTER CIRCUIT WITH EMBEDDED IMPEDANCE MATCHING Apple Inc. CHOE, HENRY 2843 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Mar 14, 2023
18175837 CELLULAR FLYBACK TRANSFORMER Apple Inc. WEST, AISLIN MARIE 2837 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18166213 ADAPTIVE TESSELLATION FOR EFFICIENT DYNAMIC MESH ENCODING, DECODING, PROCESSING, AND RENDERING Apple Inc. COFINO, JONATHAN M 2614 §103 Final Rejection 29d AI Ready Feb 08, 2023
18166154 REMESHING FOR EFFICIENT COMPRESSION Apple Inc. CHOW, JEFFREY J 2618 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
18068366 HIGH EFFICIENCY POWER CONVERTER Apple Inc. HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 8d AI Ready Dec 19, 2022
17959125 FINE BLANKED BATTERY ELECTRODES Apple Inc. RUTISER, CLAIRE A 1751 §103 Final Rejection 14d AI Ready Oct 03, 2022
17950838 SYNCHRONIZATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS Apple Inc. FERRIS, DERRICK W 2411 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Sep 22, 2022
17946899 Systems and Methods for Film Grain Synthesis and Insertion Apple Inc. LU, ZHIYU 2665 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue AI Ready Sep 16, 2022
17945520 AMPLIFIER WITH PARASITIC CAPACITANCE NEUTRALIZATION Apple Inc. YUN, EUGENE 2648 Other Non-Final OA 2d overdue AI Ready Sep 15, 2022
17932277 METHODS FOR MITIGATING COEXISTENCE OF UNCOORDINATED WIRELESS SYSTEMS VIA SIDELINK Apple Inc. JANGBAHADUR, LAKERAM 2469 §103 Non-Final OA 29d AI Ready Sep 14, 2022
17929233 SEAMLESS MOBILITY FOR WIRELESS DEVICES Apple Inc. BEAMER, TEMICA M 2646 §112 Final Rejection 45d overdue AI Ready Sep 01, 2022
17880617 DATA PLANE LAYER COMMUNICATION FOR USER EQUIPMENT GROUPS Apple Inc. CHOWDHURY, MAHBUBUL BAR 2475 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17853622 ELECTRONIC ENCLOSURE WITH STRESS CONCENTRATING FEATURE Apple Inc. KOROVINA, ANNA 1729 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2022
17837964 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING BATTERY TEMPERATURE Apple Inc. BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2022
17804922 FERRITE STRUCTURE FOR IMPROVED MAGNETIC COUPLING Apple Inc. KAPLAN, HAL IRA 2836 §112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 01, 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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