Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
48 pending office actions • 9 clients • 46 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Chang and Hale LLP has 48 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics and 1915 career applications. The current docket and application history show substantial activity in a technology area where claim construction and detailed technical distinctions often matter during examination.
The resolved allowance rate is 96.12%, with an average of 3.52 office actions per allowance. The rate describes favorable resolved outcomes, while the action average indicates that allowances generally follow ongoing examiner interaction. Applicants can use the profile to evaluate the firm’s results alongside the prosecution effort reflected in repeated responses and claim amendments.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 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. 11 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 | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 11 (23%) |
| §102 only | 4 (8%) |
| §112 only | 2 (4%) |
| Double-patenting only | 9 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 17 (35%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2 | 85.8% | +12.4% |
| VO, NGUYEN THANH | 2 | 85.1% | +6.5% |
| PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 1 | 46.7% | +18.2% |
| KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 1 | 74.2% | +14.3% |
| NGUYEN, QUANG N | 1 | 87.7% | +16.6% |
| JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 1 | 94.3% | -0.8% |
| SELLERS, DANIEL R | 1 | 68.5% | +17.4% |
| O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | 1 | 58.1% | +10.9% |
| CHEN, PATRICK C | 1 | 82.5% | +9.9% |
| SHAH, TANMAY K | 1 | 89.2% | +9.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19218166 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO CONFIGURING MULTI-STREAM NETWORK WITH STREAM-AWARE SCHEDULING | NGUYEN, QUANG N | — |
| 19207057 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS FOR AUDIO AMPLIFIERS | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | — |
| 19017770 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO SWITCH LINEARIZATION BY COMPENSATION OF A FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR | CHEN, PATRICK C | — |
| 19015332 | SWITCH CIRCUITRY FOR SIMULTANEOUS SIGNAL ROUTING | SHAH, TANMAY K | — |
| 18674818 | PHASE SHIFTER FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION | VO, NGUYEN THANH | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17885245 | WEARABLE PATCHES FOR SPORTS | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 84d overdue |
| 18955368 | Data Structure Visualization and Management for Real-Time Data | PADOT, TIMOTHY | 60d overdue |
| 18464182 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATE HAVING METAL POSTS | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | 26d |
| 18101089 | ADJUSTING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED WAVEFORMS USING SELECTED SUBCARRIERS | FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS | 27d |
| 18604301 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATES HAVING RINGLESS VIAS | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 30d |
| 18232773 | SPECIALTY CONTACT LENS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 61d |
| 19219636 | BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD CAMERA-BASED PERCEPTION FOR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION DETECTION | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | — |
| 19001274 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO AUDIO AMPLIFIERS HAVING GAIN CALIBRATION | LAO, LUNSEE | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19310499 | SMART PILLBOX | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | — |
| 19219636 | BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD CAMERA-BASED PERCEPTION FOR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION DETECTION | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | — |
| 19218166 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO CONFIGURING MULTI-STREAM NETWORK WITH STREAM-AWARE SCHEDULING | NGUYEN, QUANG N | — |
| 19067890 | ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK | SELLERS, DANIEL R | — |
| 19030382 | ATTENUATORS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | — |
| 18822003 | ADAPTABLE IMPEDANCE CIRCUITS FOR AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — |
| 18120287 | WIDE-BANDGAP CHIP HAVING REFERENCE DEVICE | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. | 38 |
| Hayden AI Technologies | 2 |
| Life Patch International | 2 |
| Hello Heart Inc. | 1 |
| Zeta Surgical | 1 |
| Viralocity Software, LLC | 1 |
| SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD. | 1 |
| Hedgefog Research, Inc. | 1 |
| TOHOKU UNIVERSITY | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2843 | 9 |
| 2646 | 3 |
| 2849 | 2 |
| 2663 | 2 |
| 3791 | 2 |
| 3735 | 1 |
| 2483 | 1 |
| 2453 | 1 |
| 2845 | 1 |
| 2694 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19310499 | SMART PILLBOX | Hello Heart Inc. | PERREAULT, ANDREW D | 3735 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2025 |
| 19219636 | BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD CAMERA-BASED PERCEPTION FOR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION DETECTION | Hayden AI Technologies, Inc. | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 2483 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19218166 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO CONFIGURING MULTI-STREAM NETWORK WITH STREAM-AWARE SCHEDULING | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, QUANG N | 2453 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 23, 2025 |
| 19207057 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS FOR AUDIO AMPLIFIERS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 2845 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 2025 |
| 19067890 | ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | SELLERS, DANIEL R | 2694 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2025 |
| 19030382 | ATTENUATORS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | 2849 | DP | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19017770 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO SWITCH LINEARIZATION BY COMPENSATION OF A FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CHEN, PATRICK C | 2842 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2025 |
| 19015332 | SWITCH CIRCUITRY FOR SIMULTANEOUS SIGNAL ROUTING | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | SHAH, TANMAY K | 2632 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 |
| 19012722 | LOW VOLTAGE FOR AUDIO CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | HAMID, AMMAR T | 2695 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19012729 | COMBINER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | 2649 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 19001274 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO AUDIO AMPLIFIERS HAVING GAIN CALIBRATION | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LAO, LUNSEE | 2691 | §101§102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 24, 2024 |
| 19000168 | REAL-TIME NONINVASIVE SURGICAL NAVIGATION | ZETA SURGICAL INC. | MALDONADO, STEVEN | 3797 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18983057 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO VOLTAGE COMPENSATED SWITCH STACK | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | JIA, XIN | 2663 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18983118 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO WIDEBAND MULTIPLEXER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | HOLLAND, JENEE LAUREN | 2469 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18966029 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A SATURATION CONDITION OF A POWER AMPLIFIER | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHANH V | 2843 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 02, 2024 |
| 18955368 | Data Structure Visualization and Management for Real-Time Data | Viralocity Software, LLC | PADOT, TIMOTHY | 3625 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 60d overdue | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18954303 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO UNPOWERED SWITCHING MODULE | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LU, ZHIYU | 2665 | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18941927 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC RULES USING MULTIPLE MAPPING LAYERS WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SEMANTICS | Hayden AI Technologies, Inc. | AKHTER, SHARMIN | 2689 | §103 | Final Rejection | 45d overdue | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18935363 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO DESYNCHRONIZING COMMUNICATION INTERVALS FOR CO-LOCATED DEVICES | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | ZAND, DAVOUD AMAN | 2445 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 01, 2024 |
| 18825621 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATED TO WIRE BOND CLEANING AND WIRE BONDING RECOVERY | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | SAAD, ERIN BARRY | 1735 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18822702 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | WONG, ALAN | 2843 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18822722 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HARMONIC CONTROL | Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. | SALAZAR JR, JORGE L | 2843 | §112Other | Final Rejection | 31d overdue | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18822003 | ADAPTABLE IMPEDANCE CIRCUITS FOR AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2843 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18817194 | PACKAGED ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LE, LANA N | 2648 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18814905 | RADIO-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER HAVING REDUCED GAIN VARIATION | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | PEREZ, JAMES M | 2635 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18802944 | PROTECTION CIRCUITS AND RELATED METHODS AND DEVICES FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CHOE, HENRY | 2843 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18796267 | CONTROL FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, HIEU P | 2843 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18788136 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | OUTTEN, SAMUEL S | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18776000 | TAPE AND REEL MACHINE VISION SYSTEMS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | ORANGE, DAVID BENJAMIN | 2663 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18760042 | SWITCHES WITH VOLTAGE LEVEL SHIFTERS IN RADIO FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | VO, NGUYEN THANH | 2646 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18674818 | PHASE SHIFTER FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | VO, NGUYEN THANH | 2646 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 25, 2024 |
| 18655269 | REDUCED-SIZE DIE, RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | THROCKMORTON, ROBERT EMIL | 2818 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 05, 2024 |
| 18643539 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE SMALL-FOOTPRINT AI-BASED NOISE SUPPRESSION MODEL | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LEE, JANGWOEN | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18604301 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATES HAVING RINGLESS VIAS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU | 3729 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18596910 | ANTENNAS, RELATED DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LEE, SEUNG H | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18426107 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING QUIESCENT CURRENT IN POWER AMPLIFIER DIE | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CHARIOUI, MOHAMED | 2857 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 29, 2024 |
| 18412390 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING WARPAGE DURING FABRICATION OF DUAL SIDE MOLD MODULES | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY | 2891 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18469895 | NESTED FILTERS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | KELLEY, STEVEN SHAUN | 2646 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18464182 | PACKAGING SUBSTRATE HAVING METAL POSTS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW | 2897 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 26d | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18232773 | SPECIALTY CONTACT LENS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING | Hedgefog Research, Inc. | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Aug 10, 2023 |
| 18203279 | SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES WITH HIGH VELOCITY HIGHER-ORDER MODE | Tohoku University | GANNON, LEVI | 2849 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2023 |
| 18141919 | INTEGRATED COMPENSATION OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE DISTORTIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | HAN, YOUNGHUIE JESSICA | 2843 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 01, 2023 |
| 18120287 | WIDE-BANDGAP CHIP HAVING REFERENCE DEVICE | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | 2843 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 10, 2023 |
| 18101089 | ADJUSTING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED WAVEFORMS USING SELECTED SUBCARRIERS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS | 2633 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jan 24, 2023 |
| 18093122 | USER INTERFACE FOR DATA TRAJECTORY VISUALIZATION OF SOUND SUPPRESSION APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | BOGGS JR., JAMES | 2657 | §103Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 04, 2023 |
| 18092176 | PHASE SHIFTERS FOR ANTENNA TILT | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Dec 30, 2022 |
| 17885272 | DEVICES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATED TO WEARABLE PATCH HAVING BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT DETECTOR | Life Patch International | GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER | 3791 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
| 17885245 | WEARABLE PATCHES FOR SPORTS | Life Patch International | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 3791 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 84d overdue | Pending | Aug 10, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial96.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Chang And Hale LLP were allowed, across 1,915 applications in USPTO records.
3.52 office actions per allowed application on average.
48 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 9 clients, before 46 examiners in 35 art units.
