Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Chang And Hale LLP

25 pending office actions • 9 clients • 25 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 72 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
18
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 25 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (1)Due later (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
24
Medium (96%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only19 (76%)
§102 only5 (20%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
7
Communications
28% of docket
9
Semiconductors
36% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
32% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PADOT, TIMOTHY 1 39.3% +28.2%
AKHTER, SHARMIN 1 70.2% +29.4%
SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 1 95.2% +5.9%
WONG, ALAN 1 83.2% +9.5%
HAGHANI, SHADAN E 1 60.4% +17.9%
OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 1 78.8% +20.6%
JOHNSON, VICKY A 1 79.8% +12.2%
AGAHI, DARIOUSH 1 85.1% +30.2%
OUYANG, BO 1 60.5% +8.3%
BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 1 88.9% +13.1%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18634907 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO GDT AND MOV COMBINATION BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 93d overdue
18651705 NOISE SUPPRESSION FOR AUDIO SYSTEMS AGAHI, DARIOUSH 58d overdue
18822722 CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HARMONIC CONTROL SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 31d overdue
18822702 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS WONG, ALAN 28d

Interview Candidates (7)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18634907 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO GDT AND MOV COMBINATION BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 93d overdue
18955368 Data Structure Visualization and Management for Real-Time Data PADOT, TIMOTHY 60d overdue
18651705 NOISE SUPPRESSION FOR AUDIO SYSTEMS AGAHI, DARIOUSH 58d overdue
18941927 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC RULES USING MULTIPLE MAPPING LAYERS WITH TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SEMANTICS AKHTER, SHARMIN 45d overdue
18774740 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO JOYSTICKS JOHNSON, VICKY A 45d overdue
18788136 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 42d overdue
18798584 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SCHOOL BUS STOP-ARM VIOLATIONS HAGHANI, SHADAN E 8d

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28434
37852
36251
26891
24851
36171
26561
37941
28381
37291

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18955368 Data Structure Visualization and Management for Real-Time Data Viralocity Software, LLC PADOT, TIMOTHY 3625 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Nov 21, 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 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2024
18822722 CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR HARMONIC CONTROL Skyworks Global Pte. Ltd. SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Sep 03, 2024
18822702 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. WONG, ALAN 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18798584 SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SCHOOL BUS STOP-ARM VIOLATIONS Hayden AI Technologies, Inc. HAGHANI, SHADAN E 2485 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 08, 2024
18788136 ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES Skyworks Solutions, Inc. OUTTEN, SAMUEL S 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2024
18774740 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO JOYSTICKS BOURNS, INC. JOHNSON, VICKY A 3617 §102 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Jul 16, 2024
18651705 NOISE SUPPRESSION FOR AUDIO SYSTEMS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. AGAHI, DARIOUSH 2656 §103 Non-Final OA 58d overdue Pending May 01, 2024
18652593 NASAL CANNULA TEMPERATURE CONTROL Neurointact, Inc. OUYANG, BO 3794 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending May 01, 2024
18634907 DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO GDT AND MOV COMBINATION BOURNS, INC. BELLIDO, NICOLAS G 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Apr 13, 2024
18604301 PACKAGING SUBSTRATES HAVING RINGLESS VIAS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. CAZAN, LIVIUS RADU 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18464182 PACKAGING SUBSTRATE HAVING METAL POSTS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18233379 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS RELATED TO POWER AMPLIFIER EMPLOYING CASCODE STAGE OUTPUT SWITCHING TO ELIMINATE BAND SELECT SWITCH Skyworks Solutions, Inc. TRAN, PABLO N 2643 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18232773 SPECIALTY CONTACT LENS DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING Hedgefog Research, Inc. WILKES, ZACHARY W 2872 §102 Final Rejection 61d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18338293 CARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR PROCESSING PACKAGED MODULES Skyworks Solutions, Inc. NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Final Rejection 85d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2023
18334728 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE BRAIN OF A HUMAN SUBJECT Neurointact, Inc. DIXON, ANNETTE FREDRICKA 3785 Other Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 14, 2023
18132975 BROADBAND POWER SPLITTERS, DEVICES AND METHODS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. GLENN, KIMBERLY E 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2023
18131281 HEATER ASSEMBLIES FOR TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT SLEEVES Flotherm, Inc. HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 87d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
18125689 REMOVAL OF WIRES FROM PACKAGING SUBSTRATES Skyworks Solutions, Inc. ARORA, AJAY 2892 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18120336 IN-BAND RESONANCE PIEZO MEMS MICROPHONES Skyworks Solutions, Inc. GANMAVO, KUASSI A 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Mar 10, 2023
18101089 ADJUSTING ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXED WAVEFORMS USING SELECTED SUBCARRIERS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. FOTAKIS, ARISTOCRATIS 2633 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 24, 2023
18092176 PHASE SHIFTERS FOR ANTENNA TILT Skyworks Solutions, Inc. MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2022
17955058 WINDOW CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS FOR AUDIO AMPLIFIERS Skyworks Solutions, Inc. KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 28, 2022
17885245 WEARABLE PATCHES FOR SPORTS Life Patch International MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2022
17542517 SYSTEMS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO CHARACTER RECOGNITION IN FABRICATION OF PACKAGED MODULES Skyworks Solutions, Inc. AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH 2671 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2021

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