Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Communications • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
48 pending office actions • 9 clients • 45 examiners • 27 art units • 0 of 48 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Chang and Hale LLP handles 1911 career applications in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. The firm currently has 33 pending office actions and a resolved allowance rate of 96.19 percent.
The average of 3.52 office actions per allowance describes the typical path to a patent grant. This statistic is useful for practitioners when forecasting the resources needed for prosecution. The 96.19 percent allowance rate, combined with the 3.52 average office actions, offers a data-grounded expectation for the success and duration of the examination process in the semiconductor field.
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 + other | 2 (4%) |
| §103 only | 13 (27%) |
| §102 only | 5 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting only | 8 (17%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 16 (33%) |
| 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% | +12.5% |
| VO, NGUYEN THANH | 2 | 85.1% | +6.6% |
| RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 2 | 93.3% | +8.6% |
| KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | 1 | 74.1% | +14.2% |
| JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | 1 | 94.3% | -0.8% |
| O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | 1 | 58.0% | +10.9% |
| CHEN, PATRICK C | 1 | 82.5% | +9.6% |
| SHAH, TANMAY K | 1 | 89.1% | +9.2% |
| HAMID, AMMAR T | 1 | 85.2% | +9.8% |
| AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | 1 | 80.4% | +18.3% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 19012722 | LOW VOLTAGE FOR AUDIO CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | HAMID, AMMAR T | — |
| 19012729 | COMBINER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | — |
| 18674818 | PHASE SHIFTER FOR CARRIER AGGREGATION | VO, NGUYEN THANH | — |
| 18629634 | MODULATED POWER CONSUMPTION | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — |
| 18614552 | VARIABLE-GAIN AMPLIFIERS WITH CONFIGURABLE IMPEDANCE CIRCUITS | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19219636 | BEHIND THE WINDSHIELD CAMERA-BASED PERCEPTION FOR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATION DETECTION | KIM, MATTHEW DAVID | — |
| 19030382 | ATTENUATORS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | O TOOLE, COLLEEN J | — |
| 19012729 | COMBINER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | — |
| 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 |
| Zeta Surgical | 2 |
| Viralocity Software, LLC | 1 |
| SKYWORKS GLOBAL PTE. LTD. | 1 |
| Hedgefog Research, Inc. | 1 |
| Bourns | 1 |
| TOHOKU UNIVERSITY | 1 |
| Life Patch International | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2843 | 6 |
| 2646 | 3 |
| 2849 | 2 |
| 2483 | 1 |
| 2842 | 1 |
| 3797 | 1 |
| 3625 | 1 |
| 2689 | 1 |
| 2445 | 1 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 19207057 | CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTERS FOR AUDIO AMPLIFIERS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | JEAN PIERRE, PEGUY | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 13, 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 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 09, 2025 | |
| 19012722 | LOW VOLTAGE FOR AUDIO CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | HAMID, AMMAR T | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 | |
| 19012729 | COMBINER FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY CIRCUITS, DEVICES AND METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | AKINYEMI, AJIBOLA A | 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 | §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 | §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 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 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 | §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 |
| 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 |
| 18822702 | ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY APPLICATIONS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | WONG, ALAN | 2843 | §103Other | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18822003 | ADAPTABLE IMPEDANCE CIRCUITS FOR AMPLIFICATION SYSTEMS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, KHIEM D | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 | |
| 18817194 | PACKAGED ELECTRICAL DEVICES AND RELATED METHODS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LE, LANA N | §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 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 | |
| 18796267 | CONTROL FOR RADIO-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | NGUYEN, HIEU P | 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 |
| 18643582 | NOISE SUPPRESSION MODEL USING GATED LINEAR UNITS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | MCLEAN, IAN SCOTT | 2654 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18643539 | HIGH-PERFORMANCE SMALL-FOOTPRINT AI-BASED NOISE SUPPRESSION MODEL | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | LEE, JANGWOEN | 2656 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 23, 2024 |
| 18629634 | MODULATED POWER CONSUMPTION | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 | |
| 18614552 | VARIABLE-GAIN AMPLIFIERS WITH CONFIGURABLE IMPEDANCE CIRCUITS | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | RAHMAN, HAFIZUR | 2843 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 22, 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 |
| 18521973 | MULTI-CHIP MULTI-CHANNEL BEAMFORMER MODULE WITH INTERPOSER PASSIVES | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. | CHEN, ZHITONG | 2815 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 28, 2023 |
| 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 |
| 18272384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HANDHELD REAL-TIME SURGICAL NAVIGATION GUIDANCE | ZETA SURGICAL INC. | WEBSTER, KARMEL JOHANNA | 3792 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 14, 2023 |
| 18346823 | MULTI-LAYER ELECTRICAL DEVICE | BOURNS, INC. | LEE, KYUNG S | 2831 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 04, 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 | §103DPOther | 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 |
| 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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