Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Greenberg Traurig, LLP - AMD, Inc.

50 pending office actions • 1 client • 47 examiners • 35 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=28398 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

85.2%
Allowance Rate
n=28398
+0.55σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=28398
3.5
OAs to Allowance
n=15924
-0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=15924
1034 days
Time to Allowance
n=15924
+8.6pp
Interview Lift
n=28398
32.5%
RCE Rate
n=28398
2.1%
Appeal Rate
n=28398

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

72.4%
§101 Overcome
n=3165
72.8%
§102 Overcome
n=6807
74.6%
§103 Overcome
n=11387
76.9%
§112 Overcome
n=7119

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
20%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=28398
78
Practitioners
n=28398
364.1
Apps / Practitioner
n=28398

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
17
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
1
Due this week
6
Due this month
6
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (6)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.

23
Hard (46%)
26
Medium (52%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (4%)
§103 only19 (38%)
§102 only7 (14%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Multi-statute (no §101)21 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
18
Information Tech
36% of docket
3
Communications
6% of docket
28
Semiconductors
56% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
2% 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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRAN, THANH Y 2 86.2% +9.0%
HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2 84.9% +9.5%
WILCOX, JAMES J 2 70.1% +61.2%
YU, JAE UN 1 89.8% +9.8%
BORROMEO, JUANITO C 1 76.0% +13.3%
CARNES, THOMAS A 1 68.8% +69.5%
LUONG, DUY HAN 1 94.7% +8.3%
JACOB, AJITH 1 78.9% +4.1%
KAZIMI, HANI M 1 48.1% +18.7%
KHAN, MASUD K 1 87.2% +6.8%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18896772 Untitled YU, JAE UN
18783900 MEMORY SELF-REFRESH POWER GATING LUONG, DUY HAN
18194347 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STACK CONSTRUCTION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS IN A SILICON CARRIER TRAN, THANH Y

Hard Cases (23)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18400694 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING DIES THAT USE INCOMPATIBLE PROTOCOLS TRUONG, LOAN 112d overdue
18355011 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABNORMAL POWER CONNECTION DETECTION ZHANG, HAIDONG 35d overdue
18619793 AI-BASED DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN AUDIOVISUAL DATA OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS 9d overdue
18312399 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SAMPLING PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION SIGNALS WITH REDUCED KICKBACK NOISE NGUYEN, LONG T 5d
18394719 SYSTEM-ON-CHIP GAP FILL METHOD AND STRUCTURE SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 12d
18162666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING AN APPARATUS HAVING BACKSIDE POWER DELIVERY COMPONENTS BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 20d
18622680 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA TRANSFER CONTROL CIRCUITRY LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A. 29d
18542136 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING DIE-SPECIFIC SIGNALS ACROSS DIE STACKS BRADFORD, PETER 34d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17561170 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADDRESS ROW HAMMER ATTACKS AT A HOST PROCESSOR WILCOX, JAMES J 3d overdue
18896508 Untitled BORROMEO, JUANITO C
18896418 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TRUSTED OPERATING SYSTEMS CARNES, THOMAS A
18622770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS WITH ENHANCED RESOURCE BARRIERS KAZIMI, HANI M
18087919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING KEY MIXING HAZARD MANAGEMENT WILCOX, JAMES J

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
AMD 50

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28174
28994
28123
21832
28972
28932
21762
28352
24392
21381

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18896772 Untitled Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. YU, JAE UN 2138 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
18324884 Untitled Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TRAN, THANH Y 2817 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending
18896508 Untitled Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. BORROMEO, JUANITO C 2184 §102 Non-Final OA Pending
18896418 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SYNCHRONIZING TRUSTED OPERATING SYSTEMS Ati Technologies Ulc CARNES, THOMAS A 2436 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2024
18783900 MEMORY SELF-REFRESH POWER GATING Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LUONG, DUY HAN 2825 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2024
18759722 TRANSMISSION AND PROCESSING OF DATA IN PARALLEL SYSTEMS Xilinx, Inc. JACOB, AJITH 2161 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Jun 28, 2024
18622770 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS WITH ENHANCED RESOURCE BARRIERS Ati Technologies Ulc KAZIMI, HANI M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18622042 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CACHE ENTRY REPLACEMENT Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. KHAN, MASUD K 2132 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18622680 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA TRANSFER CONTROL CIRCUITRY Ati Technologies Ulc LEWIS-TAYLOR, DAYTON A. 2181 §102§103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18619793 AI-BASED DETECTION OF ANOMALIES IN AUDIOVISUAL DATA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OMETZ, DAVID LOUIS 2672 §102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620948 APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR OUT-OF-ORDER TASK RESOLUTION IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18618875 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR CONTROL Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PUENTES, DANIEL CALRISSIAN 2849 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18400694 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTERFACING DIES THAT USE INCOMPATIBLE PROTOCOLS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TRUONG, LOAN 2114 §102§103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18395093 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONSOLIDATING ELIGIBLE VECTOR INSTRUCTIONS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TSENG, CHENG YUAN 2615 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2023
18393869 MICRO VAPOR CHAMBER LIDS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18394719 SYSTEM-ON-CHIP GAP FILL METHOD AND STRUCTURE Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 2899 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18395212 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR BALANCING TIMING CLOSURE Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. COX, CASSANDRA F 2813 §102 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 22, 2023
18395203 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUAL DIES ACROSS DIE STACKS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ERDEM, FAZLI 2812 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2023
18542136 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING DIE-SPECIFIC SIGNALS ACROSS DIE STACKS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. BRADFORD, PETER 2897 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18526418 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND SYSTEMS INCLUDING STACKED LOGIC DIES Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. SARKER-NAG, AKHEE 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18506375 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DELAMINATION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18478639 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL ENSEMBLE ACCELERATION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ROY, SANCHITA 2146 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18478485 VOLTAGE REGULATOR WITH ACTIVE SHUNT Ati Technologies Ulc FINCH III, FRED E 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18478346 DETECTION OF LOW EFFICIENCY POWER STATES Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. WILLOUGHBY, TERRENCE RONIQUE 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18476991 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING EMBEDDED SUBSTRATE THERMALS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CHEN, YU 2896 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18477458 GRANULAR POWER GATING OVERRIDE Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476082 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR DYNAMICALLY CHANGING FREQUENCIES OF CLOCKS FOR THE DATA LINK LAYER WITHOUT DOWNTIME Ati Technologies Ulc PRIFTI, AUREL 2175 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18474151 BACK END OF LINE OPTIMIZED TO FUNCTION IN A 3D STACK CONFIGURATION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. YI, CHANGHYUN 2812 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 53d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18474158 THERMALLY AWARE STACKING TOPOLOGY Xilinx, Inc. CHA, GRACE YEH-EUN SAET 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18474179 ADVANCED PROCESS IN PROCESS PAIR WITHOUT FUSES Ati Technologies Ulc STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18474111 DIE PAIR DEVICE PARTITIONING Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2817 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 25, 2023
18474138 TEMPERATURE SENSORS IN DIE PAIR TOPOLOGY Xilinx, Inc. TRAN, DZUNG 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18471888 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING ACCELERATORS HAVING BACK SIDE POWER DELIVERY COMPONENTS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. DRAVININKAS, ADAM B 2835 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18471114 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR A PROGRAMMABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR POWER DELIVERY NETWORK Xilinx, Inc. CHOU, SHIH TSUN A 2811 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2023
18355011 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABNORMAL POWER CONNECTION DETECTION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ZHANG, HAIDONG 2858 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18345940 LIMITED BIT TOGGLING FOR DATA BUS INVERSION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HUISMAN, DAVID J 2183 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 30, 2023
18336541 CHIPLET INTERCONNECT POWER STATE MANAGEMENT Ati Technologies Ulc FATIMA, AYMAN 2176 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18335861 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING SECURE PERFORMANCE COUNTERS FOR GUEST VIRTUAL MACHINES Ati Technologies Ulc LIN, SHERMAN L 2447 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2023
18316918 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREVENTING BODY BIASING INJECTION ATTACKS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2817 §102§103 Final Rejection 46d Pending May 12, 2023
18312399 DEVICES AND SYSTEMS FOR SAMPLING PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION SIGNALS WITH REDUCED KICKBACK NOISE Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. NGUYEN, LONG T 2842 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending May 04, 2023
18194386 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR APPLYING FILM GRAIN NOISE TO SCALED VIDEO Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ZEWEDE, ASTEWAYE GETTU 2481 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18194347 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STACK CONSTRUCTION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING REDISTRIBUTION LAYERS IN A SILICON CARRIER Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TRAN, THANH Y 2817 §102 Final Rejection Pending Mar 31, 2023
18162666 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING AN APPARATUS HAVING BACKSIDE POWER DELIVERY COMPONENTS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 2835 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18088884 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCHEDULING WORKLOADS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. KIM, DONG U 2100 §112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 27, 2022
18088908 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING PASSIVE ELEMENTS INTO ELECTRONIC BRIDGE COMPONENTS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CLINTON, EVAN GARRETT 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2022
18087919 SYSTEMS AND METHODS RELATING TO CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING KEY MIXING HAZARD MANAGEMENT Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2022
18088125 MULTI-FEATURE AI NOISE REDUCTION Ati Technologies Ulc HUTCHESON, CODY DOUGLAS 2659 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 23, 2022
17945984 METHODS AND APPARATUSES RELATING TO HYBRID MULTI-BIT FLIP-FLOPS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ALAM, MOHAMMED 2851 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2022
17816944 METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING PACKAGE SUBSTRATES WITH HIGH DENSITY Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2022
17561170 METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ADDRESS ROW HAMMER ATTACKS AT A HOST PROCESSOR Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. WILCOX, JAMES J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2021

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