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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Nixon & Vanderhye, P.C.

67 pending office actions • 8 clients

Portfolio Summary

67
Total Pending OAs
19
Final Rejections
48
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Arm Limited 35
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 18
Nintendo Co., Ltd. 8
Arm Limited 2
The Pokémon Company 1
The Pokémon Company 1
Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional De Supercomputación 1
Arm Limited 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18894651 Untitled Arm Limited RUIZ, ARACELIS 2139 Non-Final OA
19288225 Untitled Nintendo Co., Ltd. LU, WILLIAM 2624 Non-Final OA
19403680 Untitled Nintendo Co., Ltd. HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 Non-Final OA
18829823 Untitled Arm Limited VICARY, KEITH E 2183 Non-Final OA
18813183 Untitled Arm Limited PETRANEK, JACOB ANDREW 2183 Final Rejection
18806907 Untitled Arm Limited AYASH, MARWAN 2133 Non-Final OA
18877106 VECTOR EXTRACT AND MERGE INSTRUCTION Arm Limited METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18877109 INTEGRITY CHECKING Arm Limited YU, XINYUAN 2113 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18877052 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR BRANCH INSTRUCTION SECURITY Arm Limited FAHERTY, COREY S 2183 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18892823 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. CUFF, MICHAEL A 3715 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2024
18848830 DEVICE PERMISSIONS TABLE DEFINING PERMISSIONS INFORMATION FOR A TRANSLATED ACCESS REQUEST Arm Limited VERDERAMO III, RALPH A 2139 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2024
18826725 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA 2619 Non-Final OA Sep 06, 2024
18802072 PREDICTING AN OUTCOME OF A BRANCH INSTRUCTION Arm Limited ALLI, KASIM A 2183 Final Rejection Aug 13, 2024
18799005 ACCESSORY DEVICE Nintendo Co., Ltd. PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3715 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2024
18835476 TECHNIQUE FOR PERFORMING MEMORY ACCESS OPERATIONS Arm Limited ALLI, KASIM A 2183 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2024
18792019 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING PROGRAMS STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. LIM, SENG HENG 3715 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2024
18785499 LATENCY DETERMINATION Arm Limited GEBRIL, MOHAMED M 2135 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18768696 CACHE REPLACEMENT CONTROL Arm Limited RUIZ, ARACELIS 2139 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18764985 SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Nintendo Co., Ltd. ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2024
18762800 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SPLICE OPERATION FOR VECTORS Arm Limited HUISMAN, DAVID J 2183 Final Rejection Jul 03, 2024
18758183 COMMAND REQUESTS FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATORS Arm Limited MCCARTHY, CHRISTOPHER S 2113 Final Rejection Jun 28, 2024
18758132 FEEDBACK SIGNALLING Arm Limited WARREN, TRACY A 2137 Final Rejection Jun 28, 2024
18753513 TECHNIQUE FOR GENERATING PREDICTIONS OF A TARGET ADDRESS OF BRANCH INSTRUCTIONS Arm Limited VICARY, KEITH E 2183 Final Rejection Jun 25, 2024
18749109 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. HUANG, JAY 3619 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2024
18746634 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN Nintendo Co., Ltd. DEODHAR, OMKAR A 3715 Non-Final OA Jun 18, 2024
18747023 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN Nintendo Co., Ltd. BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 3715 Non-Final OA Jun 18, 2024
18745481 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 Non-Final OA Jun 17, 2024
18745036 OCCURRENCE COUNT STORAGE Arm Limited AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 2496 Non-Final OA Jun 17, 2024
18647905 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME CONTROL METHOD AND GAME SYSTEM The Pokémon Company GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN 3715 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18640767 HALTING INSTRUCTION EXECUTION Arm Limited VO, TED T 2191 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2024
18616769 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 Non-Final OA Mar 26, 2024
18597140 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROLLER DEVICE AND ACCESSORY Nintendo Co., Ltd. HARPER, TRAMAR YONG 3715 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2024
18442516 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHOD The Pokémon Company LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2024
18442220 ADDRESS TRANSLATION Arm Limited YEW, CHIE W 2139 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2024
18431131 DIRECTION INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROLLER Nintendo Co., Ltd. BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 Final Rejection Feb 02, 2024
18418602 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 Non-Final OA Jan 22, 2024
18577970 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POINTER AUTHENTICATION Arm Limited KENNEDY, LESA M 2458 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2024
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. CHAN, ALLEN 3715 Non-Final OA Dec 29, 2023
18399281 GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM Nintendo Co., Ltd. ELISCA, PIERRE E 3715 Non-Final OA Dec 28, 2023
18396225 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CHIP-CONTAINING PRODUCT AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Arm Limited SPANN, COURTNEY P 2183 Non-Final OA Dec 26, 2023
18525519 SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS IMPLEMENTING STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TEXTURE COMPRESSION Nintendo Co., Ltd. CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 2612 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18525178 SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS IMPLEMENTING STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TEXTURE COMPRESSION Nintendo Co., Ltd. COCHRAN, BRIANNA RENAE 2615 Final Rejection Nov 30, 2023
18520983 FILTERING BRANCH INSTRUCTION PREDICTIONS Arm Limited METZGER, MICHAEL J 2183 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18517927 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. CHAN, ALLEN 3715 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18507647 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2023
18502467 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. LIM, SENG HENG 3715 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18483854 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Nintendo Co., Ltd. TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18483636 INSTRUCTION DISPATCH Arm Limited WAI, ERIC CHARLES 2195 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18554773 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING DEBUG INFORMATION Arm Limited LYONS, ANDREW M 2191 Final Rejection Oct 10, 2023
18465667 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 Final Rejection Sep 12, 2023
18240632 DATA STRUCTURE MARSHALLING UNIT Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional De Supercomputación HUISMAN, DAVID J 2183 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2023
18240772 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2023
18456621 MEM-COPY INSTRUCTION QUASHING Arm Limited SUN, ANDREW NMN 2195 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2023
18452622 MEMORY SYNCHRONISATION SUBSEQUENT TO A MAINTENANCE OPERATION Arm Limited KIM, DONG U 2197 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2023
18446570 MESSAGE CHANNELS Arm Limited DAO, TUAN C. 2198 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18362405 BROADCASTING MACHINE LEARNING DATA Arm Limited AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2023
18341185 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Nintendo Co., Ltd. PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 Final Rejection Jun 26, 2023
18313102 DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN USER-WORN DEVICES Arm Limited HAILE, BENYAM 2688 Non-Final OA May 05, 2023
18174355 INTERRUPT HANDLING Arm Limited SADLER, NATHAN 2139 Final Rejection Feb 24, 2023
18042272 NETWORK SECURITY Arm Limited WON, MICHAEL YOUNG 2443 Final Rejection Feb 20, 2023
18098334 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO A SHARED RESOURCE Arm Limited TONG, JUSTIN CHE-CHUN 2196 Final Rejection Jan 18, 2023
17943428 METHODS OF CONTROLLING PERMISSION ON A DEVICE Arm Limited PICH, PONNOREAY 2495 Final Rejection Sep 13, 2022
17870038 NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT FOR ATTENTION-BASED INFERENCE Arm Limited GODO, MORIAM MOSUNMOLA 2148 Final Rejection Jul 21, 2022
17809143 SQUARE ROOT PROCESSING CIRCUITRY AND METHOD Arm Limited CALDWELL, ANDREW T 2182 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2022
17743880 APPARATUS, A METHOD OF OPERATING MODULO K CALCULATION CIRCUITRY AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM TO STORE COMPUTER-READABLE CODE FOR FABRICATION OF AN APPARATUS Arm Limited LAROCQUE, EMILY E 2182 Non-Final OA May 13, 2022
17700911 CHAINED MULTIPLY ACCUMULATE USING AN UNROUNDED PRODUCT Arm Limited GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR 2151 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2022
17559202 UNKNOWN UNKNOWN DETECTION Arm Limited VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT 2123 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2021

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