Technology areas: Computing & Software • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
7 pending office actions • 1 client • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 34 patents granted in the last 365 days
Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Synopsys has managed 262 career applications, with a technical focus on the Computing & Software area. The firm maintains a resolved allowance rate of 100.0 percent.
The firm reaches allowance with an average of 1.86 office actions per allowance. This average of 1.86 office actions reflects the typical number of interactions required to secure a grant for this client. There are currently 7 pending office actions being handled by the firm.
The combination of 262 career applications and a 100.0 percent allowance rate shows the historical outcome for this portfolio. With 7 pending office actions, the firm continues to actively manage the examination process for new Synopsys filings.
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 | 3 (43%) |
| §103 only | 2 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (29%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARIHAR, SUCHIN | 1 | 87.8% | +8.9% |
| ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED | 1 | 75.0% | +16.7% |
| NGUYEN, NHA T | 1 | 87.2% | +18.2% |
| HOUNTON, AWADAGBE GERARD | 1 | — | — |
| KIM, EUNHEE | 1 | 77.3% | +12.2% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.1% | +21.5% |
| STORK, KYLE R | 1 | 63.2% | +28.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18535934 | INCREMENTAL GLITCH ANALYSIS FOR EFFICIENT GLITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION | NGUYEN, NHA T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18590646 | POWER PERFORMANCE AREA OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO-OPTIMIZATION FLOWS | PARIHAR, SUCHIN | — |
| 18415501 | ADAPTIVE AND INCREMENTAL CIRCUIT DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION | ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED | — |
| 18499021 | METRICS FOR INSTANCE RANKING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION | HOUNTON, AWADAGBE GERARD | — |
| 18141251 | ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGNS USING PASSIVE TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING | KIM, EUNHEE | — |
| 17898088 | SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING BASED MEMORY AND RUNTIME PREDICTION USING DESIGN AND AUXILIARY CONSTRUCTS | STORK, KYLE R | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18415501 | ADAPTIVE AND INCREMENTAL CIRCUIT DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION | ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED | — |
| 18535934 | INCREMENTAL GLITCH ANALYSIS FOR EFFICIENT GLITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION | NGUYEN, NHA T | — |
| 18141251 | ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGNS USING PASSIVE TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING | KIM, EUNHEE | — |
| 18127376 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF CIRCUIT DESIGN EMULATION | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| 17898088 | SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING BASED MEMORY AND RUNTIME PREDICTION USING DESIGN AND AUXILIARY CONSTRUCTS | STORK, KYLE R | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Synopsys, Inc. | 7 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2851 | 3 |
| 2126 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| 2128 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18590646 | POWER PERFORMANCE AREA OPTIMIZATION IN DESIGN TECHNOLOGY CO-OPTIMIZATION FLOWS | Synopsys, Inc. | PARIHAR, SUCHIN | 2851 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18415501 | ADAPTIVE AND INCREMENTAL CIRCUIT DESIGN IMPLEMENTATION | Synopsys, Inc. | ALAWDI, ANWER AHMED | 2851 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2024 |
| 18535934 | INCREMENTAL GLITCH ANALYSIS FOR EFFICIENT GLITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION | Synopsys, Inc. | NGUYEN, NHA T | 2851 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18499021 | METRICS FOR INSTANCE RANKING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION | Synopsys, Inc. | HOUNTON, AWADAGBE GERARD | 2126 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
| 18141251 | ADJUSTMENTS TO SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT DESIGNS USING PASSIVE TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING | Synopsys, Inc. | KIM, EUNHEE | 2188 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 28, 2023 |
| 18127376 | DYNAMIC CONTROL OF CIRCUIT DESIGN EMULATION | Synopsys, Inc. | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 17898088 | SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING BASED MEMORY AND RUNTIME PREDICTION USING DESIGN AND AUXILIARY CONSTRUCTS | Synopsys, Inc. | STORK, KYLE R | 2128 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2022 |
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Start Free Trial100.0% of resolved applications prosecuted by Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Synopsys were allowed, across 262 applications in USPTO records.
1.86 office actions per allowed application on average.
7 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 7 examiners in 5 art units.
