Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Patterson + Sheridan, LLP - Synopsys

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 31 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=262 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

100.0%
Allowance Rate
n=262
+0.51σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=262
1.7
OAs to Allowance
n=137
-0.80σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=137
838 days
Time to Allowance
n=137
+0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=262
16.8%
RCE Rate
n=262
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=262

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=3 (min 20)
97.6%
§102 Overcome
n=42
80.4%
§103 Overcome
n=51
§112 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06N, G11C
Top CPC Subclasses
70%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=262
0
Practitioners
n=262
Apps / Practitioner
n=262 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

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

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
40% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
3
Semiconductors
60% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SAMLUK, JESSE PAUL 1 47.4% +45.9%
DINH, PAUL 1 89.4% +4.2%
AISAKA, BRYCE M 1 87.3% +10.5%
LIN, ARIC 1 59.9% +12.2%
HAO, YI 1 34.8% +43.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18137382 CONSTANT, EQUAL, OR OPPOSITE REGISTERS OR PORTS DETECTION DURING LOGIC SYNTHESIS AISAKA, BRYCE M 16d overdue
18215133 FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION DINH, PAUL

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18137382 CONSTANT, EQUAL, OR OPPOSITE REGISTERS OR PORTS DETECTION DURING LOGIC SYNTHESIS AISAKA, BRYCE M 16d overdue
18071396 PROCESS TO RELAY KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDE SYNTHESIS ALONGSIDE EARLY DETECTION OF LOGIC OPTIMIZATIONS LIN, ARIC 56d
17845403 SYNCHRONIZING DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS OF A CIRCUIT DESIGN HAO, YI 72d
18653722 MIXED-PRECISION NEURAL NETWORKS SAMLUK, JESSE PAUL

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Synopsys, Inc. 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28513
24111
21871

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18653722 MIXED-PRECISION NEURAL NETWORKS Synopsys, Inc. SAMLUK, JESSE PAUL 2411 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 02, 2024
18215133 FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA) MODULAR IMPLEMENTATION Synopsys, Inc. DINH, PAUL 2851 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2023
18137382 CONSTANT, EQUAL, OR OPPOSITE REGISTERS OR PORTS DETECTION DURING LOGIC SYNTHESIS Synopsys, Inc. AISAKA, BRYCE M 2851 §103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18071396 PROCESS TO RELAY KNOWLEDGE AND GUIDE SYNTHESIS ALONGSIDE EARLY DETECTION OF LOGIC OPTIMIZATIONS Synopsys, Inc. LIN, ARIC 2851 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 29, 2022
17845403 SYNCHRONIZING DISTRIBUTED SIMULATIONS OF A CIRCUIT DESIGN Synopsys, Inc. HAO, YI 2187 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jun 21, 2022

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