Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Qorvo And Withrow + Terranova

33 pending office actions • 2 clients • 29 examiners • 12 art units • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 108 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2176 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

98.5%
Allowance Rate
n=2176
+0.53σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2176
2.4
OAs to Allowance
n=1059
-0.38σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1059
905 days
Time to Allowance
n=1059
-0.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2176
23.0%
RCE Rate
n=2176
2.7%
Appeal Rate
n=2176

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

96.6%
§101 Overcome
n=29
87.3%
§102 Overcome
n=440
89.9%
§103 Overcome
n=594
87.9%
§112 Overcome
n=223

Specialization & Scale

H03F, H04B, H01L
Top CPC Subclasses
35%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2176
0
Practitioners
n=2176
Apps / Practitioner
n=2176 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (1)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

13
Hard (39%)
17
Medium (52%)
3
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (30%)
§102 only7 (21%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (39%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
3
Communications
9% of docket
8
Semiconductors
24% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
19
Business / Other
58% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 2 78.2% +30.0%
SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 2 95.2% +5.9%
NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2 85.8% +12.5%
MATA, SARA M 2 66.8% +22.0%
YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR 1 93.2% +18.2%
PAIGE, TYLER D 1 91.3% +8.4%
FINCH III, FRED E 1 80.3% +17.8%
DEAN, RAYMOND S 1 70.4% +15.4%
LU, WILLIAM 1 71.7% +7.7%
LE, SANG PHUOC 1

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
19202462 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF SAW RESONATOR BY SELECTIVELY CHANGING AMOUNT OF MATERIALS YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR
19196416 RANGING WITH SIMULTANEOUS FRAMES PAIGE, TYLER D
19047708 SERIES-CONNECTED ACOUSTIC RESONATORS SALAZAR JR, JORGE L

Hard Cases (13)

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
17182517 ULTRA-WIDEBAND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (UWB IC) AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A UWB PRODUCT THAT EMPLOYS THE UWB IC CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 15d overdue
19046624 MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR OPERABLE WITH FEWER FEEDBACK LOOPS FINCH III, FRED E
19032774 HYBRID LATTICE FILTER SALAZAR JR, JORGE L
18855023 BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION FOR FRONT END MODULE (FEM) DEAN, RAYMOND S
18855225 TRANSCEIVER CIRCUIT OPERABLE IN A DYNAMIC POWER RANGE LU, WILLIAM
18811963 MULTI-LAYER ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES SAWYER, STEVEN T
18832058 BIAS CIRCUIT FOR POWER AMPLIFIER LAM, TUAN THIEU
18754417 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE LEVEL STRESS DETECTION IN PACKAGE UTILIZING STRAIN GAUGE STRUCTURES DUNLAP, JONATHAN M

Interview Candidates (9)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18150627 ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR USING MULTILAYER TRANSDUCTION MATERIALS WITH LOW/ZERO COUPLING BORDER REGION MATA, SARA M 6d
18150621 ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH LOW/ZERO-ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING AT BORDER REGION MATA, SARA M 8d
19279204 POWER AMPLIFIER WITH CLAMP AND FEEDBACK PROTECTION CIRCUITRY BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN
19202462 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF SAW RESONATOR BY SELECTIVELY CHANGING AMOUNT OF MATERIALS YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR
19046624 MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR OPERABLE WITH FEWER FEEDBACK LOOPS FINCH III, FRED E
18855023 BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION FOR FRONT END MODULE (FEM) DEAN, RAYMOND S
18413290 DISTORTION CORRECTION FOR FAST SUPPLY VOLTAGE CHANGES IN POWER AMPLIFIER BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN
18400433 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE STABILITY OF CASCODE AMPLIFIERS AND ENHANCE LINEUP EFFICIENCY IN MULTI-STAGE POWER AMPLIFIERS NGUYEN, KHIEM D

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Qorvo 32
Decawave, Ltd. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36482
28372
28431
28381
28491
26451
28911
26311
26481
28931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19279204 POWER AMPLIFIER WITH CLAMP AND FEEDBACK PROTECTION CIRCUITRY Qorvo US, Inc. BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 2843 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2025
19202462 PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT OF SAW RESONATOR BY SELECTIVELY CHANGING AMOUNT OF MATERIALS Qorvo US, Inc. YALDO, ABIGAIL AMIR §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19196416 RANGING WITH SIMULTANEOUS FRAMES Qorvo US, Inc. PAIGE, TYLER D §102Other Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19047708 SERIES-CONNECTED ACOUSTIC RESONATORS Qorvo US, Inc. SALAZAR JR, JORGE L §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 07, 2025
19046624 MULTI-PHASE VOLTAGE REGULATOR OPERABLE WITH FEWER FEEDBACK LOOPS Qorvo US, Inc. FINCH III, FRED E §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
19032774 HYBRID LATTICE FILTER Qorvo US, Inc. SALAZAR JR, JORGE L §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 21, 2025
18855023 BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION FOR FRONT END MODULE (FEM) Qorvo US, Inc. DEAN, RAYMOND S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18855225 TRANSCEIVER CIRCUIT OPERABLE IN A DYNAMIC POWER RANGE Qorvo US, Inc. LU, WILLIAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18904321 PHASE AMPLITUDE CONTROLLER Qorvo US, Inc. LE, SANG PHUOC §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2024
18891610 MULTIGENERATIONAL FRONT-END MODULE (FEM) Qorvo US, Inc. GUPTA, PARUL H §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18811963 MULTI-LAYER ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES Qorvo US, Inc. SAWYER, STEVEN T §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18832058 BIAS CIRCUIT FOR POWER AMPLIFIER Qorvo US, Inc. LAM, TUAN THIEU §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18766784 EQUALIZER CIRCUIT AND RELATED POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT Qorvo US, Inc. CHOE, HENRY DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18763182 EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT IN A WIRELESS TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT Qorvo US, Inc. NGUYEN, TUAN HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18754467 MULTI-VOLTAGE POWER MANAGEMENT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Qorvo US, Inc. AHMAD, SHAHZEB K 2838 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18754417 SEMICONDUCTOR DIE LEVEL STRESS DETECTION IN PACKAGE UTILIZING STRAIN GAUGE STRUCTURES Qorvo US, Inc. DUNLAP, JONATHAN M §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18645851 MULTILAYER MOISTURE REPELLING FILMS FOR FRONT END FET APPLICATIONS Qorvo US, Inc. ERDEM, FAZLI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18627676 SWITCHING CIRCUIT FOR POWER MANAGEMENT CIRCUITS AND FRONT-END MODULES (FEMS) Qorvo US, Inc. HILTUNEN, THOMAS J 2849 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18620211 LAMINATE CAVITY PACKAGE Qorvo US, Inc. KOLAHDOUZAN, HAJAR §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18583966 METHOD OF TIME-OF-FLIGHT RANGING BETWEEN WIRELESS DEVICES Qorvo US, Inc. HUA, QUAN M 2645 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18418753 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING LOCATION USING PHASE DIFFERENCE OF ARRIVAL Decawave, Ltd. SERAYDARYAN, HELENA H 3648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18413290 DISTORTION CORRECTION FOR FAST SUPPLY VOLTAGE CHANGES IN POWER AMPLIFIER Qorvo US, Inc. BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18400433 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE STABILITY OF CASCODE AMPLIFIERS AND ENHANCE LINEUP EFFICIENCY IN MULTI-STAGE POWER AMPLIFIERS Qorvo US, Inc. NGUYEN, KHIEM D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18400451 METHODS AND TECHNIQUES TO ACHIEVE TARGET PHASE SHIFT OVER WIDE FREQUENCY BAND IN THE INPUT OF DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERS Qorvo US, Inc. NGUYEN, KHIEM D §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 29, 2023
18288063 VERTICALLY STACKED MEMS DEVICES AND CONTROLLER DEVICE Qorvo US, Inc. ASHBAHIAN, ERIC K 2891 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18110541 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATION Qorvo US, Inc. ODOM, CURTIS B 2631 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18166704 HIGH POWER BACK-OFF EFFICIENCY ASYMMETRIC-STACKED DIFFERENTIAL QUADRATURE LOAD MODULATION PA Qorvo US, Inc. TALUKDER, MD K 2648 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2023
18161235 METHODS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR COOLING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING CARBON ALLOTROPES Qorvo US, Inc. TRAN, TONY 2893 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18150621 ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR WITH LOW/ZERO-ELECTROMECHANICAL COUPLING AT BORDER REGION Qorvo US, Inc. MATA, SARA M 2837 §102 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18150627 ACOUSTIC WAVE RESONATOR USING MULTILAYER TRANSDUCTION MATERIALS WITH LOW/ZERO COUPLING BORDER REGION Qorvo US, Inc. MATA, SARA M 2837 §102 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 05, 2023
17987090 MODULE PACKAGE WITH COAXIAL LEAD ASSEMBLY Qorvo US, Inc. YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2022
17883048 RECEIVER CIRCUIT FOR DETECTING AND WAKING UP TO A WAKEUP IMPULSE SEQUENCE Qorvo US, Inc. NGUYEN, STEVEN H D 2414 §103 Final Rejection 35d Pending Aug 08, 2022
17182517 ULTRA-WIDEBAND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (UWB IC) AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A UWB PRODUCT THAT EMPLOYS THE UWB IC Qorvo US, Inc. CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 3648 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2021

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