Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Volpe Koenig - AMD

31 pending office actions • 1 client • 30 examiners • 22 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 68 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=32888 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

88.4%
Allowance Rate
n=32888
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=32888
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=21177
-0.11σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=21177
998 days
Time to Allowance
n=21177
+5.4pp
Interview Lift
n=32888
27.2%
RCE Rate
n=32888
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=32888

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

79.4%
§101 Overcome
n=2151
79.8%
§102 Overcome
n=8619
81.1%
§103 Overcome
n=13856
82.9%
§112 Overcome
n=8446

Specialization & Scale

H04W, H04L, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=32888
4
Practitioners
n=32888
8222.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=32888

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
16
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
1
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

12
Hard (39%)
18
Medium (58%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (6%)
§103 only17 (55%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (32%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
15
Information Tech
48% of docket
13
Communications
42% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
3
Business / Other
10% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE 2
BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 1 65.2% +38.1%
WOO, ANDREW M 1 82.6% +44.4%
LI, ZHUO H 1 89.1% +3.9%
LEE, JIMMY S 1 57.5% +24.4%
HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 1
LEE, ADAM 1 84.5% +59.5%
RUTZ, JARED IAN 1 79.9% +6.5%
SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO 1 77.7% +7.9%
CHIN, MICHELLE 1 85.5% +11.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18620693 PROGRAMMABLE PIXEL DISTRIBUTION CHIN, MICHELLE 22d
19006603 BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP WOO, ANDREW M
18820442 REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENCY TRANSITIONING IN A MEMORY INTERFACE LI, ZHUO H
18621518 DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS LEE, ADAM

Hard Cases (12)

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
18620617 ADJUSTABLE RATE CONTROL STRENGTH FOR VIDEO ENCODING SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO 72d overdue
18390931 PRIME FACTORIZATION HASH OPERATION KIM, JUNG W 42d overdue
18750098 DUAL USE OF BOUNDING VOLUME HIEARCHY FOR RAY TRACING AND COLLISION DETECTION OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE 22d overdue
18476011 TECHNIQUES FOR ELIMINATING VIEW ANGLE LOSS IN IMAGE STABILIZED VIDEO DANG, HUNG Q 1d overdue
18390821 ACCUMULATION APERTURES VICARY, KEITH E 15d
18337322 TWO-LEVEL PRIMITIVE BATCH BINNING WITH HARDWARE STATE COMPRESSION KALHORI, DAN F 30d
18477389 IMAGING PRIVACY FILTER FOR OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN HARDWARE FIRMWARE PLATFORM HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 60d
18755919 VIDEO TRANSCODER LEE, JIMMY S

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
18620693 PROGRAMMABLE PIXEL DISTRIBUTION CHIN, MICHELLE 22d
18909594 Untitled BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE
19006603 BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP WOO, ANDREW M
18755919 VIDEO TRANSCODER LEE, JIMMY S
18621518 DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS LEE, ADAM

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
AMD 31

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26183
26143
26172
26132
26911
24581
21331
24831
21351
24851

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18909594 Untitled Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. BEKEE, CHIMEZIE EZERIWE 2691 §103 Non-Final OA Pending
19006603 BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. WOO, ANDREW M 2458 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18820442 REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENCY TRANSITIONING IN A MEMORY INTERFACE Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LI, ZHUO H 2133 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Aug 30, 2024
18755919 VIDEO TRANSCODER Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LEE, JIMMY S 2483 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 27, 2024
18755182 IMPLIED MESH TOPOLOGIES IN DENSE GEOMETRY FORMAT ENCODING Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY 2617 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2024
18753272 BVH OPTIMIZATION FOR ORIENTED BOUNDING BOXES Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE 2618 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18750098 DUAL USE OF BOUNDING VOLUME HIEARCHY FOR RAY TRACING AND COLLISION DETECTION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE 2618 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2024
18621518 DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LEE, ADAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18621499 CACHE ARCHITECTURE HAVING VARIABLY-SIZED CACHE LINES Ati Technologies Ulc RUTZ, JARED IAN 2135 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 29, 2024
18620617 ADJUSTABLE RATE CONTROL STRENGTH FOR VIDEO ENCODING Ati Technologies Ulc SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO 2485 §102§103 Non-Final OA 72d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18620693 PROGRAMMABLE PIXEL DISTRIBUTION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. CHIN, MICHELLE 2614 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18592125 PIPELINED COMPUTE DISPATCH PROCESSING Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. RASHID, WISSAM §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18394331 ADAPTIVE DECISION REQUESTING FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEMS Ati Technologies Ulc MOUNDI, ISHAN NMN §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18390821 ACCUMULATION APERTURES Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. VICARY, KEITH E 2183 §103§112 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18390931 PRIME FACTORIZATION HASH OPERATION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. KIM, JUNG W 2494 §103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18496411 ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. MACKES, KRIS E 2153 Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18478040 SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE SHADING RATES FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Ati Technologies Ulc TRUONG, KARL DUC 2614 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18477886 TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Ati Technologies Ulc WELCH, DAVID T 2613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18477389 IMAGING PRIVACY FILTER FOR OBJECTS OF INTEREST IN HARDWARE FIRMWARE PLATFORM Ati Technologies Ulc HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M 2671 §102§103 Final Rejection 60d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18477375 HYBRID DEFERRED DECOUPLED RENDERING Ati Technologies Ulc LHYMN, SARAH 2613 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18476011 TECHNIQUES FOR ELIMINATING VIEW ANGLE LOSS IN IMAGE STABILIZED VIDEO Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. DANG, HUNG Q 2484 §102§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18456057 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK EMULATION OF HOTSPOTS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. WOOLWINE, SHANE D 2124 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18345378 ANISOTROPIC SHADE SPACE SAMPLE DENSITY FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Ati Technologies Ulc BROWN, SHEREE N 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 30, 2023
18337322 TWO-LEVEL PRIMITIVE BATCH BINNING WITH HARDWARE STATE COMPRESSION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. KALHORI, DAN F 2618 §102§103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 19, 2023
18332562 TRAVERSAL AND PROCEDURAL SHADER BOUNDS REFINEMENT Ati Technologies Ulc YANG, ANDREW GUS 2614 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2023
18081422 BOX SPLITTING FOR BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES Ati Technologies Ulc NGUYEN, PHONG X 2617 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 14, 2022
17956606 INCREASING SYSTEM POWER EFFICIENCY BY OPTICAL COMPUTING Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. PATEL, NIMESH G 2176 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2022
17364787 MACHINE LEARNING CLUSTER PIPELINE FUSION Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL 2196 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 30, 2021
17133574 CONDENSED COMMAND PACKET FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND LOW OVERHEAD KERNEL LAUNCH Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. LIN, HSING CHUN 2195 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2020
17131546 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIA HARDWARE-ASSISTED TOURNAMENT Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. JABLON, ASHER H. 2127 §101§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2020
16049216 NETWORK-RELATED PERFORMANCE FOR GPUS Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. KE, PENG 2100 §103 Final Rejection 78d overdue Pending Jul 30, 2018

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