Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
36 pending office actions • 1 client • 34 examiners • 24 art units • 0 of 36 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 59 patents granted in the last 365 days
Volpe Koenig - AMD operates in the Communications technology area. The firm has managed 33209 career applications and maintains a resolved allowance rate pct of 88.28. This percentage reflects the firm's success in obtaining patent grants across its 33209 career applications. Practitioners can use these metrics to evaluate the firm's historical performance in Communications. The data provides a foundation for setting expectations for future prosecution in this technical field.
Currently, the firm has 32 pending office actions. The avg office actions per allowance for the firm is 3.2. This 3.2 avg office actions per allowance indicates the number of examiner interactions typically required to reach an allowance. With 32 pending office actions, the firm continues to manage its active cases. The 3.2 avg office actions per allowance helps practitioners estimate the resources needed for the examination phase. The 88.28 resolved allowance rate pct and the 32 pending office actions offer a view of the firm's results.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 5 (14%) |
| §103 only | 15 (42%) |
| §102 only | 3 (8%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 2 | — | — |
| LIN, HSING CHUN | 2 | 60.5% | +80.6% |
| DEROSE, VOLVICK | 1 | 90.0% | +11.1% |
| WOO, ANDREW M | 1 | 82.7% | +43.8% |
| MCCULLEY, RYAN D | 1 | 70.1% | +27.9% |
| NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 1 | 91.0% | +4.2% |
| ZHAI, KYLE | 1 | 75.0% | +18.5% |
| DEMETER, HILINA K | 1 | 72.1% | +18.8% |
| WELLS, HEATH E | 1 | 80.0% | +6.2% |
| LI, ZHUO H | 1 | 88.7% | +3.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 19006603 | BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP | WOO, ANDREW M | — |
| 18999956 | CACHE RESIDENCY CONTROL | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | — |
| 18898255 | INTERMEDIATE FORMATS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINES | WELLS, HEATH E | — |
| 18820442 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENCY TRANSITIONING IN A MEMORY INTERFACE | LI, ZHUO H | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18620617 | ADJUSTABLE RATE CONTROL STRENGTH FOR VIDEO ENCODING | SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 72d overdue |
| 17954183 | DIVERSIFIED VIRTUAL MEMORY | LIN, HSING CHUN | 42d overdue |
| 18750098 | DUAL USE OF BOUNDING VOLUME HIEARCHY FOR RAY TRACING AND COLLISION DETECTION | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 22d overdue |
| 18620732 | SOURCE BASED LOCAL DIMMING | BOCAR, DONNA V | 15d overdue |
| 18476011 | TECHNIQUES FOR ELIMINATING VIEW ANGLE LOSS IN IMAGE STABILIZED VIDEO | DANG, HUNG Q | 1d overdue |
| 18194001 | INPUT LOCALITY-ADAPTIVE KERNEL CO-SCHEDULING | HU, SELINA ELISA | 9d |
| 18390821 | ACCUMULATION APERTURES | VICARY, KEITH E | 15d |
| 19000008 | NEURAL LIGHT SAMPLING | MCCULLEY, RYAN D | — |
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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17954183 | DIVERSIFIED VIRTUAL MEMORY | LIN, HSING CHUN | 42d overdue |
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | DEROSE, VOLVICK | — |
| 19006603 | BYPASS ROUTE CACHE FOR A NETWORK ON A CHIP | WOO, ANDREW M | — |
| 19000008 | NEURAL LIGHT SAMPLING | MCCULLEY, RYAN D | — |
| 18990059 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF OPACITY MICRO-MAPS | ZHAI, KYLE | — |
| 18899039 | ACCELERATING BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY CONSTRUCTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING | DEMETER, HILINA K | — |
| 17133574 | CONDENSED COMMAND PACKET FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT AND LOW OVERHEAD KERNEL LAUNCH | LIN, HSING CHUN | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| AMD | 36 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2617 | 3 |
| 2195 | 3 |
| 2611 | 2 |
| 2618 | 2 |
| 2183 | 2 |
| 2613 | 2 |
| 2458 | 1 |
| 2138 | 1 |
| 2664 | 1 |
| 2133 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19171875 | ON-DEMAND IP INITIALIZATION WITHIN POWER STATES | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | DEROSE, VOLVICK | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 07, 2025 | |
| 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 |
| 19000008 | NEURAL LIGHT SAMPLING | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | MCCULLEY, RYAN D | 2611 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18999956 | CACHE RESIDENCY CONTROL | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | NGUYEN, THAN VINH | 2138 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18990059 | EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF OPACITY MICRO-MAPS | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | ZHAI, KYLE | 2611 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18899039 | ACCELERATING BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY CONSTRUCTION WITH MACHINE LEARNING | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | DEMETER, HILINA K | 2617 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18898255 | INTERMEDIATE FORMATS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINES | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | WELLS, HEATH E | 2664 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 26, 2024 |
| 18820442 | REDUCING POWER CONSUMPTION ASSOCIATED WITH FREQUENCY TRANSITIONING IN A MEMORY INTERFACE | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | LI, ZHUO H | 2133 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18758515 | DENSE GEOMETRY FORMAT ENCODINGS AS BASE MESH FOR SUBDIVISION SURFACES | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | HAKALA, ALAN GREGORY | 2617 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d overdue | Pending | Jun 28, 2024 |
| 18755919 | VIDEO TRANSCODER | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | LEE, JIMMY S | 2483 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18753272 | BVH OPTIMIZATION FOR ORIENTED BOUNDING BOXES | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | OCHSNER, ISABELLA PAIGE | 2618 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 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 |
| 18621499 | CACHE ARCHITECTURE HAVING VARIABLY-SIZED CACHE LINES | Ati Technologies Ulc | RUTZ, JARED IAN | 2135 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 |
| 18621518 | DYNAMIC RESOURCE MEMORY MANAGEMENT FOR NUMA GPUS | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | LEE, ADAM | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| 18621676 | FIRMWARE PARTITIONING FOR EFFICIENT WORLD SWITCH | Ati Technologies Ulc | NGO, THANH | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| 18620617 | ADJUSTABLE RATE CONTROL STRENGTH FOR VIDEO ENCODING | Ati Technologies Ulc | SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO | 2485 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 72d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18620732 | SOURCE BASED LOCAL DIMMING | Ati Technologies Ulc | BOCAR, DONNA V | 2621 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d overdue | Pending | Mar 28, 2024 |
| 18392392 | DYNAMIC PRECISION MANAGEMENT IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | WU, BENJAMIN C | 2195 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18390821 | ACCUMULATION APERTURES | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | VICARY, KEITH E | 2183 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18477886 | TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING | Ati Technologies Ulc | WELCH, DAVID T | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 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 |
| 18477375 | HYBRID DEFERRED DECOUPLED RENDERING | Ati Technologies Ulc | LHYMN, SARAH | 2613 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 16d | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18475918 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING MIMD-LIKE EXECUTION FLOW ON SIMD PROCESSING ARRAY SYSTEMS | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | DOMAN, SHAWN | 2183 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18476011 | TECHNIQUES FOR ELIMINATING VIEW ANGLE LOSS IN IMAGE STABILIZED VIDEO | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | DANG, HUNG Q | 2484 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 1d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18460678 | PERFORMANCE AND MEMORY ACCESS TRACKING AND VISUALIZATION | Ati Technologies Ulc | COBB, MICHAEL J | 2615 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 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 |
| 18194001 | INPUT LOCALITY-ADAPTIVE KERNEL CO-SCHEDULING | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | HU, SELINA ELISA | 2193 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 9d | Pending | Mar 31, 2023 |
| 18083273 | COMBINED SPARSE AND BLOCK FLOATING ARITHMETIC | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | SANDIFER, MATTHEW D | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2022 | |
| 18081422 | BOX SPLITTING FOR BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHIES | Ati Technologies Ulc | NGUYEN, PHONG X | 2617 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2022 |
| 17954183 | DIVERSIFIED VIRTUAL MEMORY | Ati Technologies Ulc | LIN, HSING CHUN | 2195 | §101§103§112Other | Final Rejection | 42d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2022 |
| 17565409 | DISABLING SELECTED IP | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | NGUYEN, TAN D | 3629 | §103 | Final Rejection | 28d | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
| 17564126 | FEATURE MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | REYES, MARIELA D | 2142 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 28, 2021 |
| 17364787 | MACHINE LEARNING CLUSTER PIPELINE FUSION | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | VINCENT, ROSS MICHAEL | 2196 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | 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§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 22, 2020 |
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