Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.

6 pending office actions • 3 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
3
Business / Other
50% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 1
HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 1 44.6% +38.0%
GATES, ERIC ANDREW 1 78.9% +14.2%
KIM, PAUL D 1 87.7% +6.7%
SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE 1 100.0% +0.0%
ABRAHAM, JOSE K 1 83.0% +34.1%

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
18583890 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD KIM, PAUL D
18496935 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS ABRAHAM, JOSE K

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18825093 ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 70d
18645935 Tap GATES, ERIC ANDREW
18424898 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY APPARATUS SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18660248 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 45d overdue
18645935 Tap GATES, ERIC ANDREW
18496935 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS ABRAHAM, JOSE K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3656 1
3658 1
3722 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18825093 ROBOT WELDING SYSTEM NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Sep 05, 2024
18660248 COLLABORATIVE ROBOT SYSTEM HOQUE, SHAHEDA SHABNAM 3658 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending May 10, 2024
18645935 Tap GATES, ERIC ANDREW 3722 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18583890 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY METHOD KIM, PAUL D §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 22, 2024
18424898 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT ASSEMBLY APPARATUS SIMMONS, SYDNEY JEANINE §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18496935 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASSEMBLY APPARATUS ABRAHAM, JOSE K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023

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