Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

National University Corporation Nara Institute Of Science And Technology

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

National University Corporation Nara Institute Of Science And Technology has 1 pending office action currently active. This matter falls under the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The portfolio's current activity is confined to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit.

HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH serves as the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action. Since there is only 1 distinct examiner for the entire portfolio of pending actions, the university's immediate patent strategy in this area depends on the review of this 1 individual. This concentration simplifies the management of pending responses within 1 art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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.

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (100%)

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
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 1 2.5% +0.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18866885 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 16d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3686 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866885 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HAYNES, DAWN TRINAH 3686 §101§103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Nov 18, 2024

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