Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
987 pending office actions • 264 art units • 803 examiners • 2 of 987 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1,017 patents granted in the last 365 days
NEC Corporation manages an extensive patent portfolio within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. The data shows a high volume of 1014 pending office actions, reflecting a massive and continuous filing strategy. These actions are handled by 819 distinct examiners, which suggests that the company's intellectual property is being scrutinized by a vast cross-section of the USPTO examining corps.
The portfolio's reach extends across 240 distinct art units. This broad distribution across so many art units indicates that NEC Corporation's innovations span a wide array of mechanical and electronic systems. For practitioners, managing the 1014 pending actions across 240 art units requires a highly organized approach to handle the diverse technical requirements and procedural nuances of different USPTO divisions.
DAY, ROBERT N is the busiest examiner for NEC Corporation, currently managing 6 pending office actions. While this is the highest count for any single examiner, it represents a very small portion of the total active cases. The presence of 819 distinct examiners demonstrates that the portfolio is not concentrated under a few individuals, but is instead widely distributed, minimizing the impact of any single examiner's tendencies on the total portfolio.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 263 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. 263 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 only | 67 (7%) |
| §101 + other | 320 (32%) |
| §103 only | 292 (30%) |
| §102 only | 47 (5%) |
| §112 only | 27 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 13 (1%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 5 (1%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 213 (22%) |
| No statute on record | 3 (0%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, ROBERT N | 6 | 24.1% | +22.4% |
| ELCHANTI, TAREK | 5 | 50.6% | +36.2% |
| GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 4 | 89.6% | +10.3% |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 4 | 62.5% | +32.7% |
| LIU, XIAO | 4 | 87.5% | +12.4% |
| BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 4 | 83.8% | +10.7% |
| LI, RUIPING | 4 | 76.9% | +18.4% |
| JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE | 4 | 86.5% | +4.1% |
| MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 4 | 8.6% | +50.0% |
| VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3 | 48.1% | +37.8% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18697600 | OBJECT TRACKING PROCESSING DEVICE, OBJECT TRACKING PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 13d |
| 19083554 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | — |
| 19075878 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | — |
| 18856376 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION | JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE | — |
| 18855388 | METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION | JAGANNATHAN, MELANIE | — |
| 18715164 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | LIU, XIAO | — |
| 18714109 | CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18521092 | TRANSACTION SUPPORT SYSTEM, TRANSACTION SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | ALLADIN, AMBREEN A | 322d overdue |
| 18504702 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | BRANDENBURG, WILLIAM A | 272d overdue |
| 17617393 | FRAUD DETECTION DEVICE, FRAUD DETECTION METHOD, AND FRAUD DETECTION PROGRAM | ZECHER, CORDELIA P K | 198d overdue |
| 18274909 | TRAVEL PLANNING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, METHOD, AND PROGRAM | RINK, RYAN J | 170d overdue |
| 18723918 | MOTION DETERMINATION METHOD, MOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND MOTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS | ANDA, JENNIFER MARIE | 156d overdue |
| 18026479 | IMAGE GENERATION SYSTEM, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | CASCAIS, JUSTIN PHILIP | 155d overdue |
| 18033732 | EXCAVATION POINT IDENTIFICATION DEVICE | GLENN III, FRANK T | 147d overdue |
| 17800305 | TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM | BEJCEK II, ROBERT H | 146d overdue |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17635782 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | LI, RUIPING | 153d overdue |
| 18690855 | NETWORK MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, NETWORK MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND VIDEO IMAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM | BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M | 16d overdue |
| 18227261 | METHOD OF LEARNING NEURAL NETWORK, FEATURE SELECTION APPARATUS, FEATURE SELECTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | DAY, ROBERT N | 8d |
| 18697600 | OBJECT TRACKING PROCESSING DEVICE, OBJECT TRACKING PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | GILLIARD, DELOMIA L | 13d |
| 18411130 | PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 14d |
| 18410330 | PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 14d |
| 18203303 | PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PELVIC INCLINATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN | 27d |
| 18544846 | DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | ALLEN, WILLIAM J | 41d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3791 | 23 |
| 3645 | 18 |
| 3628 | 15 |
| 3629 | 14 |
| 3624 | 13 |
| 3621 | 13 |
| 3625 | 12 |
| 2661 | 12 |
| 2676 | 12 |
| 3627 | 11 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19529552 | ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ALDARRAJI, ZAINAB MOHAMMED | 3797 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2026 |
| 19408534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 04, 2025 |
| 19404406 | NFT CONTENT SIMILARITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF NFT CONTENT SIMILARITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | BROWN, LUIS A | 3626 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 01, 2025 |
| 19481266 | INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | RUIZ, JOSHUA DAMIAN | 3684 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2025 |
| 19480416 | DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION SYSTEM, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | RASNIC, HUNTER J | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2025 |
| 19480070 | DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION SYSTEM, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | WEBB, JESSICA MARIE | 3683 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2025 |
| 19357300 | DATA GENERATION DEVICE, DATA GENERATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | BORISSOV, IGOR N | 3685 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 14, 2025 |
| 19473597 | LANE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, LANE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND LANE IDENTIFICATION METHOD | TROOST, AARON L | 3666 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2025 |
| 19346895 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | PRATT, EHRIN LARMONT | 3629 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 01, 2025 |
| 19168451 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | BOYCE, ANDRE D | 3623 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 24, 2025 |
| 19333877 | INFORMATION OUTPUT APPARATUS, INFORMATION OUTPUT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | LAKHANI, ANDREW C | 3629 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 19332191 | INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | LANE, DANIEL E | 3715 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19332348 | TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B | 3684 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19332177 | AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | MUSTAFA, MOHAMMED H | 3693 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19166635 | PREDICTION DEVICE, PREDICTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SCHEUNEMANN, RICHARD N | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2025 |
| 19166113 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | REFAI, RAMSEY | 3664 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2025 |
| 19164313 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRODUCT ADVERTISEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19164275 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM | GONZALEZ, MARIO CARLOS | 3668 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19324713 | PATH ESTIMATION DEVICE, PATH ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | WASEEM, HUMA | 3686 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 10, 2025 |
| 19163533 | HEALTH INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, HEALTH INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL | 3685 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2025 |
| 19162092 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | SHARMA, SHIVAM | 3665 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19162189 | NEGOTIATION SYSTEM, NEGOTIATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ZEROUAL, OMAR | 3629 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2025 |
| 19161799 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | CHANDRASIRI, UPUL PRIYADARSHAN | 3665 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19317215 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | YENKE, BRIAN P | 2422 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2025 |
| 19160490 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT | 3664 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2025 |
| 19160056 | CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | NGUYEN, THUY-VI THI | 3656 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19160165 | TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SYSTEM | CHAKRAVARTI, ARUNAVA | 3692 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2025 |
| 19159385 | MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, LEADER MOVING BODY, LEADER MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, FOLLOWER MOVING BODY, FOLLOWER MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | KAN, YURI | 3662 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 25, 2025 |
| 19158078 | PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 3658 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2025 |
| 19299648 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LI, SUN M | 3685 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19298520 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LI, SUN M | 3685 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19298633 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | LI, SUN M | 3685 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2025 |
| 19154913 | ADVERTISEMENT TRANSMISSION DEVICE, ADVERTISEMENT TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | REFAI, SAM M | 3621 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19154811 | MOVING BODY, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MOVING BODY, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | MILLER, PRESTON JAY | 3661 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 08, 2025 |
| 19290522 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19290478 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19290443 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DECISION MAKING SUPPORT | LEROUX, ETIENNE PIERRE | 2161 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 05, 2025 |
| 19284749 | VISIT PROMOTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | ELCHANTI, TAREK | 3621 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19284851 | VISIT PROMOTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | ELCHANTI, TAREK | 3621 | §101Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19284752 | VISIT PROMOTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | ELCHANTI, TAREK | 3621 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 19151699 | PLAN CREATION SYSTEM, PLAN CREATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND TRAINING DEVICE | STEWART, CRYSTOL | 3624 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19283312 | CONTROL DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN | 3662 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2025 |
| 19279260 | ACCOMODATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ACCOMODATION MANAGEMENT APPARATUS | ROBINSON, AKIBA KANELLE | 3626 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2025 |
| 19277736 | BAGGAGE DELIVERY SYSTEM, BAGGAGE DELIVERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, BAGGAGE DELIVERY METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | VETTER, DANIEL | 3628 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19150227 | METHOD FOR SEARCHING LEDGERS, SYSTEM FOR SEARCHING LEDGERS, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | ALAM, SHAHID AL | 2161 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19150208 | ASSESSING DEVICE, ASSESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2025 |
| 19149201 | ANOMALY PREDICTION SYSTEM, ANOMALY PREDICTION DEVICE, CLASSIFICATION GENERATION DEVICE, ANOMALY PREDICTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING ANOMALY PREDICTION PROGRAM | HINTON, HENRY R | 3665 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19273286 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KUO, CHENYUH | 3697 | §101§102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19273638 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | KUO, CHENYUH | 3697 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Jul 18, 2025 |
| 19148369 | ROUTE GENERATION SYSTEM, ROUTE GENERATION METHOD, ROUTE GENERATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | HUBER, MELANIE GRACE | 3668 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialNEC Corporation has 987 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 264 art units and 803 examiners.
Robert N Day has the most, with 6 of NEC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.