Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

NEC Laboratories Europe GmbH

25 pending office actions • 16 art units • 25 examiners • 0 of 25 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 33 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
16
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

13
Hard (52%)
12
Medium (48%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (8%)
§101 + other10 (40%)
§103 only8 (32%)
§102 only4 (16%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
4% of docket
11
Information Tech
44% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
9
Business / Other
36% 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.

250 h
Manual time on pending OAs
50 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
88 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BARTLEY, KENNETH 1 36.0% +28.8%
SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 1 80.3% +28.3%
HEIN, DEVIN C 1 46.0% +29.8%
AREVALO, JOSEPH 1 84.4% +20.9%
CHOE, YONG J 1 92.3% +4.4%
WAI, ERIC CHARLES 1 82.4% +26.7%
LIU, SHU 1 83.3% -50.0%
HAN, KYU HYUNG 1 50.0% +29.2%
GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI 1 41.5% +11.6%
KASSIM, HAFIZ A 1 44.5% +53.7%

Quick Wins (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18998142 DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION OF RIS SWARM AREVALO, JOSEPH 4d overdue
19104381 PREVENTING HALLUCINATIONS IN LANGUAGE MODELS BY MAPPING TO FACTS AS EXPLANATIONS SHARPLESS, SAMUEL
18815926 ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN HOSPITAL BY USING GRAPH DATA OF DOCTOR AND PATIENT CHOE, YONG J
18727354 CENTRALIZED ACCELERATION ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR RAN VIRTUALIZATION WAI, ERIC CHARLES
18726133 CONNECTIVITY-AWARE ROBOT OPTIMIZATION IN MEC-ENABLED SCENARIOS LIU, SHU

Hard Cases (13)

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
18509364 MACHINE-LEARNING EXTRACTION OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AND OPTIMIZED CHARACTERIZATION OF A TUMOR MICRO ENVIRONMENT OF A PATIENT KHATTAR, RAJESH 22d overdue
17718442 SEMANTIC GRAPHING OF HETEROGENEOUS DOCUMENTS FOR AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SHINE, NICHOLAS B 3d overdue
17996608 SARS-COV-2 VACCINES STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC 79d
18712253 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPORAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FORECASTING BASED ON PATTERN RECOGNITION HAN, KYU HYUNG
18293813 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-AGENT COMMUNICATION KASSIM, HAFIZ A
18527441 DYNAMIC EMBEDDING-BASED MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING MECHANISM FOR EFFICIENT AND AGILE INTEGRATION OF NEW INFORMATION ILES, TYLER EDWARD
18565585 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AND CLASSIFYING EVENT SEQUENCES EMBEDDED IN A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH KNIGHT, PAUL M
18489024 MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR GENERATION OF EXPLAINABLE NEW ENTITIES IN A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FOR OPTIMIZATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF TARGET PROPERTIES RHO, YONG DOO

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18998142 DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION OF RIS SWARM AREVALO, JOSEPH 4d overdue
19161373 TRANSPARENT PATIENT SYMPTOM-MITIGATION CLUSTERING FROM TEXTUAL DATA BARTLEY, KENNETH
19104381 PREVENTING HALLUCINATIONS IN LANGUAGE MODELS BY MAPPING TO FACTS AS EXPLANATIONS SHARPLESS, SAMUEL
19104242 IMPROVING EXPLAINABILITY OF PATIENT REPRESENTATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HEIN, DEVIN C
18727354 CENTRALIZED ACCELERATION ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR RAN VIRTUALIZATION WAI, ERIC CHARLES
18712253 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPORAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FORECASTING BASED ON PATTERN RECOGNITION HAN, KYU HYUNG
18704945 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE LEARNING ON GRAPHS WITH KNOWLEDGE FROM LANGUAGE MODELS GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI
18293813 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-AGENT COMMUNICATION KASSIM, HAFIZ A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3684 2
2165 1
3686 1
2642 1
2135 1
2439 1
4100 1
2129 1
2146 1
2121 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19161373 TRANSPARENT PATIENT SYMPTOM-MITIGATION CLUSTERING FROM TEXTUAL DATA BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2025
19104381 PREVENTING HALLUCINATIONS IN LANGUAGE MODELS BY MAPPING TO FACTS AS EXPLANATIONS SHARPLESS, SAMUEL 2165 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2025
19104242 IMPROVING EXPLAINABILITY OF PATIENT REPRESENTATIONS IN HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HEIN, DEVIN C 3686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 17, 2025
18998142 DISTRIBUTED CONFIGURATION OF RIS SWARM AREVALO, JOSEPH 2642 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2025
18815926 ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN HOSPITAL BY USING GRAPH DATA OF DOCTOR AND PATIENT CHOE, YONG J 2135 §102 Final Rejection Pending Aug 27, 2024
18727354 CENTRALIZED ACCELERATION ABSTRACTION LAYER FOR RAN VIRTUALIZATION WAI, ERIC CHARLES §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18726133 CONNECTIVITY-AWARE ROBOT OPTIMIZATION IN MEC-ENABLED SCENARIOS LIU, SHU §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18712253 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TEMPORAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FORECASTING BASED ON PATTERN RECOGNITION HAN, KYU HYUNG §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18704945 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDUCTIVE LEARNING ON GRAPHS WITH KNOWLEDGE FROM LANGUAGE MODELS GOODARZI, NASSER MOAZZAMI §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18293813 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MULTI-AGENT COMMUNICATION KASSIM, HAFIZ A §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18291234 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENFORCING SECONDARY USAGE CONTROL ON DATA ANALYTICS SERVICE BROWN, CHRISTOPHER J 2439 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18527441 DYNAMIC EMBEDDING-BASED MACHINE LEARNING TRAINING MECHANISM FOR EFFICIENT AND AGILE INTEGRATION OF NEW INFORMATION ILES, TYLER EDWARD §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18565585 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AND CLASSIFYING EVENT SEQUENCES EMBEDDED IN A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH KNIGHT, PAUL M §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18509364 MACHINE-LEARNING EXTRACTION OF BIOMEDICAL INFORMATION AND OPTIMIZED CHARACTERIZATION OF A TUMOR MICRO ENVIRONMENT OF A PATIENT KHATTAR, RAJESH 3684 §101 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18489024 MACHINE LEARNING APPROACH FOR GENERATION OF EXPLAINABLE NEW ENTITIES IN A KNOWLEDGE GRAPH FOR OPTIMIZATION OR IMPROVEMENT OF TARGET PROPERTIES RHO, YONG DOO 4100 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 18, 2023
18275623 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CLASSIFYING VEHICLES BY MEANS OF A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM KIM, SEHWAN 2129 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 03, 2023
18347598 CONSTRUCTION OF NEAREST NEIGHBOR STRUCTURES FOR GRAPH MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES SESAY, HASSAN RAMADAN 2146 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18324199 ACCELERATING PARTICLE SIMULATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING AND MOLECULAR DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS BEVERIDGE, CONNOR HAMMOND §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 26, 2023
18161107 LEARNING LOGICAL RULES OVER GRAPH STRUCTURED DATA USING MESSAGE PASSING ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O 2121 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
18000693 DATA PROGRAMMING METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEM GARNER, CASEY R 2123 §101 Final Rejection Pending Dec 05, 2022
17919755 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PROVIDING PERSONALIZED GUIDELINE INFORMATION FOR A USER IN A PREDETERMINED DOMAIN BATAILLE, PIERRE MICHE 2138 §102 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Oct 19, 2022
17996608 SARS-COV-2 VACCINES STUART, CAREY ALEXANDER MC 1671 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Oct 19, 2022
17909446 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEARNING NOVEL RELATIONSHIPS AMONG VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES LY, CHEYNE D 2152 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2022
17734129 KEYWORD BASED OPEN INFORMATION EXTRACTION FOR FACT-RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE GRAPH CREATION AND LINK PREDICTION HOOVER, BRENT JOHNSTON 2100 §103 Final Rejection 13d Pending May 02, 2022
17718442 SEMANTIC GRAPHING OF HETEROGENEOUS DOCUMENTS FOR AUTOMATED DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNING SHINE, NICHOLAS B 2126 §101§103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2022

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