Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

NEC Platforms Ltd.

13 pending office actions • 11 art units • 13 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (92%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (92%)
§112 only1 (8%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
31% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
54% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D 1 58.2% +56.0%
SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 1 87.3% +12.4%
ISLAM, HASAN Z 1 84.5% +13.0%
ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 1 76.6% +21.4%
CANOVA, HENRY FRANCIS 1 0.0% +0.0%
WILSON, ADRIAN S 1 72.4% +16.4%
HOWARD, RYAN D 1 79.7% +12.4%
IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 1 66.0% +18.3%
BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 1 41.6% +54.0%
VORTMAN, ANATOLY 1 69.8% +13.7%

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
18846400 KEY DELIVERY SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 23d
18844456 ANTENNA APPARATUS AND RADOME ISLAM, HASAN Z 61d

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
18843347 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE COOLING MECHANISM AND SUBSTRATE COOLING MECHANISM CANOVA, HENRY FRANCIS 20d

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18288100 COOLING APPARATUS VORTMAN, ANATOLY 85d overdue
17766594 ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 84d overdue
18559653 RECEPTION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION METHOD BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 84d overdue
18681892 PROJECTION DEVICE, PROJECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HOWARD, RYAN D 15d overdue
18692935 DISPLAY APPARATUS WILSON, ADRIAN S 9d overdue
18843770 BASE STATION AND METHOD OF EMITTING RADIO WAVES ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 22d
18846400 KEY DELIVERY SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 23d
18953274 DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, LINE EXCHANGER, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND PROGRAM LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D 41d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2845 3
2493 1
2499 1
3763 1
2841 1
2882 1
3623 1
2835 1
2433 1
2899 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18953274 DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, LINE EXCHANGER, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND PROGRAM LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D 2493 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18846400 KEY DELIVERY SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM SHEHNI, GHAZAL B 2499 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18844456 ANTENNA APPARATUS AND RADOME ISLAM, HASAN Z 2845 §112 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843770 BASE STATION AND METHOD OF EMITTING RADIO WAVES ALKASSIM JR, AB SALAM 2845 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18843347 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE COOLING MECHANISM AND SUBSTRATE COOLING MECHANISM CANOVA, HENRY FRANCIS 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18692935 DISPLAY APPARATUS WILSON, ADRIAN S 2841 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 18, 2024
18681892 PROJECTION DEVICE, PROJECTION CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HOWARD, RYAN D 2882 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Feb 07, 2024
17766594 ANTENNA AND RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IMMANUEL, BAMIDELE ADEFOLARIN 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18559653 RECEPTION SYSTEM AND RECEPTION METHOD BROCKINGTON III, WILLIAM S 3623 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18288100 COOLING APPARATUS VORTMAN, ANATOLY 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Oct 24, 2023
18282740 AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING OTOACOUSTIC AUTHENTICATION CORUM JR, WILLIAM A 2433 §103 Final Rejection 91d overdue Pending Sep 18, 2023
18281672 HEAT-DISSIPATING STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Sep 12, 2023
17795673 NURSE CALL SYSTEM, METHOD FOR NURSE CALL AND PROGRAM FIORILLO, JAMES N 2444 §103 Final Rejection 180d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2022

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