Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
11 pending office actions • 9 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days
NEC Platforms Ltd. is currently managing 12 pending office actions in the Networking & Security technology area. These actions are distributed across 12 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, reflecting a diversified prosecution strategy. LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, responsible for 1 pending action.
The spread of 12 pending office actions among the distinct examiners ensures that each case is subject to an independent review process. Because the company is active in 10 distinct art units, its Networking & Security developments likely touch upon a wide range of specialized technical fields. This decentralized structure requires the company to adapt to many different examiner styles and art unit standards at the same time.
For a practitioner, the involvement of 10 distinct art units suggests that the portfolio's technical scope is broad and multifaceted. The distribution of 12 pending office actions among 12 distinct examiners highlights a landscape where no single examiner has a disproportionate impact on the company's patent filings. Successfully navigating these active prosecutions requires a coordinated effort to address the unique requirements of each examiner and art unit.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 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. 3 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 | 1 (9%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (18%) |
| §103 only | 4 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (36%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 1 | 58.5% | +55.3% |
| LEVINE, ADAM L | 1 | 35.8% | +39.5% |
| SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 1 | 80.3% | +28.4% |
| SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 1 | 87.2% | +12.6% |
| AHMED, ZUBAIR | 1 | 69.1% | +4.2% |
| BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1 | 44.4% | +52.7% |
| TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | 1 | 68.4% | +9.6% |
| SARKER, SANCHIT K | 1 | 78.5% | +46.0% |
| VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 1 | 70.0% | +13.8% |
| COLEMAN, CHARLES P. | 1 | 16.0% | +19.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288100 | COOLING APPARATUS | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 85d overdue |
| 18846400 | KEY DELIVERY SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 23d |
| 18929958 | MESSAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MESSAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | LEVINE, ADAM L | — |
| 18846754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18570223 | COOLING COMPONENT AND DEVICE | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | — |
| 18569656 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | SARKER, SANCHIT K | — |
| 18282858 | HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | COLEMAN, CHARLES P. | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18288100 | COOLING APPARATUS | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 85d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18929958 | MESSAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MESSAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | LEVINE, ADAM L | — |
| 18846754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | — |
| 18291953 | CELLULOSE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY USING SAME | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | — |
| 18569656 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | SARKER, SANCHIT K | — |
| 18282858 | HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | COLEMAN, CHARLES P. | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2493 | 2 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| 2499 | 1 |
| 2132 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| 2495 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 3683 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18953274 | DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, LINE EXCHANGER, DIAGNOSTIC METHOD, AND PROGRAM | LESNIEWSKI, VICTOR D | 2493 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18929958 | MESSAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MESSAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 29, 2024 |
| 18846754 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SIMITOSKI, MICHAEL J | 2493 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18846400 | KEY DELIVERY SYSTEM, KEY DELIVERY METHOD, AND PROGRAM | SHEHNI, GHAZAL B | 2499 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 18762763 | MEMORY SYSTEM, ACCESS CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM | AHMED, ZUBAIR | 2132 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18291953 | CELLULOSE-BASED RESIN COMPOSITION AND MOLDED BODY USING SAME | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 25, 2024 |
| 18570223 | COOLING COMPONENT AND DEVICE | TANENBAUM, TZVI SAMUEL | 3700 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18569656 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | SARKER, SANCHIT K | 2495 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2023 |
| 18288100 | COOLING APPARATUS | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 2835 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 85d overdue | Pending | Oct 24, 2023 |
| 18282858 | HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING APPARATUS, HEALTH INFORMATION GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | COLEMAN, CHARLES P. | 3683 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18275130 | DISPLAY APPARATUS | WU, JERRY | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2023 |
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