Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

NEC Solution Innovators Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 5 art units • 8 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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
1
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.

3
Hard (30%)
4
Medium (40%)
2
Easy (20%)
1
Unknown (10%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (10%)
§103 only3 (30%)
§102 only1 (10%)
Double-patenting only2 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (20%)
No statute on record1 (10%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
10% of docket
1
Information Tech
10% of docket
1
Communications
10% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% of docket
5
Business / Other
50% 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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LI, SUN M 3 52.8% +28.0%
PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 1 10.7% +14.4%
JONES, RAVEN SIMONE 1 80.0% +50.0%
UTAMA, ROBERT J 1 60.4% +29.6%
SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW 1 73.9% +8.8%
LITTLE, VANCE M 1 83.8% +24.6%
SHEN, QUN 1 76.3% +37.7%
WANG, RUIXUE 1 57.4% +22.1%

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
18709048 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM LITTLE, VANCE M 8d
18851274 BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM JONES, RAVEN SIMONE

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18845957 WORK ANALYSIS DEVICE, WORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WORK ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM UTAMA, ROBERT J 77d
19475096 DISEASE PREDICTION APPARATUS, DISEASE PREDICTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL
18038955 SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN-BINDING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION SENSOR, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION REAGENT, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION METHOD, AND SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS DEACTIVATOR WANG, RUIXUE

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
18709048 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM LITTLE, VANCE M 8d
18845957 WORK ANALYSIS DEVICE, WORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WORK ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM UTAMA, ROBERT J 77d
19475096 DISEASE PREDICTION APPARATUS, DISEASE PREDICTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL
19081026 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M
19081048 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M
19081030 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M
18851274 BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM JONES, RAVEN SIMONE
18701972 VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SHEN, QUN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3685 1
3715 1
2494 1
2662 1
1672 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19475096 DISEASE PREDICTION APPARATUS, DISEASE PREDICTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM PATEL, SHERYL GOPAL 3685 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 14, 2025
19081026 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M Other Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081048 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
19081030 FACILITY PRESENTATION APPARATUS, FACILITY PRESENTATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM LI, SUN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2025
18851274 BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, BUSINESS OPERATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM JONES, RAVEN SIMONE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18845957 WORK ANALYSIS DEVICE, WORK ANALYSIS SYSTEM, WORK ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM UTAMA, ROBERT J 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA 77d Pending Sep 11, 2024
18843371 LIVING BODY DETECTION SUPPORT APPARATUS, FACE AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, LIVING BODY DETECTION SUPPORT METHOD, FACE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SIMPSON, LIXI CHOW §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 03, 2024
18709048 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending May 10, 2024
18701972 VEHICLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SHEN, QUN 2662 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 17, 2024
18038955 SARS-CoV-2 SPIKE GLYCOPROTEIN-BINDING NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULE, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION SENSOR, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION REAGENT, SARS-CoV-2 DETECTION METHOD, AND SARS-CoV-2 VIRUS DEACTIVATOR WANG, RUIXUE 1672 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending May 25, 2023

Managing NEC Solution Innovators Ltd.'s Patent Portfolio?

IP Author helps IP teams respond to office actions faster with AI-generated responses, examiner analytics, and prosecution intelligence.

Start Free Trial

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month