Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nextpower LLC

23 pending office actions • 12 art units • 19 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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%)
21
Medium (91%)
2
Easy (9%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only18 (78%)
§102 only3 (13%)
§112 only2 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

13
Life Sciences
57% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
35% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAM, DUSTIN Q 3 21.6% +25.0%
TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 2 52.8% +26.4%
NGUYEN, CHI Q 2 82.3% +12.4%
DINH, PHUONG K 1 87.1% +9.1%
DINH, BACH T 1 55.2% +32.1%
MERSHON, JAYNE L 1 66.4% +18.7%
STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1 80.8% +15.3%
WHITE, SADIE 1 48.7% +32.7%
KANG, TAE-SIK 1 58.0% +27.2%
TAN, DING Y 1 76.2% +16.9%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18613310 MULTIPLE WALL CONNECTION OVER PIERS NGUYEN, CHI Q 44d overdue
19309099 INSULATION PIERCING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DINH, PHUONG K 25d overdue
18947256 IN-SITU SOLAR TRACKER MANUFACTURING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 8d
18796571 SOLAR TRACKER FOUNDATIONS NGUYEN, CHI Q 27d

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
17877678 ZONAL DIFFUSE TRACKING DAM, DUSTIN Q 3d overdue
18979078 AUTOMATED SOLAR TRACKING COMPONENT INSTALLATION DAM, DUSTIN Q 9d
18669602 BEARING HOUSING ASSEMBLIES FOR SOLAR TRACKERS DAM, DUSTIN Q 9d

Interview Candidates (13)

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
18613310 MULTIPLE WALL CONNECTION OVER PIERS NGUYEN, CHI Q 44d overdue
17877678 ZONAL DIFFUSE TRACKING DAM, DUSTIN Q 3d overdue
18947256 IN-SITU SOLAR TRACKER MANUFACTURING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 8d
18979078 AUTOMATED SOLAR TRACKING COMPONENT INSTALLATION DAM, DUSTIN Q 9d
18669602 BEARING HOUSING ASSEMBLIES FOR SOLAR TRACKERS DAM, DUSTIN Q 9d
18383484 OPTIMIZATION OF A VALUE FUNCTION FOR SHARING AN AVAILABLE SOLAR RESOURCE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 16d
19175650 TERRAIN FOLLOWING SOLAR TRACKER DINH, BACH T 26d
18796571 SOLAR TRACKER FOUNDATIONS NGUYEN, CHI Q 27d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1721 5
1726 3
3635 3
1722 2
1728 2
3632 2
2831 1
1735 1
3726 1
3669 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19309099 INSULATION PIERCING ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DINH, PHUONG K 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2025
19175650 TERRAIN FOLLOWING SOLAR TRACKER DINH, BACH T 1726 §102 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 10, 2025
19033876 SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR SOLAR TRACKERS WITH THERMAL EXPANSION MITIGATION MERSHON, JAYNE L 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 22, 2025
19009273 SOLAR MODULE FRAME COUPLINGS TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 03, 2025
18979078 AUTOMATED SOLAR TRACKING COMPONENT INSTALLATION DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Dec 12, 2024
18947256 IN-SITU SOLAR TRACKER MANUFACTURING STONER, KILEY SHAWN 1735 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18945790 HORIZONTAL BALANCED SOLAR TRACKER WHITE, SADIE 1721 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Nov 13, 2024
18895000 LIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE OF BIFACIAL SOLAR MODULE KANG, TAE-SIK 1728 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Sep 24, 2024
18796571 SOLAR TRACKER FOUNDATIONS NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18742795 MOLDED CABLE SEAL GLAND TAN, DING Y 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 13, 2024
18669602 BEARING HOUSING ASSEMBLIES FOR SOLAR TRACKERS DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §102 Final Rejection 9d Pending May 21, 2024
18662307 SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR SOLAR TRACKERS MARSH, STEVEN M 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 13, 2024
18634614 Methods and Systems for Folded Frame Solar Panels CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18633770 SOLAR MODULE MOUNTING SYSTEM SUN, MICHAEL Y 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18613310 MULTIPLE WALL CONNECTION OVER PIERS NGUYEN, CHI Q 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18534357 AUTOMATED SOLAR ROBOT SYSTEM AND METHOD EL CHANTI, HUSSEIN A 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Dec 08, 2023
18383484 OPTIMIZATION OF A VALUE FUNCTION FOR SHARING AN AVAILABLE SOLAR RESOURCE TRIVISONNO, ANGELO 1722 §112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Oct 25, 2023
18454601 SOLAR MODULE RAIL COUPLINGS FOR SOLAR TRACKER HIJAZ, OMAR F 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18363137 REINFORCED PILE FOR SOLAR FOUNDATIONS MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18214953 MAXIMIZING OUTPUT OF A SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEM UNDER REDUCED IRRADIANCE CONDITIONS CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2023
18074054 FIXED DC BUS POWER ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS SWEET, JOSHUA JAMES 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 182d overdue Pending Dec 02, 2022
17877678 ZONAL DIFFUSE TRACKING DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17494607 D-SHAPED TORQUE TUBE AND BEARING ASSEMBLIES DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021

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