Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
NICHIAS Corporation has 2 pending office actions distributed across the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners located in 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that each pending matter is being reviewed by a different individual in a separate administrative division of the USPTO. The company is currently managing a diversified prosecution workload within this specific technology sector.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is BURCH, MELODY M, who accounts for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Given that the total number of 2 pending office actions is split, the workload is divided between the identified busiest examiner and another professional. This structure requires the company to manage distinct prosecution tracks simultaneously across the 2 distinct art units. Each of the 2 distinct examiners may have different interpretations of the prior art, necessitating a flexible legal strategy. By engaging with different examiners, the company is exposed to various procedural nuances within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems area. Effective management of these matters will require addressing the specific concerns of BURCH, MELODY M regarding the 1 busiest examiner pending action.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURCH, MELODY M | 1 | 64.2% | +26.5% |
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1 | 61.0% | +20.9% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18258187 | SHIM FOR DISC BRAKES, AND DISC BRAKE | BURCH, MELODY M | — |
| 17925142 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER, AND SEAL MATERIAL | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18258187 | SHIM FOR DISC BRAKES, AND DISC BRAKE | BURCH, MELODY M | 3616 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 17925142 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, FLUORINE-CONTAINING ELASTOMER, AND SEAL MATERIAL | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNICHIAS Corporation has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.
Melody M Burch has the most, with 1 of NICHIAS Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
