Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nico Corporation is active in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area with 1 pending office action. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit. This indicates a targeted prosecution effort for a specific medical device innovation within the USPTO, allowing for a streamlined interaction between the applicant and the examination team.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is MERENE, JAN CHRISTOP L, who is responsible for the 1 pending office action. With only 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit involved, the prosecution process is simplified. The applicant's success depends on addressing the specific feedback and technical requirements of this single examiner to advance the pending medical device application. By focusing on the 1 pending office action, the company can efficiently navigate the requirements of the 1 distinct art unit and work toward securing its intellectual property rights.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKES, ZACHARY W | 1 | 66.5% | +22.5% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17892988 | METHOD FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL ELEMENT SET FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST IMAGE FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 54d |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17892988 | METHOD FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL ELEMENT SET FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST IMAGE FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 54d |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2872 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17892988 | METHOD FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS, METHOD FOR DETERMINING CHARACTERISTICS OF OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL FILTER, OPTICAL ELEMENT SET FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND TEST IMAGE FOR TESTING VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS | WILKES, ZACHARY W | 2872 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | 54d | Pending | Aug 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNico Corporation has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Zachary W Wilkes has the most, with 1 of Nico Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
