Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
30 pending office actions • 12 art units • 26 examiners • 0 of 30 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 55 patents granted in the last 365 days
NIDEC Corporation has 30 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 26 distinct examiners across 12 distinct art units, indicating repeated activity within the art-unit structure and a need for organized portfolio segmentation.
MOK, ALEX W is the busiest listed examiner, with 3 pending matters. That examiner handles a limited portion of the docket, so the primary management challenge is distributed prosecution rather than a single examiner relationship. Tracking by art unit may help identify recurring technical issues while preserving application-level response planning.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 | 2 (7%) |
| §103 only | 11 (37%) |
| §102 only | 3 (10%) |
| §112 only | 1 (3%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 13 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOK, ALEX W | 3 | 74.2% | +20.9% |
| PERKINS, THEODORE L | 2 | 72.3% | +12.4% |
| MATES, ROBERT E | 2 | 57.3% | +34.7% |
| KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 1 | 80.8% | +18.2% |
| LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 1 | 64.1% | +33.8% |
| GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 1 | 76.1% | +13.2% |
| KENERLY, TERRANCE L | 1 | 73.8% | +15.2% |
| VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 1 | 78.8% | +10.2% |
| JOHNSON, ERIC | 1 | 62.3% | +22.6% |
| DESAI, NAISHADH N | 1 | 81.9% | +9.0% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19382224 | BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND BASE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19043629 | STATOR AND MOTOR | DESAI, NAISHADH N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18512332 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | PHAN, AN BACH | 5d overdue |
| 18372268 | MOTOR, BLOWER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOTOR | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 8d |
| 18721870 | STATOR CORE, STATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR CORE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | 41d |
| 19092192 | ROTOR AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | — |
| 19084857 | MOTOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | — |
| 19104669 | ROTOR CORE, ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND DRIVE DEVICE | JOHNSON, ERIC | — |
| 19043526 | VIBRATING MOTOR | MATES, ROBERT E | — |
| 18985364 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE | BABAA, NAEL N | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18022040 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | MOK, ALEX W | 19d |
| 18721870 | STATOR CORE, STATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR CORE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | 41d |
| 19382224 | BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND BASE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | — |
| 19218927 | FIRST JOINT AND PIPE JOINT | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | — |
| 19189548 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | — |
| 19092190 | MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCT | KENERLY, TERRANCE L | — |
| 19092192 | ROTOR AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | — |
| 19084857 | MOTOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 15 |
| 3763 | 4 |
| 2688 | 1 |
| 3679 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 2891 | 1 |
| 2858 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19382224 | BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND BASE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD | KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2025 |
| 19218927 | FIRST JOINT AND PIPE JOINT | LINFORD, JAMES ALBERT | 3679 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 27, 2025 |
| 19189548 | ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE | GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2025 |
| 19092190 | MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCT | KENERLY, TERRANCE L | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19092192 | ROTOR AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | VO, ETHAN NGUYEN | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 27, 2025 |
| 19084857 | MOTOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19104669 | ROTOR CORE, ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, AND DRIVE DEVICE | JOHNSON, ERIC | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 18, 2025 |
| 19043629 | STATOR AND MOTOR | DESAI, NAISHADH N | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19043526 | VIBRATING MOTOR | MATES, ROBERT E | 2834 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2025 |
| 19037370 | MOTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF MOTOR | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 18836627 | ELECTRIC ACTUATOR | SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 18985364 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE | BABAA, NAEL N | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 18, 2024 |
| 18727104 | CONTROL DEVICE, MOTOR MODULE, AND CONTROL METHOD | COOK, CORTEZ M | 2837 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 29, 2024 |
| 18950490 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE, COOLING DEVICE, AND PUMP UNIT | BAUER, CASSEY D | 3763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18697000 | ROTOR AND ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18848128 | HEAT DISSIPATION MEMBER, COOLING DEVICE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE | GONDARENKO, NATALIA A | 2891 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18843691 | SIGNAL GENERATION DEVICE AND SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD | ISLA, RICHARD | 2858 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18842030 | ROTOR AND ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | MANN JR, CHARLIE FRANK | 2834 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18813248 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CABLE | NGUYEN, CHAU N | 2841 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18779426 | MOTOR AND ELECTRICAL PRODUCT | MATES, ROBERT E | 2834 | §112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18763393 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE | VAZQUEZ, ANA M | 3763 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18721870 | STATOR CORE, STATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR CORE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR | PERKINS, THEODORE L | 2834 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Jun 20, 2024 |
| 18616242 | FLUID MACHINE AND COOLING DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18581492 | VIBRATION MOTOR | STEFANON, JUSTIN | 2834 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18390427 | LAMINATED CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE | CHANG, MINKI | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 20, 2023 |
| 18512332 | REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | PHAN, AN BACH | 3763 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Nov 17, 2023 |
| 18372268 | MOTOR, BLOWER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOTOR | HERRMANN, JOSEPH S | 3746 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
| 18259771 | POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, POSITION ESTIMATION DEVICE, UNMANNED TRANSPORT VEHICLE, AND SEWING DEVICE | MANG, LAL C | 2857 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 18022040 | ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE | MOK, ALEX W | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 19d | Pending | Feb 17, 2023 |
| 17950150 | OPTICAL UNIT AND SMARTPHONE | WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y | 2872 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 22, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialNIDEC Corporation has 30 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 12 art units and 26 examiners.
Alex W Mok has the most, with 3 of NIDEC Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
