Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nidec Corporation

27 pending office actions • 15 art units • 24 examiners • 0 of 27 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 58 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

15
Overdue
2
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 27 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (15)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (4%)
22
Medium (81%)
2
Easy (7%)
2
Unknown (7%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only19 (70%)
§102 only3 (11%)
§112 only2 (7%)
No statute on record2 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
7% of docket
16
Semiconductors
59% of docket
9
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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.

270 h
Manual time on pending OAs
54 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
94 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RENNER, CRAIG A 2 84.1% +17.6%
GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2 75.8% +12.9%
CHANG, MINKI 2 71.7% +10.5%
BROCKMAN, ELDON T 1 85.2% +6.1%
HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 1 79.2% +13.1%
HANSEN, KENNETH J 1 81.0% +7.9%
BAILEY, JOHN D 1 77.8% +17.5%
SOLIS, ERICK R 1 86.0% +9.5%
PERKINS, THEODORE L 1 74.4% +20.6%
ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 1 87.8% +9.2%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18691462 BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE PLATE RENNER, CRAIG A 59d overdue
18878104 MOTOR, BLOWER, AND CLOTHING ACCESSORY HANSEN, KENNETH J 32d overdue
19187939 SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVING DEVICE HAVING SAME RENNER, CRAIG A 6d
19284696 BLOWER BROCKMAN, ELDON T 20d
18721193 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 72d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18565490 ANGLE DETECTION METHOD AND ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 42d

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
19014588 MOTOR AND AXIAL FAN HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 121d overdue
18691462 BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE PLATE RENNER, CRAIG A 59d overdue
18719874 CONTROL DEVICE AND LANE KEEPING SYSTEM BAILEY, JOHN D 43d overdue
18621098 ROTOR, ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND DRIVE DEVICE GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 15d overdue
18744808 MOTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 1d overdue
19187939 SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVING DEVICE HAVING SAME RENNER, CRAIG A 6d
18456521 MOTOR AND DRONE CHANG, MINKI 14d
18390427 LAMINATED CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE CHANG, MINKI 28d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 9
2688 2
3745 2
3746 2
3747 2
3799 1
2846 1
3753 1
2835 1
2857 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19284696 BLOWER BROCKMAN, ELDON T 3799 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Jul 30, 2025
19187939 SPINDLE MOTOR AND DISK DRIVING DEVICE HAVING SAME RENNER, CRAIG A 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 23, 2025
19014588 MOTOR AND AXIAL FAN HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Jan 09, 2025
18878104 MOTOR, BLOWER, AND CLOTHING ACCESSORY HANSEN, KENNETH J 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18719874 CONTROL DEVICE AND LANE KEEPING SYSTEM BAILEY, JOHN D 3747 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18934507 MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, MOTOR CONTROL METHOD, MOTOR MODULE, AND ELECTRIC POWER STEERING DEVICE SOLIS, ERICK R 3747 Other Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 01, 2024
18721870 STATOR CORE, STATOR, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR CORE, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STATOR PERKINS, THEODORE L 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18721193 CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2846 §102 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jun 18, 2024
18744808 MOTOR GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jun 17, 2024
18668096 ROTOR AND MOTOR VAZIRI, MASOUD 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending May 17, 2024
18621098 ROTOR, ROTATING ELECTRICAL MACHINE, AND DRIVE DEVICE GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18696860 ELECTRIC POWER UNIT QURESHI, MOHAMMED AHMED 2834 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18616242 FLUID MACHINE AND COOLING DEVICE GARDNER, NICOLE 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Mar 26, 2024
18691462 BASE PLATE, SPINDLE MOTOR, DISK DRIVE DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE PLATE RENNER, CRAIG A 2688 §112 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024
18686434 POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND DRIVE DEVICE CRUM, JACOB R 2835 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18685748 MOTOR JOHNSON, ERIC 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 121d overdue Pending Feb 22, 2024
18390427 LAMINATED CORE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LAMINATED CORE CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Dec 20, 2023
18565490 ANGLE DETECTION METHOD AND ANGLE DETECTION DEVICE SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18522244 HEAT RADIATING MEMBER AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE TRAPANESE, WILLIAM C 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18512332 REFRIGERANT CIRCULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PHAN, AN BACH 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18375565 BLOWER PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18372268 MOTOR, BLOWER, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOTOR HERRMANN, JOSEPH S 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Sep 25, 2023
18456521 MOTOR AND DRONE CHANG, MINKI 2834 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18123337 HEAT RADIATING MEMBER INCLUDING A SLIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE INCLUDING THE HEAT RADIATING MEMBER CUTLER, ETHAN EDWARD 2892 §103 Final Rejection 117d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18022040 ROTARY ELECTRIC MACHINE MOK, ALEX W 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 17, 2023
18060569 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE BULLARD-CONNOR, GENEVIEVE GRACE 2899 §102 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2022
17704010 OPTICAL UNIT AND SMARTPHONE DABBI, JYOTSNA V 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Mar 25, 2022

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