Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 13 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nifco Inc. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters are distributed across 6 distinct examiners and 6 art units, giving each listed action its own examination setting.
CHAN, KO HUNG is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. The even distribution makes centralized tracking important, while individual responses should remain tailored to the examiner and art unit involved.
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 | 3 (50%) |
| §102 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAN, KO HUNG | 1 | 66.6% | +15.1% |
| BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 1 | 85.2% | +3.8% |
| SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 1 | 76.0% | +6.6% |
| RUPPERT, ERIC S | 1 | 60.1% | +23.9% |
| SAETHER, FLEMMING | 1 | 65.2% | +27.8% |
| NGUYEN, LAUREN | 1 | 54.8% | +34.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19059267 | CLIP | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | — |
| 18004204 | CLIP STRUCTURE AND PIN MEMBER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19106211 | IN-VEHICLE BRACKET | CHAN, KO HUNG | — |
| 18726773 | HEAT EXCHANGER | RUPPERT, ERIC S | — |
| 18004204 | CLIP STRUCTURE AND PIN MEMBER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | — |
| 18268663 | VEHICLE-LIGHT MARKING TOOL | NGUYEN, LAUREN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3631 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| 2837 | 1 |
| 3763 | 1 |
| 3675 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19106211 | IN-VEHICLE BRACKET | CHAN, KO HUNG | 3631 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19059267 | CLIP | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18867007 | VEHICLE SOUND-ABSORBING DEVICE | SAN MARTIN, EDGARDO | 2837 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 19, 2024 |
| 18726773 | HEAT EXCHANGER | RUPPERT, ERIC S | 3763 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18004204 | CLIP STRUCTURE AND PIN MEMBER | SAETHER, FLEMMING | 3675 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2023 |
| 18268663 | VEHICLE-LIGHT MARKING TOOL | NGUYEN, LAUREN | 2871 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 21, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialNifco Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Ko Hung Chan has the most, with 1 of Nifco Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
