Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nihon Kohden Corporation

29 pending office actions • 12 art units • 28 examiners • 0 of 29 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

29
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
1
Due this week
7
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 29 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (3)

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.

5
Hard (17%)
23
Medium (79%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (17%)
§103 only22 (76%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
7% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
3% of docket
26
Mechanical / Eng
90% 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.

290 h
Manual time on pending OAs
58 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
102 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SHAH, JAY B 2 57.3% +7.2%
YU, XIANG 1 54.7% +46.9%
MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 1 100.0% +0.0%
HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 1 53.6% +61.9%
EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 1 21.6% +41.3%
MANOS, SEFRA DESPINA 1 41.2% +39.4%
JAHAN, ISRAT 1
UCHITEL, EMILY RUTH ABIGAIL 1
WASEEM, HUMA 1 17.5% +21.1%
AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 1 26.7% +29.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18923054 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 49d overdue

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18156695 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SHAH, JAY B 45d overdue
16830846 HEARTBEAT ANALYZER PORTER, JR, GARY A 23d overdue
18587417 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WASEEM, HUMA 18d overdue
18587199 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 4d overdue
18273460 MONITORING METHOD AND MONITOR JOHNSON, NICOLE F 7d
18897140 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 22d
18015281 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER VALUE, MONITORING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SHAH, JAY B 22d
18897717 MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 84d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18923119 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE YU, XIANG 30d overdue
18587417 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WASEEM, HUMA 18d overdue
18587199 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 4d overdue
18726966 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR MANOS, SEFRA DESPINA 15d
18897140 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 22d
18897717 MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 84d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3791 10
3796 6
3792 2
3686 2
3785 2
2455 1
2431 1
3682 1
3683 1
3798 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18923119 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE YU, XIANG 2455 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18923054 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELAY DEVICE MCFARLAND-BARNES, KELAH JANAE 2431 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Oct 22, 2024
18897140 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DEVICE HAMILTON, MATTHEW L 3682 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18897717 MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE EDOUARD, JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER 3683 §102 Final Rejection 84d Pending Sep 26, 2024
18726966 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR MANOS, SEFRA DESPINA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18721070 AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR JAHAN, ISRAT 3792 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18620021 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM UCHITEL, EMILY RUTH ABIGAIL 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18587417 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM WASEEM, HUMA 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18587199 PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PATIENT INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 3686 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 26, 2024
18436849 SPHYGMOMANOMETER, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM CATINA, MICHAEL ANTHONY 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2024
18539461 AIRWAY ADAPTER CASLER, BRIAN L 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Dec 14, 2023
18517711 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM CATTUNGAL, SANJAY 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18501255 VITAL SIGN OBTAINING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VITAL SIGN OBTAINING SYSTEM PATEL, OM 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2023
18487415 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HOLMES, REX R 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18273460 MONITORING METHOD AND MONITOR JOHNSON, NICOLE F 3796 §101 Final Rejection 7d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18158840 DEFIBRILLATOR WALKER, OLIVIA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2023
18156695 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM SHAH, JAY B 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jan 19, 2023
18015281 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER VALUE, MONITORING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM SHAH, JAY B 3791 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jan 09, 2023
17995729 PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD D ABREU, MICHAEL JOSEPH 3796 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Oct 07, 2022
17915032 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICE, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Sep 27, 2022
17906872 POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND VITAL SENSOR ISLA, RICHARD 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2022
17819001 SENSOR AND VITAL SIGN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM XU, JUSTIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 105d overdue Pending Aug 11, 2022
17806631 VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND VENOUS PRESSURE MEASUREMENT METHOD BALAJI, KAVYA SHOBANA 3791 §112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17754154 PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, LIGHT EMITTING APPARATUS AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CHANG, THOMAS ZHU 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 25, 2022
17650104 AIRWAY ADAPTER CALLISON, KEIRA EILEEN 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Feb 07, 2022
17424652 PATIENT MONITOR AND PHYSIOLOGICAL INFORMATION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM SABOKTAKIN, MARJAN 3797 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 21, 2021
17340558 HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETER ANALYSIS APPARATUS JANG, ELINA SOHYUN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2021
16830846 HEARTBEAT ANALYZER PORTER, JR, GARY A 3796 §101 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2020
15289299 PULSE WAVE ANALYZER TOTH, KAREN E 3791 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Oct 10, 2016

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