Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC has 2 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 2 actions are assigned to 2 distinct examiners, indicating a distributed workload. Furthermore, the cases are located in 2 distinct art units, which suggests the company is pursuing multiple technical paths within this broad technology category. This distribution requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the specific technical standards of each unit.

RASNIC, HUNTER J is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. With 2 distinct examiners each handling 1 of the 2 pending office actions, there is no concentration of cases under a single individual. The presence of 2 distinct art units requires the company to navigate different procedural environments and technical standards for each of its active matters. Practitioners should coordinate across these 2 distinct art units to ensure that arguments remain consistent while addressing the specific technical requirements of each pending action.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

2
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (50%)
§101 + other1 (50%)

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
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RASNIC, HUNTER J 1 10.9% +21.6%
HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 1 49.2% +40.6%

Hard Cases (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18628670 SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES RASNIC, HUNTER J 6d
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE —

Interview Candidates (2)

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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18628670 SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES RASNIC, HUNTER J 6d
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3684 1
3792 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18628670 SYSTEM THAT EFFICIENTLY CALCULATES AND SETS ALARM DELAYS FOR PATIENT MONITORING DEVICES RASNIC, HUNTER J 3684 §101§103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18598699 SHOCK DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HODGE, LAURA NICOLE 3792 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC have?

Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC applications?

Hunter J Rasnic has the most, with 1 of Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC's pending office actions.

What technology area are Nihon Kohden Digital Health Solutions LLC's patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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