Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Nihon Medi-Physics Co. Ltd.

6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
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.

1
Hard (17%)
3
Medium (50%)
2
Easy (33%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (17%)
§112 only1 (17%)
Double-patenting only1 (17%)
Double-patenting + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
83% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
17% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DONOHUE, SEAN R 1 41.4% +21.1%
JARRELL, NOBLE E 1 80.9% +9.6%
WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1 23.3% +36.8%
REYNOLDS, FRED H 1 33.1% +39.0%
JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1 67.7% +31.3%
ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1 58.9% +41.5%

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
18550479 COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND METHOD FOR STORING COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGETING AGENT, AND COMPOSITION JARRELL, NOBLE E

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
18249837 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE ZIRCONIUM COMPLEX WESTERBERG, NISSA M 30d overdue
17769657 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE METAL-LABELED ANTIBODY JONES, DAMERON LEVEST

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18249837 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE ZIRCONIUM COMPLEX WESTERBERG, NISSA M 30d overdue
18249220 RADIOACTIVE COMPLEXES OF ANTI-HER2 ANTIBODY, AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL REYNOLDS, FRED H 8d overdue
18688001 RADIOACTIVE COMPLEX OF DEGLYCOSYLATED ANTIBODY AND RADIOACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DONOHUE, SEAN R
17769657 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE METAL-LABELED ANTIBODY JONES, DAMERON LEVEST
17632994 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE METAL COMPLEX ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1618 2
1699 1
1658 1
1627 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18688001 RADIOACTIVE COMPLEX OF DEGLYCOSYLATED ANTIBODY AND RADIOACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT DONOHUE, SEAN R DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18550479 COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND METHOD FOR STORING COMPOUND, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TARGETING AGENT, AND COMPOSITION JARRELL, NOBLE E 1699 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18249837 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE ZIRCONIUM COMPLEX WESTERBERG, NISSA M 1618 §103DP Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18249220 RADIOACTIVE COMPLEXES OF ANTI-HER2 ANTIBODY, AND RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL REYNOLDS, FRED H 1658 §103§112DP Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Apr 14, 2023
17769657 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE METAL-LABELED ANTIBODY JONES, DAMERON LEVEST 1618 §103§112Other Final Rejection Pending Apr 15, 2022
17632994 METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADIOACTIVE METAL COMPLEX ROBINSON, MIKHAIL O'DONNEL 1627 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 04, 2022

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