Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nikkiso Co., Ltd.

12 pending office actions • 8 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 22 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 12 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (2)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
12
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only12 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
33% of docket
4
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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 2 53.6% +56.7%
PYLA, EVELYN Y 1 55.1% +47.8%
WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 1 61.2% +59.9%
KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 1 100.0% +0.0%
BARBEE, MANUEL L 1 81.7% +14.7%
STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 1 43.3% +37.2%
GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 1 83.6% +13.8%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.5% +48.3%
WIEGAND, TYLER J 1 75.3% +8.6%
WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 1 70.8% +12.4%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18455755 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 16d overdue
18535328 LOW TEMPERATURE-MANAGED CELL AGGREGATE AND CELL AGGREGATE MAINTAINING METHOD KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 8d overdue
18533998 LIGHT OUTPUT ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE BARBEE, MANUEL L 34d

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
18257354 PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 118d overdue
18570167 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 56d overdue
18562187 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND BLOOD PURIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 31d overdue
18033825 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS PEO, JONATHAN M 25d overdue
18562397 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 19d overdue
17948453 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 18d overdue
18455755 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 16d overdue
18533998 LIGHT OUTPUT ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE BARBEE, MANUEL L 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3781 4
2812 2
1633 1
1634 1
2857 1
1779 1
2893 1
1653 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18636969 CELL CULTIVATION METHOD, CELL SUPPORT COMPOSITE PRODUCTION METHOD, CULTIVATED CELLS, AND CELL SUPPORT COMPOSITE PYLA, EVELYN Y 1633 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18570167 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS WRUBLESKI, MATTHEW JAMES 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18535328 LOW TEMPERATURE-MANAGED CELL AGGREGATE AND CELL AGGREGATE MAINTAINING METHOD KASAYAN, KATRIEL BARCELLANO 1634 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18533998 LIGHT OUTPUT ESTIMATION METHOD FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE BARBEE, MANUEL L 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18562397 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18562187 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS AND BLOOD PURIFICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2023
18455755 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE GHYKA, ALEXANDER G 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18257354 PRESSURE MEASURING DEVICE AND MEDICAL DEVICE PHAM, KATHERINE-PH MINH 3781 §103 Final Rejection 118d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18033825 BLOOD PURIFICATION APPARATUS PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18155967 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT WIEGAND, TYLER J 2812 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
17948453 NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT-EMITTING ELEMENT WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 2893 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17177591 CELL CULTURE METHOD AND CELL CULTURE APPARATUS BOWERS, ERIN M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Feb 17, 2021

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