Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

28 pending office actions • 8 art units • 23 examiners • 0 of 28 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 100 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

28
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
5
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. 28 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (5)

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 (7%)
25
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (7%)
§103 only20 (71%)
§102 only5 (18%)
No statute on record1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
4% of docket
4
Communications
14% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
23
Mechanical / Eng
82% 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.

280 h
Manual time on pending OAs
56 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
98 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3 75.2% +28.9%
DEODHAR, OMKAR A 2 80.0% +19.2%
PANDYA, SUNIT 2 65.6% +28.0%
CHAN, ALLEN 2 69.9% +35.6%
MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 1 65.0% -6.7%
ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 1 42.9% +39.7%
HUANG, JAY 1 53.0% +20.3%
LEICHLITER, CHASE E 1 64.4% +23.6%
RENWICK, REGINALD A 1 70.8% +9.4%
CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 1 88.0% +9.5%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18743580 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME METHOD DEODHAR, OMKAR A 3d overdue
18647628 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 29d

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
18746634 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN DEODHAR, OMKAR A 11d overdue
18465667 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 9d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18418602 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD PANDYA, SUNIT 35d overdue
18517927 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 19d overdue
18749109 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HUANG, JAY 16d overdue
18209647 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THAT ALLOW EXECUTION OF ONLINE MISSION WITH USE OF DATA IN GAME PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 15d overdue
18746634 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN DEODHAR, OMKAR A 11d overdue
18606634 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 10d overdue
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 9d overdue
18743580 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME METHOD DEODHAR, OMKAR A 3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 20
2612 2
3619 1
2617 1
3618 1
2615 1
3700 1
2193 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18883274 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 2612 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18764985 SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jul 05, 2024
18749109 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HUANG, JAY 3619 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18746634 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN DEODHAR, OMKAR A 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18745481 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18743580 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME APPARATUS, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME METHOD DEODHAR, OMKAR A 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18663718 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM LEICHLITER, CHASE E 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending May 14, 2024
18658306 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 08, 2024
18647628 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2617 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18616769 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18606572 SERVER APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, SESSION MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18606634 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2024
18597140 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROLLER DEVICE AND ACCESSORY HARPER, TRAMAR YONG 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18431131 DIRECTION INPUT DEVICE AND CONTROLLER BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 §103 Final Rejection 124d overdue Pending Feb 02, 2024
18421565 CONTROLLER SHAH, MILAP 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 24, 2024
18418602 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2024
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18399281 GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT PROGRAM ELISCA, PIERRE E 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18525519 SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS IMPLEMENTING STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TEXTURE COMPRESSION CASCHERA, ANTONIO A 2612 Other Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2023
18525178 SYSTEMS AND/OR METHODS IMPLEMENTING STATISTICAL APPROACH TO TEXTURE COMPRESSION COCHRAN, BRIANNA RENAE 2615 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18517927 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18507647 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18502467 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LIM, SENG HENG 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18483854 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TEIXEIRA MOFFAT, JONATHAN CHARLES 3700 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18465667 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING SOUND PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SOUND PROCESSING METHOD GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18348703 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH EXECUTABLE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM STORED THEREON, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD KANG, INSUN 2193 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2023
18341185 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND METHOD PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18209647 NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE GAME PROGRAM, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THAT ALLOW EXECUTION OF ONLINE MISSION WITH USE OF DATA IN GAME PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023

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