Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

34 pending office actions • 4 art units • 30 examiners • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 95 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
24
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

18
Hard (53%)
16
Medium (47%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (15%)
§101 + other7 (21%)
§103 only13 (38%)
§102 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (18%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
18
Mechanical / Eng
53% of docket
13
Business / Other
38% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WONG, JEFFREY KEITH 2 65.8% +26.7%
HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 2 81.0% +18.4%
USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER 2 100.0% +0.0%
PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 2 63.8% +32.0%
HENN, TIMOTHY J 1 85.7% +11.6%
BLAISE, MALINA D 1 57.5% +39.4%
SITTA, GRANT 1 72.2% +13.7%
HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ 1 0.0% +0.0%
MYHR, JUSTIN L 1 63.9% +28.6%
BOYD, ALEXANDER L 1 74.6% +23.4%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18923136 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N
18883174 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER
18883406 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER
18749218 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N

Hard Cases (18)

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
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 86d overdue
18616769 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E 24d overdue
18507647 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 24d overdue
18747023 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 23d overdue
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 9d overdue
18883274 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 56d
19077733 SYSTEM, CAMERA, DEVICE, AND METHOD HENN, TIMOTHY J
19060003 SHOOTING GAME SYSTEM AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY BLAISE, MALINA D

Interview Candidates (11)

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
18341185 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, SYSTEM, AND METHOD PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 60d overdue
19077733 SYSTEM, CAMERA, DEVICE, AND METHOD HENN, TIMOTHY J
19060003 SHOOTING GAME SYSTEM AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY BLAISE, MALINA D
19038319 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SITTA, GRANT
19000163 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD MYHR, JUSTIN L
19000137 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD BOYD, ALEXANDER L
18961796 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WONG, JEFFREY KEITH
18923136 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 18
2629 1
2612 1
2193 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19077733 SYSTEM, CAMERA, DEVICE, AND METHOD HENN, TIMOTHY J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19060003 SHOOTING GAME SYSTEM AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY BLAISE, MALINA D §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19038319 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SITTA, GRANT §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 27, 2025
19005924 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HAFIZ, HAMID TARIQ §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
19000163 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD MYHR, JUSTIN L §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
19000137 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD BOYD, ALEXANDER L §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
19000183 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD ANTOINE, LISA HOPE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18961796 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WONG, JEFFREY KEITH §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18959747 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNED IMAGE CONVERSION HSU, JONI §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18960558 INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SET ZHOU, HONG 2629 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18949273 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD GARNER, WERNER G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18949246 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2024
18923136 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18910312 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WITH EXECUTABLE INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM STORED THEREON, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD PIERCE, DAMON JOSEPH 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18909668 SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM MUSA, BUSHIRA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2024
18883174 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18883406 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER 3715 §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18883274 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS MINKO, DENIS VASILIY 2612 §103§112 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18827139 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WONG, JEFFREY KEITH 3715 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18827226 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18749218 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18747023 GAME SYSTEM, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN BULLINGTON, ROBERT P 3715 §101 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18620306 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROCESSING METHOD, AND GAME SYSTEM HYLINSKI, STEVEN J 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2024
18616769 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101§102 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 29, 2023
18508652 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WILLIAMS, ROSS A 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 14, 2023
18507647 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §102§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 §101 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18491483 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 20, 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 §101§103 Final Rejection 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
18332218 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD LARSEN, CARL VICTOR 3715 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 09, 2023
18158756 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2023
17976350 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HSU, RYAN 3715 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2022

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