Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

61 pending office actions • 8 art units • 46 examiners • 0 of 61 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 104 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nintendo Co., Ltd. shows a robust prosecution pipeline with 57 pending office actions concentrated in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The portfolio is characterized by a broad reach across the patent office, utilizing 43 distinct examiners to review these filings. This distribution suggests that while the technology area is specific, the individual patent applications are being evaluated by a large and diverse group of officials.

The 57 pending actions are spread across 9 distinct art units, indicating a concentration of subject matter despite the high number of examiners. This ratio of 43 distinct examiners to 9 distinct art units implies that many examiners are working within the same art units on Nintendo's applications. Practitioners may find opportunities to identify consistent themes or preferences within these specific administrative groups.

LIM, SENG HENG is identified as the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently handling 4 pending office actions. This concentration with a single examiner is relatively low compared to the total pending office actions, yet it represents the most frequent point of contact. Navigating the art units will require a strategy that accounts for the varied perspectives of the examiners involved in the process.

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

Portfolio Summary

61
Total Pending OAs
47
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
2
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.

36
Hard (59%)
24
Medium (39%)
1
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only4 (7%)
§101 + other13 (21%)
§103 only19 (31%)
§102 only3 (5%)
§112 only1 (2%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
2% of docket
4
Communications
7% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
20
Mechanical / Eng
33% of docket
36
Business / Other
59% 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.

610 h
Manual time on pending OAs
122 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
214 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIM, SENG HENG 4 65.8% +29.5%
ANTOINE, LISA HOPE 3 16.1% +67.6%
MOSSER, ROBERT E 3 46.7% +9.8%
ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3 45.8% +35.0%
WONG, JEFFREY KEITH 2 66.2% +26.1%
BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 2 55.9% +36.4%
LARSEN, CARL VICTOR 2 69.6% +19.9%
CHAN, ALLEN 2 70.3% +35.1%
USSERY, CAIDEN ALEXANDER 2 50.0% +100.0%
MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 2 54.3% +33.8%

Hard Cases (38)

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
18749109 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HUANG, JAY 16d overdue
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 9d 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
19196405 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO —
19097149 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS LIM, SENG HENG —

Interview Candidates (22)

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
18507647 STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 24d overdue
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 9d 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
18764985 SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 40d
19097149 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS LIM, SENG HENG —
19092556 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WONG, JEFFREY KEITH —
19092485 GAME SYSTEM AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD LIM, SENG HENG —
19036877 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ANTOINE, LISA HOPE —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 18
2624 1
3700 1
2613 1
2629 1
2619 1
3619 1
2193 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19288225 STATIONARY DEVICE LU, WILLIAM 2624 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 01, 2025
19197303 PORTABLE GAME DEVICE BOYD, JONATHAN A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 2025
19196405 ELECTRONIC DEVICE ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2025
19184813 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, GAME SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS BROCKETTI, JULIE K 3700 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19097149 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS LIM, SENG HENG — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 01, 2025
19092556 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD WONG, JEFFREY KEITH — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19092485 GAME SYSTEM AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD LIM, SENG HENG — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 27, 2025
19089814 GAME PROGRESS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME PROGRESS ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND ENTERTAINMENT FACILITY GEBREMICHAEL, BRUK A — §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
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
19040160 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD BAIG, SENIYA — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19040170 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER — §101§102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2025
19037780 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HE, WEIMING — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19038319 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SITTA, GRANT — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19037875 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LE, MICHAEL — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19038178 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD HARRISON, CHANTE E — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19036877 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ANTOINE, LISA HOPE — §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 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
19005876 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD SONNERS, SCOTT E 2613 §101DP Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19005959 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19005971 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ROWLAND, STEVE — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19005940 ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ANTOINE, LISA HOPE — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 30, 2024
19002565 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD HYLINSKI, STEVEN J 3715 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18999854 SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD GALKA, LAWRENCE STEFAN — §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18999245 GAME CONTROLLER KIM, KEVIN Y — §102§103§112 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
19000202 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, METHOD, AND GAME CONTROLLER LARSEN, CARL VICTOR — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
19000163 VIBRATION CONTROL SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA, AND METHOD MYHR, JUSTIN L — §103DP 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
18966807 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E — §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18966585 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD SHAH, MILAP — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2024
18961796 METHOD, SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM WONG, JEFFREY KEITH — §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18960558 INPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS SET ZHOU, HONG 2629 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18959747 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNED IMAGE CONVERSION HSU, JONI — §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18958727 GAME SYSTEM, ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AND GAME APPARATUS CHAN, ALLEN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18958688 GAME SYSTEM, ONE OR MORE NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD, AND GAME APPARATUS DOSHER, JULIE GRACE — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18949273 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD GARNER, WERNER G — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18949246 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD D'AGOSTINO, PAUL ANTHONY — §101§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
18913929 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD PATEL, SANJIV D — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 11, 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
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
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
18826725 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD GOOD JOHNSON, MOTILEWA 2619 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18799486 COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18781844 INFORMATION-PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, SERVER, PORTALBE INFORMATION-PROCESSING TERMINAL, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD LIM, SENG HENG 3715 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18764985 SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103 Final Rejection 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 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2024
18749017 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD LIDDLE, JAY TRENT 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2024
18746710 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 18, 2024
18745524 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING GAME PROGRAM STORED THEREIN, GAME SYSTEM, AND GAME PROCESSING METHOD BIANCAMANO, ALYSSA N 3715 §101§112Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18616769 STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101§102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 26, 2024
18401987 GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM, GAME DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM ALSOMAIRY, SELWA ABDO 3715 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2024
18400828 COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CHAN, ALLEN 3715 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 29, 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
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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