Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

NIPRO Corporation

17 pending office actions • 10 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 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.

6
Hard (35%)
9
Medium (53%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (6%)
§103 only9 (53%)
§112 only2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

8
Life Sciences
47% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
41% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 2 47.4% +57.8%
KIM, ERIN ASA 1 72.2% +30.7%
KOO, BENJAMIN K 1 57.1% +49.7%
SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1 57.4% +36.7%
PEO, JONATHAN M 1 48.2% +48.1%
FREHE, WILLIAM R 1 60.1% +41.8%
ZHANG, TINA 1 56.5% +44.3%
JOHNSON, KARA D 1 69.1% +24.6%
FISHER, BRITTANY I 1 84.3% +12.5%
WEARE, MEREDITH H 1 50.1% +31.6%

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17921686 GUIDE WIRE NGUYEN, HUONG Q 44d overdue
18705313 MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE KOO, BENJAMIN K
18580522 MATERIAL DETECTION METHOD USING AMINOACYLASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE
18550494 GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER FREHE, WILLIAM R
18139694 SYNAPSE FORMATION AGENT JOHNSON, KARA D
18031417 Pipette Tool and Kit Used in Centrifugation FISHER, BRITTANY I

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
18272222 SPRAYER ZHANG, TINA 16d overdue
18562529 LIQUID STORAGE RESERVOIR PEO, JONATHAN M 8d overdue
18020474 Guide Wire and Method for Manufacturing Living Body Sensor WEARE, MEREDITH H 5d overdue
18850268 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOOD VESSEL NEEDLE DISLODGMENT DETECTION KIM, ERIN ASA
18705313 MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE KOO, BENJAMIN K
18580522 MATERIAL DETECTION METHOD USING AMINOACYLASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE
18550494 GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER FREHE, WILLIAM R
18139694 SYNAPSE FORMATION AGENT JOHNSON, KARA D

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3783 4
1632 2
3791 2
1759 1
1779 1
3785 1
1796 1
1634 1
1677 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18850268 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOOD VESSEL NEEDLE DISLODGMENT DETECTION KIM, ERIN ASA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18705313 MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEDICAL HOLLOW NEEDLE KOO, BENJAMIN K §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18580522 MATERIAL DETECTION METHOD USING AMINOACYLASE SWIFT, CANDICE LEE 1759 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18562529 LIQUID STORAGE RESERVOIR PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18550494 GUIDE EXTENSION CATHETER FREHE, WILLIAM R 3783 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 14, 2023
18272222 SPRAYER ZHANG, TINA 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18139694 SYNAPSE FORMATION AGENT JOHNSON, KARA D 1632 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2023
18031417 Pipette Tool and Kit Used in Centrifugation FISHER, BRITTANY I 1796 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 12, 2023
18020474 Guide Wire and Method for Manufacturing Living Body Sensor WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
17921686 GUIDE WIRE NGUYEN, HUONG Q 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Oct 27, 2022
17916075 INDWELLING NEEDLE RODRIGUEZ, CRIS LOIREN 3783 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 30, 2022
17789314 Method for Producing Serum for Culturing Mammalian Cells RIGA, MICHAEL ANGELO 1634 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2022
17764931 TAU PROTEIN DETECTION METHOD USING BLOOD SAMPLE AS TEST SPECIMEN EVANS, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 1677 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 29, 2022
17638959 SUPPORT CATHETER AND TUBE GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2022
17628996 DRUG SOLUTION INJECTION CONTROLLER GONZALEZ, LEI NMN 3783 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 21, 2022
17625585 Multilayer Culture Vessel HENKEL, DANIELLE B 1799 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2022
17429215 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING IN-STENT RESTENOSIS REGLAS, GILLIAN CHELSEA 1632 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 06, 2021

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