Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. has 6 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 6 examiners across 5 art units, indicating broad examiner separation within a compact portfolio.

ELCHANTI, ZEINA is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The assignment pattern favors centralized deadline monitoring and individualized response planning for each examination record.

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

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Due ≤ 30 days (3)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.

6
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (17%)
§101 + other2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
1
Communications
17% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ELCHANTI, ZEINA 1 64.5% +24.9%
MOLES, JAMES P 1 66.7% +28.6%
RINES, ROBERT D 1 38.8% +47.4%
WALSH, EMMETT K 1 52.5% +20.1%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.4% +15.7%
SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 1 67.3% +29.7%

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
18815402 SECURITY COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT SYSTEM MOLES, JAMES P 9d
18202364 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 14d
18663201 DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WALSH, EMMETT K 22d
18809944 AGENT SYSTEM RINES, ROBERT D 41d
18385935 INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 56d
19461011 TRANSPORTATION TICKETING SYSTEM ELCHANTI, ZEINA —

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18815402 SECURITY COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT SYSTEM MOLES, JAMES P 9d
18202364 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 14d
18663201 DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WALSH, EMMETT K 22d
18809944 AGENT SYSTEM RINES, ROBERT D 41d
18385935 INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 56d
19461011 TRANSPORTATION TICKETING SYSTEM ELCHANTI, ZEINA —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3628 1
2494 1
3625 1
3626 1
3629 1
2671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19461011 TRANSPORTATION TICKETING SYSTEM ELCHANTI, ZEINA 3628 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2026
18815402 SECURITY COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT SYSTEM MOLES, JAMES P 2494 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18809944 AGENT SYSTEM RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18663201 DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WALSH, EMMETT K 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 22d Pending May 14, 2024
18385935 INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §101§102§103§112 Final Rejection 56d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18202364 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 2671 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 26, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. have?

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. applications?

Zeina Elchanti has the most, with 1 of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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