Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These 6 pending office actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners, which indicates that each active case is being evaluated by a different individual. This distribution means that the company prosecution experience is not concentrated under 1 official.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is ELCHANTI, ZEINA, who is responsible for 1 pending office action. Since the total of 6 pending office actions is spread across 6 distinct examiners, ELCHANTI, ZEINA handles a portion of the workload that is equal to the other examiners involved. This creates a decentralized prosecution environment where the company must address the specific feedback of 6 different people.
The involvement of 4 distinct art units means that the technical review is conducted across different specialized groups at the patent office. With 6 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, the company must navigate various procedural preferences and technical standards. The company must tailor its responses to the specific requirements of the 4 distinct art units involved in the prosecution of these cases.
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.
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.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (17%) |
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (50%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELCHANTI, ZEINA | 1 | 64.3% | +25.0% |
| MOLES, JAMES P | 1 | 66.7% | +28.6% |
| WALSH, EMMETT K | 1 | 52.7% | +20.3% |
| ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 1 | 9.5% | +15.8% |
| LITTLE, VANCE M | 1 | 83.9% | +24.4% |
| SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 1 | 67.5% | +30.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372984 | VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM | LITTLE, VANCE M | 2d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18385935 | INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 56d |
| 19461011 | TRANSPORTATION TICKETING SYSTEM | ELCHANTI, ZEINA | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18372984 | VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM | LITTLE, VANCE M | 2d overdue |
| 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 |
| 18385935 | INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM | ARAQUE JR, GERARDO | 56d |
| 19461011 | TRANSPORTATION TICKETING SYSTEM | ELCHANTI, ZEINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3628 | 2 |
| 2494 | 2 |
| 3629 | 1 |
| 2671 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 18663201 | DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | WALSH, EMMETT K | 3628 | §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 |
| 18372984 | VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM | LITTLE, VANCE M | 2494 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 26, 2023 |
| 18202364 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M | 2671 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
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