Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

9 pending office actions • 8 art units • 9 examiners • 1 of 9 (11%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

9
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
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. 9 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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.

1
Hard (11%)
8
Medium (89%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (11%)
§103 only7 (78%)
§102 only1 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
33% of docket
2
Communications
22% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
44% 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.

90 h
Manual time on pending OAs
18 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
31 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MOLES, JAMES P 1 61.5% +40.3%
RINES, ROBERT D 1 38.4% +46.4%
ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 1 87.6% +3.2%
AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 1 76.2% +14.0%
WALSH, EMMETT K 1 53.1% +20.3%
MARIAM, DANIEL G 1 90.6% +10.4%
ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 1 9.6% +15.9%
LITTLE, VANCE M 1 83.5% +24.9%
SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 1 67.2% +31.3%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18677113 SAFE-DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 28d overdue
18372984 VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM LITTLE, VANCE M 2d overdue
18532538 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OVERFITTING OF LEARNED MODEL MARIAM, DANIEL G 20d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
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

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18674067 IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 111d overdue
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
18532538 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OVERFITTING OF LEARNED MODEL MARIAM, DANIEL G 20d
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

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2494 2
3625 1
3663 1
2488 1
3628 1
2675 1
3629 1
2671 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18815402 SECURITY COUNTERMEASURE SUPPORT SYSTEM MOLES, JAMES P 2494 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18809944 AGENT SYSTEM RINES, ROBERT D 3625 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Aug 20, 2024
18677113 SAFE-DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM ALHARBI, ADAM MOHAMED 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 29, 2024
18674067 IMAGE PROVIDING APPARATUS AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B 2488 §103 Final Rejection 111d overdue AI Ready May 24, 2024
18663201 DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT SYSTEM, DELIVERY PLAN SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM WALSH, EMMETT K 3628 §101 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 14, 2024
18532538 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING OVERFITTING OF LEARNED MODEL MARIAM, DANIEL G 2675 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18385935 INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18372984 VERIFICATION SYSTEM, VERIFICATION METHOD, AND VERIFICATION PROGRAM LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18202364 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M 2671 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 26, 2023

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