Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nuctech Company Limited

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 16 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

2
Hard (50%)
2
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (25%)
§103 only2 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
25% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
50% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MALEVIC, DJURA 1 78.1% +10.5%
PATEL, SHARDUL D 1 87.4% +12.4%
LOWE, MICHAEL S 1 66.8% +19.9%
LEE, SHUN K 1 41.8% +15.4%

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
18877898 AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION METHOD OF INSPECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PATEL, SHARDUL D
18725700 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT LOWE, MICHAEL S

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18879690 AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING INSPECTION REGION MALEVIC, DJURA
18877898 AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION METHOD OF INSPECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PATEL, SHARDUL D
18725700 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT LOWE, MICHAEL S
18715229 SECURITY INSPECTION DEVICE, SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND SECURITY INSPECTION METHOD LEE, SHUN K

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3664 1
3652 1
2884 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18879690 AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING INSPECTION REGION MALEVIC, DJURA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 27, 2024
18877898 AUTONOMOUS INSPECTION METHOD OF INSPECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PATEL, SHARDUL D 3664 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2024
18725700 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT LOWE, MICHAEL S 3652 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18715229 SECURITY INSPECTION DEVICE, SECURITY INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND SECURITY INSPECTION METHOD LEE, SHUN K 2884 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2024

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