Technology area: Communications
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nxtwash LLC currently manages 1 pending office action within the Communications technology area. This single action is being handled by 1 distinct examiner, Michael Kim Maiden. The concentration of the portfolio is further evidenced by the presence of only 1 distinct art unit. Michael Kim Maiden is the busiest examiner for the company, responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Because the number of pending office actions matches the number of distinct examiners, the workload is currently distributed at a fixed ratio.
This suggests a narrow prosecution front where outcomes depend entirely on the interactions within a single art unit. Practitioners should prioritize a direct dialogue with the assigned examiner, as there are no other pending office actions to provide a broader view of how the USPTO might interpret the company's Communications claims. The absence of multiple distinct art units or examiners means that the legal strategy does not need to account for conflicting examiner styles. Instead, the focus can remain on the specific prior art and technical arguments relevant to this 1 distinct examiner. This centralized prosecution can lead to an efficient path to allowance if the practitioner can successfully address the concerns raised in the 1 busiest examiner pending action.
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 |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM | 1 | 91.1% | +11.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885678 | VEHICLE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18885678 | VEHICLE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2665 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18885678 | VEHICLE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MAIDEN, MICHAEL KIM | 2665 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 15, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNxtwash LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Michael Kim Maiden has the most, with 1 of Nxtwash LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
