Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Networking & Security • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
14 pending office actions • 10 clients • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Nakanishi IP Associates, LLC is a patent law firm specializing in Chemistry & Materials. The firm has handled 601 career applications, resulting in a resolved allowance rate of 81.96 percent. Prosecution is highly efficient, averaging only 2.13 office actions per allowance.
Currently, the firm has 10 pending office actions. The 2.13 average office actions per allowance suggests a very direct path to grant, with the firm effectively overcoming examiner rejections in few cycles. This data is derived from 601 career applications in the Chemistry & Materials technology area.
The 81.96 percent allowance rate indicates a solid success rate for resolved matters. Practitioners can anticipate a streamlined prosecution process given the 2.13 average office actions per allowance. With 10 pending office actions, the firm continues to provide focused prosecution services in this technical field.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 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. 4 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 + other | 3 (21%) |
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUSSIR, EL MEHDI | 1 | 49.4% | +46.5% |
| HULL, JAMES B | 1 | 45.4% | +52.4% |
| TSVEY, GENNADIY | 1 | 60.4% | +23.6% |
| SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | 1 | 51.3% | +40.0% |
| DHILLON, PUNEET S | 1 | 80.6% | +20.2% |
| PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 1 | 72.8% | +25.3% |
| WU, JAMES | 1 | 70.7% | +33.3% |
| KERR, ELIZABETH M | 1 | 64.7% | +27.7% |
| KURILLA, ERIC J | 1 | 70.6% | +26.4% |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 1 | 78.7% | +14.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18191164 | PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED BLOCK PREPARATION DEVICE | LE, AUSTIN Q | 15d |
| 18539412 | CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 29d |
| 18091096 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS, AND CELL CULTURE JIG | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 29d |
| 18953495 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 76d |
| 19390751 | UNIFICATION TYPE DATA STRUCTURE GUARANTEEING MONOTONICITY AND CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING THE SAME | OUSSIR, EL MEHDI | — |
| 19085805 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A USER TO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME | HULL, JAMES B | — |
| 19060846 | DATA-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING DATA-COMMUNICATION | TSVEY, GENNADIY | — |
| 18605969 | FRYING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REMOVING RETAINED SEDIMENT AND CIRCULATING AND REPLENISHING FILTERED FRYING OIL | KURILLA, ERIC J | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18953495 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 76d |
| 19390751 | UNIFICATION TYPE DATA STRUCTURE GUARANTEEING MONOTONICITY AND CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING THE SAME | OUSSIR, EL MEHDI | — |
| 19085805 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A USER TO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME | HULL, JAMES B | — |
| 19060846 | DATA-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING DATA-COMMUNICATION | TSVEY, GENNADIY | — |
| 19023109 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE, CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSPECTION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING METHOD | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | — |
| 18857669 | PRESSURE ACCUMULATION-TYPE DISCHARGE PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | — |
| 18754974 | STRUCTURE BLOCKING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES | WU, JAMES | — |
| 18610573 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD | KERR, ELIZABETH M | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Cognitive Research Labs, Inc. | 4 |
| Toyo Seikan | 2 |
| Nippon Steel Texeng. Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Micware | 1 |
| Lumica Corporation | 1 |
| Toyokoh Co.,Ltd. | 1 |
| SK Japan Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| Sanwa Packing Industry Co., Ltd. | 1 |
| OPTON Co. LTD. | 1 |
| JOKOH CO., LTD. | 1 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2409 | 1 |
| 3715 | 1 |
| 2488 | 1 |
| 3754 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 3616 | 1 |
| 1699 | 1 |
| 2117 | 1 |
| 1796 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19390751 | UNIFICATION TYPE DATA STRUCTURE GUARANTEEING MONOTONICITY AND CRYPTOCURRENCY SYSTEM USING THE SAME | Cognitive Research Labs, Inc. | OUSSIR, EL MEHDI | 2409 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 17, 2025 |
| 19085805 | SYSTEM FOR ASSISTING A USER TO LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND METHOD OF DOING THE SAME | Cognitive Research Labs, Inc. | HULL, JAMES B | 3715 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19060846 | DATA-COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAKING DATA-COMMUNICATION | Cognitive Research Labs, Inc. | TSVEY, GENNADIY | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| 19023109 | FIRE EXTINGUISHING DEVICE, CHARGE/DISCHARGE INSPECTION DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND FIRE EXTINGUISHING METHOD | Nippon Steel Texeng. Co., Ltd. | SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 15, 2025 | |
| 18953495 | INFORMATION PROCESSOR AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Micware Co., Ltd. | DHILLON, PUNEET S | 2488 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 76d | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18857669 | PRESSURE ACCUMULATION-TYPE DISCHARGE PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | Lumica Corporation | PANCHOLI, VISHAL J | 3754 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 17, 2024 |
| 18754974 | STRUCTURE BLOCKING ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES | Cognitive Research Labs, Inc. | WU, JAMES | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18610573 | LASER PROCESSING METHOD | Toyokoh Co.,Ltd. | KERR, ELIZABETH M | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2024 | |
| 18605969 | FRYING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REMOVING RETAINED SEDIMENT AND CIRCULATING AND REPLENISHING FILTERED FRYING OIL | SK Japan Co., Ltd. | KURILLA, ERIC J | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 15, 2024 | |
| 18581600 | SHOCK ABSORBER AND METAL COVER | Sanwa Packing Industry Co., Ltd. | WILLIAMS, THOMAS J | 3616 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 20, 2024 |
| 18392380 | CELL CULTURE METHOD, CELL CULTURE KIT, AND CELL CULTURE SYSTEM | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | UNDERDAHL, THANE E | 1699 | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 21, 2023 |
| 18539412 | CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION APPARATUS, CONTROL PROGRAM GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Opton Co. Ltd. | KOSSEK, MAGDALENA IZABELLA | 2117 | §101§103Other | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18191164 | PARAFFIN-EMBEDDED BLOCK PREPARATION DEVICE | Jokoh Co., Ltd. | LE, AUSTIN Q | 1796 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 15d | Pending | Mar 28, 2023 |
| 18091096 | CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE VESSEL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELLS, CELL CULTURE APPARATUS, AND CELL CULTURE JIG | Toyo Seikan Group Holdings, Ltd. | MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER | 1798 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Dec 29, 2022 |
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