Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nicholson De Vos Webster & Elliott LLP

15 pending office actions • 5 clients • 15 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=1208 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.3%
Allowance Rate
n=1208
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1208
3.8
OAs to Allowance
n=877
+0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=877
970 days
Time to Allowance
n=877
+3.3pp
Interview Lift
n=1208
45.2%
RCE Rate
n=1208
1.1%
Appeal Rate
n=1208

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

92.3%
§101 Overcome
n=233
92.7%
§102 Overcome
n=219
91.9%
§103 Overcome
n=516
94.7%
§112 Overcome
n=245

Specialization & Scale

H04L, G06F, H04W
Top CPC Subclasses
54%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1208
16
Practitioners
n=1208
75.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=1208

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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.

6
Hard (40%)
9
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (7%)
§101 + other1 (7%)
§103 only9 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)4 (27%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
27% of docket
1
Communications
7% of docket
1
Semiconductors
7% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
13% of docket
7
Business / Other
47% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N 1 43.8% +23.6%
CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 1 48.4% +20.8%
FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 1 86.1% +12.8%
OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK 1 69.5% +14.6%
MUSA, ABDELNABI O 1 84.1% +20.8%
YANG, HAN 1 92.2% +11.5%
PARK, CHONGSUH 1 59.8% +18.2%
CHIN, MICHELLE 1 85.5% +11.2%
SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL 1 88.6% +3.2%
KIM, YEWON 1 88.0% +11.5%

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
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES MUSA, ABDELNABI O
18771939 SECURE IMAGE DISPLAY BASED ON VANTAGE POINT OF VIEWER CHIN, MICHELLE
18767775 NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18790789 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IOT DEVICE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY USING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE TYPES YANG, HAN 22d
18439681 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS CIVAN, ETHAN D 22d
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
18791236 BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) OCCUPYING MULTIPLE SUBCHANNELS PARK, CHONGSUH
18753864 AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) FORMAT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS KIM, YEWON

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18790789 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IOT DEVICE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY USING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE TYPES YANG, HAN 22d
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N
19203074 DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY SYSTEM WITH ON-CHAIN ASSET-BASED OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL CASTILHO, EDUARDO D
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B
18886794 MULTI-ACCESS POINT (MULTI-AP) JOINT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES MUSA, ABDELNABI O
18791236 BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) OCCUPYING MULTIPLE SUBCHANNELS PARK, CHONGSUH
18771939 SECURE IMAGE DISPLAY BASED ON VANTAGE POINT OF VIEWER CHIN, MICHELLE

Client Portfolio (5 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NEWRACOM, Inc. 8
Afero 4
3Dns, Inc. 1
ChargePoint 1
Numéraire Financial, Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36981
28581
24931
26141
24611
24641
36881
24971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19221359 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) CAMERA SECURITY Afero, Inc. LANGHNOJA, KUNAL N §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19203074 DOMAIN NAME REGISTRY SYSTEM WITH ON-CHAIN ASSET-BASED OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL 3Dns, Inc. CASTILHO, EDUARDO D 3698 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 08, 2025
19033114 INTEGRATED METER IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SUPPLY EQUIPMENT (EVSE) Chargepoint, Inc. FREDERIKSEN, DAVID B 2858 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 21, 2025
18886794 MULTI-ACCESS POINT (MULTI-AP) JOINT TRANSMISSION IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Newracom, Inc. OH, ANDREW CHUNG SUK §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18818391 LOW LATENCY RELAY TRANSMISSIONS WITH SIMULTANEOUS TRANSMIT AND RECEIVE MULTI-LINK DEVICES Newracom, Inc. MUSA, ABDELNABI O §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18790789 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENHANCED IOT DEVICE SECURITY AND RELIABILITY USING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACE TYPES Afero, Inc. YANG, HAN 2493 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 31, 2024
18791236 BLOCK ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) OCCUPYING MULTIPLE SUBCHANNELS Newracom, Inc. PARK, CHONGSUH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18771939 SECURE IMAGE DISPLAY BASED ON VANTAGE POINT OF VIEWER Numéraire Financial, Inc. CHIN, MICHELLE 2614 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18767775 NON-PRIMARY CHANNEL ACCESS IN WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. SAMPAT, RUSHIL PARIMAL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 09, 2024
18753864 AGGREGATED PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT (A-PPDU) FORMAT FOR WIRELESS NETWORKS Newracom, Inc. KIM, YEWON §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18731096 POWER SAVE PROTOCOL FOR LOW POWER DEVICE EXPLOITING WAKEUP SIGNAL RECEIVER Newracom, Inc. MIAN, OMER S §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 31, 2024
18676268 EFFICIENT RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND UTILIZATION IN COORDINATED-TDMA TRANSMISSION Newracom, Inc. BAIG, ADNAN 2461 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2024
18632828 TRANSMITTING DIFFERENTIAL PHYSIAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNITS (PPDUS) TO ALLOW LOW LATENCY TRANSMISSION Newracom, Inc. NG, CHRISTINE Y 2464 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 11, 2024
18439681 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED PRODUCT IDENTIFICATION AND INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) DEVICE RECOMMENDATIONS Afero, Inc. CIVAN, ETHAN D 3688 §101§103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18083377 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SECURING SENSITIVE CUSTOMER INFORMATION AND DATA Afero, Inc. SHIFERAW, ELENI A 2497 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 16, 2022

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