Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nissen Patent Law

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

5 pending office actions • 4 clients • 5 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 11 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Nissen Patent Law has 5 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems and 178 career applications. The profile reflects a limited active workload and a focused historical application record.

The resolved allowance rate is 89.15%, and the average office actions per allowance is 3.25. Resolved matters reached allowance in most of the record, while allowed matters generally required repeated examination responses.

Practitioners should review how transportation and mechanical claims were narrowed or supported during prosecution. The current matters should be assessed independently, with attention to whether the outstanding issues concern structure, operation, or prior-art distinctions.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=178 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.2%
Allowance Rate
n=178
+0.57σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=178
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=115
-0.15σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=115
1004 days
Time to Allowance
n=115
+7.6pp
Interview Lift
n=178
29.5%
RCE Rate
n=178
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=178

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

—
§101 Overcome
n=12 (min 20)
78.8%
§102 Overcome
n=80
81.2%
§103 Overcome
n=101
80.0%
§112 Overcome
n=70

Specialization & Scale

E21B, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=178
1
Practitioners
n=178
178.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=178

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
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.

3
Hard (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M 1 60.4% +33.0%
KUMAR, RAKESH 1 57.2% +28.2%
MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1 100.0% +0.0%
DONG, LIANG 1 53.2% +32.7%
LUSK, AUDREY L 1 68.9% +23.2%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18675069 Nanostructured high-performance thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes and methods of manufacture MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO —

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION DONG, LIANG 45d overdue
18957422 PORTABLE PIPE-THAWING DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M —
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE LUSK, AUDREY L —

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
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION DONG, LIANG 45d overdue
18957422 PORTABLE PIPE-THAWING DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M —
18927643 MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE KUMAR, RAKESH —
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE LUSK, AUDREY L —

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
1360625 B.C. LTD. 2
2662944 Alberta Ltd. 1
Greenvi Corp. 1
Gecco Inc. 1

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37531
36511
17721
37241
36711

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18957422 PORTABLE PIPE-THAWING DEVICES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE 2662944 Alberta Ltd. SCHNEIDER, CRAIG M 3753 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18927643 MEDICAL CARTRIDGE DISPENSERS, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE 1360625 B.C. Ltd. KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18675069 Nanostructured high-performance thin film composite reverse osmosis membranes and methods of manufacture Greenvi Corp. MENDOZA, WILSON GALLARDO 1772 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 27, 2024
18639774 ARTICULATING PAPER DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS OF USE AND INSTALLATION 1360625 B.C. Ltd. DONG, LIANG 3724 §103§112 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Apr 18, 2024
18369840 THREE-POINT HITCH ADAPTERS, ATTACHMENTS, BALE WRAP ROLLING ASSEMBLIES, AND RELATED METHODS OF USE Gecco Inc. LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nissen Patent Law's patent allowance rate?

89.2% of resolved applications prosecuted by Nissen Patent Law were allowed, across 178 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Nissen Patent Law average before allowance?

3.25 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Nissen Patent Law have?

5 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 4 clients, before 5 examiners in 5 art units.

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