Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Nk Patent Law

Technology area: Computing & Software

63 pending office actions • 25 clients • 59 examiners • 39 art units • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 162 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

NK Patent Law operates in the Computing & Software technology area. The firm has managed 2877 career applications and currently oversees 51 pending office actions. These figures indicate the firm's historical experience and its current level of engagement with the USPTO. This data provides a baseline for understanding the firm's presence in this sector.

The firm's resolved allowance rate is 89.05. On average, the firm receives 3.0 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use this average to estimate the frequency of examiner interactions required to reach a grant for applications in this portfolio. These metrics offer an overview of the firm's prosecution results.

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

Quality Metrics (n=2877 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.0%
Allowance Rate
n=2877
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2877
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1749
-0.26σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1749
854 days
Time to Allowance
n=1749
+7.1pp
Interview Lift
n=2877
25.5%
RCE Rate
n=2877
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2877

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.7%
§101 Overcome
n=243
80.9%
§102 Overcome
n=680
80.4%
§103 Overcome
n=1239
81.3%
§112 Overcome
n=849

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2877
5
Practitioners
n=2877
575.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=2877

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
43
Non-Final OAs
20
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (2)Due later (1)

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.

38
Hard (60%)
19
Medium (30%)
6
Easy (10%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only8 (13%)
§101 + other11 (17%)
§103 only17 (27%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only4 (6%)
Double-patenting + other2 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)19 (30%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
16% of docket
15
Information Tech
24% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
6
Semiconductors
10% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
21% of docket
17
Business / Other
27% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2 87.8% +16.1%
DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 2 24.0% +25.2%
VUONG, CAO DANG 2 69.8% +23.2%
BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 2 62.8% +22.5%
ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 1 68.8% +19.5%
ULLAH, SHARIF E 1 84.7% +21.5%
WRIGHT, BRYAN F 1 78.2% +24.1%
STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN 1 53.3% +43.1%
RENWICK, REGINALD A 1 70.3% +9.8%
KESSIE, DANIEL 1 62.2% +24.1%

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
19185166 Event-Triggered Reauthentication of At-Risk and Compromised Systems and Accounts ULLAH, SHARIF E —
19096623 Cybersecurity Analysis and Protection Using Distributed Systems HUANG, CHENG-FENG —
19006152 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SECURITY IMPROVEMENT HUANG, CHENG-FENG —

Hard Cases (38)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18866095 INPUT PANELS FOR PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSING AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK WATKO, JULIE ANNE 17d overdue
18731339 ADVANCED MODEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR OPTIMIZING AND SECURING AI SYSTEMS INCLUDING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 9d overdue
18437238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SET CREATION WITH CROWD-BASED REINFORCEMENT DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 8d overdue
18168165 LOW DUST SEED FLOW LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 3d overdue
18656612 COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR NEURO-SYMBOLIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 7d
18433523 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATED PERSONALIZED CONTROL OF BUILDING SYSTEMS SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 12d
17363743 RISK QUANTIFICATION FOR INSURANCE PROCESS MANAGEMENT EMPLOYING AN ADVANCED DECISION PLATFORM KANAAN, TONY P 56d
19096605 System and Method for Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Prevention with Discrete Event Simulation WRIGHT, BRYAN F —

Interview Candidates (13)

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
19008238 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO BALANCE SOLAR PANELS IN A MULTI-PANEL SYSTEM KESSIE, DANIEL 88d overdue
18731339 ADVANCED MODEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR OPTIMIZING AND SECURING AI SYSTEMS INCLUDING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 9d overdue
18437238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SET CREATION WITH CROWD-BASED REINFORCEMENT DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 8d overdue
18656612 COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR NEURO-SYMBOLIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 7d
18597946 AUTOMATED VISUAL INFORMATION CONTEXT AND MEANING COMPREHENSION SYSTEM VUONG, CAO DANG 28d
19275086 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LOCATING AND TRACKING OBJECTS ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA —
19185166 Event-Triggered Reauthentication of At-Risk and Compromised Systems and Accounts ULLAH, SHARIF E —
19096623 Cybersecurity Analysis and Protection Using Distributed Systems HUANG, CHENG-FENG —

Client Portfolio (25 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21483
24312
36242
28592
21532
16172
28571
37151
28361
24971

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19275086 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR LOCATING AND TRACKING OBJECTS Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 2857 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 21, 2025
19185166 Event-Triggered Reauthentication of At-Risk and Compromised Systems and Accounts Qomplx LLC ULLAH, SHARIF E DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19096623 Cybersecurity Analysis and Protection Using Distributed Systems Qomplx LLC HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2431 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2025
19096605 System and Method for Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Prevention with Discrete Event Simulation Qomplx LLC WRIGHT, BRYAN F 2431 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 31, 2025
19090889 WEARABLE BIOSIGNAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALIZED THERAPEUTIC FEEDBACK Impulse Wellness LLC STUMPFOLL, DANA LYNN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2025
19031919 SPORTS BETTING AND GAMING PLATFORM WITH INTEGRATED AI-BASED FRAUD DETECTION Qomplx LLC RENWICK, REGINALD A 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 18, 2025
19008238 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO BALANCE SOLAR PANELS IN A MULTI-PANEL SYSTEM Tigo Energy Innovations LLC KESSIE, DANIEL 2836 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jan 02, 2025
19006152 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NETWORK SECURITY IMPROVEMENT Qomplx LLC HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2497 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 30, 2024
18876687 BASS LOUDSPEAKER Pss Belgium NV DANG, JULIE X 2692 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18961850 A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING USED BOAT INVENTORY AND DISPLAYING INVENTORY METRICS ON A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) Off The Hook Yacht Sales Nc, LLC FEACHER, LORENA R 3625 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18957620 DATA SET AND ALGORITHM VALIDATION, BIAS CHARACTERIZATION, AND VALUATION Qomplx LLC DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18955240 CONTEXTUALLY AWARE CHARGING OF MOBILE DEVICES Mojo Mobility Inc. MILLER, DANIEL R §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2024
18866095 INPUT PANELS FOR PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSING AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. WATKO, JULIE ANNE 2627 §103§112 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2024
18949433 METHOD FOR EVALUATING DATA OF A PRINTING MACHINE Manroland Goss Web Systems GmbH DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 15, 2024
18909960 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AI-DRIVEN MULTI-MODAL CONTENT GENERATION AND IMMERSIVE INTERACTION EXPERIENCES Qomplx LLC ANTOINE, LISA HOPE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 09, 2024
18906075 DIGITAL FLATBED CUTTERS Vivid Laminating Technologies Ltd. CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 03, 2024
18903065 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR HOME BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING Iotecha Corp. CIRNU, ALEXANDRU §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 01, 2024
18846789 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STIFFENER MATERIAL Texon Management Limited RIVERA, JOSHEL §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18809270 ADAPTIVE CONTROL AND ANAYSIS SYSTEM FOR SPIRITS PRODUCTION Qomplx LLC MUSSELMAN, TIMOTHY A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18800532 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR HOME BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) CHARGING Iotecha Corp. AJIBADE AKONAI, OLUMIDE §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18778444 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVELY MANAGING IMAGE AND METADATA FROM TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (TEM) SESSIONS AT MULTIPLE TEMPORAL OR SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS Protochips, Inc. SMITH, DAVID E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18778528 MULTI-PROTOCOL INDUCTIVE CHARGER AND INDUCTIVE CHARGING RECEIVER Mojo Mobility Inc. FANTU, YALKEW 2859 DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18774891 HIGH-PERFORMANCE, DYNAMICALLY SPECIFIABLE KNOWLEDGE GRAPH SYSTEM AND METHODS Qomplx LLC VUONG, CAO DANG 2153 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2024
18728721 Fixing device and method for fixing a belt connector to a belt band end of a transport belt Mato GmbH & Co. Kg BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18767160 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SEED FLOWABILITY AND ENHANCING PLANT GROWTH Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. YU, HONG 1614 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18764039 PRIVILEGE ASSURANCE USING LOGON SESSION TRACKING AND LOGGING Qomplx LLC KORSAK, OLEG 2492 §102§103DP Final Rejection 86d Pending Jul 03, 2024
18733830 PLATFORM FOR INTEGRATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS UTILIZING MARKETPLACES AND CROWD AND EXPERT JUDGMENT AND KNOWLEDGE CORPORA Qomplx LLC EL-CHANTI, KARMA AHMAD 3629 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 04, 2024
18731339 ADVANCED MODEL MANAGEMENT PLATFORM FOR OPTIMIZING AND SECURING AI SYSTEMS INCLUDING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Qomplx LLC BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 2148 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2024
18679386 COLLABORATIVE GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONTENT IDENTIFICATION AND VERIFICATION Qomplx LLC HALM, KWEKU WILLIAM 2166 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2024
18675499 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARGING A BATTERY USING LOCAL POWER GRID TOPOLOGY INFORMATION Iotecha Corp. HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18668139 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CROSS PLATFORM ENGAGEMENT ORIENTED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENHANCED PROGRAMMING Qomplx LLC ULRICH, NICHOLAS S 2179 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending May 18, 2024
18656612 COMPUTING PLATFORM FOR NEURO-SYMBOLIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLICATIONS Qomplx LLC BEJCEK II, ROBERT H 2148 §101§103 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 07, 2024
18635587 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEM FOR TESTING A PAVEMENT MATERIAL SAMPLE Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. FITZGERALD, JOHN P 2855 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2024
18602042 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNIVERSAL COMPUTER ASSET NORMALIZATION AND CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT Qomplx LLC LEE, ADAM §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2024
18597946 AUTOMATED VISUAL INFORMATION CONTEXT AND MEANING COMPREHENSION SYSTEM Qomplx LLC VUONG, CAO DANG 2153 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Mar 07, 2024
18593085 Magnetic Fastening System For Fastening An Article To A Heating Hose, And A Corresponding Heating Hose Robatech AG LU, HAOTIAN §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18593169 Application System Comprising A Connection Piece With A Filter Insert Arranged Therein And A Heating Hose Having Such A Connection Piece Robatech AG RAIMUND, CHRISTOPHER W §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18437238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SET CREATION WITH CROWD-BASED REINFORCEMENT Qomplx LLC DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2024
18433523 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATED PERSONALIZED CONTROL OF BUILDING SYSTEMS Research Triangle Institute SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 2117 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18425369 RESPIRATORY ASSEMBLY Snap Cpap, LLC LUARCA, MARGARET M DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 29, 2024
18424281 AUTOMATED SURROGATE TRAINING PERFORMANCE BY INCORPORATING SIMULATOR INFORMATION Juliahub, Inc. GARNER, CASEY R §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18407767 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING ENERGY CONSUMPTION USING GAMIFICATION Iotecha Corp. SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18404109 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR SURFACE DISINFECTION Berkshire Corporation HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 04, 2024
18517550 Steerable Antenna Device Massively Broadband LLC SERAYDARYAN, HELENA H 3648 §103 Final Rejection 25d overdue Pending Nov 22, 2023
18481329 METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR REMOTELY OPERATING A DEVICE IN REAL TIME OR NEAR REAL TIME Paint By Motors, Llc. SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 1717 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18367513 RATIONAL DESIGN OF MICROBIAL-BASED BIOTHERAPEUTICS Gusto Global, LLC DICKENS, AMELIA NICOLE 1645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18463654 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WELLNESS-ENABLED MULTI-RESIDENT COMMUNITY Archetype Wellness LLC BARTLEY, KENNETH 3684 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2023
18228280 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SOIL CONDITION Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18356625 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING FLOWABILITY OF SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. NGUYEN, CAM N 1736 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 21, 2023
18349909 MULTITEMPORAL DATA ANALYSIS Qomplx LLC HU, SELINA ELISA 2193 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 10, 2023
18136654 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ACCELERATING QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS PHARMACOLOGY (QSP) MODELS Juliahub, Inc. LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 19, 2023
18032745 MICROBIAL-BASED COMPOSITIONS FOR SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION CONTROL Gusto Global, LLC AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 19, 2023
18186605 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MIDSERVER INTEGRATION AND TRANSFORMATION OF TELEMETRY FOR CLOUD - BASED SERVICES Qomplx LLC CHEN, WUJI 2449 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18168165 LOW DUST SEED FLOW LUBRICANT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. SILVA RAINBOW, HEATHER ELISE 1731 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2023
18163977 BIOINSECTICIDE Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. JOHNSON, DANIELLE D 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
18159155 SELECTIVELY ACCESSIBLE MOUTH CLOSURE MASK Snap Cpap, LLC HUSSAIN, MISHAL ZAHRA 3785 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 25, 2023
17722002 REDUCED PATHLENGTH FLOW CELL FOR INLINE SAMPLE CHARACTERIZATION IN MODULAR FLUOROPOLYMER TUBING MICROFLUIDICS North Carolina State University CHIU, MAY LEUNG 1758 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 15, 2022
17491823 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMPONENT-BASED MODELING USING TRAINED SURROGATES Juliahub, Inc. FIGUEROA, KEVIN W 2148 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 01, 2021
17363743 RISK QUANTIFICATION FOR INSURANCE PROCESS MANAGEMENT EMPLOYING AN ADVANCED DECISION PLATFORM Qomplx LLC KANAAN, TONY P 3696 §101 Final Rejection 56d Pending Jun 30, 2021
17334990 PARALLEL DECOMPOSITION AND RESTORATION OF DATA CHUNKS Qomplx LLC TONG, JUSTIN CHE-CHUN 2196 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 2021
17236266 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR DETERMINING MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES Research Triangle Institute FEDORKY, MEGAN TAYLOR 3796 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 21, 2021
17162048 Heated Hose For Delivering A Liquid Adhesive Robatech AG PAIK, SANG YEOP 3761 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jan 29, 2021
15485174 MEASUREMENT DEVICE INCORPORATING A COMPUTER DEVICE Troxler Electronic Laboratories, Inc. MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 80d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2017

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