Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nk Patent Law

62 pending office actions • 27 clients • 57 examiners • 44 art units • 0 of 62 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 163 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2832 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2832
+0.60σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2832
3.0
OAs to Allowance
n=1724
-0.27σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1724
851 days
Time to Allowance
n=1724
+7.5pp
Interview Lift
n=2832
25.6%
RCE Rate
n=2832
1.9%
Appeal Rate
n=2832

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

68.9%
§101 Overcome
n=238
82.1%
§102 Overcome
n=666
80.5%
§103 Overcome
n=1225
81.4%
§112 Overcome
n=840

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, Y02E
Top CPC Subclasses
17%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2832
5
Practitioners
n=2832
566.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=2832

Portfolio Summary

62
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
1
Due this week
2
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (2)

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.

28
Hard (45%)
26
Medium (42%)
8
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only8 (13%)
§101 + other7 (11%)
§103 only20 (32%)
§102 only2 (3%)
§112 only2 (3%)
Double-patenting only6 (10%)
Double-patenting + other4 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (21%)

Industry Mix

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

10
Life Sciences
16% of docket
17
Information Tech
27% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
5
Semiconductors
8% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
26% of docket
12
Business / Other
19% 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.

620 h
Manual time on pending OAs
124 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
217 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WRIGHT, BRYAN F 2 78.3% +23.8%
HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2 87.6% +16.9%
KORSAK, OLEG 2 85.5% +8.3%
DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 2 23.4% +23.9%
DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP 2 59.9% +16.4%
ISHIZUKA, YOSHIHISA 1 68.4% +19.8%
BROWN JR, HOWARD D 1 88.0% +6.7%
ULLAH, SHARIF E 1 84.6% +21.7%
JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT 1 86.8% +15.2%
WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L 1 68.7% +18.9%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18796255 CYBERSECURITY RISK ANALYSIS AND ANOMALY DETECTION USING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE EXTERNAL RECONNAISSANCE HUANG, CHENG-FENG 96d overdue
18764039 PRIVILEGE ASSURANCE USING LOGON SESSION TRACKING AND LOGGING KORSAK, OLEG 86d
19257853 AUTOMATED APPLICATION OF DRIFT CORRECTION TO SAMPLE STUDIED UNDER ELECTRON MICROSCOPE BROWN JR, HOWARD D
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
19061860 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR RELIABLE BUSINESS VENTURE OUTCOME PREDICTION JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT
19049927 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SECURITY TOOLS IN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS KORSAK, OLEG

Hard Cases (28)

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
18269973 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING DEFECATION RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 78d overdue
17491933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN ADVERTISING-ELASTICITY MODEL USING NATURAL-LANGUAGE SEARCH VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 42d 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
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
18593992 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALGORITHM CROWDSOURCING, MONETIZATION, AND EXCHANGE WRIGHT, BRYAN F 83d

Interview Candidates (12)

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
18796255 CYBERSECURITY RISK ANALYSIS AND ANOMALY DETECTION USING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE EXTERNAL RECONNAISSANCE HUANG, CHENG-FENG 96d overdue
18437238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA SET CREATION WITH CROWD-BASED REINFORCEMENT DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 8d overdue
18593992 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALGORITHM CROWDSOURCING, MONETIZATION, AND EXCHANGE WRIGHT, BRYAN F 83d
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
19096605 System and Method for Cybersecurity Threat Detection and Prevention with Discrete Event Simulation WRIGHT, BRYAN F
19096623 Cybersecurity Analysis and Protection Using Distributed Systems HUANG, CHENG-FENG
19061860 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR RELIABLE BUSINESS VENTURE OUTCOME PREDICTION JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT

Client Portfolio (27 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
24312
36242
24972
28592
21482
16172
28571
24821
26891
26271

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
19257853 AUTOMATED APPLICATION OF DRIFT CORRECTION TO SAMPLE STUDIED UNDER ELECTRON MICROSCOPE Protochips, Inc. BROWN JR, HOWARD D 2482 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 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
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
19096623 Cybersecurity Analysis and Protection Using Distributed Systems Qomplx LLC HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2431 DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 31, 2025
19061860 SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED CAPTURE AND ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS INFORMATION FOR RELIABLE BUSINESS VENTURE OUTCOME PREDICTION Qomplx LLC JAMSHIDI, GHODRAT DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
19056660 PLATFORM FOR AUTONOMOUS MANAGEMENT OF RISK TRANSFER Qomplx LLC WILLIAMS, JEFFERY L §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 18, 2025
19049927 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPARATIVE EVALUATION OF SECURITY TOOLS IN ISOLATED ENVIRONMENTS Qomplx LLC KORSAK, OLEG DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
19003081 SELECTIVELY DEPLOYABLE INDICATOR ARM APPARATUS Bus Safety Inc. TWEEL JR, JOHN ALEXANDER 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 27, 2024
18957620 DATA SET AND ALGORITHM VALIDATION, BIAS CHARACTERIZATION, AND VALUATION Qomplx LLC DIVELBISS, MATTHEW H 3624 §101 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2024
18866095 INPUT PANELS FOR PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE SENSING AND HAPTIC FEEDBACK Cambridge Touch Technologies Ltd. WATKO, JULIE ANNE 2627 §103 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
18949536 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR THE ANOMALY DETECTION 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
18846789 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A STIFFENER MATERIAL Texon Management Limited RIVERA, JOSHEL §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18796255 CYBERSECURITY RISK ANALYSIS AND ANOMALY DETECTION USING ACTIVE AND PASSIVE EXTERNAL RECONNAISSANCE Qomplx LLC HUANG, CHENG-FENG 2497 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Aug 06, 2024
18778528 MULTI-PROTOCOL INDUCTIVE CHARGER AND INDUCTIVE CHARGING RECEIVER Mojo Mobility Inc. FANTU, YALKEW 2859 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18766049 COMPILER SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF EXTENDING EQUATION-BASED MODELING TO PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE INTERMEDIATE REPRESENTATIONS Juliahub, Inc. VU, TUAN A §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 08, 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 §102§103 Final Rejection 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
18665577 AI–ENABLED TELEMATICS FOR ELECTRONIC ENTERTAINMENT, SIMULATION, TRAINING AND REMOTE OPERATIONS SYSTEMS Qomplx LLC MCCULLOCH JR, WILLIAM H 3715 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2024
18646062 MODULAR CNC SYSTEM Cn-Seamless, Inc. OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 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
18594008 EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTY REDUCTION USING SIMULATIONS, MODELS AND DATA EXCHANGE Qomplx LLC BAYOU, YONAS A 2499 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593992 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ALGORITHM CROWDSOURCING, MONETIZATION, AND EXCHANGE Qomplx LLC WRIGHT, BRYAN F 2497 §103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Mar 04, 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
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
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
18434779 PREDICTIVE LOAD BALANCING FOR A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT Qomplx LLC ALAM, HOSAIN T 2132 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2024
18425369 RESPIRATORY ASSEMBLY Snap Cpap, LLC LUARCA, MARGARET M DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 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
18502429 VEHICLE-MOUNTED EXPANSION BRACKET Zhongshan Zhaosheng Metal Products Co., Ltd. BROWN, DREW J 3617 §102 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2023
18557392 METHOD FOR STORING INTERMEDIATE FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PREPARATION OR STORAGE OF RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, INTERMEDIATE COMPOSITION FOR RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, AND PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATION National Institutes For Quantum Science And Technology BAEK, JONGHWAN NMN 1618 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 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 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2023
18228280 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING SOIL CONDITION Kannar Earth Science, Ltd. JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 31, 2023
18349909 MULTITEMPORAL DATA ANALYSIS Qomplx LLC HU, SELINA ELISA 2193 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jul 10, 2023
18269973 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INDUCING DEFECATION Dignify Therapeutics, LLC RZECZYCKI, PHILLIP MATTHEW 1625 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18340594 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATIC DIFFERENTIATION OF DISCRETE AND DISCRETE-CONTINUOUS STOCHASTIC PROGRAMS University of Basel BALDWIN, RANDALL KERN 2125 §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 23, 2023
18032745 MICROBIAL-BASED COMPOSITIONS FOR SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATION CONTROL Gusto Global, LLC AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101 Final Rejection Pending Apr 19, 2023
18248452 COMPOSITIONS FOR INDUCING URINARY VOIDING AND DEFECATION Dignify Therapeutics, LLC BOWLES, DAVID PAUL 1654 §103DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 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
17669771 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN OPTIMAL ALLOCATION OF MARKETING INVESTMENT Keen Decision Systems, Inc. AUSTIN, JAMIE H 3625 §101 Final Rejection Pending Feb 11, 2022
17575899 FASTENER AND FASTENER ASSEMBLY HAVING VIBRATIONAL RESISTANCE AND IMPROVED TORQUE TO CLAMP FORCE CORRESPONDENCE Duraforce Holdings, LLC MAGAR, DIL KUMAR 3675 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jan 14, 2022
17491823 SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COMPONENT-BASED MODELING USING TRAINED SURROGATES Juliahub, Inc. FIGUEROA, KEVIN W 2148 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 01, 2021
17491933 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN ADVERTISING-ELASTICITY MODEL USING NATURAL-LANGUAGE SEARCH Keen Decision Systems, Inc. VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA 3621 §101 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Oct 01, 2021
17363743 RISK QUANTIFICATION FOR INSURANCE PROCESS MANAGEMENT EMPLOYING AN ADVANCED DECISION PLATFORM Qomplx LLC KANAAN, TONY P 3696 §101 Non-Final OA 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
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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