Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Nod Law Pc

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

18 pending office actions • 14 clients • 17 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

NOD Law PC works in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems with 17 pending office actions and 1595 career applications. Its resolved allowance rate is 91.39%, indicating that resolved matters have been allowed at a strong rate. The pending-action inventory is limited when considered alongside the size of the recorded application portfolio, giving practitioners context for current docket activity.

The average of 2.59 office actions per allowance suggests that many matters reach allowance after fewer examination exchanges than a process requiring more extensive prosecution. This measure does not replace claim-level review, but it helps frame expected response activity. Applicants can use the combination of the allowance rate and action average to balance outcome expectations with likely prosecution workload.

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

Quality Metrics (n=1595 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

91.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1595
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1595
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=998
-0.54σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=998
923 days
Time to Allowance
n=998
+6.5pp
Interview Lift
n=1595
21.4%
RCE Rate
n=1595
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=1595

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

75.4%
§101 Overcome
n=126
82.6%
§102 Overcome
n=374
83.0%
§103 Overcome
n=534
85.8%
§112 Overcome
n=422

Specialization & Scale

F41A, H01J, G06F
Top CPC Subclasses
13%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1595
1
Practitioners
n=1595
1595.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1595

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
11
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

9
Hard (50%)
7
Medium (39%)
1
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (11%)
§103 only5 (28%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (39%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
22% of docket
1
Information Tech
6% of docket
1
Communications
6% of docket
2
Semiconductors
11% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
2
Business / Other
11% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
GILBERT, WILLIAM V 2 58.0% +25.8%
CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 1 69.7% +18.6%
KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 1 40.8% +20.5%
PATEL, BRIJESH V 1 64.8% +40.3%
NGUYEN, JOSEPH KHANH 1 — —
WEISBERG, AMY REGINA 1 52.7% +25.8%
KENERLY, TERRANCE L 1 73.8% +15.2%
GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 1 67.0% +28.4%
SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 1 86.3% +20.6%
GRAY, PAUL J 1 78.5% +10.7%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18563005 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 12d
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT DAVIS, SHARON M 56d
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD —
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM PATEL, BRIJESH V —
18886799 VEHICLE BODY, VEHICLE INTERIOR FITTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE WEISBERG, AMY REGINA —
18791033 BASIC BODY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR KENERLY, TERRANCE L —
18727609 FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S —
18665831 NESTLED HOSE GRAY, PAUL J —

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18759099 SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTING PLATFORMS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMPARING NON-ADJACENT DATA SUBSETS SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 337d overdue
18797099 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE GILBERT, WILLIAM V 70d
19309836 FIREARM BIPOD CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE —
19035334 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE GILBERT, WILLIAM V —
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD —
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM PATEL, BRIJESH V —
18886799 VEHICLE BODY, VEHICLE INTERIOR FITTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE WEISBERG, AMY REGINA —
18791033 BASIC BODY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR KENERLY, TERRANCE L —

Client Portfolio (14 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36412
39932
36241
37361
26461
36121
28341
21661
37531
36461

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19309836 FIREARM BIPOD Magpul Industries Corp. CLEMENT, MICHELLE RENEE 3641 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 26, 2025
19035334 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Magpul Industries Corp. GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2025
18984092 AUTOMATED WORKFLOW PLATFORM FOR DATA COLLECTION, ANALYSIS, REPORTING, AUDITING, AND CERTIFICATION PROCESSES Parlytix, Inc. KOESTER, MICHAEL RICHARD 3624 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18961243 STORAGE CASE ORGANIZATIONAL SYSTEM Magpul Industries Corp. PATEL, BRIJESH V 3736 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18957350 DEEP NETWORK SLICING WITH VIRTUALIZED PROGRAMMABLE DATA-PLANE PIPELINES Equinix Inc. NGUYEN, JOSEPH KHANH 2646 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 22, 2024
18886799 VEHICLE BODY, VEHICLE INTERIOR FITTING AND MOTOR VEHICLE Snoeks Automotive B.V. WEISBERG, AMY REGINA 3612 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18797099 AMMUNITION MAGAZINE Magpul Industries Corp. GILBERT, WILLIAM V 3993 §112Other Final Rejection 70d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18791033 BASIC BODY FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR Metabowerke GmbH KENERLY, TERRANCE L 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18727609 FIREARM MAGAZINE WITH ROUND COUNTER Magpul Industries Corp. GOMBERG, BENJAMIN S 3641 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18759099 SYSTEMS, METHODS, COMPUTING PLATFORMS, AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR COMPARING NON-ADJACENT DATA SUBSETS Unsupervised Inc. SANA, MOHAMMAD AZAM 2166 Other Non-Final OA 337d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2024
18665831 NESTLED HOSE Treadstone Innovations, LLC GRAY, PAUL J 3753 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 16, 2024
18596875 NEUTRON GENERATOR USING SUPERCONDUCTING COILS FOR ELECTROSTATIC HEATING AND MAGNETIC CONFINEMENT Horne Technologies, Inc. DAVIS, SHARON M 3646 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 56d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18408172 DOUBLY LABELED WATER WITH ENHANCED PROTOCOL Calorify, Inc. SINES, BRIAN J 1796 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 09, 2024
18563005 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE Cerdia International GmbH KRISHNAN, GANAPATHY 1693 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18144086 Rapid Medication Delivery System and Method Resistant to Overdosing Cd Acquisitions, LLC ALVARADO JR, NELSON LOUIS 3783 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 05, 2023
18015811 AEROGEL-CONTAINING INSULATION LAYER Outlast Technologies GmbH EWALD, MARIA VERONICA 1783 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
17916095 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A DISCRETIZED OPTICAL SECURITY MICROSTRUCTURE ON A SUBSTRATE AND A SHIM FOR USE IN THE METHOD Pentacomp Pte. Ltd. THOMPSON, LESLIE J. 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2022
17483559 COATED-SUBSTRATE SENSING AND CRAZING MITIGATION Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is Nod Law Pc's patent allowance rate?

91.4% of resolved applications prosecuted by Nod Law Pc were allowed, across 1,595 applications in USPTO records.

How many office actions does Nod Law Pc average before allowance?

2.59 office actions per allowed application on average.

How many pending office actions does Nod Law Pc have?

18 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 14 clients, before 17 examiners in 16 art units.

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