Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Nolte Lackenbach Siegel

32 pending office actions • 12 clients • 30 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 106 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=5548 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.2%
Allowance Rate
n=5548
+0.63σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=5548
2.7
OAs to Allowance
n=4102
-0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=4102
935 days
Time to Allowance
n=4102
+6.2pp
Interview Lift
n=5548
19.4%
RCE Rate
n=5548
1.7%
Appeal Rate
n=5548

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

80.4%
§101 Overcome
n=322
86.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1177
87.0%
§103 Overcome
n=2045
87.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1649

Specialization & Scale

A61B, E21B, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
11%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=5548
3
Practitioners
n=5548
1849.3
Apps / Practitioner
n=5548

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
20
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 14 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due later (3)

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.

20
Hard (62%)
10
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (3%)
§101 + other9 (28%)
§103 only7 (22%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Double-patenting + other1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)10 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
6
Communications
19% of docket
4
Semiconductors
12% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
34% of docket
8
Business / Other
25% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, TAI T 2 84.7% +17.2%
HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 2 26.8% +36.3%
HAILE, BENYAM 1 62.0% +24.2%
TRUONG, LAN DAI T 1 91.1% +11.6%
KANAAN, MOHAMAD HASSAN 1 0.0% +0.0%
MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN 1 54.7% +23.9%
NGUYEN, AN T 1 67.8% +18.7%
WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 1 0.0% +0.0%
KING, CURTIS J 1 68.1% +30.1%
GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES 1 79.6% +25.3%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19083802 Door Lock Deter Light NGUYEN, TAI T
19077310 COMMUNICATION BUS TRUONG, LAN DAI T

Hard Cases (22)

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
18127421 USE OF GABAA RECEPTOR AS TARGET IN PREPARATION OR SCREENING OF DRUG FOR LOWERING BLOOD LIPID LEVEL, TREATING OBESITY, AND/OR IMPROVING METABOLISM BERRY, LAYLA D 196d overdue
17876738 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ("ECG") SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND ARTIFACT DETECTION ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 49d overdue
18986107 GENERATING OVERLAYED SOUNDS TO DETER PERPETRATION OF AN EVENT NGUYEN, TAI T 23d overdue
18649128 IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM USING AN IMAGER CODE SCANNER AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM NAJARIAN, LENA 16d overdue
18177105 TECHNIQUES FOR A SMART MONITORING SYSTEM ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 9d overdue
18484421 DISASTER DETECTION AND RECOVERY WARDEN, MICHAEL J 4d overdue
17287668 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 12d
18824472 SYSTEMS, MONITOR MOUNTS AND MONITORS CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C 28d

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
18986107 GENERATING OVERLAYED SOUNDS TO DETER PERPETRATION OF AN EVENT NGUYEN, TAI T 23d overdue
17287668 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 12d
18937398 Determining Actions of a System Based on Approaching Entity NGUYEN, AN T 76d
19180339 DATA-ONLY CELL MODEMS HAILE, BENYAM
19083802 Door Lock Deter Light NGUYEN, TAI T
19077310 COMMUNICATION BUS TRUONG, LAN DAI T
18992515 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME ELECTROCARDIOGRAM WAVEFORM PROCESSING WITH MODE ADAPTIVE COEFFICIENT FILTERS MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN
18922880 USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO PROTECT VEHICLES KING, CURTIS J

Client Portfolio (12 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37965
26863
26852
28382
36821
28411
36871
26331
37461
36941

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19180339 DATA-ONLY CELL MODEMS Vivint LLC HAILE, BENYAM §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2025
19083802 Door Lock Deter Light Vivint LLC NGUYEN, TAI T §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 19, 2025
19077310 COMMUNICATION BUS Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. TRUONG, LAN DAI T DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19047181 PACED VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA DETECTION Draeger Medical Systems, Inc. KANAAN, MOHAMAD HASSAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18992515 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REAL TIME ELECTROCARDIOGRAM WAVEFORM PROCESSING WITH MODE ADAPTIVE COEFFICIENT FILTERS DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA MUTCHLER, CHRISTOPHER JOHN §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18986107 GENERATING OVERLAYED SOUNDS TO DETER PERPETRATION OF AN EVENT Vivint, Inc. NGUYEN, TAI T 2685 §102§103Other Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2024
18937398 Determining Actions of a System Based on Approaching Entity Vivint, Inc. NGUYEN, AN T 2686 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Nov 05, 2024
18930675 CENTRAL MONITORING STATION WITH SHARED VIDEO MEMORY DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA WRIGHT, KRYSTEN NIKOLE 3682 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 29, 2024
18922880 USING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS TO PROTECT VEHICLES Vivint, Inc. KING, CURTIS J 2685 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 22, 2024
18922762 Using Machine-Learning Models to Identify and Deter Package Theft Vivint, Inc. GARCIA, PAULO ANDRES §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2024
18898264 THREE-LEVEL POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND ARRANGEMENT THEREWITH Semikron Danfoss Elektronik GmbH & Co. Kg RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O 2838 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 26, 2024
18896662 THREE-LEVEL POWER SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND ARRANGEMENT THEREWITH Semikron Danfoss Elektronik GmbH & Co. Kg LEE, JYE-JUNE 2838 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18824472 SYSTEMS, MONITOR MOUNTS AND MONITORS DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA CUNNINGHAM, XANTHIA C 2841 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18796969 Multi-Source Object Detection and Identification Vivint, Inc. HANSEN, CONNOR LEVI §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18724229 DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MONITORING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF PATIENTS AND DISPLAYING CUSTOMIZABLE PARAMETER CONFIGURATIONS DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA SAHAND, SANA 3796 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18734992 ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ("ECG") SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND Q-T SEGMENT MEASUREMENT DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA PAHAKIS, MANOLIS Y 3796 §101§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2024
18678762 PATIENT PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITOR LOCATION IDENTIFICATION DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA YANG, JAMES J 2686 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18649128 IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM USING AN IMAGER CODE SCANNER AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA NAJARIAN, LENA 3687 §101§103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Apr 29, 2024
18617156 MULTI-SOURCE OBJECT DETECTION AND ESCALATED ACTION Vivint, Inc. HAIDER, SYED 2633 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2024
18405352 Method for Controlling the Thermal Reservoir Utilization Balance of a Pumped Thermal Energy Storage System Supercritical Storage Company MATTHIAS, JONATHAN R 3746 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18484421 DISASTER DETECTION AND RECOVERY Vivint, Inc. WARDEN, MICHAEL J 3694 §101 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 10, 2023
18238888 ANTITHEFT PARCEL DELIVERY DOOR SYSTEM Glasscraft Door Company KADING, JOSHUA A 3993 §112Other Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 28, 2023
17420924 GLASS COMPOSITION RESISTANT TO ION BOMBARDMENT, CLADDING GLASS OF MICROCHANNEL PLATE, MICROCHANNEL PLATE AND PREPARING METHOD THEREOF China Building Materials Academy MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1731 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2023
18224256 CYCLIC METAL PALLADIUM DIMER, AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Guangxi Minzu University PAGANO, ALEXANDER R 1692 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18355541 HEAT PUMP STEAM GENERATOR Supercritical Storage Company, Inc. DIAZ, MIGUEL ANGEL 3763 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 20, 2023
18140388 POTTED ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT Semikron Elektronik GmbH &Co.Kg HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2899 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Apr 27, 2023
18127421 USE OF GABAA RECEPTOR AS TARGET IN PREPARATION OR SCREENING OF DRUG FOR LOWERING BLOOD LIPID LEVEL, TREATING OBESITY, AND/OR IMPROVING METABOLISM Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School Of Medicine BERRY, LAYLA D 1693 §101§102§112 Non-Final OA 196d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2023
18177105 TECHNIQUES FOR A SMART MONITORING SYSTEM Vivint, Inc. ALUNKAL, THOMAS D 2686 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
17876738 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ELECTROCARDIOGRAM ("ECG") SIGNAL ANALYSIS AND ARTIFACT DETECTION DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA ANJARIA, SHREYA PARAG 3796 §101§103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2022
17527132 AUTOMATIC PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD DRÄGERWERK AG & CO. KGAA VARGAS, ANNA ELIZABETH 3783 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 79d Pending Nov 15, 2021
17287668 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME Northwestern University HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §103§112DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 22, 2021
17287196 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR NON-INVASIVELY MEASURING PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF MAMMAL SUBJECT AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF Northwestern University HADDAD, MOUSSA MAHER 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 21, 2021

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