Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sanders Ip Law-Nvidia

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
5
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (91%)
§102 only1 (9%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
18% of docket
2
Communications
18% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
55% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAGER, JONATHAN M 1 82.1% +4.8%
ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 1 53.1% +3.0%
CHACE, CHRISTIAN 1 17.0% +25.5%
EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 1 77.3% +50.0%
JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 1 40.4% +20.4%
BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 1 87.6% +6.7%
GREINER, TRISTAN J 1 78.2% +20.8%
NGUYEN, LAM S 1 78.7% +0.8%
KOETH, MICHELLE M 1 77.2% +16.3%
COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 1 67.0% +19.9%

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
18511828 PERCEPTION DIVERSITY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 22d
18815398 GROUND TRUTH DATA GENERATION USING MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS DAGER, JONATHAN M 48d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18752218 ELLIPSE MODEL FOR OBJECT DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS CHACE, CHRISTIAN 42d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18752218 ELLIPSE MODEL FOR OBJECT DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS CHACE, CHRISTIAN 42d overdue
18403536 MAP DOWNLOAD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 14d
18475056 USING JUNCTION INFORMATION FOR MACHINE CONTROL IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS GREINER, TRISTAN J 14d
17655776 SENSOR DATA BASED MAP CREATION AND LOCALIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 15d
17937711 NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH USING COMPRESSED OCTREES REPRESENTING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES KOETH, MICHELLE M 26d
18637207 SYSTEM TASK MANAGEMENT FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 33d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NVIDIA 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36652
36631
36451
21991
26641
36561
28531
26711
36621
21861

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18815398 GROUND TRUTH DATA GENERATION USING MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation DAGER, JONATHAN M 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 48d Pending Aug 26, 2024
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18752218 ELLIPSE MODEL FOR OBJECT DETECTION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation CHACE, CHRISTIAN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jun 24, 2024
18637207 SYSTEM TASK MANAGEMENT FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS Nvidia Corporation EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2199 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18403536 MAP DOWNLOAD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 3665 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18511828 PERCEPTION DIVERSITY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF OBJECTS IN ROBOTICS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation BILODEAU, DUSTIN E 2664 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 16, 2023
18475056 USING JUNCTION INFORMATION FOR MACHINE CONTROL IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation GREINER, TRISTAN J 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18454518 FAILURE MODE CONSOLIDATION Nvidia Corporation NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 23, 2023
17937711 NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH USING COMPRESSED OCTREES REPRESENTING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Nvidia Corporation KOETH, MICHELLE M 2671 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Oct 03, 2022
17655776 SENSOR DATA BASED MAP CREATION AND LOCALIZATION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation COOLEY, CHASE LITTLEJOHN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 21, 2022
17654973 SIMULATING PARTICLE DYNAMICS Nvidia Corporation CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 15, 2022

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