Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Sanders Ip Law-Nvidia

16 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 17 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=908 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

89.7%
Allowance Rate
n=908
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=908
3.3
OAs to Allowance
n=434
-0.07σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=434
955 days
Time to Allowance
n=434
+9.5pp
Interview Lift
n=908
42.2%
RCE Rate
n=908
3.5%
Appeal Rate
n=908

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

57.5%
§101 Overcome
n=146
58.9%
§102 Overcome
n=263
60.2%
§103 Overcome
n=422
65.8%
§112 Overcome
n=272

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H03K, H01J
Top CPC Subclasses
14%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=908
1
Practitioners
n=908
908.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=908

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

6
Hard (38%)
9
Medium (56%)
0
Easy (0%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (19%)
§103 only7 (44%)
Double-patenting + other2 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (19%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
7
Information Tech
44% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2 74.1% +48.3%
IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2 71.5% +19.1%
PATEL, SHARDUL D 1 87.4% +12.4%
AJID, ABDELTIF 1 76.7% +12.1%
CODUROGLU, JALAL C 1 85.7% +7.5%
ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 1 53.8% +3.5%
SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 1 66.7% +30.0%
SUN, JIANGENG 1 82.1% +13.8%
JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 1 40.5% +23.2%
TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 1 100.0% +0.0%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19093406 LOCALIZED IN-SYSTEM TESTING FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS CODUROGLU, JALAL C

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 9d overdue
19050725 Untitled PATEL, SHARDUL D
18669723 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING USING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY
18634425 DETERMINING OCCUPANCY USING SENSOR FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS SUN, JIANGENG
18511163 EXECUTION SCHEDULE PARTITIONING for Computing Systems TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN
18175735 SEGMENTING GROUND POINTS FROM NON-GROUND POINTS TO ASSIST WITH LOCALIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18403536 MAP DOWNLOAD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 14d
19050725 Untitled PATEL, SHARDUL D
18450979 Untitled AJID, ABDELTIF
18669723 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING USING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY
18657540 EXECUTION SCHEDULE SWITCHING FOR TASK MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA
18634425 DETERMINING OCCUPANCY USING SENSOR FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS SUN, JIANGENG
18353586 PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O
18333519 MODEL TRAINING USING AUGMENTED DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NVIDIA 16

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
21992
26712
24942
36641
36451
36691
36651
21981
36661
21931

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19050725 Untitled Nvidia Corporation PATEL, SHARDUL D 3664 §101§102 Non-Final OA Pending
18450979 Untitled Nvidia Corporation AJID, ABDELTIF Non-Final OA Pending
19093406 LOCALIZED IN-SYSTEM TESTING FOR AUTONOMOUS AND SEMI-AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation CODUROGLU, JALAL C §102DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
18799332 OBJECT DETECTION USING ULTRASONIC SENSORS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation ARMSTRONG, JONATHAN D 3645 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18669723 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING USING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Nvidia Corporation SCHOECH, ASHLEY TIFFANY 3669 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18657540 EXECUTION SCHEDULE SWITCHING FOR TASK MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING SYSTEMS Nvidia Corporation EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2199 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 07, 2024
18634425 DETERMINING OCCUPANCY USING SENSOR FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation SUN, JIANGENG 2671 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18403536 MAP DOWNLOAD AND STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 03, 2024
18511163 EXECUTION SCHEDULE PARTITIONING for Computing Systems Nvidia Corporation TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 2198 §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18353586 PROTECTING SENSITIVE DATA ASSOCIATED WITH TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Nvidia Corporation IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2494 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18333519 MODEL TRAINING USING AUGMENTED DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Nvidia Corporation IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O 2494 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 12, 2023
18175735 SEGMENTING GROUND POINTS FROM NON-GROUND POINTS TO ASSIST WITH LOCALIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Nvidia Corporation ANTONUCCI, ANNE MARIE 3666 §101§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
17937711 NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH USING COMPRESSED OCTREES REPRESENTING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES Nvidia Corporation KOETH, MICHELLE M 2671 §103DP Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 03, 2022
17929674 SYSTEM TASK MANAGEMENT FOR COMPUTING SYSTEMS Nvidia Corporation EWALD, JOHN ROBERT DAKITA 2199 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 02, 2022
17929671 BUBBLE SORTING FOR SCHEDULING TASK EXECUTION IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS Nvidia Corporation HU, SELINA ELISA 2193 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 02, 2022
17929669 MONITORING EXECUTION OF APPLICATION SCHEDULES IN COMPUTING SYSTEMS Nvidia Corporation AKBARI, FARAZ TIMA 2196 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2022

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