Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Slater Matsil, LLP - NTT

31 pending office actions • 1 client • 29 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 31 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 45 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=3855 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

84.2%
Allowance Rate
n=3855
+0.42σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=3855
3.2
OAs to Allowance
n=2469
-0.09σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2469
915 days
Time to Allowance
n=2469
+5.8pp
Interview Lift
n=3855
25.0%
RCE Rate
n=3855
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=3855

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

53.2%
§101 Overcome
n=205
78.4%
§102 Overcome
n=1347
78.7%
§103 Overcome
n=2013
78.3%
§112 Overcome
n=1004

Specialization & Scale

H10H, H01L, H10W
Top CPC Subclasses
22%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=3855
14
Practitioners
n=3855
275.4
Apps / Practitioner
n=3855

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
27
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
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.

16
Overdue
1
Due this week
3
Due this month
1
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

18
Hard (58%)
9
Medium (29%)
4
Easy (13%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (6%)
§101 + other5 (16%)
§103 only7 (23%)
§102 only2 (6%)
§112 only4 (13%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
13% of docket
3
Communications
10% of docket
14
Semiconductors
45% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
10% of docket
7
Business / Other
23% 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.

310 h
Manual time on pending OAs
62 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
108 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LIENG, MALANE 2 97.1% +3.6%
SOTO, JANICE M 2 68.5% +13.8%
LAM, TUAN THIEU 1 77.6% +13.2%
ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO 1 84.1% +11.0%
TURCHEN, JAMES R 1 82.3% +33.6%
SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA 1 90.9% +10.5%
SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 1 67.7% +20.4%
PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 1 42.7% +5.2%
AMIN, MUSTAFA A 1 64.2% +29.6%
CORS, NATHAN M 1 77.8% +5.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18546634 DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR LIENG, MALANE 66d overdue
18860113 SWITCH TURCHEN, JAMES R 35d
18724010 MONITORING DEVICE SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA
18711734 MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER LIENG, MALANE

Hard Cases (18)

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
18689739 HEAT DETECTOR, HEAT DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM NASSER, ROBERT L 79d overdue
18249723 NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH SYSTEM AND SEARCH METHOD MAIDO, MAGGIE T 44d overdue
18555806 CORROSION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 43d overdue
18701463 TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 30d overdue
18691901 MEASUREMENT DEVICE TU, AURELIE H 24d overdue
18718692 PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT LAM, TUAN THIEU 22d overdue
18686117 MEASURING QUALITY EVALUATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM WELCH, HALLE MARGARET 16d overdue
18254902 Wavelength Tunable Laser HARVEY, MINSUN OH 15d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18705352 DATA TRANSFER DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 147d overdue
17783523 Wearable Environmental Sensor Device SOTO, JANICE M 131d overdue
18718692 PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT LAM, TUAN THIEU 22d overdue
18682630 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE SOTO, JANICE M 23d
18860113 SWITCH TURCHEN, JAMES R 35d
18945899 Wearable Sensor Device and Monitoring System ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO
18724010 MONITORING DEVICE SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA
18700828 COMPUTER AND PROGRAM AMIN, MUSTAFA A

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NTT 31

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28744
28433
37912
28552
28282
28411
24391
24241
26281
26341

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18718692 PHASE ADJUSTMENT CIRCUIT NTT, Inc. LAM, TUAN THIEU 2843 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18945899 Wearable Sensor Device and Monitoring System NTT, Inc. ASMAT UCEDA, MARTIN ANTONIO 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2024
18860113 SWITCH Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TURCHEN, JAMES R 2439 §102 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Oct 25, 2024
18724010 MONITORING DEVICE Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation SADATE-MOUALEU, MIREILLE SANDRA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18711734 MULTI-STAGE AMPLIFIER NTT, Inc. LIENG, MALANE §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 20, 2024
18705352 DATA TRANSFER DEVICE AND DATA TRANSFER METHOD NTT, Inc. SHELEHEDA, JAMES R 2424 §112 Non-Final OA 147d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18701463 TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18700828 COMPUTER AND PROGRAM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation AMIN, MUSTAFA A §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 12, 2024
18700606 RELAY SYSTEM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation CORS, NATHAN M 2634 §102§103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18691901 MEASUREMENT DEVICE Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation TU, AURELIE H 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18692197 PERSPIRATION ANALYSIS DEVICE AND METHOD Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation BERHANU, ETSUB D 3791 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2024
18689739 HEAT DETECTOR, HEAT DETECTION METHOD AND PROGRAM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NASSER, ROBERT L 3992 §101 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2024
18686117 MEASURING QUALITY EVALUATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation WELCH, HALLE MARGARET 3796 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Feb 23, 2024
18683901 TOOL Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation WONG, ERIC K 2874 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2024
18682630 TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT DEVICE Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation SOTO, JANICE M 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Feb 09, 2024
18574600 CIRCULARLY POLARIZATION MODULATION SYSTEM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Dec 27, 2023
18569333 OPTO-MECHANICAL ARRAY DEVICE Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation PAK, SUNG H 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18565284 COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DETERMINATION METHOD, COMMUNICATION CONNECTION DETERMINATION DEVICE AND SENSOR SYSTEM NTT, Inc. MILLER, BRANDON J 2647 §112 Final Rejection 27d Pending Nov 29, 2023
18555806 CORROSION ESTIMATION DEVICE AND METHOD Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 17, 2023
18554287 CALCULATION RESOURCE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation DINH, PAUL §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18551235 OPTICAL MODULATOR Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation CARTER, MICHAEL W 2828 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
18549471 OPTICAL CONNECTING STRUCTURE, PACKAGE STRUCTURE, OPTICAL MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR PACKAGE STRUCTURE NTT, Inc. THOMASON, DARBY MARGARET 2874 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18546634 DISTRIBUTED CIRCUIT AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation LIENG, MALANE 2843 §112 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2023
18254902 Wavelength Tunable Laser Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation HARVEY, MINSUN OH 2828 §102§112 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18251925 Semiconductor Structure and Semiconductor Device Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation SMITH, CHAD 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 05, 2023
18249723 NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH SYSTEM AND SEARCH METHOD Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation MAIDO, MAGGIE T 2129 §103§112 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18004274 TWO-DIMENSIONAL DATA CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation GUDAS, JAKOB OSCAR §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2023
18003945 DATA PROCESSOR AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD NTT, Inc. WAJE, CARLO C §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2022
17926428 Amplifier Circuit NTT, Inc. RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 167d overdue Pending Nov 18, 2022
17784909 Material Development Support Apparatus, Material Development Support Method, and Material Development Support Program Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation GAN, CHUEN-MEEI 2189 §101§112 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17783523 Wearable Environmental Sensor Device Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation SOTO, JANICE M 2855 §112 Non-Final OA 131d overdue Pending Jun 08, 2022

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