Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Zilka-Kotab, Pc- Nvid

15 pending office actions • 1 client • 14 examiners • 10 art units • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1281 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

96.4%
Allowance Rate
n=1281
+0.65σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1281
4.2
OAs to Allowance
n=865
+0.51σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=865
1229 days
Time to Allowance
n=865
+1.9pp
Interview Lift
n=1281
38.0%
RCE Rate
n=1281
5.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1281

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

94.1%
§101 Overcome
n=256
88.7%
§102 Overcome
n=399
89.3%
§103 Overcome
n=684
86.7%
§112 Overcome
n=263

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06T, G09G
Top CPC Subclasses
42%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1281
0
Practitioners
n=1281
Apps / Practitioner
n=1281 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

15
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
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.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

8
Hard (53%)
6
Medium (40%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (20%)
§103 only4 (27%)
§102 only2 (13%)
§112 only1 (7%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
4
Information Tech
27% of docket
6
Communications
40% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
4
Business / Other
27% 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.

150 h
Manual time on pending OAs
30 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
52 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 2 72.2% +27.8%
LE, JOHNNY TRAN 1 57.1% -10.0%
MARIAM, DANIEL G 1 90.5% +10.4%
PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE 1
CARTER, AARON W 1 85.1% +8.5%
DUDEK JR, EDWARD J 1 89.3% +5.1%
DEROSE, VOLVICK 1 90.2% +10.6%
TAHA, AHMED 1 76.9% +33.3%
BEKELE, MEKONEN T 1 79.0% +13.6%
JONES, RAVEN SIMONE 1 75.0% +50.0%

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
18745846 SOFTWARE/HARDWARE CO-DESIGN FOR MEMORY SAFETY DUDEK JR, EDWARD J
18741609 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR SWITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION DEROSE, VOLVICK

Hard Cases (8)

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
18212629 SYNTHETIC DATASET GENERATOR LUDWIG, PETER L 30d overdue
18963075 VIEW SYNTHESIS USING CAMERA POSES LEARNED FROM A VIDEO LE, JOHNNY TRAN
18961291 LOSSY FRAME BUFFER COMPRESSION MARIAM, DANIEL G
18892186 SINGLE IMAGE TO REALISTIC 3D OBJECT GENERATION VIA SEMI-SUPERVISED 2D AND 3D JOINT TRAINING PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE
18890544 NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLICIT LEARNING OF A PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF DATA CARTER, AARON W
18661421 DECOMPRESSION OF COMPRESSED TEXTURE SETS TAHA, AHMED
18431527 CONDITIONAL DIFFUSION MODEL FOR DATA-TO-DATA TRANSLATION BEKELE, MEKONEN T
18227241 MAPPING LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSORS AND LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL MEMORY TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18232279 HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT-TO-3D CONTENT CREATION SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 79d
19043176 RESERVOIR-BASED SPATIOTEMPORAL IMPORTANCE RESAMPLING UTILIZING A GLOBAL ILLUMINATION DATA STRUCTURE SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D
18961291 LOSSY FRAME BUFFER COMPRESSION MARIAM, DANIEL G
18741609 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR SWITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION DEROSE, VOLVICK
18661421 DECOMPRESSION OF COMPRESSED TEXTURE SETS TAHA, AHMED
18431527 CONDITIONAL DIFFUSION MODEL FOR DATA-TO-DATA TRANSLATION BEKELE, MEKONEN T
18395198 POINT-LEVEL SUPERVISION FOR VIDEO INSTANCE SEGMENTATION JONES, RAVEN SIMONE

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
NVIDIA 15

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26132
26121
21321
21761
26991
26651
21291
21981
36271
26671

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19043176 RESERVOIR-BASED SPATIOTEMPORAL IMPORTANCE RESAMPLING UTILIZING A GLOBAL ILLUMINATION DATA STRUCTURE Nvidia Corporation SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2025
18963075 VIEW SYNTHESIS USING CAMERA POSES LEARNED FROM A VIDEO Nvidia Corporation LE, JOHNNY TRAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2024
18961291 LOSSY FRAME BUFFER COMPRESSION Nvidia Corporation MARIAM, DANIEL G §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18892186 SINGLE IMAGE TO REALISTIC 3D OBJECT GENERATION VIA SEMI-SUPERVISED 2D AND 3D JOINT TRAINING Nvidia Corporation PROTAZI, BRIGITER DIVULALE 2612 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18890544 NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPLICIT LEARNING OF A PARAMETRIC DISTRIBUTION OF DATA Nvidia Corporation CARTER, AARON W §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18745846 SOFTWARE/HARDWARE CO-DESIGN FOR MEMORY SAFETY Nvidia Corporation DUDEK JR, EDWARD J 2132 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18741609 REINFORCEMENT LEARNING FOR SWITCH POWER OPTIMIZATION Nvidia Corporation DEROSE, VOLVICK 2176 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 12, 2024
18661421 DECOMPRESSION OF COMPRESSED TEXTURE SETS Nvidia Corporation TAHA, AHMED 2613 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18431527 CONDITIONAL DIFFUSION MODEL FOR DATA-TO-DATA TRANSLATION Nvidia Corporation BEKELE, MEKONEN T 2699 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 02, 2024
18395198 POINT-LEVEL SUPERVISION FOR VIDEO INSTANCE SEGMENTATION Nvidia Corporation JONES, RAVEN SIMONE 2665 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18375377 DYNAMIC PATH SELECTION FOR PROCESSING THROUGH A MULTI-LAYER NEURAL NETWORK Nvidia Corporation SCHNEE, HAL W 2129 §112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 29, 2023
18232279 HIGH RESOLUTION TEXT-TO-3D CONTENT CREATION Nvidia Corporation SALVUCCI, MATTHEW D 2613 §103 Final Rejection 79d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18227241 MAPPING LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSORS AND LOGICAL AND PHYSICAL MEMORY Nvidia Corporation TRAINOR, DANIEL BRENNAN 2198 §101§103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18212629 SYNTHETIC DATASET GENERATOR Nvidia Corporation LUDWIG, PETER L 3627 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
17893038 PERFORMING VISUAL RELATIONAL REASONING Nvidia Corporation DUONG, JOHNNYKHOI BAO 2667 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Aug 22, 2022

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