Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

33 pending office actions • 12 art units • 31 examiners • 0 of 33 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
26
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 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.

16
Hard (48%)
15
Medium (45%)
1
Easy (3%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (3%)
§103 only12 (36%)
§102 only3 (9%)
§112 only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)15 (45%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
3
Information Tech
9% of docket
1
Communications
3% of docket
13
Semiconductors
39% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
13
Business / Other
39% 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.

330 h
Manual time on pending OAs
66 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
115 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2 68.2% +27.1%
JONES, JAMES 2 88.5% +4.3%
GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 1 67.9% +8.1%
TRAN, MINH 1 86.3% +15.9%
KIM, CHRISTOPHER S 1 63.1% +21.4%
TRAN, ANH Q 1 90.2% +4.9%
SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 1 88.9% +6.1%
MAI, THIEN T 1 59.2% +20.0%
ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 1 71.6% +15.0%
HASAN, MOHAMMED A 1 90.3% +5.2%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18880807 ROAD SURFACE DRAWING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND ROAD SURFACE DRAWING METHOD FOR VEHICLE SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS
18722932 IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE HASAN, MOHAMMED A
18285327 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAID IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE JONES, JAMES

Hard Cases (16)

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
18147121 NOZZLE, NOZZLE ASSEMBLY, AND CLEANER DEVICE BOECKMANN, JASON J 180d overdue
18699064 CLEANER CHAUDHRI, OMAIR 169d overdue
18699210 CLEANER NOZZLE LEE, CHEE-CHONG 2d overdue
18709428 SENSING SYSTEM BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID 13d
18878334 VEHICLE LAMP ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 46d
19229514 VEHICLE LAMP TRAN, MINH
18730981 VEHICLE HEADLIGHT TRAN, ANH Q
18838060 OPTICAL MEMBER, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U.

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
18878221 VEHICULAR HEADLAMP MAI, THIEN T 22d
18878334 VEHICLE LAMP ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 46d
19149217 VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE PEERCE, MATTHEW J
19229514 VEHICLE LAMP TRAN, MINH
19120393 VEHICLE HEADLIGHT PEERCE, MATTHEW J
19106902 CLEANING DEVICE KIM, CHRISTOPHER S

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2875 5
2872 3
2871 2
3752 2
2844 1
2876 1
2422 1
2665 1
2494 1
1711 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19160762 HOUSING COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR DESTRUCTING HOUSING COMPONENT GYLLSTROM, BRYON T 2875 Other Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2025
19149217 VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICE PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 18, 2025
19229514 VEHICLE LAMP TRAN, MINH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2025
19120393 VEHICLE HEADLIGHT PEERCE, MATTHEW J 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
19106902 CLEANING DEVICE KIM, CHRISTOPHER S §112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 26, 2025
18730981 VEHICLE HEADLIGHT TRAN, ANH Q §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2025
18880807 ROAD SURFACE DRAWING DEVICE FOR VEHICLE AND ROAD SURFACE DRAWING METHOD FOR VEHICLE SATHIRAJU, SRINIVAS 2844 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 02, 2025
18878221 VEHICULAR HEADLAMP MAI, THIEN T 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18878334 VEHICLE LAMP ROJAS CADIMA, OMAR 2875 §102§112 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Dec 23, 2024
18722932 IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE HASAN, MOHAMMED A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18838060 OPTICAL MEMBER, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY CHOWDHURY, SULTAN U. §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 13, 2024
18799325 CALIBRATION METHOD AND CALIBRATION DEVICE CHEN, JOSHUA NMN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18837263 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS WOLDEMARYAM, ASSRES H §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18834898 MEASUREMENT DEVICE AYUB, HINA F §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18730529 MEASUREMENT APPARATUS RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18729370 MEASUREMENT DEVICE RICHTER, KARA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 16, 2024
18723904 LIGHT SOURCE APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY BANNAN, JULIE A 2875 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 25, 2024
18722939 MEASUREMENT DEVICE CHOI, JACOB Y §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18712215 IMAGE RADIATION DEVICE KHALID, OMER 2422 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 21, 2024
18709428 SENSING SYSTEM BAYNES, SAMUEL DAVID 2665 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 10, 2024
18706239 ACTIVE SENSOR, OBJECT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, VEHICLE LAMP CHILTON, CLARA GRACE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 30, 2024
18702330 VEHICLE SYSTEM LITTLE, VANCE M 2494 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2024
18698967 IMAGE PROJECTING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROJECTING METHOD PAN, JIA X 2871 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18699210 CLEANER NOZZLE LEE, CHEE-CHONG 3752 §102§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18699064 CLEANER CHAUDHRI, OMAIR 1711 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18691099 IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS AND HEAD-UP DISPLAY WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2024
18681391 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, RANGE-IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, AND MONITORING DEVICE HULKA, JAMES R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 05, 2024
18577604 SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jan 08, 2024
18285311 MICROLENS ARRAY, VEHICLE LAMP USING MICROLENS ARRAY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICROLENS ARRAY JONES, JAMES 2872 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18285327 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE EQUIPPED WITH SAID IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE IRRADIATION DEVICE JONES, JAMES 2872 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 02, 2023
18282407 LIGHT REFLECTING DEVICE, SENSOR DEVICE, AND LIGHTING DEVICE WILSON, PAISLEY L 2871 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 15, 2023
18269384 SENSOR SYSTEM HODGES, SUSAN E 2425 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 23, 2023
18147121 NOZZLE, NOZZLE ASSEMBLY, AND CLEANER DEVICE BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §103§112 Final Rejection 180d overdue Pending Dec 28, 2022

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