Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation

63 pending office actions • 28 art units • 54 examiners • 0 of 63 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 248 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

63
Total Pending OAs
48
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

32
Overdue
1
Due this week
21
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 62 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (32)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (21)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (4)

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.

1
Hard (2%)
54
Medium (86%)
5
Easy (8%)
3
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (2%)
§103 only47 (75%)
§102 only7 (11%)
§112 only5 (8%)
No statute on record3 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
5% of docket
5
Information Tech
8% of docket
8
Communications
13% of docket
47
Semiconductors
75% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

630 h
Manual time on pending OAs
126 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
220 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 3 80.8% +18.6%
KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 3 100.0% +0.0%
HINDI, NABIL Z 2 87.4% +8.9%
ARORA, AJAY 2 84.2% +5.6%
HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2 84.8% +9.4%
FAN, SU JYA 2 75.3% +11.3%
HUNTER III, CARNELL 2 90.5% +17.6%
SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1 72.4% +11.2%
POOS, JOHN W 1 93.5% +4.6%
YOUNG, MONICA S 1 74.6% +32.4%

Quick Wins (14)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19029506 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 88d overdue
18753550 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 73d overdue
18460171 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 32d overdue
18820073 MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 19d overdue
18456071 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARORA, AJAY 15d overdue
18243080 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARORA, AJAY 5d overdue
18829872 DISK DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 4d overdue
18828063 DISK DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISK DEVICE HINDI, NABIL Z 4d overdue

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
18462322 MAGNETIC HEAD INSPECTION METHOD AND MAGNETIC HEAD INSPECTION DEVICE GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN

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
18589382 DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSPECTING DISK DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 31d overdue
18829872 DISK DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 4d overdue
17891671 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL 8d
18364893 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FAN, SU JYA 9d
18458087 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL 13d
18985652 DISK DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 28d
19034920 WIRE BONDING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD SAAD, ERIN BARRY 33d
19176589 MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2688 8
2893 6
2812 5
2899 5
2818 5
2813 5
2817 3
2898 2
2892 2
2897 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19176589 MAGNETIC HEAD AND MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2688 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 11, 2025
19034920 WIRE BONDING APPARATUS, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD SAAD, ERIN BARRY 1735 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jan 23, 2025
19029506 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
19006508 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE POOS, JOHN W 2896 §102 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 31, 2024
18985652 DISK DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2688 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18925917 DISK DEVICE AND DISK DEVICE CONTROL METHOD HINDI, NABIL Z 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Oct 24, 2024
18829872 DISK DEVICE KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18828063 DISK DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR DISK DEVICE HINDI, NABIL Z 2688 §102 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Sep 09, 2024
18820073 MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18753550 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE KIM, MICHELLE JINJU 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 73d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18589382 DISK DEVICE AND METHOD OF INSPECTING DISK DEVICE YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2024
18427672 MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT PRIFTI, AUREL 2175 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18495699 HEAT STAMP AND METHOD FOR RELEASING PROTECTIVE TAPE USING HEAT STAMP HARM, NICKOLAS R 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Oct 26, 2023
18481654 AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT AND DRIVER CIRCUIT RAHMAN, HAFIZUR 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18467581 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF PRIDEMORE, NATHAN ANDREW 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18464738 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OZDEN, ILKER NMN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 11, 2023
18463819 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Sep 08, 2023
18463237 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ERDEM, FAZLI 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18243080 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARORA, AJAY 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18462322 MAGNETIC HEAD INSPECTION METHOD AND MAGNETIC HEAD INSPECTION DEVICE GAVIA, NYLA EMANI ANN 2857 §101 Final Rejection Pending Sep 06, 2023
18462222 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE SQUIRES, BRETT STEPHEN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 96d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18460171 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2023
18459207 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18458075 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE CHOI, JAMES J 2878 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18457992 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TUTTLE, ETHAN ALEXANDER 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458118 BONDING-TYPE INTERCONNECTION MEMBER BAIG, ANEESA RIAZ 2814 Other Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458109 BONDING-TYPE INTERCONNECTION MEMBER CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458090 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE NETTLES, CORALIE ANN 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458087 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458122 INTERCONNECTION MEMBER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MCDONALD, JASON ANDREW 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18456031 SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCH CLARK, CHRISTOPHER JAY 2838 §112 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18456071 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ARORA, AJAY 2892 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Aug 25, 2023
18455589 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME KRUPICKA, ADAM C 1784 §112 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18237271 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WEILAND, ADAM DAVID 2813 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18454444 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE LIU, BENJAMIN T 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18453682 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18236925 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HARRISTON, WILLIAM A 2899 Other Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18449988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME SIPLING, KENNETH MARK 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 15, 2023
18446871 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER 2811 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Aug 09, 2023
18364893 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FAN, SU JYA 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Aug 03, 2023
18358544 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BANKLER, AIDAN DENNEHY 2817 §102 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18354809 SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE KIM, JAY C 2815 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18118021 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PIZARRO CRESPO, MARCOS D 2814 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Mar 06, 2023
18117498 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME CHAN, CANDICE 2813 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Mar 06, 2023
18177644 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TIVARUS, CRISTIAN ALEXANDRU 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 02, 2023
18176987 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2023
18166230 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD HOQUE, MOHAMMAD M 2817 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Feb 08, 2023
18159759 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, ALAN S 2125 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jan 26, 2023
18160002 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NGUYEN, CUONG B 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jan 26, 2023
18084484 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NICELY, JOSEPH C 2813 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 19, 2022
17938999 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME NGUYEN, THANH T 2893 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2022
17902734 SIMULATION METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SIMULATION DEVICE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SIMULATION PROGRAM OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND DATA STRUCTURE HANN, JAY B 2186 §103 Final Rejection 68d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17901960 RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION CIRCUIT CUEBAS RUIZ, JAIME JOSE 2182 §112 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 02, 2022
17901304 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING AN INSULATING FILM THAT IS PROVIDED ON A SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER WITH LOW AND HIGH PHOSPHORUS-CONCENTRATION REGIONS CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Sep 01, 2022
17901457 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE ANDREWS, FELIX BRYAN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17901732 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MIHALIOV, DMITRI 2812 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17891671 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HUNTER III, CARNELL 2893 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 19, 2022
17890041 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DEGRASSE, IAN ISAAC 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2022
17889971 A VERTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING A RESURF REGION CONNECTING THE GUARD RINGS REGION AND BASE REGION MAI, ANH D 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 17, 2022
17880478 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE ABEL, GARY ROBERT 2897 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Aug 03, 2022
17690399 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME REIDA, MOLLY KAY 2899 §102 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Mar 09, 2022
17684125 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE NGUYEN, TUYEN T 2837 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022
17410184 DESIGN PROCESSING METHOD MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL 2187 §112 Non-Final OA 141d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2021

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