Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation

22 pending office actions • 18 art units • 21 examiners • 10 of 22 (45%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
11
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
1
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. 22 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (1)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.

1
Hard (5%)
19
Medium (86%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (5%)
§103 only17 (77%)
§102 only2 (9%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

5
Life Sciences
23% of docket
5
Information Tech
23% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
10
Semiconductors
45% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2 72.1% +9.0%
THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT 1 72.4% +30.1%
KURPLE, KARL 1 51.8% +63.9%
DAM, DUSTIN Q 1 21.6% +25.0%
PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 1 83.8% +13.9%
SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 1 88.4% +12.5%
LE, JOHN H 1 87.9% +7.4%
SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 1 56.5% +17.9%
BOLTON, WILLIAM A 1 89.1% +5.7%
KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 1 72.6% +46.6%

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
18455065 GAS CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A 8d overdue
18523403 ROTARY MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ROTARY MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD LE, JOHN H 2d overdue
18415845 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 9d
18719583 ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 12d

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18780579 SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD DAM, DUSTIN Q 73d overdue
18463548 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 15d

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
18804283 COATING DEVICE, MENISCUS HEAD, AND COATING METHOD KURPLE, KARL 100d overdue
18261243 STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 98d overdue
19005274 STEAM TURBINE POWER GENERATION FACILITY USING OXYGEN-HYDROGEN COMBUSTION THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT 89d overdue
18780579 SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD DAM, DUSTIN Q 73d overdue
18415845 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 9d
18719583 ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 12d
18463548 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 15d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2857 4
2837 2
3741 1
1717 1
1721 1
2838 1
2116 1
2831 1
1794 1
3628 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19005274 STEAM TURBINE POWER GENERATION FACILITY USING OXYGEN-HYDROGEN COMBUSTION THOMAS, KYLE ROBERT 3741 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Dec 30, 2024
18804283 COATING DEVICE, MENISCUS HEAD, AND COATING METHOD KURPLE, KARL 1717 §103 Final Rejection 100d overdue Pending Aug 14, 2024
18780579 SOLAR CELL AND SOLAR CELL MANUFACTURING METHOD DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18719583 ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ELECTRIC POWER CONVERSION DEVICE PEREZ, BRYAN REYNALDO 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 12d AI Ready Jun 13, 2024
18415845 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 §102 Non-Final OA 9d AI Ready Jan 18, 2024
18523403 ROTARY MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE AND ROTARY MACHINE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD LE, JOHN H 2857 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18463548 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM SATANOVSKY, ALEXANDER 2857 §101 Final Rejection 15d Pending Sep 08, 2023
18455065 GAS CIRCUIT BREAKER BOLTON, WILLIAM A 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Aug 24, 2023
18354343 SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTROMAGNET DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD OF SUPERCONDUCTING ELECTROMAGNET DEVICE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18261243 STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue AI Ready Jul 12, 2023
18351119 INTERCONNECTOR FOR SOLID OXIDE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL STACK AND SOLID OXIDE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL STACK WILKINS III, HARRY D 1794 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jul 12, 2023
18261220 STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, STORAGE BATTERY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 146d overdue AI Ready Jul 12, 2023
18346773 OPERATION PLAN PLANNING DEVICE AND OPERATION PLAN PLANNING METHOD SIMPSON, DIONE N 3628 §112 Non-Final OA 38d overdue AI Ready Jul 03, 2023
18314189 BLADE DAMAGE EVALUATION SYSTEM, BLADE DAMAGE EVALUATION METHOD, AND BLADE DAMAGE EVALUATION PROGRAM NGUYEN, LAM S 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 34d AI Ready May 09, 2023
18301110 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM POUDEL, SANTOSH RAJ 2115 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue AI Ready Apr 14, 2023
18301174 MULTILAYER JUNCTION PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 Other Non-Final OA 38d overdue AI Ready Apr 14, 2023
18113117 SOLID OXIDE ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL AND USE THEREOF HARRIS, MARY GRACE 1729 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Feb 23, 2023
18065882 ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, ENERGY MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM YOON, ERIC 2118 §103 Non-Final OA 145d overdue AI Ready Dec 14, 2022
17659716 GROUPING INPUT VARIABLES IN PREDICTION MODELS AGRAWAL, SHISHIR 2123 §103 Final Rejection 177d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2022
17693865 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM NYAMOGO, JOSEPH A 2858 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2022
17196807 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM PRESSLY, KURT NICHOLAS 2125 §103 Final Rejection 88d overdue AI Ready Mar 09, 2021
17188255 CURRENT INTRODUCTION TERMINAL STRUCTURE AND ELECTROMAGNET DEVICE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Mar 01, 2021

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