Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
28 pending office actions • 11 art units • 24 examiners • 1 of 28 (4%) have an AI response strategy ready • 44 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toto Ltd. has 26 pending office actions in Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. The matters involve 22 distinct examiners across 11 distinct art units, showing broad examiner distribution with repeated activity across technical groupings. A centralized prosecution process can help maintain consistency while preserving matter-specific analysis.
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. Those matters warrant coordinated review, while the larger examiner and art-unit spread requires systematic tracking of response positions and deadlines.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 10 (36%) |
| §102 only | 5 (18%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 12 (43%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3 | 55.4% | +28.9% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2 | 78.6% | +23.2% |
| KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 2 | 39.4% | +54.9% |
| LUQUE, RENAN | 1 | 78.3% | +15.5% |
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.4% | +14.6% |
| SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 1 | 61.9% | +20.0% |
| ROS, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 52.5% | +34.2% |
| CADUGAN, ERICA E | 1 | 63.1% | +50.5% |
| SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 1 | 85.9% | +4.4% |
| PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 1 | 87.3% | +7.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811142 | WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 14d |
| 19091530 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19059675 | FAUCET DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 19060118 | FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| 19035492 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | — |
| 19035506 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18811142 | WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 14d |
| 19091530 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19086629 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19077871 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | LUQUE, RENAN | — |
| 19059675 | FAUCET DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 19060118 | FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | — |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 9 |
| 2838 | 5 |
| 1731 | 3 |
| 1783 | 2 |
| 1787 | 2 |
| 2844 | 1 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 1785 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19091530 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19086629 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19077871 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | LUQUE, RENAN | 2844 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19059675 | FAUCET DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | 3753 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19060118 | FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J | 3754 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035492 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | SREEVATSA, SREEYA | 2838 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035506 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 2838 | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19033955 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | BAKER, LORI LYNN | 3754 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034362 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | COMBER, KEVIN J | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19012188 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 07, 2025 |
| 18896477 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M | 1785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18891449 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | JACKSON, STEPHEN W | 1748 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18823010 | FLUSH TOILET | CHEYNEY, CHARLES | 3754 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 03, 2024 |
| 18818222 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME | FIGG, TRAVIS M | 1783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18816038 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | KHATRI, PRASHANT J | 1783 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18814624 | SENSOR DEVICE AND TOILET SYSTEM | ZHANG, LEI | 3798 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 26d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18811142 | WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18806228 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18806123 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | NELSON, MICHAEL B | 1787 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18730150 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | 1731 | §102§103§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18635344 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | JACKSON, MONIQUE R | 1787 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | AI Ready | Apr 15, 2024 |
| 18590991 | URINAL | KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 3754 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18282839 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | WIESE, NOAH S | 1731 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 19, 2023 |
| 18174369 | FLUSH TOILET | KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 3754 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 17828217 | SANITARY WARE | ABU ALI, SHUANGYI | 1731 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialToto Ltd. has 28 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 11 art units and 24 examiners.
Janie Meredith Loeppke has the most, with 3 of Toto Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
