Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Toto Ltd.

26 pending office actions • 8 art units • 19 examiners • 2 of 26 (8%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

26
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 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.

11
Hard (42%)
15
Medium (58%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only11 (42%)
§102 only4 (15%)
Multi-statute (no §101)11 (42%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
15% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
4% of docket
2
Semiconductors
8% of docket
7
Mechanical / Eng
27% of docket
12
Business / Other
46% 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.

260 h
Manual time on pending OAs
52 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
91 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 4 55.1% +29.3%
AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 3 80.9% +19.4%
SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 2 61.6% +20.1%
COMBER, KEVIN J 2 82.6% +11.8%
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1 51.5% +50.5%
LUQUE, RENAN 1 78.1% +16.6%
CADUGAN, ERICA E 1 63.1% +50.9%
PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS 1 87.3% +7.7%
BAKER, LORI LYNN 1 78.6% +6.6%
MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM 1 50.0% +66.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18610491 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 8d overdue
19035506 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS
19034362 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK COMBER, KEVIN J
19012188 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN
18443461 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN

Hard Cases (11)

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
18811142 WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 14d
19077871 STRUCTURAL MEMBER LUQUE, RENAN
19060118 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J
19060077 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
19035450 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK CADUGAN, ERICA E
19034353 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK COMBER, KEVIN J
18880306 HEALTH MANAGING SYSTEM AND HEALTH MANAGING METHOD MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM
18812024 FLUSH TOILET SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J

Interview Candidates (15)

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
18610491 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 8d overdue
18811142 WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 14d
19314701 STRUCTURAL MEMBER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S
19086629 FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
19077871 STRUCTURAL MEMBER LUQUE, RENAN
19060118 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J
19060077 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH
19035450 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK CADUGAN, ERICA E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3754 5
2838 2
1731 2
1717 1
3722 1
1787 1
2664 1
3752 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19314701 STRUCTURAL MEMBER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2025
19086629 FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19077871 STRUCTURAL MEMBER LUQUE, RENAN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 12, 2025
19060118 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19060077 FLUSH WATER TANK DEVICE, AND FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
19035450 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK CADUGAN, ERICA E 3722 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19035506 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19034362 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK COMBER, KEVIN J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19034353 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK COMBER, KEVIN J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19033955 FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS BAKER, LORI LYNN §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2025
19012188 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
18880306 HEALTH MANAGING SYSTEM AND HEALTH MANAGING METHOD MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 31, 2024
18896477 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK POLLEY, CHRISTOPHER M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2024
18823010 FLUSH TOILET CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 03, 2024
18812024 FLUSH TOILET SKUBINNA, CHRISTINE J 3754 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 22, 2024
18811142 WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18635344 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §102§103 Final Rejection AI Ready Apr 15, 2024
18610491 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue AI Ready Mar 20, 2024
18598499 TOILET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TOILET DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH 3754 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2024
18443461 ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 16, 2024
18390714 ELECTRODE FOR GENERATING CHLORINE FORRY, COLTON BUSA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 20, 2023
18282839 COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE PROVIDED WITH THE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WIESE, NOAH S 1731 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 19, 2023
18274222 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM BITAR, NANCY 2664 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18174369 FLUSH TOILET KLOTZ, WILLIAM R 3754 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 24, 2023
17954499 MIST DEVICE, AND WATER SECTION EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 28, 2022
17828217 SANITARY WARE ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2022

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