Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
27 pending office actions • 8 art units • 21 examiners • 1 of 27 (4%) have an AI response strategy ready • 41 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toto Ltd. is managing 27 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These 27 actions are distributed across 8 distinct art units, suggesting a range of mechanical innovations. The company works with 21 distinct examiners, which indicates that some examiners are handling multiple cases for the firm. This distribution across 8 art units and 21 examiners requires a prosecution strategy that balances different examiner temperaments and art unit standards. The 27 pending office actions represent a significant volume of work.
LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 3 pending office actions. This count of 3 actions is the highest for any single examiner in the portfolio. The remaining actions are managed by the other distinct examiners. With 27 actions spread across 21 examiners, there is some concentration of knowledge, but the majority of the 27 pending office actions are handled by unique individuals. Practitioners should focus on the 3 actions under LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH while also addressing the broader group of 21 distinct examiners.
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 (37%) |
| §102 only | 5 (19%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (4%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 11 (41%) |
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 | 55.3% | +29.0% |
| AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 3 | 80.6% | +19.7% |
| COMBER, KEVIN J | 2 | 82.6% | +11.8% |
| KLOTZ, WILLIAM R | 2 | 39.5% | +54.8% |
| WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1 | 51.5% | +50.4% |
| GARDNER, NICOLE | 1 | 69.1% | +14.5% |
| ROS, NICHOLAS A | 1 | 52.6% | +34.7% |
| PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | 1 | 87.4% | +7.7% |
| CADUGAN, ERICA E | 1 | 63.1% | +50.5% |
| BAKER, LORI LYNN | 1 | 78.5% | +6.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 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 | — |
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 | — |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19035506 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| 19034353 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | COMBER, KEVIN J | — |
| 18880306 | HEALTH MANAGING SYSTEM AND HEALTH MANAGING METHOD | MCCOY, AIDAN WILLIAM | — |
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 |
| 19314701 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | — |
| 19091530 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19086629 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — |
| 19059675 | FAUCET DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — |
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 4 |
| 1731 | 2 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 3722 | 1 |
| 1748 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 2838 | 1 |
| 3752 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19314701 | STRUCTURAL MEMBER | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2025 |
| 19091530 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2025 |
| 19086629 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 19059675 | FAUCET DEVICE | GARDNER, NICOLE | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19036793 | FLUSH TOILET | ROS, NICHOLAS A | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2025 |
| 19035498 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035506 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | PATEL, DHARTI HARIDAS | — | §102§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19035450 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | CADUGAN, ERICA E | 3722 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19033955 | FLUSH TOILET APPARATUS | BAKER, LORI LYNN | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034353 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | COMBER, KEVIN J | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 22, 2025 |
| 19034362 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | COMBER, KEVIN J | — | §103 | 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 |
| 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 | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 28, 2024 |
| 18811142 | WATER DISCHARGE DEVICE | LOEPPKE, JANIE MEREDITH | 3754 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Aug 21, 2024 |
| 18806123 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK | NELSON, MICHAEL B | — | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 15, 2024 |
| 18730150 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS INCLUDING COMPOSITE STRUCTURE | BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A | — | §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 |
| 18443461 | ELECTROSTATIC CHUCK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME | AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN | 2838 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 16, 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 |
| 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 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2022 |
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