Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
23 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days
TOYO TIRE Corporation maintains 25 pending office actions, primarily within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are spread across 9 distinct art units, indicating a variety of technical focuses within the materials sector. The prosecution effort involves 19 distinct examiners, which suggests some overlap where certain examiners handle multiple cases for the company. The busiest examiner for the portfolio is FISCHER, JUSTIN R, who is currently managing 4 pending office actions.
This concentration of 4 actions is notable within the context of the 25 total pending actions and 19 distinct examiners. Navigating 9 distinct art units requires the company to address diverse technical standards and examination guidelines. The presence of 19 distinct examiners means that the company must maintain a consistent strategy across many different points of contact. With 25 pending office actions active, the workload for FISCHER, JUSTIN R represents the most significant individual examiner relationship for the corporation in the Chemistry & Materials field. The 19 distinct examiners ensure that the 25 pending actions receive a range of technical reviews.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (4%) |
| §103 only | 15 (65%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (30%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 4 | 44.3% | +2.3% |
| PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | 2 | 63.5% | +45.5% |
| LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 2 | 73.3% | +16.8% |
| DYE, ROBERT C | 1 | 63.4% | +11.4% |
| LY, KENDRA | 1 | 58.4% | +18.2% |
| SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1 | 55.5% | +17.0% |
| ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | 1 | 85.5% | +6.2% |
| BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1 | 54.4% | +37.6% |
| MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1 | 73.1% | +15.4% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945632 | VIBRATION ISOLATION UNIT | ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18966969 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 8d overdue |
| 19085413 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | DYE, ROBERT C | — |
| 18943068 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18943021 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18888390 | BUSH | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | — |
| 18788381 | MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE, TIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18601530 | TIRE ASSEMBLY AND TIRE FORCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | — |
| 18373551 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND TIRE | OLADAPO, TAIWO | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18754803 | RUBBER MEMBER MOLDING APPARATUS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 46d overdue |
| 18966969 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 8d overdue |
| 19016430 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 4d overdue |
| 19085413 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | DYE, ROBERT C | — |
| 18943068 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18943021 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — |
| 18788381 | MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE, TIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | — |
| 18746475 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER AND TIRE | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1749 | 7 |
| 2853 | 2 |
| 3619 | 1 |
| 1743 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| 1771 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19085413 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | DYE, ROBERT C | 3619 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19062213 | TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19062189 | TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 8d | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19016430 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | LY, KENDRA | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 4d overdue | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18966969 | PNEUMATIC TIRE | SCHWARTZ, PHILIP N | 1749 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Dec 03, 2024 |
| 18945632 | VIBRATION ISOLATION UNIT | ALGARASH, KAREM AKRAM | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18943068 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — | §101§102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18943021 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE | PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 11, 2024 |
| 18888390 | BUSH | SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER P | — | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 18, 2024 |
| 18788381 | MASTERBATCH, RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE, TIRE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF | BOOTH, ALEXANDER D | 1749 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18754803 | RUBBER MEMBER MOLDING APPARATUS | MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H | 1743 | §103 | Final Rejection | 46d overdue | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18746475 | RUBBER COMPOSITION, CROSSLINKED RUBBER AND TIRE | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18601530 | TIRE ASSEMBLY AND TIRE FORCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM | BARBEE, MANUEL L | 2853 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2024 |
| 18545109 | TIRE TREAD RUBBER COMPOSITION AND TIRE USING THE SAME | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 19, 2023 |
| 18530773 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME | PHILLIPS, SAVANNAH GRACE | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 06, 2023 |
| 18387536 | SEALANT COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 21d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18387549 | SEALANT COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE | FISCHER, JUSTIN R | 1749 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Nov 07, 2023 |
| 18374183 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND TIRE | LENIHAN, JEFFREY S | 1765 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 28, 2023 |
| 18373551 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND TIRE | OLADAPO, TAIWO | 1771 | §103§112Other | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 27, 2023 |
| 18234507 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREADS AND PNEUMATIC TIRE | JONES, KOLTON ED | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 16, 2023 |
| 18227634 | RUBBER COMPOSITION AND PNEUMATIC TIRE USING THE SAME | JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Jul 28, 2023 |
| 18358209 | TIRE INSPECTION APPARATUS, TIRE INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR TIRE INSPECTION | CULLER, JILL E | 2853 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
| 18219305 | RUBBER COMPOSITION FOR TIRE TREAD AND TIRE USING THE SAME | LEE, DORIS L | 1764 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2023 |
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