Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
40 pending office actions • 18 art units • 39 examiners • 0 of 40 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 53 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. currently has 41 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These 41 actions are spread across 40 distinct examiners, which indicates that almost every application is being reviewed by a different individual. The portfolio is also distributed among 18 distinct art units, suggesting that the company's intellectual property in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics sector covers a variety of specialized technical sub-fields.
The busiest examiner for this portfolio is Lee, Aham Nmn, who is currently managing 2 of the pending office actions. This concentration of 2 actions with one examiner is very low, as the remaining workload is distributed among the other 40 distinct examiners. For practitioners, this decentralized environment means that the outcomes of the 41 pending office actions will be determined by a wide range of individual examiner perspectives rather than a single point of contact.
The involvement of 18 distinct art units requires a prosecution strategy that accounts for the different procedural standards within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics groups. While Lee, Aham Nmn handles 2 of the pending office actions, the overall portfolio's success depends on navigating the requirements of the 40 distinct examiners involved. Practitioners must be prepared to address the specific technical nuances of each of the 18 distinct art units to ensure a cohesive approach across the 41 pending actions.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 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. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 9 (22%) |
| §102 only | 4 (10%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 2 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 25 (62%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEE, AHAM NMN | 2 | 46.3% | +54.5% |
| CHIANG, MICHAEL | 1 | 70.7% | +21.6% |
| FRISBY, KEITH J | 1 | 77.5% | +1.4% |
| TRAN, THAI H | 1 | 71.9% | +25.3% |
| LIBBY, TROY ALAN | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
| WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1 | 51.5% | +50.4% |
| LEE, GEOFFREY S | 1 | 60.6% | +20.0% |
| MENEZES, MARCUS | 1 | 70.7% | +51.0% |
| ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | 1 | 84.6% | +6.1% |
| AKARAGWE, YANICK A | 1 | 83.4% | +12.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18900319 | CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 2d overdue |
| 18591157 | LAMINATE | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 14d |
| 19236580 | AIRBAG STRUCTURE | FRISBY, KEITH J | — |
| 19228169 | RECTIFIER CABLE AND RECTIFIER CONNECTOR | TRAN, THAI H | — |
| 19085642 | SEAT CUSHION AIR BAG DEVICE AND SEAT CUSHION AIR BAG STRUCTURE | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — |
| 19066963 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT | ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | — |
| 19065277 | ON-VEHICLE DOUBLE OPENING STORAGE DEVICE | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | — |
| 19048533 | GLASS RUN | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19077118 | ELECTRIC LIQUID PUMP | LEE, GEOFFREY S | 33d |
| 19543950 | STEERING WHEEL | CHIANG, MICHAEL | — |
| 19228169 | RECTIFIER CABLE AND RECTIFIER CONNECTOR | TRAN, THAI H | — |
| 19085453 | ACRYLIC ACID PLASMA POLYMERIZATION FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | — |
| 19075894 | OPENING TRIM WEATHER STRIP | MENEZES, MARCUS | — |
| 19065277 | ON-VEHICLE DOUBLE OPENING STORAGE DEVICE | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | — |
| 18945056 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — |
| 18945104 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2875 | 2 |
| 3614 | 2 |
| 3612 | 2 |
| 2836 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 3746 | 1 |
| 3634 | 1 |
| 1784 | 1 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 2898 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19543950 | STEERING WHEEL | CHIANG, MICHAEL | 2875 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2026 |
| 19236580 | AIRBAG STRUCTURE | FRISBY, KEITH J | 3614 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19228169 | RECTIFIER CABLE AND RECTIFIER CONNECTOR | TRAN, THAI H | 2836 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 04, 2025 |
| 19085642 | SEAT CUSHION AIR BAG DEVICE AND SEAT CUSHION AIR BAG STRUCTURE | LIBBY, TROY ALAN | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19085453 | ACRYLIC ACID PLASMA POLYMERIZATION FILM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | WALTERS JR, ROBERT S | 1717 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 20, 2025 |
| 19077118 | ELECTRIC LIQUID PUMP | LEE, GEOFFREY S | 3746 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Mar 12, 2025 |
| 19075894 | OPENING TRIM WEATHER STRIP | MENEZES, MARCUS | 3634 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19066963 | VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT | ESQUIVEL, DENISE LYNNE | 3612 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2025 |
| 19065277 | ON-VEHICLE DOUBLE OPENING STORAGE DEVICE | AKARAGWE, YANICK A | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 27, 2025 |
| 19048533 | GLASS RUN | GUTMAN, HILARY L | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 18999320 | VEHICLE EMBLEM | OMORI, MARY I | 1784 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18989076 | GRILLE SHUTTER DEVICE | FULLER, ROBERT EDWARD | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 18962431 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR COMPONENT | BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18958841 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE | SPAMER, DONALD R | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18947127 | CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE AND ORGAN IMITATION STRUCTURE | ZHU, JIANJIAN | — | §102Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18947343 | SOUND OUTPUT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE | MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18945056 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — | §102§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18945104 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | LEE, AHAM NMN | — | §102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 12, 2024 |
| 18929123 | FLUID STERILIZATION DEVICE | KIM, SUN U | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18912709 | RESIN COMPOSITION | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 11, 2024 |
| 18900319 | CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE | SLITERIS, JOSELYNN Y | 3614 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 2d overdue | Pending | Sep 27, 2024 |
| 18887335 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | VU, VU A | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18796795 | LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND INSULATING ANTI-REFLECTIVE LAYER USED FOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE | KARIMY, TIMOR | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18788907 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | ANYA, IGWE U | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18762265 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR COMPONENT | FLORES JR, DONALD M | 1781 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18642035 | AIR REGISTERS INCLUDING A FIXED BLADE AND ROTATING BARRELS | FAULKNER, RYAN L | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 22, 2024 |
| 18628143 | CELL CULTURE MEMBRANE AND CELL CULTURE METHOD | NICOL, ALEXANDER W | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 05, 2024 |
| 18615501 | WIRELESSLY RECHARGEABLE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE | CAVALLARI, DANIEL | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 25, 2024 |
| 18609047 | VEHICLE UPPER STRUCTURE | FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18608527 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | MOHAMED-ALY, KAREEM M | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18602855 | SEMICONDUCTOR DECIVE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR | CHI, SUBERR L | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18591157 | LAMINATE | GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN | 1785 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Feb 29, 2024 |
| 18421329 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE | SANTIAGO, MARICELI | 2875 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2024 |
| 18419993 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | REAMES, MATTHEW L | 2896 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2024 |
| 18540106 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | LINDSEY, COLE LEON | 2812 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 14, 2023 |
| 18529851 | LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT | ZHU, SHENG-BAI | 2897 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 28d | Pending | Dec 05, 2023 |
| 18556589 | INFRARED LIGHT-TRANSMITTING PRODUCT | WASHINGTON, TAMARA Y | 2872 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 20, 2023 |
| 18489063 | PROJECTOR | OWENS, DANELL L | 2882 | §103 | Final Rejection | 39d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18453469 | CONSOLE BOX AND INTERIOR STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE | FLEMING, FAYE M | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18145617 | VEHICLE EXTERIOR COMPONENT | MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH | 3761 | §103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Dec 22, 2022 |
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