Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days
Toyota Industries Corporation currently manages 3 pending office actions in the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. Each of these 3 actions is assigned to a different individual, as there are 3 distinct examiners involved in the prosecution. These examiners are located in 3 distinct art units, indicating that each pending application is being reviewed by a different specialized group at the patent office.
DAVID M UPCHURCH is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, with 1 pending office action. Because each of the 3 distinct examiners has exactly 1 pending action, the workload is distributed equally across the group. This 1:1 ratio between the 3 pending office actions and the 3 distinct examiners suggests a diverse set of filings within the transportation space. Practitioners should prepare for 3 independent prosecution paths, as no single examiner or art unit oversees more than 1 of the current pending matters.
The presence of 3 distinct art units for only 3 pending office actions highlights the specialized nature of the company's technology. David M Upchurch and the other examiners will each apply the specific standards of their respective units to the applications. This decentralized environment means that success in 1 case may not necessarily predict outcomes in the others. Practitioners must tailor their arguments to the specific preferences of the 3 different examiners and the 3 units they represent.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 1 | 73.7% | +18.0% |
| GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 1 | 85.9% | +8.4% |
| BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 1 | 81.2% | +13.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19108538 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19121140 | VEHICULAR OPERATION PEDAL DEVICE | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19259356 | FIXING STRUCTURE | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | — |
| 19108538 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3677 | 1 |
| 3617 | 1 |
| 3612 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19259356 | FIXING STRUCTURE | UPCHURCH, DAVID M | 3677 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2025 |
| 19121140 | VEHICULAR OPERATION PEDAL DEVICE | GOKHALE, PRASAD V | 3617 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 15, 2025 |
| 19108538 | SHOCK ABSORPTION STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE BODY | BUTCHER, CAROLINE N | 3612 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialToyota Industries Corporation has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
David M Upchurch has the most, with 1 of Toyota Industries Corporation's pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
