Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.

22 pending office actions • 16 art units • 21 examiners • 0 of 22 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 94 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

22
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
12
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 21 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (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.

3
Hard (14%)
17
Medium (77%)
1
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (5%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (14%)
§103 only17 (77%)
§112 only1 (5%)
No statute on record1 (5%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
2
Information Tech
9% of docket
1
Communications
5% of docket
2
Semiconductors
9% of docket
17
Mechanical / Eng
77% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

220 h
Manual time on pending OAs
44 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
77 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 2 68.4% +36.6%
SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE 1 85.4% +13.3%
ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 1 84.2% +10.7%
IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 1 89.2% +6.9%
CAIN, AARON G 1 41.2% +27.9%
CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 1 50.0% +100.0%
PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 1 87.7% +3.3%
LUU, CUONG V 1 71.8% +36.8%
LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 1 80.9% +9.8%
HALL, HANA VICTORIA 1 33.3% +100.0%

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
18430588 CHARGING CONNECTOR DISENGAGEMENT DURING AN UNSAFE SITUATION LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 5d
18931173 TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE 34d
18661541 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT OF ROAD CONDITION ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 41d
18610228 APPLYING VARIABLE MAPPING TO CONCEAL VALUES PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 50d
18661545 VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO BENEFIT AN OCCUPANT’S CONDITION IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 70d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18182840 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEASE DEFERRAL BASED ON WEATHER DATA BROWN, LUIS A 5d overdue
18095081 ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT DAMAGE PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 41d
18420701 VEHICLE CONTENT BASED ON CHARGING STATION HALL, HANA VICTORIA

Interview Candidates (8)

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
18628665 VEHICLE BATTERY PROTECTION IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES CAIN, AARON G 7d
18593263 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED APPLICATION GENERATION LUU, CUONG V 13d
18753802 SUPPORT DEVICES INCLUDING MOVABLE SEGMENTS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 21d
18931173 TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE 34d
18661541 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT OF ROAD CONDITION ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 41d
18624109 BATTERY-PRESERVING TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 41d
18477501 SHARING OF TRANSPORT USER PROFILE INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 84d
18420701 VEHICLE CONTENT BASED ON CHARGING STATION HALL, HANA VICTORIA

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3662 4
3664 2
3667 2
2859 2
3668 1
3656 1
2492 1
2192 1
3661 1
3617 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18931173 TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS FROM MALFUNCTIONING SENSORS SIENKO, TANYA CHRISTINE 3664 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 30, 2024
18753802 SUPPORT DEVICES INCLUDING MOVABLE SEGMENTS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE SAME INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18661541 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED MEASUREMENT OF ROAD CONDITION ALAM, NAEEM TASLIM 3668 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending May 10, 2024
18661545 VEHICLE MODIFICATIONS TO BENEFIT AN OCCUPANT’S CONDITION IVEY, DANA DESHAWN 3662 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 10, 2024
18628665 VEHICLE BATTERY PROTECTION IN EXTREME TEMPERATURES CAIN, AARON G 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18624109 BATTERY-PRESERVING TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHENNAULT, AUSTIN ROBERT 3667 §103 Final Rejection 41d Pending Apr 01, 2024
18610228 APPLYING VARIABLE MAPPING TO CONCEAL VALUES PERUNGAVOOR, VENKATANARAY 2492 §103 Final Rejection 50d Pending Mar 19, 2024
18593263 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED APPLICATION GENERATION LUU, CUONG V 2192 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 01, 2024
18430588 CHARGING CONNECTOR DISENGAGEMENT DURING AN UNSAFE SITUATION LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18420701 VEHICLE CONTENT BASED ON CHARGING STATION HALL, HANA VICTORIA 3664 §101 Final Rejection Pending Jan 23, 2024
18380443 ENGAGEABLE TOW HOOK ASSEMBLIES AND VEHICLES INCLUDING SAME LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 §103 Final Rejection 53d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2023
18481901 VALIDATING APPLICATION RESPONSE WITH VEHICLE OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18477501 SHARING OF TRANSPORT USER PROFILE INSERRA, MADISON RENEE 3662 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Sep 28, 2023
18229667 OFFERING UNUSED FEATURES ON A VEHICLE ANFINRUD, GABRIEL P 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Aug 02, 2023
18203621 ENHANCED WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY HUANG, WEN WU 2648 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending May 30, 2023
18139336 PREDICTIVE INTELLIGENCE BASED ON ELECTRICAL OUTAGE TRENDS OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI 3669 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Apr 25, 2023
18182840 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEASE DEFERRAL BASED ON WEATHER DATA BROWN, LUIS A 3626 §101 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2023
18098520 ELECTRIC VEHICLE ENERGY DEPLETION MANAGEMENT PACHECO, ALEXIS BOATENG 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jan 18, 2023
18095081 ANALYSIS OF TRANSPORT DAMAGE PATEL, AMIT HEMANTKUMAR 3696 §101 Final Rejection 41d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17713896 DISPATCHING VEHICLES TO LOCATIONS BASED ON NEED GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 Final Rejection 170d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2022
17563215 POWER ALLOCATION BASED ON ENERGY SOURCE HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 28, 2021
17328731 DISPLAY MODIFICATION BASED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE DATA STRYKER, NICHOLAS F 3665 §103 Final Rejection 35d overdue Pending May 24, 2021

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