Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Toyota Research Institute, Inc.

32 pending office actions • 22 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 32 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 94 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

32
Total Pending OAs
23
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

16
Overdue
1
Due this week
12
Due this month
2
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 31 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (16)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (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.

5
Hard (16%)
26
Medium (81%)
1
Easy (3%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only5 (16%)
§103 only20 (62%)
§102 only6 (19%)
§112 only1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
3% of docket
10
Information Tech
31% of docket
2
Communications
6% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
59% 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.

320 h
Manual time on pending OAs
64 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
112 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAN, OLIVER E 1 75.2% +9.0%
MOYER, DALE S 1 81.6% +16.2%
SAINT-VIL, EDDY 1 42.2% +29.7%
LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 1 87.0% +5.5%
YIP, JACK 1 33.0% +37.8%
MERCADO, GABRIEL S 1 42.7% +26.7%
TROOST, AARON L 1 74.6% +10.5%
ZAMAN, SADARUZ 1 45.0% +34.3%
RHIM, WOO CHUL 1 78.8% +20.8%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.2% +24.9%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18753361 PROBABILISTIC MODULAR LANE TRANSITION STATE ESTIMATION LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 79d overdue
18821787 SYNCHRONIZING NEIGHBORING TILES IN A HIGH DEFINITION MAP MOYER, DALE S 27d

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18441035 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE EXTENDED CONTEXT DERIVED FROM CONSUMER RESPONSES NGUYEN, NGA B 9d
17507187 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTOTYPE GENERATION NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 13d
18656717 STUDENT-INFORMED GENERATIVE EDUCATION PLATFORM YIP, JACK 28d
17460852 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND AMELIORATING BIAS IN SOCIAL MULTIMEDIA WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 29d
17894954 ENERGY BASED MODELING (EBM) FOR GROUND STATE INFERENCE GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K 56d

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
18645240 INCREMENTAL MAP BUILDING USING LEARNABLE FEATURES AND DESCRIPTORS TROOST, AARON L 31d overdue
18651075 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOUCHSCREEN BASED HAPTIC CONTROLLER MERCADO, GABRIEL S 22d overdue
18441589 CATEGORY AND JOINT AGNOSTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF ARTICULATED OBJECTS RHIM, WOO CHUL 5d
18441035 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE EXTENDED CONTEXT DERIVED FROM CONSUMER RESPONSES NGUYEN, NGA B 9d
18612226 TRAINING AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE TO PERFORM A MANEUVER OF THE VEHICLE ZAMAN, SADARUZ 22d
18821787 SYNCHRONIZING NEIGHBORING TILES IN A HIGH DEFINITION MAP MOYER, DALE S 27d
18656717 STUDENT-INFORMED GENERATIVE EDUCATION PLATFORM YIP, JACK 28d
18778917 Latent Skill Model-Based Teacher SAINT-VIL, EDDY 34d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3715 5
3666 4
3668 2
2188 2
2143 2
3669 1
3656 1
3667 1
2171 1
2676 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19002249 PARKED CAR CLASSIFICATION BASED ON A VELOCITY ESTIMATION TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §102 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Dec 26, 2024
18821787 SYNCHRONIZING NEIGHBORING TILES IN A HIGH DEFINITION MAP MOYER, DALE S 3656 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18778917 Latent Skill Model-Based Teacher SAINT-VIL, EDDY 3715 §102 Final Rejection 34d Pending Jul 19, 2024
18753361 PROBABILISTIC MODULAR LANE TRANSITION STATE ESTIMATION LANG, MICHAEL DEAN 3667 §102 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Jun 25, 2024
18656717 STUDENT-INFORMED GENERATIVE EDUCATION PLATFORM YIP, JACK 3715 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 07, 2024
18651075 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TOUCHSCREEN BASED HAPTIC CONTROLLER MERCADO, GABRIEL S 2171 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Apr 30, 2024
18645240 INCREMENTAL MAP BUILDING USING LEARNABLE FEATURES AND DESCRIPTORS TROOST, AARON L 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Apr 24, 2024
18612226 TRAINING AN OPERATOR OF A VEHICLE TO PERFORM A MANEUVER OF THE VEHICLE ZAMAN, SADARUZ 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18441589 CATEGORY AND JOINT AGNOSTIC RECONSTRUCTION OF ARTICULATED OBJECTS RHIM, WOO CHUL 2676 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18441035 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO GENERATE EXTENDED CONTEXT DERIVED FROM CONSUMER RESPONSES NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 9d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18423039 ADAPTIVE DRIVER INTERFACE USING DRIVER COGNITIVE FACTORS MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 127d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18417249 Learned Stereo Flexibility ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN 2677 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18481621 DRIVER COACHING SYSTEM WITH MODULATION OF FEEDBACK BASED ON STAIRCASE METHOD FRENCH, CORRELL T 3715 §102 Non-Final OA 119d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18345933 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRIEVING RELEVANT OUT-OF-DOMAIN EXAMPLES TO INSPIRE VISUAL CONTENT CREATION PHAM, KHANH B 2166 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18082495 ATTENTION-BASED AGENT INTERACTION SYSTEM HEIM, MARK ROBERT 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Dec 15, 2022
18071881 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RISK-BIASED TRAJECTORY FORECASTING NYE, LOUIS CHRISTOPHER 2141 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Nov 30, 2022
17894954 ENERGY BASED MODELING (EBM) FOR GROUND STATE INFERENCE GEBRESILASSIE, KIBROM K 2189 §101 Final Rejection 56d Pending Aug 24, 2022
17888810 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOWNSAMPLING DATA MORRIS, JOSEPH PATRICK 2188 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 16, 2022
17884170 MULTITASK LEARNING BASED ON HERMITIAN OPERATORS XIA, XUYANG 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17830202 STATE LEARNING IN AN EVENT-SOURCED ARCHITECTURE FOR MATERIALS PROVENANCE (ESAMP) THOMPSON, MILANA KAYE 1687 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2022
17732630 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIMULATING CHANGE DETECTION DATA ALMADHRHI, WESAM NMN 3666 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2022
17732320 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVER-PREFERRED LANE BIASING MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17724768 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DRIVING TRAINING AND SUGGESTION ANGELES, JOSE 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Apr 20, 2022
17721461 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACTUATED DETENTS ON AN INTERIOR SURFACE OF A VEHICLE AFRIN, NAZIA 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 223d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2022
17588632 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CARGO OPTIMIZATION BASED ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND VEHICLE DYNAMICS SAXENA, AKASH 2188 §102 Non-Final OA 211d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2022
17550496 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE-ASSISTED COLLABORATION IN PRODUCT DESIGN BALLOU, MAAME BOAKYEWAA 3629 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Dec 14, 2021
17540148 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVING LOCALIZATION ACCURACY BY SHARING DYNAMIC OBJECT LOCALIZATION INFORMATION UNDERBAKKE, JACOB DANIEL 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 01, 2021
17507505 COGNITIVE LOAD PREDICTOR AND DECISION AID HRANEK, KAREN AMANDA 3684 §103 Non-Final OA 258d overdue Pending Oct 21, 2021
17507187 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROTOTYPE GENERATION NGUYEN, NHAT HUY T 2147 §101 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Oct 21, 2021
17460852 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING AND AMELIORATING BIAS IN SOCIAL MULTIMEDIA WILSON, KIMBERLY LOVEL 2165 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Aug 30, 2021
17409188 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC CHOICE FILTERING LI, LIANG Y 2143 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2021
17387921 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR BEHAVIOR CLONING WITH STRUCTURED WORLD MODELS NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 §112 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2021

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