Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kim & Stewart Llp- Tmc

23 pending office actions • 1 client • 23 examiners • 17 art units • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 131 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
17
Non-Final OAs
6
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
1
Due this week
9
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

1
Hard (4%)
21
Medium (91%)
1
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (4%)
§103 only16 (70%)
§102 only5 (22%)
§112 only1 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
13% of docket
7
Information Tech
30% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
13
Semiconductors
57% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1 81.1% +31.5%
MACKALL, LARRY T 1 85.0% +8.1%
CHOI, CHARLES J 1 82.6% +5.6%
PHAM, LY D 1 94.0% +3.3%
TRAN, MICHAEL THANH 1 95.7% +0.4%
ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 1 86.1% +2.7%
LUU, PHO M 1 96.9% +3.3%
BARTLETT, WILLIAM P 1 61.2% +29.8%
LI, ZHUO H 1 89.1% +3.6%
BERNSTEIN, ALLISON 1 81.0% +2.7%

Quick Wins (9)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18821670 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM LI, ZHUO H 11d overdue
19036989 MEMORY CHIP AND MEMORY SYSTEM MACKALL, LARRY T 2d overdue
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1d overdue
18830510 STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICE TRAN, MICHAEL THANH 1d overdue
18823541 VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE LUU, PHO M 14d
18883316 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM PHAM, LY D 30d
18590836 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE BERNSTEIN, ALLISON 34d
18922285 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD CHOI, CHARLES J 40d

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18821633 APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH OF DATA FROM STORAGE BARTLETT, WILLIAM P 17d overdue

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18821633 APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH OF DATA FROM STORAGE BARTLETT, WILLIAM P 17d overdue
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1d overdue

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
KIOXIA CORPORATION 23

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28243
21692
21332
28272
28982
21391
24381
21381
28121
28911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation RICHARDSON, JAMES E 2169 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19036989 MEMORY CHIP AND MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation MACKALL, LARRY T 2139 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2025
18922285 MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD Kioxia Corporation CHOI, CHARLES J 2133 §102 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Oct 21, 2024
18883316 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation PHAM, LY D 2827 §112 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Sep 12, 2024
18830510 STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation TRAN, MICHAEL THANH 2827 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Sep 10, 2024
18824795 STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 2824 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18823541 VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation LUU, PHO M 2824 §102 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18821633 APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH OF DATA FROM STORAGE Kioxia Corporation BARTLETT, WILLIAM P 2169 §101 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18821670 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation LI, ZHUO H 2133 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18590836 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation BERNSTEIN, ALLISON 2824 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18590716 MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA ENCRYPTING METHOD Kioxia Corporation VU, PHY ANH TRAN 2438 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589277 MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation FARROKH, HASHEM 2138 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Feb 27, 2024
18460515 NONVOLATILE SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY Kioxia Corporation IMTIAZ, S M SOHEL 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 01, 2023
18459339 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 31, 2023
18457983 PATTERN FORMATION METHOD, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND IMPRINT APPARATUS Kioxia Corporation BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18458069 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation MCCALL SHEPARD, SONYA D 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 29, 2023
18453949 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation STEPHENSON, KENNETH STEPHEN 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18334010 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Kioxia Corporation BRADFORD, PETER 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18178464 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation KIM, JAY C 2815 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Mar 03, 2023
17956293 SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS Kioxia Corporation LEE, KEVIN G 1711 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17901773 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation SON, ERIKA HEERA 2893 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17898168 PLASMA TREATMENT APPARATUS AND PLASMA TREATMENT METHOD Kioxia Corporation KACKAR, RAM N 1716 §103 Final Rejection 99d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2022
17684174 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation CHEEK, EDWARD RHETT 2813 §103 Final Rejection 66d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2022

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