Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Kim & Stewart Llp- Tmc

37 pending office actions • 1 client • 37 examiners • 21 art units • 0 of 37 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 132 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=4408 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

79.9%
Allowance Rate
n=4408
+0.19σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=4408
2.0
OAs to Allowance
n=2835
-0.80σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2835
780 days
Time to Allowance
n=2835
+10.7pp
Interview Lift
n=4408
12.2%
RCE Rate
n=4408
1.3%
Appeal Rate
n=4408

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

30.9%
§101 Overcome
n=521
65.0%
§102 Overcome
n=1354
58.3%
§103 Overcome
n=2196
62.4%
§112 Overcome
n=822

Specialization & Scale

G06F, G06Q, G11C
Top CPC Subclasses
30%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=4408
0
Practitioners
n=4408
Apps / Practitioner
n=4408 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

37
Total Pending OAs
32
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)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.

13
Hard (35%)
21
Medium (57%)
3
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (41%)
§102 only6 (16%)
§112 only2 (5%)
Double-patenting only1 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)13 (35%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
11
Information Tech
30% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
18
Semiconductors
49% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
8
Business / Other
22% 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.

370 h
Manual time on pending OAs
74 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
130 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KIM, SEOKJIN 1 77.9% +13.7%
SONG, HUA JASMINE 1 94.1% +4.4%
PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A 1 71.3% -3.2%
KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES 1 78.9% +23.6%
RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1 81.3% +31.4%
PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN 1 93.8% -3.8%
LIU, ZHE 1 71.8% +58.3%
SAVLA, ARPAN P 1 58.8% +9.2%
REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1 57.8% +26.4%
BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 1 67.5% +12.2%

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
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1d overdue
19067802 Untitled SONG, HUA JASMINE

Hard Cases (13)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17901773 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE SON, ERIKA HEERA 18d overdue
19061216 POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN
19011649 MEMORY SYSTEM AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE LIU, ZHE
18965499 NAND RAID CONTROLLER INCLUDING BUFFER AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE NAND RAID CONTROLLER BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D
18938666 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE DARE, RYAN A
18883321 STORAGE DEVICE COON, BRADLEY SCOTT
18595336 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE WARD, DAVID WILLIAM
18593988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE RICHARDSON, JAMES E 1d overdue
19080206 Untitled KIM, SEOKJIN
19199209 MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES
19011649 MEMORY SYSTEM AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE LIU, ZHE
18977848 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER
18972748 NAND SWITCH BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A.

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
KIOXIA CORPORATION 37

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28973
28983
21332
28272
28912
28182
28932
21691
24931
21371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19080206 Untitled Kioxia Corporation KIM, SEOKJIN §102 Non-Final OA Pending
19067802 Untitled Kioxia Corporation SONG, HUA JASMINE 2133 §102 Non-Final OA Pending
19219330 MEMORY SYSTEM THAT CONTROLS TIMING OF REFRESH OPERATION Kioxia Corporation PAPERNO, NICHOLAS A §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 27, 2025
19199209 MEMORY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Kioxia Corporation KORTMAN, CURTIS JAMES §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2025
19074239 MANAGEMENT METHOD AND DATABASE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation RICHARDSON, JAMES E 2169 §103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2025
19061216 POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT CIRCUIT, MEMORY SYSTEM, AND POWER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT METHOD Kioxia Corporation PHAN, RAYMOND NGAN §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
19011649 MEMORY SYSTEM AND RANDOM NUMBER GENERATION DEVICE Kioxia Corporation LIU, ZHE 2493 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 07, 2025
19011510 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation SAVLA, ARPAN P 2137 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 06, 2025
18977848 SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18972748 NAND SWITCH Kioxia Corporation BARTELS, CHRISTOPHER A. 2184 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18965499 NAND RAID CONTROLLER INCLUDING BUFFER AND METHOD PERFORMED BY THE NAND RAID CONTROLLER Kioxia Corporation BIRKHIMER, CHRISTOPHER D 2138 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 02, 2024
18960230 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation SIDDIQUE, MUSHFIQUE 2825 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 26, 2024
18953575 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation BEGUM, SULTANA §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2024
18938666 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation DARE, RYAN A 2132 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2024
18918966 MEMORY SYSTEM HAVING SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE THAT PERFORMS VERIFY OPERATIONS USING VARIOUS VERIFY VOLTAGES Kioxia Corporation CHO, SUNG IL §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 17, 2024
18883321 STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation COON, BRADLEY SCOTT 2827 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18824795 STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation ALROBAIE, KHAMDAN N 2824 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 04, 2024
18821670 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation LI, ZHUO H 2133 §103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2024
18820110 MEMORY SYSTEM AND HOST DEVICE Kioxia Corporation SADLER, NATHAN 2139 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18595336 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation WARD, DAVID WILLIAM 2891 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18593988 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Kioxia Corporation MICHAUD, NICHOLAS BRIAN 2818 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 04, 2024
18592442 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation DANG, PHUC T 2897 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18592306 MAGNETIC DEVICE AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation MARIN, JACOB RAUL 2818 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18590716 MEMORY SYSTEM AND DATA ENCRYPTING METHOD Kioxia Corporation VU, PHY ANH TRAN 2438 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2024
18590778 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation TANG, ANTHONY THINH 2827 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589286 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Kioxia Corporation ELLIOTT, DANIEL KURT 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18589289 MEMORY SYSTEM Kioxia Corporation GEBRIL, MOHAMED M 2135 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 27, 2024
18433787 ETCHING METHOD AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation MARUF, SHEIKH 2897 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18537098 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation LEE, WOO KYUNG 2815 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18522978 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation MIYOSHI, JESSE Y 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18459353 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation KIM, JAHAE 2897 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 31, 2023
18448703 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation WALL, VINCENT 2898 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2023
18179922 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Kioxia Corporation GONDARENKO, NATALIA A 2891 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2023
18176431 SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE Kioxia Corporation LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH 2898 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
18176445 SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD Kioxia Corporation ARROYO, TERESA M 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2023
17901773 MAGNETIC MEMORY DEVICE Kioxia Corporation SON, ERIKA HEERA 2893 §103§112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17899260 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD Kioxia Corporation TRAN, TRANG Q 2811 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2022

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