Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
98 pending office actions • 1 client • 82 examiners • 41 art units • 0 of 98 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 217 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kim & Stewart LLP- Toshiba handles Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics matters and reports 98 pending office actions across 4550 career applications. The pending docket is a significant part of the profile, supported by the application record.
The resolved allowance rate is 79.51%, with an average of 1.96 office actions per allowance. Practitioners can use the outcome rate and action average to assess resolved prosecution and the activity preceding allowance.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 3 (3%) |
| §101 + other | 30 (31%) |
| §103 only | 35 (36%) |
| §102 only | 4 (4%) |
| §112 only | 3 (3%) |
| Double-patenting only | 2 (2%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 21 (21%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 5 | 9.4% | +20.3% |
| HAIDER, FAWAAD | 3 | 50.5% | +25.2% |
| LEVINE, ADAM L | 2 | 35.9% | +40.0% |
| SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 2 | 11.3% | +13.3% |
| WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | 2 | 57.1% | +28.1% |
| SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 2 | 47.8% | +41.8% |
| HAYLES, ASHFORD S | 2 | 66.8% | +37.6% |
| TUTOR, AARON N | 2 | 34.3% | +30.8% |
| DICKERSON, CHAD S | 2 | 62.8% | +23.1% |
| BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER | 2 | 61.0% | +28.7% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340427 | CHECKOUT DEVICE AND METHOD | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | 155d overdue |
| 18170361 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, LIGHT DETECTOR, AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE | CHEN, CHIA-LING | 23d overdue |
| 18458090 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 9d overdue |
| 18466615 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ORDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | WEINER, ARIELLE E | 1d overdue |
| 18911169 | PAYMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 7d |
| 18934184 | POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y | 29d |
| 18664190 | POINT-OF-SALE DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 30d |
| 18453682 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | RAMIREZ, ALEXANDRE XAVIER | 33d |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18340427 | CHECKOUT DEVICE AND METHOD | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | 155d overdue |
| 18754050 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF | LEVINE, ADAM L | 59d overdue |
| 18911169 | PAYMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 7d |
| 18664190 | POINT-OF-SALE DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 30d |
| 18645296 | POINT OF SALE TERMINAL, METHOD, AND MEDIUM | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 40d |
| 18924524 | SALES INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SALES INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND PROCESSING METHOD | TUTOR, AARON N | 70d |
| 18949387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR IN-STORE SHOPPING SUPPORT | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 75d |
| 18779094 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 75d |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| Toshiba | 98 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3627 | 20 |
| 2818 | 7 |
| 2898 | 5 |
| 3688 | 4 |
| 2683 | 4 |
| 2812 | 4 |
| 2893 | 4 |
| 3622 | 3 |
| 3689 | 3 |
| 2682 | 3 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19530060 | SETTLEMENT APPARATUS AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA | 2876 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 04, 2026 |
| 19430841 | MAGNETIC DISK DEVICE AND METHOD | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | SASINOWSKI, ANDREW | 2625 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2025 |
| 19282133 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | BRASE, SANDRA L | 2852 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 28, 2025 |
| 19271119 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND A COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 3627 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 16, 2025 |
| 19261545 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | HOLLY, JOHN H | 3696 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 07, 2025 |
| 19258585 | COMMODITY SALES DATA PROCESSING DEVICE | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | ANSARI, AZAM A | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 02, 2025 |
| 19233885 | SURVEILLANCE APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKOUT LINE MANAGEMENT | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | PUJOLS-CRUZ, MARJORIE | 3624 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2025 |
| 19209429 | STORE SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED CUSTOMER REPLY AND CUSTOMER BEHAVIOR TRACKING | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | OSMAN BILAL AHMED, AFAF | 3622 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 15, 2025 |
| 19175770 | SIGNAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | NGUYEN, LONG T | 2842 | §102§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 10, 2025 |
| 19063250 | SHOPPING TERMINAL, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 25, 2025 |
| 19050495 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SECOND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | JAMI, HARES | 2164 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 11, 2025 |
| 19048487 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | WOODWORTH, II, ALLAN J | 3622 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 |
| 19048330 | PAYMENT TERMINAL OPERATION SYSTEM, PAYMENT TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | OBAID, FATEH M | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2025 | |
| 19046455 | PRINTER, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | MRUK, GEOFFREY S | 2853 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19046095 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | GUSTAFSON, MATHEW DONALD | 2113 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2025 |
| 19039374 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRANSACTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 28, 2025 |
| 19029971 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19026067 | STORE SERVER, METHOD, AND STORE SYSTEM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | CIRNU, ALEXANDRU | 3622 | §101 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2025 |
| 19020071 | SETTLEMENT APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | HAIDER, FAWAAD | 3627 | §101§102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 14, 2025 |
| 19018676 | PAYMENT DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | OJIAKU, CHIKAODINAKA | 3696 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 13, 2025 |
| 19009594 | INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL AND RECORDING MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | WALKER, MICHAEL JARED | 3627 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 03, 2025 |
| 18983143 | IN-STORE GUIDANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | CIVAN, ETHAN D | 3688 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 |
| 18969879 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MONITORING METHOD FOR AN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SALEHI, HELAI | 2433 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18969977 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | GLASS, RUSSELL S | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18958879 | DETECTION DEVICE AND REGISTRATION SYSTEM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3627 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18959058 | TRANSACTION PROCESSING SYSTEM, TRANSACTION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND TRANSACTION PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | HAYLES, ASHFORD S | 3627 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18950907 | CHECKOUT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CHECKOUT SYSTEM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | JOHNSON, SONJI N | 2876 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 18, 2024 |
| 18949387 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR IN-STORE SHOPPING SUPPORT | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SUMMERS, KIERSTEN V | 3626 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 75d | Pending | Nov 15, 2024 |
| 18934131 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SABAH, HARIS | 2682 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18934184 | POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | ORTIZ ROMAN, DENISSE Y | 3627 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 29d | Pending | Oct 31, 2024 |
| 18924961 | POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK | 2665 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18924524 | SALES INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND SALES INFORMATION AGGREGATION AND PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | TUTOR, AARON N | 3627 | §101§102 | Non-Final OA | 70d | Pending | Oct 23, 2024 |
| 18910961 | HAND-DRIVING MOVABLE BODY | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SHELTON, IAN BRYCE | 3613 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18911169 | PAYMENT DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR | 3627 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | 7d | Pending | Oct 09, 2024 |
| 18909505 | GATE DEVICE | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | MASUD, ROKIB | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18896395 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | VANDERHORST, MARIA VICTORIA | 3621 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | Sep 25, 2024 |
| 18882100 | AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT OF PARALLEL PRINTING | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | DICKERSON, CHAD S | 2683 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2024 |
| 18821443 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | BEARDSLEY, JONAS TYLER | 2811 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 30, 2024 |
| 18819058 | DRIVE CIRCUIT AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | YEAMAN, JAMES G | 2842 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18820073 | MAGNETIC DISK APPARATUS | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | KIM, MICHELLE JINJU | 2688 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d overdue | Pending | Aug 29, 2024 |
| 18816492 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | KIM, JEANNE MYON | 2898 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18815554 | ISOLATOR | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | MIHALIOV, DMITRI | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 18808342 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME | Toshiba Electronic Devices & Storage Corporation | RAHMAN, KHATIB A | 2818 | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18789614 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | YU, ARIEL J | 2847 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18787585 | INFORMATION TERMINAL, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION TERMINAL, AND ELECTRONIC RECEIPT SYSTEM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | RODRIGUEZGONZALEZ, LENNIN R | 2683 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 29, 2024 |
| 18779094 | SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | WERONSKI, MATTHEW S | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | 75d | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18762245 | SEARCH DEVICE AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | SUO, JOSHUA JUNGWOOK | 2616 | §103 | Final Rejection | 56d | Pending | Jul 02, 2024 |
| 18757409 | POINT-OF-SALE TERMINAL, METHOD, AND MEDIUM | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | TUTOR, AARON N | 3627 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2024 |
| 18754809 | PRINT SYSTEM TERMINAL, PRINT SYSTEM, AND PRINT SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | GUILLERMETY, JUAN M | 2682 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 26, 2024 |
| 18754050 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SERVER DEVICE, AND METHOD THEREOF | Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §103 | Final Rejection | 59d overdue | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
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98 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 1 client, before 82 examiners in 41 art units.
