Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

BELDEN CANADA ULC

Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

5 pending office actions • 4 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

BELDEN CANADA ULC has 5 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 5 distinct examiners and 4 distinct art units, indicating multiple examination assignments with some art-unit overlap.

MAYO III, WILLIAM H is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Since no examiner handles more than 1 action in the profile, counsel should coordinate the docket through shared technical and claim records while preparing individualized responses for each art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

1
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (60%)
1
Medium (20%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (20%)
§112 only1 (20%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (60%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
80% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MAYO III, WILLIAM H 1 77.0% -3.9%
PAUMEN, GARY F 1 88.6% -1.3%
NGUYEN, THANG H 1 84.8% +15.1%
QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 1 73.3% +20.2%
HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE 1 70.5% +21.8%

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
18984319 TWISTED PAIR CABLE HAVING AN ENHANCED ALIEN CROSSTALK MITIGATION PORTION STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO REDUCE ALIEN CROSSTALK MAYO III, WILLIAM H —
18761064 CABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE THAT IS CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE ALIEN CROSSTALK PAUMEN, GARY F —
18760989 CONNECTOR DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE CROSSTALK NGUYEN, THANG H —

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18598930 CROSS CONNECT SYSTEM AND TRAY HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE 35d overdue
18760989 CONNECTOR DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE CROSSTALK NGUYEN, THANG H —
18752285 COUPLING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE BALANCED COUPLING FOR SINGLE PAIR ETHERNET CABLE QUIGLEY, THOMAS K —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 2
2848 1
2831 1
3637 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18984319 TWISTED PAIR CABLE HAVING AN ENHANCED ALIEN CROSSTALK MITIGATION PORTION STRUCTURALLY CONFIGURED TO REDUCE ALIEN CROSSTALK MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2848 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18761064 CABLE CONNECTOR DEVICE THAT IS CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE ALIEN CROSSTALK PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18760989 CONNECTOR DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MITIGATE CROSSTALK NGUYEN, THANG H 2831 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18752285 COUPLING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE BALANCED COUPLING FOR SINGLE PAIR ETHERNET CABLE QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 24, 2024
18598930 CROSS CONNECT SYSTEM AND TRAY HANSEN, JAMES ORVILLE 3637 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Mar 07, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does BELDEN CANADA ULC have?

BELDEN CANADA ULC has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 5 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most BELDEN CANADA ULC applications?

William H Mayo III has the most, with 1 of BELDEN CANADA ULC's pending office actions.

What technology area are BELDEN CANADA ULC's patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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