Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Erni International AG has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 2 distinct art units. The examiner count exceeds the art-unit count, indicating that at least one art unit contains matters assigned to more than one examiner.
RAHMAN, THASLIMUR is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should organize review by art unit while preserving examiner-specific preparation for each application.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | 1 | 88.5% | +8.6% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 1 | 88.6% | -1.3% |
| HARCUM, MARCUS E | 1 | 89.4% | +5.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18678527 | Plug Connector Having A Locking System | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18802777 | Plug Connector With Shield Plate, Comprising a Spring Contact Element | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | — |
| 18654252 | Connector, Connector Assembly, and a Tool and Method for Assembling the Connector Assembly | HARCUM, MARCUS E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2834 | 2 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18802777 | Plug Connector With Shield Plate, Comprising a Spring Contact Element | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18678527 | Plug Connector Having A Locking System | PAUMEN, GARY F | 2834 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 30, 2024 |
| 18654252 | Connector, Connector Assembly, and a Tool and Method for Assembling the Connector Assembly | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 03, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialErni International AG has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Thaslimur Rahman has the most, with 1 of Erni International AG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
