Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harting Electronics GmbH has 3 pending office actions within the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These actions are handled by 3 distinct examiners, meaning each pending filing is assigned to a different individual. This creates a diverse set of examiner interactions for the company's current semiconductor portfolio. The presence of 3 examiners for 3 actions ensures that no single reviewer's perspective dominates the prosecution of these matters.
Despite the variety of examiners, all 3 pending actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while the individual reviewers differ, the administrative oversight remains within a single specialized group. CAPUTO, LISA M is the busiest examiner with 1 pending office action, reflecting an even distribution of the workload. For the practitioner, this concentration in 1 art unit means that while 3 different examiners are involved, they likely share similar internal guidelines and supervisory oversight. This structure allows the company to focus its administrative efforts on a single art unit while managing 3 separate technical reviews.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPUTO, LISA M | 1 | 37.7% | +5.8% |
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +9.0% |
| PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 1 | 59.9% | +21.6% |
| HARCUM, MARCUS E | 1 | 89.3% | +5.6% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18271644 | SINGLE-PAIR ETHERNET SWITCHING APPARATUS | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 27d |
| 18712413 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR WITH DETECTIBLE SHAPED ELEMENT | DINH, PHUONG K | — |
| 18689374 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTION ELEMENT | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18689374 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTION ELEMENT | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2847 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18837555 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL FIBRES AND ASSEMBLY DEVICE | CAPUTO, LISA M | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 09, 2024 |
| 18712413 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR WITH DETECTIBLE SHAPED ELEMENT | DINH, PHUONG K | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 22, 2024 |
| 18689374 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD UNIT AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTION ELEMENT | PAGHADAL, PARESH H | 2847 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 05, 2024 |
| 18271644 | SINGLE-PAIR ETHERNET SWITCHING APPARATUS | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Jul 10, 2023 |
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