Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
14 pending office actions • 4 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 29 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harting Stiftung & Co. KG has 13 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters span 11 examiners but only 3 art units, showing substantial examiner distribution within a narrower set of technical classifications. The difference between pending matters and examiners indicates that at least one examiner handles more than one matter.
KRATT, JUSTIN M is the busiest examiner, with 3 pending matters. This is the principal examiner concentration in the current docket and may support coordinated review of those matters, while the remaining work requires separate examiner strategies.
The limited art-unit spread supports centralized analysis of recurring semiconductor and circuit issues. Counsel should still account for examiner-specific treatment when preparing amendments, arguments, and responses across the broader portfolio.
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 | 4 (29%) |
| §102 only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 9 (64%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRATT, JUSTIN M | 4 | 86.8% | +5.2% |
| HARCUM, MARCUS E | 1 | 89.4% | +5.5% |
| MACCHIAROLO, LEAH SIMONE | 1 | 62.4% | +31.6% |
| TUMEBO, TSION M | 1 | 66.3% | +20.4% |
| PATEL, HARSHAD C | 1 | 82.9% | +8.6% |
| NGUYEN, THANG H | 1 | 84.8% | +15.1% |
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 1 | 87.3% | +7.3% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 1 | 88.6% | -1.3% |
| LE, THANH TAM T | 1 | 86.5% | +13.8% |
| ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 1 | 91.5% | +10.1% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18891600 | ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES | HARCUM, MARCUS E | — |
| 18844335 | COMPACT SURFACE-MOUNTED HOUSING | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — |
| 18707063 | PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING HAVING LOCKING PINS | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — |
| 18687614 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A LABEL HOLDER TO AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE, ENDLESS TAPE ANDCONTACT ARRANGEMENT | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — |
| 18563555 | CONTACT INSERT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PLUG CONNECTOR | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824123 | High Pull Force Cable Gland | MACCHIAROLO, LEAH SIMONE | — |
| 18841277 | ELECTRICAL MAINS CABLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | — |
| 18840006 | GROUNDING MODULE WHICH IS TO BE RECEIVED IN A METAL PLUG CONNECTOR MODULAR FRAME AND WHICH GROUNDS SAME | PATEL, HARSHAD C | — |
| 18793836 | Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element | NGUYEN, THANG H | — |
| 18769422 | Connector with contact insert attachment | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — |
| 18721568 | CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE AND ACTUATOR FOR A CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18713817 | Module element for plug-in connectors | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| 18577627 | PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING HAVING A DATA DIODE FOR ELECTRONIC DATA LINES | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — |
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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18824123 | High Pull Force Cable Gland | MACCHIAROLO, LEAH SIMONE | — |
| 18841277 | ELECTRICAL MAINS CABLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | — |
| 18793836 | Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element | NGUYEN, THANG H | — |
| 18713817 | Module element for plug-in connectors | LE, THANH TAM T | — |
| 18687614 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A LABEL HOLDER TO AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE, ENDLESS TAPE ANDCONTACT ARRANGEMENT | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 9 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 2833 | 1 |
| 2875 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18891600 | ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPMENT AND MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES | HARCUM, MARCUS E | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 18844335 | COMPACT SURFACE-MOUNTED HOUSING | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2833 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 05, 2024 |
| 18824123 | High Pull Force Cable Gland | MACCHIAROLO, LEAH SIMONE | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18841277 | ELECTRICAL MAINS CABLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | 2875 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 23, 2024 |
| 18840006 | GROUNDING MODULE WHICH IS TO BE RECEIVED IN A METAL PLUG CONNECTOR MODULAR FRAME AND WHICH GROUNDS SAME | PATEL, HARSHAD C | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18793836 | Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element | NGUYEN, THANG H | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2024 |
| 18769422 | Connector with contact insert attachment | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18721568 | CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE AND ACTUATOR FOR A CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | PAUMEN, GARY F | 2834 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18713817 | Module element for plug-in connectors | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2024 |
| 18707063 | PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING HAVING LOCKING PINS | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18687614 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A LABEL HOLDER TO AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE, ENDLESS TAPE ANDCONTACT ARRANGEMENT | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 2831 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 28, 2024 |
| 18577627 | PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING HAVING A DATA DIODE FOR ELECTRONIC DATA LINES | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 08, 2024 |
| 18563555 | CONTACT INSERT FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PLUG CONNECTOR | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 22, 2023 |
| 18274186 | APPLIANCE SOCKET | BAILLARGEON, PAUL D | 2831 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jul 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialHarting Stiftung & Co. KG has 14 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 11 examiners.
Justin M Kratt has the most, with 4 of Harting Stiftung & Co. KG's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
