Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
11 pending office actions • 1 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 32 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harting Stiftung & Co. KG maintains a portfolio in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. There are 11 pending office actions currently being handled by 9 distinct examiners. Despite the high number of examiners, all 11 pending office actions are situated within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration suggests that while many individual examiners are involved, they are likely following the specific internal policies and technical interpretations of a single art unit.
HYEON, HAE M is identified as the busiest examiner, with 2 pending office actions. This represents a small fraction of the workload, as the total volume is spread across 9 distinct examiners. For the practitioner, this means that while the technical focus is narrow within 1 distinct art unit, the prosecution strategy must be tailored to the individual habits of the various examiners. The pending office actions reflect a significant volume of ongoing dialogue with the patent office.
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 (9%) |
| §102 only | 1 (9%) |
| §112 only | 2 (18%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 7 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYEON, HAE M | 2 | 85.7% | +10.2% |
| KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2 | 86.7% | +5.4% |
| TUMEBO, TSION M | 1 | 66.5% | +20.2% |
| PATEL, HARSHAD C | 1 | 82.8% | +8.5% |
| NGUYEN, THANG H | 1 | 84.8% | +15.2% |
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 1 | 87.4% | +7.3% |
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 1 | 88.6% | -1.4% |
| GUSHI, ROSS N | 1 | 83.9% | +2.2% |
| ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 1 | 91.5% | +10.2% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18769419 | Connector with contact insert attachment | HYEON, HAE M | — |
| 18707126 | MALE SINGLE-PIN CONNECTOR, FEMALE MULTI-PIN CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SYSTEM FORMED THEREOF | HYEON, HAE 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 | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| 18702732 | CORROSION-RESISTANT PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING | GUSHI, ROSS N | — |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841277 | ELECTRICAL MAINS CABLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | — |
| 18793836 | Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element | NGUYEN, THANG H | — |
| 18769419 | Connector with contact insert attachment | HYEON, HAE M | — |
| 18707126 | MALE SINGLE-PIN CONNECTOR, FEMALE MULTI-PIN CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SYSTEM FORMED THEREOF | HYEON, HAE M | — |
| 18687614 | METHOD FOR ATTACHING A LABEL HOLDER TO AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE WIRE, ENDLESS TAPE ANDCONTACT ARRANGEMENT | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18841277 | ELECTRICAL MAINS CABLE | TUMEBO, TSION M | — | §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 | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18793836 | Connector With Removable Ingress Protection Element | NGUYEN, THANG H | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 04, 2024 |
| 18769419 | Connector with contact insert attachment | HYEON, HAE M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18769422 | Connector with contact insert attachment | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 18721568 | CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE AND ACTUATOR FOR A CABLE CONNECTION DEVICE | PAUMEN, GARY F | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 18, 2024 |
| 18707126 | MALE SINGLE-PIN CONNECTOR, FEMALE MULTI-PIN CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR SYSTEM FORMED THEREOF | HYEON, HAE M | — | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18707063 | PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING HAVING LOCKING PINS | KRATT, JUSTIN M | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 02, 2024 |
| 18702732 | CORROSION-RESISTANT PLUG CONNECTOR HOUSING | GUSHI, ROSS N | — | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 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 |
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