Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
13 pending office actions • 8 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 110 patents granted in the last 365 days
Molex LLC has 14 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The actions span 13 distinct examiners and 9 distinct art units, showing a widely distributed prosecution profile. Counsel must manage multiple examination relationships while accounting for differences among technical groups.
NGUYEN, TRUC T is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. That concentration supports a focused review of the examiner's handling of the affected cases, but it does not displace the need for portfolio-wide issue tracking. Responses should remain tailored to each examiner and art-unit context.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (8%) |
| §103 only | 7 (54%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (38%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2 | 87.3% | +7.3% |
| PAYNE, DAVID C | 1 | 52.0% | +29.5% |
| BAILLARGEON, PAUL D | 1 | 78.0% | +4.7% |
| NGUYEN, THANG H | 1 | 84.8% | +15.1% |
| CHIEM, DINH D | 1 | 72.4% | +16.3% |
| DINH, LYNDA | 1 | 73.9% | +28.5% |
| HYEON, HAE M | 1 | 85.8% | +10.1% |
| VO, JIMMY | 1 | 73.5% | +21.7% |
| SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 1 | 90.2% | +11.4% |
| MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | 1 | 80.0% | +14.5% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424863 | TOP-MOUNT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEREOF | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 14d |
| 18616222 | CONNECTOR WITH SMT VERTICAL TAIL TERMINALS | HYEON, HAE M | — |
| 18592575 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18815885 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | BAILLARGEON, PAUL D | — |
| 18779117 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, THANG H | — |
| 18646904 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | CHIEM, DINH D | — |
| 18645426 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CHANGES IN FUGITIVE EMISSIONS | DINH, LYNDA | — |
| 18585088 | BOARD-TO-BOARD ARRAY CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC T | — |
| 18387069 | WIRELESS CHARGING MODULES WITH MAGNETIC RETENTION | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18424863 | TOP-MOUNT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEREOF | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 14d |
| 18974836 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM WITH MONITORING OF MISSING WAVELENGTH CHANNELS | PAYNE, DAVID C | — |
| 18779117 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, THANG H | — |
| 18646904 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | CHIEM, DINH D | — |
| 18645426 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CHANGES IN FUGITIVE EMISSIONS | DINH, LYNDA | — |
| 18616222 | CONNECTOR WITH SMT VERTICAL TAIL TERMINALS | HYEON, HAE M | — |
| 18681067 | BUSBAR ASSEMBLY FOR ARRAYS OF BATTERY CELLS | VO, JIMMY | — |
| 18387069 | WIRELESS CHARGING MODULES WITH MAGNETIC RETENTION | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 4 |
| 2834 | 2 |
| 2876 | 2 |
| 2635 | 1 |
| 2874 | 1 |
| 2857 | 1 |
| 1723 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18974836 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM WITH MONITORING OF MISSING WAVELENGTH CHANNELS | PAYNE, DAVID C | 2635 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18815885 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | BAILLARGEON, PAUL D | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 27, 2024 |
| 18779117 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, THANG H | 2831 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2024 |
| 18646904 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | CHIEM, DINH D | 2874 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 26, 2024 |
| 18645426 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ESTIMATING CHANGES IN FUGITIVE EMISSIONS | DINH, LYNDA | 2857 | §101§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2024 |
| 18616222 | CONNECTOR WITH SMT VERTICAL TAIL TERMINALS | HYEON, HAE M | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18592575 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION DEVICE ASSEMBLY | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2834 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 01, 2024 |
| 18585088 | BOARD-TO-BOARD ARRAY CONNECTOR | NGUYEN, TRUC T | 2834 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 23, 2024 |
| 18681067 | BUSBAR ASSEMBLY FOR ARRAYS OF BATTERY CELLS | VO, JIMMY | 1723 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 05, 2024 |
| 18424863 | TOP-MOUNT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEREOF | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 2841 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jan 28, 2024 |
| 18387069 | WIRELESS CHARGING MODULES WITH MAGNETIC RETENTION | MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 06, 2023 |
| 18036420 | DYNAMIC GAIN EQUALIZATION CONTROL METHOD FOR USE IN EDFA MODULES | ST CYR, DANIEL | 2876 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 77d | Pending | May 11, 2023 |
| 17764979 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR PROTECTING A MULTI-LEVEL, MULTI-PORT CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE | KRATT, JUSTIN M | 2831 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialMolex LLC has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 8 art units and 12 examiners.
Truc T Nguyen has the most, with 2 of Molex LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
