Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
21 pending office actions • 9 art units • 20 examiners • 0 of 21 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 98 patents granted in the last 365 days
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 9 (43%) |
| §102 only | 6 (29%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (24%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAUMEN, GARY F | 2 | 88.6% | -1.5% |
| SMITH, MAURICE C | 1 | 84.5% | -4.2% |
| PAYNE, DAVID C | 1 | 42.9% | +35.6% |
| ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 1 | 72.2% | +16.2% |
| WONG, ERIC K | 1 | 83.8% | +7.9% |
| GUSHI, ROSS N | 1 | 84.0% | +2.7% |
| TRAN, TRAN M. | 1 | 74.5% | +23.7% |
| ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | 1 | 91.7% | +10.1% |
| JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | 1 | 87.2% | +8.6% |
| RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | 1 | 88.9% | +14.7% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18438530 | LOW PROFILE BOARD-TO-BOARD INTERFACE CONTACTORS | PAUMEN, GARY F | 8d |
| 18774969 | PHOTONIC CHIP COUPLER CONNECTOR MODULE | WONG, ERIC K | — |
| 18747510 | CONNECTOR | GUSHI, ROSS N | — |
| 18715121 | FPC CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR PAIR | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — |
| 18676526 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | PAUMEN, GARY F | — |
| 18644166 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17889572 | BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE AND BATTERY PACK | HILTON, ALBERT MICHAEL | 10d overdue |
| 17794745 | REAL-TIME CABLE ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATOR WITH CUSTOM CONNECTORS | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 10d overdue |
| 19056949 | NON-INVASIVE REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MxN OPTICAL CIRCUIT SWITCH WITH MEMS MIRROR ARRAY BASED SWITCH ENGINE | SMITH, MAURICE C | — |
| 18718438 | METHOD FOR LEAK SOURCE LOCATION INVESTIGATION | TRAN, TRAN M. | — |
| 18704073 | BOARD CONNECTOR AND BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | — |
| 18624152 | STAGGERED PADDLE CARD CONNECTOR | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18945586 | SMART CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME USING AN APPLICATION SPECIFIC ELECTRONICS PACKAGING MANUFACTURING PROCESS | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 19d |
| 18974836 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM WITH MONITORING OF MISSING WAVELENGTH CHANNELS | PAYNE, DAVID C | — |
| 18718438 | METHOD FOR LEAK SOURCE LOCATION INVESTIGATION | TRAN, TRAN M. | — |
| 18715121 | FPC CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR PAIR | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — |
| 18704073 | BOARD CONNECTOR AND BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2831 | 2 |
| 1723 | 2 |
| 3658 | 1 |
| 2855 | 1 |
| 2834 | 1 |
| 2841 | 1 |
| 2835 | 1 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 2188 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19056949 | NON-INVASIVE REAL-TIME MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MxN OPTICAL CIRCUIT SWITCH WITH MEMS MIRROR ARRAY BASED SWITCH ENGINE | SMITH, MAURICE C | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 19, 2025 |
| 18974836 | RECONFIGURABLE OPTICAL ADD AND DROP MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM WITH MONITORING OF MISSING WAVELENGTH CHANNELS | PAYNE, DAVID C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 10, 2024 |
| 18945586 | SMART CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME USING AN APPLICATION SPECIFIC ELECTRONICS PACKAGING MANUFACTURING PROCESS | ZARROLI, MICHAEL C | 3658 | §103 | Final Rejection | 19d | Pending | Nov 13, 2024 |
| 18774969 | PHOTONIC CHIP COUPLER CONNECTOR MODULE | WONG, ERIC K | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 17, 2024 |
| 18747510 | CONNECTOR | GUSHI, ROSS N | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18718438 | METHOD FOR LEAK SOURCE LOCATION INVESTIGATION | TRAN, TRAN M. | 2855 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 11, 2024 |
| 18715121 | FPC CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR PAIR | ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18676526 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | PAUMEN, GARY F | — | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 29, 2024 |
| 18644166 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | JIMENEZ, OSCAR C | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18704073 | BOARD CONNECTOR AND BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR | RAHMAN, THASLIMUR | — | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 24, 2024 |
| 18624152 | STAGGERED PADDLE CARD CONNECTOR | QUIGLEY, THOMAS K | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 02, 2024 |
| 18438530 | LOW PROFILE BOARD-TO-BOARD INTERFACE CONTACTORS | PAUMEN, GARY F | 2834 | §102 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18438525 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY | LE, THANH TAM T | 2831 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Feb 12, 2024 |
| 18424863 | TOP-MOUNT PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLIES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES THEREOF | SASSERATH, ELISA MARIE | 2841 | §103 | Final Rejection | 14d | Pending | Jan 28, 2024 |
| 18388539 | HEAT EXCHANGE ENHANCED MODULE SHELL | MUIR, MATTHEW SINCLAIR | 2835 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d overdue | Pending | Nov 10, 2023 |
| 18387067 | WIRELESS CHARGING MODULES INCLUDING OPTIMIZED NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION (NFC) ANTENNAS | KIM, AHSHIK | — | §102Other | 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 |
| 17889572 | BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE AND BATTERY PACK | HILTON, ALBERT MICHAEL | 1723 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 10d overdue | Pending | Aug 17, 2022 |
| 17794745 | REAL-TIME CABLE ASSEMBLY CONFIGURATOR WITH CUSTOM CONNECTORS | DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL | 2188 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | 10d overdue | Pending | Jul 22, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 17582012 | BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE | EFYMOW, JESSE JAMES | 1723 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jan 24, 2022 |
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