Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Panduit Corp.

18 pending office actions • 9 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 36 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Case Difficulty Mix

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.

6
Hard (33%)
9
Medium (50%)
3
Easy (17%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§103 only8 (44%)
§102 only1 (6%)
§112 only2 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (28%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
6
Semiconductors
33% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
7
Business / Other
39% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PATEL, JIGAR P 1 80.0% +16.6%
ROSARIO, NELSON M 1 86.0% +6.2%
LAMBERT, DAVID W 1 76.5% +12.7%
HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER 1 86.0% +11.2%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 59.1% +23.1%
WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE 1 40.0% +66.7%
CORS, NATHAN M 1 77.8% +5.2%
ESTRADA, ANGEL R 1 85.5% -43.6%
KAULFUSS, PETER LLOYD 1
HOLLWEG, THOMAS A 1 53.1% +31.4%

Quick Wins (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19268280 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD PATEL, JIGAR P
19059581 OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION MODULES FOR AI NETWORKS ROSARIO, NELSON M
18928489 METHOD OF DETECTING A FAULT IN A PULSED POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER

Hard Cases (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18886513 COMMUNICATION CABLES WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL LANES ESTRADA, ANGEL R
18791591 Fiber Cassette Base Housing Including Multiple Connectivity Options KAULFUSS, PETER LLOYD
18783674 SPLICE ENCLOSURES AND SLACK MANAGEMENT FOR FIBER OPTIC PEDESTALS HOLLWEG, THOMAS A
18605100 Fault Detection and Management Scheme for Safe HV-DC Power Distribution System LE, JOHN H
18371628 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE ABSENCE OF VOLTAGE NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE
17981776 Cable Tie Handle NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19268280 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD PATEL, JIGAR P
18937168 COLOR CODED CABLING FOR A.I. DRIVEN OPTICAL NETWORKS LAMBERT, DAVID W
18928489 METHOD OF DETECTING A FAULT IN A PULSED POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER
18915689 CABLE GUIDE CLAMP GARFT, CHRISTOPHER
18894239 Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Cleaning, Tracing, and Securing Fibers in Communication Networks WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE
18783674 SPLICE ENCLOSURES AND SLACK MANAGEMENT FOR FIBER OPTIC PEDESTALS HOLLWEG, THOMAS A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2874 3
2634 1
3632 1
2677 1
3613 1
2835 1
2831 1
2857 1
3732 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19268280 INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD PATEL, JIGAR P §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 14, 2025
19059581 OPTICAL INTERCONNECTION MODULES FOR AI NETWORKS ROSARIO, NELSON M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 21, 2025
18937168 COLOR CODED CABLING FOR A.I. DRIVEN OPTICAL NETWORKS LAMBERT, DAVID W 2634 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 05, 2024
18928489 METHOD OF DETECTING A FAULT IN A PULSED POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM HOQUE, FARHANA AKHTER §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18915689 CABLE GUIDE CLAMP GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 15, 2024
18894239 Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Cleaning, Tracing, and Securing Fibers in Communication Networks WILLIAMS, REBECCA COLETTE 2677 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18886232 Methods for Estimating Modal Bandwidth Spectral Dependence CORS, NATHAN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18886513 COMMUNICATION CABLES WITH ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL LANES ESTRADA, ANGEL R §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18791591 Fiber Cassette Base Housing Including Multiple Connectivity Options KAULFUSS, PETER LLOYD 2874 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 01, 2024
18783674 SPLICE ENCLOSURES AND SLACK MANAGEMENT FOR FIBER OPTIC PEDESTALS HOLLWEG, THOMAS A §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18645762 MULTILAYER INTERFACE FIBER OPTIC CASSETTE MODULE JORDAN, ANDREW 2874 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2024
18613253 TRANSPORT CASTER ASSEMBLY FOR A DATA CENTER CABINET SHRIVER II, JAMES A 3613 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18605100 Fault Detection and Management Scheme for Safe HV-DC Power Distribution System LE, JOHN H §101 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18538534 MODULAR AND SCALABLE POWER DISTRIBUTION SMITH, COURTNEY L 2835 §112 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18385122 INSULATION PIERCING SPLIT BOLT ASSEMBLY FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 30, 2023
18371628 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE ABSENCE OF VOLTAGE NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 22, 2023
18106136 Ultra-Wideband Low Latency Multicore to Multicore Free-Space Optical Communications Using Parabolic Mirrors CHIEM, DINH D 2874 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Feb 06, 2023
17981776 Cable Tie Handle NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2022

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