Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 12, 2026

Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG

12 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 12 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 39 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

12
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (1)

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.

8
Hard (67%)
4
Medium (33%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (8%)
§103 only3 (25%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)7 (58%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
17% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
50% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
17% of docket
2
Business / Other
17% 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.

120 h
Manual time on pending OAs
24 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
42 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R 1 64.0% +2.4%
KRIM, PETER 1 83.5% +6.2%
PAUMEN, GARY F 1 88.6% -1.5%
BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 1 80.0% +16.3%
LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 1 88.4% +8.1%
LE, THANH TAM T 1 86.5% +13.8%
PROCTOR, CACHET I 1 77.0% +5.9%
GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 1 48.3% +16.4%
LOPEZ PAGAN, CARLOS EMILIO 1 88.9% +5.1%
LEE, BYUNG RO 1 76.3% +13.4%

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
18570106 VARIABLY POSITIONABLE LATCHING TAB AND PLUG CONNECTOR LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A
18685519 CONTACT ELEMENT FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR PART LE, THANH TAM T
18567406 PLUG CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ELEMENT LOPEZ PAGAN, CARLOS EMILIO

Hard Cases (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18247904 TOOL SET FOR CUTTING, STRIPPING AND/OR CRIMPING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR TRINH, MINH N 9d overdue
18572217 LABEL SUPPORT GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3d overdue
18706779 HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL HEAT SOURCE BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 14d
19115315 BACKUP METHOD FOR NETWORK DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, AND NETWORK DEVICE DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R
18857476 ELECTRONIC HOUSING KRIM, PETER
18724636 CLAMPING BODY, CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, AND CONNECTION TERMINAL PAUMEN, GARY F
18292996 TECHNIQUE FOR MARKING A CONDUCTING ELEMENT PROCTOR, CACHET I
17765450 TECHNIQUE FOR MARKING A PROLATE OBJECT BEHA, CAROLINE

Interview Candidates (4)

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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18572217 LABEL SUPPORT GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3d overdue
18706779 HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL HEAT SOURCE BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 14d
18685519 CONTACT ELEMENT FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR PART LE, THANH TAM T
18307822 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE IMPEDANCE OF A RECHARGEABLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE LEE, BYUNG RO

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2834 2
2841 1
2835 1
2831 1
1712 1
3637 1
2858 1
3729 1
1748 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19115315 BACKUP METHOD FOR NETWORK DEVICES CONNECTED TO A NETWORK, AND NETWORK DEVICE DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE TAYLOR, NICHOLAS R §101§102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 26, 2025
18857476 ELECTRONIC HOUSING KRIM, PETER 2841 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18724636 CLAMPING BODY, CONNECTION ASSEMBLY, AND CONNECTION TERMINAL PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18706779 HOUSING FOR RECEIVING AN ELECTRICAL HEAT SOURCE BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 2835 §102§103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 02, 2024
18570106 VARIABLY POSITIONABLE LATCHING TAB AND PLUG CONNECTOR LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18685519 CONTACT ELEMENT FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR PART LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2024
18292996 TECHNIQUE FOR MARKING A CONDUCTING ELEMENT PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 29, 2024
18572217 LABEL SUPPORT GRABOWSKI, KYLE ROBERT 3637 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18567406 PLUG CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING ELEMENT LOPEZ PAGAN, CARLOS EMILIO 2834 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 06, 2023
18307822 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE IMPEDANCE OF A RECHARGEABLE ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 27, 2023
18247904 TOOL SET FOR CUTTING, STRIPPING AND/OR CRIMPING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR TRINH, MINH N 3729 §103§112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2023
17765450 TECHNIQUE FOR MARKING A PROLATE OBJECT BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2022

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