Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 14, 2026

Samtec Inc.

11 pending office actions • 6 art units • 9 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 21 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
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
Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due later (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.

6
Hard (55%)
5
Medium (45%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (45%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (55%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
7
Semiconductors
64% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
2
Business / Other
18% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TRA, ANH QUAN 2 72.8% +5.4%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 2 86.8% +5.7%
AFZALI, SARANG 1 73.2% +45.5%
ZHANG, HAI Y 1 68.4% +42.6%
SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 1 95.2% +5.9%
BUI, HUNG S 1 87.3% +10.2%
MCALLISTER, MICHAEL F 1 85.9% +6.2%
BELLO, AGUSTIN 1 75.4% +11.9%
LEE, SEUNG H 1 87.6% +10.8%

Quick Wins (4)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18566363 DATA COMMUNICATION LINE AND CONNECTOR LEE, SEUNG H 5d
18886066 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE VIAS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME MCALLISTER, MICHAEL F
17995514 HIGH-SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M
17796353 CABLE CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A CABLE CONNECTOR TO A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A MEMORY MODULE KRATT, JUSTIN M

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
18992380 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY FABRICATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ZHANG, HAI Y 84d
19229267 HIGH ASPECT RATIO VIAS FILLED WITH LIQUID METAL FILL AFZALI, SARANG
18992532 CABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD SALAZAR JR, JORGE L
18973393 MANAGING UNWANTED HEAT, MECHANICAL STRESSES AND EMI IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS BUI, HUNG S
18804721 TRANSCEIVER AND INTERFACE FOR IC PACKAGE BELLO, AGUSTIN
18676913 ELECTRICAL CABLE WITH DIELECTRIC FOAM TRA, ANH QUAN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18566363 DATA COMMUNICATION LINE AND CONNECTOR LEE, SEUNG H 5d
18992380 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY FABRICATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ZHANG, HAI Y 84d
19229267 HIGH ASPECT RATIO VIAS FILLED WITH LIQUID METAL FILL AFZALI, SARANG
18973393 MANAGING UNWANTED HEAT, MECHANICAL STRESSES AND EMI IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS BUI, HUNG S
18804721 TRANSCEIVER AND INTERFACE FOR IC PACKAGE BELLO, AGUSTIN

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2843 3
2831 2
3726 1
1717 1
2847 1
2876 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19229267 HIGH ASPECT RATIO VIAS FILLED WITH LIQUID METAL FILL AFZALI, SARANG 3726 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 05, 2025
18992380 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADDITIVELY FABRICATING ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ZHANG, HAI Y 1717 §103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Jan 08, 2025
18992532 CABLE APPARATUS AND METHOD SALAZAR JR, JORGE L 2843 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2025
18973393 MANAGING UNWANTED HEAT, MECHANICAL STRESSES AND EMI IN ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS BUI, HUNG S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2024
18851897 FLEXIBLE CABLES AND WAVEGUIDES TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18886066 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE VIAS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING SAME MCALLISTER, MICHAEL F 2847 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18804721 TRANSCEIVER AND INTERFACE FOR IC PACKAGE BELLO, AGUSTIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 14, 2024
18676913 ELECTRICAL CABLE WITH DIELECTRIC FOAM TRA, ANH QUAN 2843 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 29, 2024
18566363 DATA COMMUNICATION LINE AND CONNECTOR LEE, SEUNG H 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Dec 01, 2023
17995514 HIGH-SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2022
17796353 CABLE CONNECTOR SYSTEM FOR CONNECTING A CABLE CONNECTOR TO A SUBSTRATE INCLUDING A MEMORY MODULE KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2022

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