Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.

16 pending office actions • 8 art units • 15 examiners • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 126 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
7
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
2
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. 15 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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.

0
Hard (0%)
14
Medium (88%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (12%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (81%)
§102 only1 (6%)
No statute on record2 (12%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
13
Semiconductors
81% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
6% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE 2 63.3% +23.9%
KRIM, PETER 1 84.8% +3.3%
SHRESTHA, SAGAR 1 83.8% +12.7%
MAYO III, WILLIAM H 1 77.0% -3.9%
NGUYEN, CHAU N 1 68.0% +14.0%
LE, THANH TAM T 1 86.4% +13.8%
DAVIS, ZACHARY M 1 69.2% +31.3%
LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 1 88.4% +8.0%
GUGGER, SEAN A 1 64.5% +22.9%
TSO, STANLEY 1 76.5% +34.0%

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
18400424 CONNECTOR LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 22d
18857630 ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX KRIM, PETER 23d
18836187 ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX SHRESTHA, SAGAR 34d
18434196 CONNECTOR DEVICE LE, THANH TAM T 70d

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18405145 CONNECTOR MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE 4d overdue
18563453 CONNECTOR GUGGER, SEAN A 8d
18082192 CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR DEVICE MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE 15d
18580956 INJECTION-MOLDED ARTICLE AND SENSOR MODULE DAVIS, ZACHARY M 26d
18836187 ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX SHRESTHA, SAGAR 34d
18479590 BUS BAR WITH TAB AND CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY TSO, STANLEY 34d
18434196 CONNECTOR DEVICE LE, THANH TAM T 70d
18685664 WIRING SYSTEM AND MULTIPURPOSE WIRING MEMBER NGUYEN, CHAU N

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2841 4
2831 3
2834 3
2847 2
1783 1
3665 1
1751 1
2837 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18857630 ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX KRIM, PETER 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Oct 17, 2024
18836187 ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX SHRESTHA, SAGAR 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 06, 2024
18721455 WIRING MEMBER MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2024
18685664 WIRING SYSTEM AND MULTIPURPOSE WIRING MEMBER NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 22, 2024
18434196 CONNECTOR DEVICE LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §103 Final Rejection 70d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18580956 INJECTION-MOLDED ARTICLE AND SENSOR MODULE DAVIS, ZACHARY M 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jan 19, 2024
18405145 CONNECTOR MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2024
18400424 CONNECTOR LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Dec 29, 2023
18563453 CONNECTOR GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18479590 BUS BAR WITH TAB AND CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY TSO, STANLEY 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18277757 TERMINAL MODULE CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2831 Other Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Aug 17, 2023
18255669 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18303377 Power Supply System Having A Shut-Off Circuit JAGOLINZER, SCOTT ROSS 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Apr 19, 2023
18082192 CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR DEVICE MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE 2834 Final Rejection 15d Pending Dec 15, 2022
17924084 BATTERY WIRING MODULE CHUO, TONY SHENG HSIANG 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 126d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
17906738 REACTOR, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICE HOSSAIN, KAZI S 2837 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022

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