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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