Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Yazaki Corporation

73 pending office actions • 26 art units • 55 examiners • 0 of 73 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 171 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
56
Non-Final OAs
14
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

8
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
Due this month
5
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. 17 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (8)Due ≤ 30 days (3)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

30
Hard (41%)
39
Medium (53%)
4
Easy (5%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only26 (36%)
§102 only13 (18%)
§112 only4 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)30 (41%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
5% of docket
2
Information Tech
3% of docket
2
Communications
3% of docket
28
Semiconductors
38% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
7% of docket
32
Business / Other
44% 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.

730 h
Manual time on pending OAs
146 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
255 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
6.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 6 59.6% +21.9%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 5 86.4% -5.3%
PAUMEN, GARY F 3 88.6% -1.5%
LE, THANH TAM T 3 86.5% +13.8%
THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE 2
TA, THO DAC 2 86.5% +15.1%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 2 86.8% +5.7%
GUSHI, ROSS N 2 84.0% +2.7%
HYEON, HAE M 2 85.5% +10.3%
FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 1 80.1% +13.1%

Quick Wins (11)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18398137 CONNECTOR PAUMEN, GARY F 28d
18958057 TRUNK LINE OF WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL
18935404 GROMMET ROBINSON, KRYSTAL
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL
18784108 SHIELD UNIT TA, THO DAC
18775224 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M
18755034 Connector TA, THO DAC
18741146 TERMINAL METAL FITTING PAUMEN, GARY F

Hard Cases (30)

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
18317063 PLATED MATERIAL AND PLATING PRETREATMENT METHOD LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 26d overdue
18755598 ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 17d overdue
18678162 COLLAR, FASTENED MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 4d overdue
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18653102 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM CHEN, QING 33d
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 70d
19185586 VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND
19183749 CONTAINER BOX PARKER, LAURA EBERT

Interview Candidates (14)

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
18632507 CORRUGATED TUBE PROTECTION MEMBER PAGHADAL, PARESH H 149d overdue
18678162 COLLAR, FASTENED MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 4d overdue
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 70d
19185586 VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND
18784108 SHIELD UNIT TA, THO DAC
18755034 Connector TA, THO DAC
18642129 Connector Structure, and Male Connector HYEON, HAE M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2847 7
2831 5
2872 3
2836 2
2896 2
2834 2
3733 1
2875 1
3668 1
2625 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19185586 VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND 2836 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 22, 2025
19183749 CONTAINER BOX PARKER, LAURA EBERT 3733 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2025
19093477 ILLUMINATOR TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 28, 2025
19088202 Vehicle Display Device INGRAM, THOMAS P 3668 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 24, 2025
18985485 LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 18, 2024
18961347 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18958057 TRUNK LINE OF WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18949988 ACCOMMODATION BOX SANGHERA, SYMREN K 3735 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2024
18948011 WIRE HARNESS DESIGNING METHOD, WIRE HARNESS MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND VEHICLE WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18944248 WIRE HARNESS ARRANGEMENT STRUCTURE NGO, HUNG V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 12, 2024
18940727 ROUTING STRUCTURE ZHUO, WENWEI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2024
18935404 GROMMET ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18924256 HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM LEE, MATTHEW Y §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18906256 SHIELD STRUCTURE AND SHIELD SHELL PRODUCTION METHOD MAYO III, WILLIAM H §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2024
18892307 ROUTING STRUCTURE SANTIAGO, ANAYANSI ISABEL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18884682 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2024
18828449 Laminated Conductive Fabric Tape DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 09, 2024
18822045 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT UNIT AND WIRE HARNESS THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18815801 MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE PICHLER, MARIN §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18814433 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WEI, XIAOMING 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18807100 SERVICE PROXY DEVICE, SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND SERVICE PROXY METHOD NGUYEN, HAO HONG 2447 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2024
18787378 TEMPERATURE SENSOR FITZPATRICK, JULIA GRACE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784108 SHIELD UNIT TA, THO DAC §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18775224 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2024
18772030 CONNECTOR ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 12, 2024
18759725 LOCK MECHANISM AND PROTECTOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 28, 2024
18755569 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE FISSEL, TRAVIS S 2872 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 26, 2024
18755583 WIRE HARNESS THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE 2848 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18755598 ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 §102§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18755034 Connector TA, THO DAC §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18748517 CONNECTOR MANGOT, GREGORY LAWRENCE §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18748032 CONNECTOR MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 19, 2024
18741146 TERMINAL METAL FITTING PAUMEN, GARY F §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2024
18738181 WIRE HARNESS PANG, ROGER L 2896 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending May 31, 2024
18678162 COLLAR, FASTENED MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18677826 CONNECTOR PAUMEN, GARY F §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2024
18663036 CONNECTION TERMINAL GUSHI, ROSS N §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2024
18656764 SENSOR MOUNTING STRUCTURE MACCHIAROLO, PETER J 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 07, 2024
18656195 POWER-SUPPLY BOX FOR VEHICLE JALALI, AMIR A. 2835 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 06, 2024
18653979 CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18654295 CONNECTOR PATEL, HARSHAD C §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2024
18653102 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM CHEN, QING 2191 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 02, 2024
18642129 Connector Structure, and Male Connector HYEON, HAE M §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2024
18632507 CORRUGATED TUBE PROTECTION MEMBER PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18631542 CRIMP TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING TERMINAL-EQUIPPED WIRE HYEON, HAE M §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 10, 2024
18630055 BUS BAR MODULE CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Apr 06, 2024
18628683 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CHAIN TERMINAL, CHAIN TERMINAL, AND CONNECTOR NGUYEN, TRUC T §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 06, 2024
18625210 CONNECTOR GUSHI, ROSS N §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 03, 2024
18624060 POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM PARRIES, DRU M 2836 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18605262 CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18600461 CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL CONNECTION METHOD QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18600432 FITTING CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18590321 TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TEMPERATURE SENSOR LEE, KYUNG S §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18437096 CORRUGATED TUBE AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 08, 2024
18413601 COMMUNICATION CABLE AND WIRE HARNESS USING SAME NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18398148 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18398137 CONNECTOR PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18521595 BUSBAR MODULE AND BUSBAR MODULE ATTACHMENT METHOD JELSMA, JONATHAN G §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18513286 TERMINAL HOLDING STRUCTURE AND BUSBAR MODULE MCCLURE, JOSHUA PATRICK §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18478736 FLEXIBLE WIRING COMPONENT AND CONDUCTIVE MODULE ZENG, LINGWEN R 1723 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 29, 2023
18468672 MIRROR DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 15, 2023
18465644 COAXIAL CABLE CLAMPING MEMBER LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18448617 SHIELDING TAPE, SHIELDING MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2023
18361358 Connector BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18330375 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18320953 CONDUCTIVE MODULE VARGHESE, ROSHN K 2896 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18317063 PLATED MATERIAL AND PLATING PRETREATMENT METHOD LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 §103§112 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending May 13, 2023
18311588 BUSBAR GREENE, PATRICK MARSHALL 1724 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 03, 2023
18282852 COMPLIANT PIN ADAPTER PLATE LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2023
18034263 ARC SUPPRESSION PRE-CHARGE CIRCUIT AL-TAWEEL, MUAAMAR QAHTAN 2838 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Apr 27, 2023

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