Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Yazaki Corporation

Technology area: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics

101 pending office actions • 25 art units • 66 examiners • 0 of 101 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 183 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Yazaki Corporation manages a portfolio with 101 pending office actions in the Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics technology area. These matters are distributed among 67 distinct examiners. The applications span 25 distinct art units, which indicates a technical footprint across various USPTO divisions. This volume of 101 pending office actions necessitates a strategy to handle the 67 distinct examiners and 25 art units involved in the process.

Paresh H Paghadal is the busiest examiner for this portfolio, currently managing 9 pending office actions. While this is the highest concentration for any single examiner, the pending actions are largely spread across the other assigned individuals. The presence of 25 distinct art units suggests that the company's innovations in semiconductors and optics are diverse, requiring engagement with many different specialized units. With the distinct examiners reviewing the applications, the company faces a range of individual perspectives. Each of the 101 pending office actions may be subject to different examination styles depending on the assigned examiner and art unit.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

101
Total Pending OAs
75
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
4
Due this month
7
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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (7)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.

41
Hard (41%)
54
Medium (53%)
5
Easy (5%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only30 (30%)
§102 only24 (24%)
§112 only5 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)41 (41%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

6
Life Sciences
6% of docket
2
Information Tech
2% of docket
2
Communications
2% of docket
27
Semiconductors
27% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
59
Business / Other
58% 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.

1,010 h
Manual time on pending OAs
202 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
354 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 9 59.9% +21.6%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 5 86.3% -5.1%
GANI, OBAIDUL NMN 5 100.0% +0.0%
NGUYEN, CHAU N 5 68.0% +14.1%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 4 86.7% +5.4%
MAYO III, WILLIAM H 3 77.0% -3.9%
VARGHESE, ROSHN K 2 67.5% +20.6%
ESTRADA, ANGEL R 2 85.5% -43.3%
BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2 78.2% +17.2%
PICHLER, MARIN 2 63.3% +9.8%

Quick Wins (8)

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
19008602 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
19002751 ROUTING STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS GANI, OBAIDUL NMN —
18989183 BUSBAR MODULE GANI, OBAIDUL NMN —
18986583 BUSBAR HOLDER ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
18964022 PROTECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS ESTRADA, ANGEL R —
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL —
18775224 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M —
18653974 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M —

Hard Cases (41)

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
18329574 STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE, WIRE HARNESS, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 2d overdue
18319412 ALUMINUM-CARBON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR BUSBARS MAYO III, WILLIAM H 14d
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 36d
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 70d
19185586 VEHICLE POWER SUPPLY SYSTEM FIN, MICHAEL RUTLAND —
19183749 CONTAINER BOX PARKER, LAURA EBERT —

Interview Candidates (18)

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
18320953 CONDUCTIVE MODULE VARGHESE, ROSHN K 5d overdue
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 36d
18413601 COMMUNICATION CABLE AND WIRE HARNESS USING SAME NGUYEN, CHAU N 40d
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 70d
19020536 GROMMET AND WIRE HARNESS VARGHESE, ROSHN K —
18978329 WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, CHAU N —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2847 9
2841 3
2836 2
3733 2
2872 2
2896 2
2831 2
2834 2
2859 2
2875 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 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2025
19093477 ILLUMINATOR TUMEBO, TSION M 2875 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2025
19061047 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 24, 2025
19044134 Driver Monitoring Device and Monitoring Program SOFRONIOU, MICHAEL MARIO — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
19031162 BOX-SHAPED BODY ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §112 Final Rejection 50d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19021971 WIRE HARNESS ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 15, 2025
19020536 GROMMET AND WIRE HARNESS VARGHESE, ROSHN K — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19014927 LOCK STRUCTURE SULLIVAN, MATTHEW J 3677 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 09, 2025
19008602 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 02, 2025
19002751 ROUTING STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS GANI, OBAIDUL NMN — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18989183 BUSBAR MODULE GANI, OBAIDUL NMN — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2024
18987318 CONDUCTOR MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18985485 LIGHTING CONTROL SYSTEM ENGLISH, ALECIA DIANE 2625 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18986583 BUSBAR HOLDER ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2024
18984818 BUS BAR MODULE GANI, OBAIDUL NMN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2024
18982385 WIRE HARNESS ESTRADA, ANGEL R — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 16, 2024
18978329 WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, CHAU N — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18978686 WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, CHAU N — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18976615 WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, CHAU N — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2024
18975240 WIRE HARNESS ASSEMBLY BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 10, 2024
18964022 PROTECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS ESTRADA, ANGEL R — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 29, 2024
18960706 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE PICHLER, MARIN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18958057 TRUNK LINE OF WIRE HARNESS AND WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 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
18942933 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18940727 ROUTING STRUCTURE ZHUO, WENWEI — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18935398 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE BLANKENSHIP, GREGORY A — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 01, 2024
18932754 ELECTRIC WIRE WITH TERMINAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME MAYO III, WILLIAM H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18927799 WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 25, 2024
18906256 SHIELD STRUCTURE AND SHIELD SHELL PRODUCTION METHOD MAYO III, WILLIAM H — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 04, 2024
18893895 ROUTING STRUCTURE CATALANO, JACKSON RICHARD — §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 23, 2024
18892310 ROUTING STRUCTURE GANI, OBAIDUL NMN — Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 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
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
18815796 BUSBAR MODULE PAGHADAL, PARESH H — §102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 26, 2024
18814433 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WEI, XIAOMING 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18810654 ELECTRICAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE GANI, OBAIDUL NMN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18807100 SERVICE PROXY DEVICE, SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND SERVICE PROXY METHOD NGUYEN, HAO HONG 2447 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 16, 2024
18805996 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH TERMINAL, TERMINAL, AND ELECTRICAL WIRE WITH TERMINAL TA, THO DAC — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 15, 2024
18804691 CONDUCTOR MEMBER WITH COOLING STRUCTURE DECKER, JAMIL ALEXANDER — §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 14, 2024
18801015 CIRCUIT BODY AND CONNECTOR-ATTACHED CIRCUIT BODY THAYER, ABIGAIL MARIE — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2024
18784108 SHIELD UNIT TA, THO DAC — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18777798 CONNECTOR RAHMAN, THASLIMUR — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18775224 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 17, 2024
18772046 CONNECTOR NGUYEN, THANG H — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18772030 CONNECTOR ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2024
18768352 FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE AND BUS BAR MODULE BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18767143 CONNECTOR DINH, PHUONG K — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18761942 CONNECTOR DINH ARRIVILLAGA, JULIAN RIN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18759725 LOCK MECHANISM AND PROTECTOR GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 28, 2024
18754157 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE JONES, JAMES 2872 §102 Final Rejection — 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
18744907 THERMISTOR ASSEMBLY, TEMPERATURE SENSOR, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF COTEY, PHILIP L — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 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
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103§112 Final Rejection 36d Pending May 29, 2024
18672584 TERMINAL REEL UNIT AND ELECTRIC WIRE PROCESSING APPARATUS SALONE, BAYAN 3726 §102 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2024
18663028 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 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
18653976 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18653974 CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2024
18653102 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM CHEN, QING 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 02, 2024
18643665 BUS-BAR MODULE GUPTA, SARIKA — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 23, 2024
18642129 Connector Structure, and Male Connector HYEON, HAE M — §102 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18642087 Connector Structure, Fitting Position Guarantee Lock, And First Connector FIGUEROA, FELIX O — §102§103 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
18625210 CONNECTOR GUSHI, ROSS N — §103§112 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
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 §102§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
18456139 BATTERY PACK GAGNON, CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE 1712 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18448617 SHIELDING TAPE, SHIELDING MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 11, 2023
18361358 Connector BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18338256 STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD HERNANDEZ, MANUEL J 2859 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 20, 2023
18336956 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 16, 2023
18329574 STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE, WIRE HARNESS, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2023
18320953 CONDUCTIVE MODULE VARGHESE, ROSHN K 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18319412 ALUMINUM-CARBON METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR BUSBARS MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 17, 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 Non-Final OA — Pending May 03, 2023
18308354 BUSBAR MODULE JELSMA, JONATHAN G 1722 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 27, 2023
18298319 BYPASS CIRCUIT AND ELECTRICAL STORAGE SYSTEM JEPPSON, PAMELA J 2859 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 10, 2023
17720314 CONDUCTIVE MODULE AND CONDUCTIVE SYSTEM CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Apr 14, 2022
17457600 ALUMINUM CARBON NANOTUBE (AL-CNT) WIRES IN TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION LINE CABLES NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2021

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