Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Yazaki Corporation

38 pending office actions • 24 art units • 32 examiners • 0 of 38 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 155 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

38
Total Pending OAs
31
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

19
Overdue
0
Due this week
9
Due this month
9
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. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (19)Due ≤ 30 days (9)Due ≤ 60 days (9)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%)
33
Medium (87%)
4
Easy (11%)
1
Unknown (3%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only25 (66%)
§102 only8 (21%)
§112 only4 (11%)
No statute on record1 (3%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
18% of docket
1
Information Tech
3% of docket
2
Communications
5% of docket
25
Semiconductors
66% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
8% 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.

380 h
Manual time on pending OAs
76 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
133 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 5 59.5% +22.5%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 3 86.4% -5.6%
YANG, NAN-YING 1 77.3% +8.9%
ALLEN, JEFFREY R 1 47.3% +26.7%
HICKS, ROBERT J 1 72.1% +3.7%
SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 1 31.3% +20.3%
PATEL, DEVANG R 1 65.1% +39.3%
WEI, XIAOMING 1 83.3% +24.0%
NGUYEN, TUNG X 1 87.8% +2.7%
MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 1 72.2% +16.7%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18755598 ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 17d overdue
18737120 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2d overdue
18736004 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2d overdue
18797016 GROUND FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL PROGRAM NGUYEN, TUNG X 34d
18814433 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WEI, XIAOMING 56d

Interview Candidates (10)

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
18904200 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC WIRE BUNDLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC WIRE ASSEMBLY PATEL, DEVANG R 170d overdue
18632507 CORRUGATED TUBE PROTECTION MEMBER PAGHADAL, PARESH H 149d overdue
18961347 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 10d overdue
18678162 COLLAR, FASTENED MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 4d overdue
18749535 CONNECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 12d
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 27d
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 36d
19031162 BOX-SHAPED BODY ALLEN, JEFFREY R 50d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2847 10
2831 3
2841 2
2834 2
2859 2
2629 1
3733 1
3736 1
3663 1
1735 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19072392 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE YANG, NAN-YING 2629 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Mar 06, 2025
19031162 BOX-SHAPED BODY ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §103 Non-Final OA 50d Pending Jan 17, 2025
19031192 BOX-SHAPED BODY HICKS, ROBERT J 3736 §102 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jan 17, 2025
18961347 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE SILVA, MICHAEL THOMAS 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 26, 2024
18904200 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC WIRE BUNDLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC WIRE ASSEMBLY PATEL, DEVANG R 1735 Final Rejection 170d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2024
18814433 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WEI, XIAOMING 2611 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 23, 2024
18797016 GROUND FAULT DETECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND CONTROL PROGRAM NGUYEN, TUNG X 2858 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 07, 2024
18755598 ROUTING STRUCTURE ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 §102 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18749535 CONNECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS MAIGA, SIDI MOHAMED 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18737120 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18736004 WIRE HARNESS ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2024
18680216 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 31, 2024
18678162 COLLAR, FASTENED MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 30, 2024
18677807 WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §102 Non-Final OA 36d Pending May 29, 2024
18653102 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM CHEN, QING 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 02, 2024
18641715 PROTECTOR SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18632507 CORRUGATED TUBE PROTECTION MEMBER PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §112 Non-Final OA 149d overdue Pending Apr 11, 2024
18628682 WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE HARNESS PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Apr 06, 2024
18622803 WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME GROSS, CARSON 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Mar 29, 2024
18612263 TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR ASSEMBLY LIN, ERICA S Y 2853 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18413601 COMMUNICATION CABLE AND WIRE HARNESS USING SAME NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18398148 HEAD-UP DISPLAY DEVICE BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18398137 CONNECTOR PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Dec 27, 2023
18506114 ELECTRONIC COMPONENT UNIT AND WIRE HARNESSES KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18490754 TAPE, WIRE HARNESS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRE HARNESS NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Oct 20, 2023
18465644 COAXIAL CABLE CLAMPING MEMBER LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18447627 FASTENING STRUCTURE OF METAL PLATES, DEVICE CONNECTOR INCLUDING FASTENING STRUCTURE OF METAL PLATES, AND WIRE HARNESS GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Aug 10, 2023
18361358 Connector BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 28, 2023
18342849 AN ANTENNA DEVICE WITH IMPROVED MOUNTING STRUCTURE KIM, YONCHAN J 2845 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18330375 VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 §103 Final Rejection 18d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2023
18329574 STORAGE BATTERY CONNECTION MODULE, WIRE HARNESS, AND POWER STORAGE SYSTEM HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 §112 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 17, 2023
18317063 PLATED MATERIAL AND PLATING PRETREATMENT METHOD LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending May 13, 2023
18317060 STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD GRANT, ROBERT J 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 13, 2023
18317061 STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL DEVICE, POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE BATTERY CONTROL METHOD OMAR, AHMED H 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 13, 2023
17960795 STACKED TYPE POWER SUPPLY DEVICE MCNULTY, SEAMUS PATRICK 1752 §103 Non-Final OA 53d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2022
17720314 CONDUCTIVE MODULE AND CONDUCTIVE SYSTEM CHOI, EVERETT TIMOTHY 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 14, 2022

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