Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Billion & Armitage - Aptiv

14 pending office actions • 1 client • 13 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 65 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

14
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
7
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 13 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (3)

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%)
13
Medium (93%)
1
Easy (7%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (57%)
§102 only5 (36%)
§112 only1 (7%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
10
Semiconductors
71% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
29% 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.

140 h
Manual time on pending OAs
28 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
49 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KRATT, JUSTIN M 2 87.0% +5.1%
BROOKS, KARA JEAN 1
RILEY, JONATHAN G 1 51.9% +30.1%
PAUMEN, GARY F 1 88.6% -1.6%
LE, THANH TAM T 1 86.4% +13.8%
PAGHADAL, PARESH H 1 59.5% +22.5%
BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 1 79.9% +16.4%
GUSHI, ROSS N 1 83.9% +2.5%
TRINH, MINH N 1 85.7% +10.2%
BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 1 77.5% +5.0%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18238895 LEVER LOCK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ADDITIONAL LOCK GUSHI, ROSS N 24d overdue
18536640 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 16d
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES TRINH, MINH N 21d
18503512 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT WITH MATE-ASSIST SLIDER KRATT, JUSTIN M 23d
18533411 HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME KRATT, JUSTIN M 35d
18439085 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH INNER TERMINAL CARTRIDGE FOR PAIRED WIRE CABLES PAUMEN, GARY F 36d

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18374795 MODULAR WIRELESS CHARGING TRANSMITTER ASSEMBLY SYSTEM BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 8d
18604877 PUNCHING TOOL RILEY, JONATHAN G 13d
18536640 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR LE, THANH TAM T 16d
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES TRINH, MINH N 21d
18377937 ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM PAGHADAL, PARESH H

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Aptiv 14

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28316
28342
36771
37241
28471
28351
37291
37231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18910264 FASTENER ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY OF THE FASTENER ASSEMBLY Aptiv Technologies AG BROOKS, KARA JEAN 3677 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 09, 2024
18604877 PUNCHING TOOL Aptiv Technologies AG RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18439085 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH INNER TERMINAL CARTRIDGE FOR PAIRED WIRE CABLES Aptiv Technologies AG PAUMEN, GARY F 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Feb 12, 2024
18536640 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Aptiv Technologies AG LE, THANH TAM T 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 12, 2023
18533411 HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME Aptiv Electrical Centers (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Dec 08, 2023
18503512 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ARRANGEMENT WITH MATE-ASSIST SLIDER Aptiv Technologies AG KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §102 Final Rejection 23d Pending Nov 07, 2023
18377937 ELECTRONIC CONTROL UNIT AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM Aptiv Technologies AG PAGHADAL, PARESH H 2847 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 09, 2023
18374795 MODULAR WIRELESS CHARGING TRANSMITTER ASSEMBLY SYSTEM Aptiv Technologies (2) S.À R.L. BUTTAR, MANDEEP S 2835 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Sep 29, 2023
18238895 LEVER LOCK ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH ADDITIONAL LOCK Aptiv Technologies (2) S.À R.L. GUSHI, ROSS N 2834 §102 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Aug 28, 2023
18204723 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ROBOTICALLY ROUTING AND SECURING WIRING HARNESS BRANCHES Aptiv Technologies AG TRINH, MINH N 3729 §112 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jun 01, 2023
18143893 BUSBAR FIXING Aptiv Technologies AG BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 05, 2023
18142214 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR VEHICLE CHARGING INLET Aptiv Technologies AG ALHAWAMDEH, NADER J 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending May 02, 2023
18127942 VIBRATION RESISTANT CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH MATING ASSISTANCE FEATURE Aptiv Technologies AG LEON MUNOZ, EDWIN A 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 29, 2023
17879244 STAMPED AND FORMED ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME Aptiv Technologies AG SOTO, CHRISTOPHER ASHLEY 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022

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