Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

The Whitaker LLC

34 pending office actions • 2 clients • 30 examiners • 16 art units • 0 of 34 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Quality Metrics (n=2878 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

97.8%
Allowance Rate
n=2878
+0.58σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2878
2.6
OAs to Allowance
n=2277
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=2277
858 days
Time to Allowance
n=2277
+1.2pp
Interview Lift
n=2878
23.3%
RCE Rate
n=2878
1.8%
Appeal Rate
n=2878

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=7 (min 20)
94.6%
§102 Overcome
n=1167
94.1%
§103 Overcome
n=1350
91.6%
§112 Overcome
n=500

Specialization & Scale

H01R, H05K, G02B
Top CPC Subclasses
55%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2878
1
Practitioners
n=2878
2878.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=2878

Portfolio Summary

34
Total Pending OAs
19
Non-Final OAs
10
Final Rejections
5
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
2
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
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. 7 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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.

18
Hard (53%)
14
Medium (41%)
2
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only13 (38%)
§102 only1 (3%)
§112 only2 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)18 (53%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
9% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
18
Semiconductors
53% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
9
Business / Other
26% 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.

340 h
Manual time on pending OAs
68 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
119 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
3.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TA, THO DAC 2 86.5% +15.1%
GUSHI, ROSS N 2 84.0% +2.6%
QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2 73.2% +20.9%
PATEL, HARSHAD C 2 82.8% +8.5%
COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH 1 87.1% -6.6%
NGUYEN, VINH P 1 86.4% +16.1%
MILLER, DANIEL R 1 82.5% +20.9%
JIMENEZ, OSCAR C 1 87.2% +8.7%
HYEON, HAE M 1 85.5% +10.3%
HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 1 72.3% +24.1%

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
18187710 BATTERY CONNECTOR SYSTEM GUSHI, ROSS N 24d overdue
18481477 SEAL FOR AN ELECTRICAL PLUG DEVICE AS WELL AS HOUSING ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL PLUG DEVICE AND CASTING TOOL PATEL, HARSHAD C 2d overdue
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR NGUYEN, VINH P 12d
18649776 MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR GUSHI, ROSS N
18643566 GROUND BUS FOR A CABLE CARD ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HYEON, HAE M
18589496 Interconnection System with Electromagnetic Absorber with Improved Performance PATEL, HARSHAD C

Hard Cases (18)

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
18326114 PART MANIPULATOR FOR ASSEMBLY MACHINE CAMERON, ATTICUS A 156d overdue
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability MILLER, DANIEL R 16d overdue
18605120 OPTICAL BACKPLANE CONNECTOR SYSTEM CAPUTO, LISA M 5d
18454849 COATING ON A SURFACE TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL CURRENT OMORI, MARY I 5d
18916823 Zero Cross Solid State Relay with EMI Filter Capacitors COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH
18742877 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A MATED VERFICIATION SWITCH TA, THO DAC
18659169 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR TA, THO DAC
18646061 ELECTRICAL SHIELDING FOR WAFER ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY JIMENEZ, OSCAR C

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
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability MILLER, DANIEL R 16d overdue
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR NGUYEN, VINH P 12d
18742877 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A MATED VERFICIATION SWITCH TA, THO DAC
18659169 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR TA, THO DAC
18644308 CONTACT WAFER FOR A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SIGNAL CONDITIONING MODULE QUIGLEY, THOMAS K
18643566 GROUND BUS FOR A CABLE CARD ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HYEON, HAE M
18636413 THERMAL BRIDGE FOR AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH
18589488 Electrical Contact with Textured Contact Interface QUIGLEY, THOMAS K

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
TE Connectivity 31
Creganna 3

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28315
28343
28473
28582
28351
28441
28741
28411
17671
17841

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18916823 Zero Cross Solid State Relay with EMI Filter Capacitors Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH COMAS TORRES, YAHVEH §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH NGUYEN, VINH P 2858 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH MILLER, DANIEL R 2858 §102§112 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2024
18742877 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A MATED VERFICIATION SWITCH Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TA, THO DAC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2024
18659169 CARD EDGE CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TA, THO DAC §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 09, 2024
18649776 MOUNTING ASSEMBLY FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH GUSHI, ROSS N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18646061 ELECTRICAL SHIELDING FOR WAFER ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH JIMENEZ, OSCAR C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2024
18644308 CONTACT WAFER FOR A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A SIGNAL CONDITIONING MODULE Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH QUIGLEY, THOMAS K §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 24, 2024
18643566 GROUND BUS FOR A CABLE CARD ASSEMBLY OF AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH HYEON, HAE M §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 23, 2024
18636413 THERMAL BRIDGE FOR AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH HOFFBERG, ROBERT JOSEPH 2835 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 16, 2024
18625515 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH KIM, SEOKJIN 2844 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18605120 OPTICAL BACKPLANE CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH CAPUTO, LISA M 2874 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18589488 Electrical Contact with Textured Contact Interface Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18589496 Interconnection System with Electromagnetic Absorber with Improved Performance Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 28, 2024
18443932 CONNECTOR MATING SENSOR ASSEMBLY FOR POWER CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 2834 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18440183 ULTRAFINE COAXIAL CABLE Creganna Unlimited Company BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 13, 2024
18413104 WIRE SPLICE Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH NGUYEN, CHAU N 2841 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18409339 CONTACT ORGANIZER FOR A PLUG CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH FIGUEROA, FELIX O 2831 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 10, 2024
18393821 Polyamide 56 Composition with Reduced Moisture Absorption Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH KARST, DAVID THOMAS §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540569 POWER HARNESS Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TSO, STANLEY 2847 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2023
18481477 SEAL FOR AN ELECTRICAL PLUG DEVICE AS WELL AS HOUSING ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL PLUG DEVICE AND CASTING TOOL Te Connectivity Germany GmbH PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2023
18476945 COOLING SYSTEM FOR CHARGING INLET ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 28, 2023
18462700 MODULAR CABLE EXIT ASSEMBLY Te Connectivity Germany GmbH CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2831 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 07, 2023
18460776 Thermally Stable, Fire Resistant Thermoset Polymer Composition for Heat/Fire Propagation Applications Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 05, 2023
18454849 COATING ON A SURFACE TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL CURRENT Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH OMORI, MARY I 1784 §103§112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18453347 INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE HAVING DATA COMMUNICATION Creganna Unlimited Company WU, PAMELA F 3795 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 22, 2023
18364019 Ribbon Cable with Sensor Formed Thereon and Method of Manufacture Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH ALONZO MILLER, RHADAMES J 2847 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Aug 02, 2023
18326114 PART MANIPULATOR FOR ASSEMBLY MACHINE Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §102§103 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18187710 BATTERY CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH GUSHI, ROSS N 2834 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18169916 DOUBLE THROW RELAY Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2023
18078191 PART MANIPULATOR FOR ASSEMBLY MACHINE Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. TRAVERS, MATTHEW P 3726 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 09, 2022
17953955 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH RECEPTACLE AND HEADER CONNECTORS HAVING HIGH CONTACT DENSITY Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2022
17557586 PRESSURE SENSOR MODULE FOR AN INTERVENTIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE Creganna Unlimited Company GLOVER, NELSON ALEXANDER 3791 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 21, 2021
17122451 COATING FOR IMPROVED FLAMMABILITY PERFORMANCE IN ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS Te Connectivity Services GmbH ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 15, 2020

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