Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

The Whitaker LLC

18 pending office actions • 2 clients • 18 examiners • 11 art units • 0 of 18 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 99 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
13
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
4
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

9
Overdue
2
Due this week
4
Due this month
2
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. 18 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (9)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (4)Due ≤ 60 days (2)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%)
17
Medium (94%)
1
Easy (6%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only15 (83%)
§102 only2 (11%)
§112 only1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
2
Communications
11% of docket
11
Semiconductors
61% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
22% 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.

180 h
Manual time on pending OAs
36 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
63 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.6 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
NGUYEN, VINH P 1 86.3% +16.2%
MILLER, DANIEL R 1 82.5% +21.2%
GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 1 58.9% +22.9%
WUJCIAK, ALFRED J 1 74.6% +11.6%
MARSH, STEVEN M 1 79.3% +7.8%
CAPUTO, LISA M 1 16.7% +0.0%
KRATT, JUSTIN M 1 87.0% +5.1%
DINH, PHUONG K 1 87.1% +9.1%
MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 1 87.5% +16.7%
CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 1 86.3% +11.5%

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
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability MILLER, DANIEL R 16d overdue
18416014 ELECTRICAL SHIELD FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR DINH, PHUONG K 15d overdue
18416045 CABLE CONNECTOR KRATT, JUSTIN M 11d overdue
18403865 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2d overdue
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR NGUYEN, VINH P 12d
18413125 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 28d

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18605120 OPTICAL BACKPLANE CONNECTOR SYSTEM CAPUTO, LISA M 5d

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability MILLER, DANIEL R 16d overdue
18403865 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2d overdue
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR NGUYEN, VINH P 12d
18660629 ADHESIVE BASED CABLE TIE MOUNT GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 14d
18413125 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 28d
18660362 COMPOSITE THREADED STANDOFF UNIT WUJCIAK, ALFRED J 34d

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28315
28582
36322
28342
36361
28741
26481
17841
36581
26661

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18768530 POWER HEALTH MONITORING ASSEMBLY FOR A POWER CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH NGUYEN, VINH P 2858 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 10, 2024
18764437 Power Switching Device with Self Diagnostic Capability Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH MILLER, DANIEL R 2858 §102 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2024
18660629 ADHESIVE BASED CABLE TIE MOUNT Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. GARFT, CHRISTOPHER 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending May 10, 2024
18660362 COMPOSITE THREADED STANDOFF UNIT Deutsch India Power Connectors Private Limited WUJCIAK, ALFRED J 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 10, 2024
18627808 LIGHT FIXTURE CONTROL MODULE Tyco Electronics UK Ltd. MARSH, STEVEN M 3632 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18605120 OPTICAL BACKPLANE CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH CAPUTO, LISA M 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Mar 14, 2024
18416045 CABLE CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH KRATT, JUSTIN M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18416014 ELECTRICAL SHIELD FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Te Connectivity Brasil Industria De Electronicos Ltda DINH, PHUONG K 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18413125 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH MOUNTAIN, JEFFREY WIGHTMAN 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 16, 2024
18403865 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CHAMBERS, TRAVIS SLOAN 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jan 04, 2024
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
18480872 ANTENNA ASSEMBLY FOR A WIRELESS EAR COMPUTER Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH BILODEAU, DAVID 2648 §103 Final Rejection 30d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18470832 TWO-PART ELECTRICAL PIN-CONTACT ASSEMBLY Te Connectivity Germany GmbH BAILLARGEON, PAUL D 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2023
18454849 COATING ON A SURFACE TO TRANSMIT ELECTRICAL CURRENT Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH OMORI, MARY I 1784 §103 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18326114 PART MANIPULATOR FOR ASSEMBLY MACHINE Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. CAMERON, ATTICUS A 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 156d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18187710 BATTERY CONNECTOR SYSTEM Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH GUSHI, ROSS N 2834 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18159648 PART INSPECTION SYSTEM HAVING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 2666 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jan 25, 2023
18079938 NEAR FIELD COMMUNICATION ANTENNA Te Connectivity Solutions GmbH HAMADYK, ANNA N 2845 §112 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Dec 13, 2022

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