Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
6 pending office actions • 4 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days
Hoffman Enclosures Inc. is currently managing 6 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed across 4 distinct art units, indicating that the company's mechanical innovations are being reviewed by several different specialized groups. The involvement of 6 distinct examiners across the pending office actions suggests a fragmented prosecution experience, where every case is being handled by a different individual.
VORTMAN, ANATOLY is identified as the busiest examiner for the portfolio, though he only oversees 1 pending office action. Because each examiner is responsible for a case, the company does not face a concentration of risk with any individual. However, this also means that the company cannot leverage experience with an examiner to predict outcomes for the other pending office actions. Practitioners should be prepared for separate prosecution tracks within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field, as the 4 distinct art units may have varying internal policies. The 1 pending office action per examiner requires a strategy that accounts for unique perspectives.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 4 (67%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 1 | 69.9% | +13.8% |
| WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1 | 63.7% | +25.5% |
| BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 1 | 78.2% | +17.2% |
| MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 1 | 52.8% | +18.6% |
| SPIES, BRADLEY R | 1 | 74.1% | +19.1% |
| ARANT, HARRY E | 1 | 50.0% | +21.4% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18906934 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH BLIND MATE CONNECTOR | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
| 18760527 | System and Method for Rear-Door Cooling Units | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18660912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FILTRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A COOLING SYSTEM | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 17984072 | Coolant Distribution Unit and Control System | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18828349 | CONDUCTIVE MOLDED ENCLOSURE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 15d |
| 18906934 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH BLIND MATE CONNECTOR | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | — |
| 18797240 | Weatherproof Enclosure Assembly | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | — |
| 18760527 | System and Method for Rear-Door Cooling Units | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | — |
| 18660912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FILTRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A COOLING SYSTEM | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — |
| 17984072 | Coolant Distribution Unit and Control System | ARANT, HARRY E | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3763 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 2847 | 1 |
| 3700 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18906934 | COOLING SYSTEM WITH BLIND MATE CONNECTOR | VORTMAN, ANATOLY | 3763 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 04, 2024 |
| 18828349 | CONDUCTIVE MOLDED ENCLOSURE | WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 15d | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18797240 | Weatherproof Enclosure Assembly | BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS | 2847 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18760527 | System and Method for Rear-Door Cooling Units | MYERS, KEITH STANLEY | 3763 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 01, 2024 |
| 18660912 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A FILTRATION ASSEMBLY FOR A COOLING SYSTEM | SPIES, BRADLEY R | — | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2024 |
| 17984072 | Coolant Distribution Unit and Control System | ARANT, HARRY E | 3700 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 09, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialHoffman Enclosures Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 6 examiners.
Anatoly Vortman has the most, with 1 of Hoffman Enclosures Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
