Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.

5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
0
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
1
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (1)Due ≤ 60 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.

0
Hard (0%)
5
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only5 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

2
Life Sciences
40% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
20% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
40% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TULLIA, STEVEN A 1 73.6% +19.9%
WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1 63.2% +26.4%
TADESSE, MARTHA 1 66.5% +15.1%
ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 1 86.4% -5.6%
GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1 11.8% -17.4%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18406681 Hinge System for Swing Out Panel ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 59d overdue

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
17893649 Method for Liquid Filter Assembly GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 56d overdue

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18765804 Air Conditioner for Sealed Enclosures TADESSE, MARTHA 98d overdue
18828349 CONDUCTIVE MOLDED ENCLOSURE WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 15d
19049377 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SECURING AN EQUIPMENT CABINET TULLIA, STEVEN A 42d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3675 1
1712 1
3763 1
2848 1
1777 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19049377 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SECURING AN EQUIPMENT CABINET TULLIA, STEVEN A 3675 §103 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Feb 10, 2025
18828349 CONDUCTIVE MOLDED ENCLOSURE WEDDLE, ALEXANDER MARION 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 09, 2024
18765804 Air Conditioner for Sealed Enclosures TADESSE, MARTHA 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 98d overdue Pending Jul 08, 2024
18406681 Hinge System for Swing Out Panel ROBINSON, KRYSTAL 2848 §103 Non-Final OA 59d overdue Pending Jan 08, 2024
17893649 Method for Liquid Filter Assembly GERMAIN, ADAM ADRIEN 1777 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2022

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