Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 15, 2026

Hoffman Enclosures Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 7 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

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.

1
Hard (17%)
5
Medium (83%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (17%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
17% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
17% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
67% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 1 78.1% +17.3%
WEILAND, HANS R. 1 55.6% +13.0%
KABIR, SAAD M 1 68.4% +24.1%
BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 1 55.9% +1.6%
GATES, ERIC ANDREW 1 78.9% +14.2%
ARANT, HARRY E 1 49.0% +22.1%

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
18185790 Apparatus and Methods for Deburring a Hole GATES, ERIC ANDREW

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
18797240 Weatherproof Enclosure Assembly BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS
18598691 System and Method for in-Row Air-to-Liquid Cooling Systems WEILAND, HANS R.
18511834 Coolant Distribution Unit Pump Control KABIR, SAAD M
18185790 Apparatus and Methods for Deburring a Hole GATES, ERIC ANDREW
17984072 Coolant Distribution Unit and Control System ARANT, HARRY E

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3763 2
2847 1
2119 1
3722 1
3700 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18797240 Weatherproof Enclosure Assembly BURNS, TREMESHA WILLIS 2847 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 07, 2024
18598691 System and Method for in-Row Air-to-Liquid Cooling Systems WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 07, 2024
18511834 Coolant Distribution Unit Pump Control KABIR, SAAD M 2119 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18312557 System and Method for Sidecar Cooling System BANKS, KEONA LAUREN 3763 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 04, 2023
18185790 Apparatus and Methods for Deburring a Hole GATES, ERIC ANDREW 3722 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
17984072 Coolant Distribution Unit and Control System ARANT, HARRY E 3700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2022

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