Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hoffberg & Associates

16 pending office actions • 11 clients • 16 examiners • 14 art units • 0 of 16 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 35 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=1326 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

95.6%
Allowance Rate
n=1326
+0.72σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=1326
2.8
OAs to Allowance
n=913
-0.34σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=913
1028 days
Time to Allowance
n=913
+2.4pp
Interview Lift
n=1326
10.2%
RCE Rate
n=1326
3.5%
Appeal Rate
n=1326

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

85.4%
§101 Overcome
n=144
89.5%
§102 Overcome
n=286
88.4%
§103 Overcome
n=490
87.4%
§112 Overcome
n=421

Specialization & Scale

G06F, H04L, A61K
Top CPC Subclasses
18%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=1326
1
Practitioners
n=1326
1326.0
Apps / Practitioner
n=1326

Portfolio Summary

16
Total Pending OAs
12
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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

9
Hard (56%)
5
Medium (31%)
2
Easy (12%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (6%)
§101 + other3 (19%)
§103 only4 (25%)
§112 only1 (6%)
Double-patenting only1 (6%)
Double-patenting + other1 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)5 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

4
Life Sciences
25% of docket
3
Information Tech
19% of docket
2
Communications
12% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
5
Mechanical / Eng
31% of docket
2
Business / Other
12% 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.

160 h
Manual time on pending OAs
32 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
56 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 1 66.4% +29.6%
LANE, DEVON 1 55.6% +14.3%
ATTEY, JOEL M 1 64.4% +43.4%
KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 1 81.3% +7.5%
TRINH, THANH TRUC 1 22.0% +11.3%
BLAIR, KILE O 1 63.4% +8.0%
NILSSON, ERIC 1 82.8% +17.2%
CASLER, BRIAN L 1 81.4% +14.5%
SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 1 84.1% +9.0%
BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1 36.1% +46.1%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18794323 TWO DIMENSIONAL TO THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVING IMAGE CONVERTER KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 36d
18571247 FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED DEVICE FOR GEOMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE CASLER, BRIAN L

Hard Cases (9)

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
18361688 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIORITY-BASED RESOURCE SCHEDULING WITH LOAD BALANCING ALAM, SHIHAB 16d overdue
18406198 SEMISUPERVISED AUTOENCODER FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS NILSSON, ERIC 63d
19031354 A METHOD FOR CREATING COMMODITY ASSETS FROM UNREFINED COMMODITY RESERVES UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P
18822342 FRACTAL HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE ATTEY, JOEL M
18744356 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC
18539233 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA USING ENCODING ECG SIGNALS SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY
18513636 CANNABIGEROL (CBG) PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF USE BOECKELMAN, JACOB A
17549548 Tunable Adsorption and Wetting PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18406198 SEMISUPERVISED AUTOENCODER FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS NILSSON, ERIC 63d
19031354 A METHOD FOR CREATING COMMODITY ASSETS FROM UNREFINED COMMODITY RESERVES UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P
18922324 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING EFFICIENCY OF A FRACTAL HEAT SINK LANE, DEVON
18822342 FRACTAL HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE ATTEY, JOEL M
18744356 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF TRINH, THANH TRUC
18571247 FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED DEVICE FOR GEOMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE CASLER, BRIAN L
18513636 CANNABIGEROL (CBG) PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF USE BOECKELMAN, JACOB A

Client Portfolio (11 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
36291
37631
26941
17261
26911
21511
37961
16551
21971
21231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19031354 A METHOD FOR CREATING COMMODITY ASSETS FROM UNREFINED COMMODITY RESERVES UTILIZING BLOCKCHAIN AND DISTRIBUTED LEDGER TECHNOLOGY Stichting Ip-Oversight OUELLETTE, JONATHAN P 3629 §101Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2025
18922324 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINTAINING EFFICIENCY OF A FRACTAL HEAT SINK Fractal Heatsink Technologies, LLC LANE, DEVON §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18822342 FRACTAL HEAT TRANSFER DEVICE Fractal Heatsink Technologies LLC ATTEY, JOEL M 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 02, 2024
18794323 TWO DIMENSIONAL TO THREE DIMENSIONAL MOVING IMAGE CONVERTER Mr. Steven M. Hoffberg KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 2694 §103 Final Rejection 36d Pending Aug 05, 2024
18744356 PEROVSKITE PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF The Research Foundation for the State University of New York TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18629537 METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SPATIALIZED SOUNDFIELD Comhear Inc. BLAIR, KILE O 2691 DP Final Rejection Pending Apr 08, 2024
18406198 SEMISUPERVISED AUTOENCODER FOR SENTIMENT ANALYSIS The Research Foundation for the State University of New York NILSSON, ERIC 2151 §101§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA 63d Pending Jan 07, 2024
18571247 FEEDBACK-CONTROLLED DEVICE FOR GEOMAGNETIC ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE Non Ionizing Radiation Personal Shielding S.r.l. CASLER, BRIAN L §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2023
18539233 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTION OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA USING ENCODING ECG SIGNALS The Research Foundation for the State University of New York SCHAETZLE, KENNEDY 3796 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18513636 CANNABIGEROL (CBG) PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF USE Bazelet Health Systems, Inc. BOECKELMAN, JACOB A 1655 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18361688 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRIORITY-BASED RESOURCE SCHEDULING WITH LOAD BALANCING Waterlabs AI Technologies Private Limited ALAM, SHIHAB 2197 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jul 28, 2023
18103100 FRAMEWORK AND METHODS OF DIVERSE EXPLORATION FOR FAST AND SAFE POLICY IMPROVEMENT The Research Foundation for the State University of New York VINCENT, DAVID ROBERT 2123 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 30, 2023
17888338 DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR REDUCING CORONASOMNIA TO ENHANCE IMMUNITY AND IMMUNE RESPONSE Neuroenhancement Lab, LLC REDDY, SUNITA 3791 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Aug 15, 2022
17549548 Tunable Adsorption and Wetting The Research Foundation for the State University of New York PARENT, ALEXANDER RENE 1795 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2021
17412231 Therapeutic Medical Device and Methods of Use Kericure Inc. VU, JAKE MINH 1618 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2021
15726031 MULTIFACTORIAL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND METHOD Cogent Insights Licensing Inc. SHAHABI, ARI ARASTOO 3697 §101§102§112 Final Rejection Pending Oct 05, 2017

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