Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics
53 pending office actions • 25 clients • 51 examiners • 37 art units • 0 of 53 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC has 51 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. Its career record includes 10662 applications, showing a large prosecution history in a technology area that often involves complex device, circuit, and optical relationships. The pending docket identifies substantial current examination activity against that historical base.
The resolved allowance rate is 87.11%, and allowed matters have averaged 2.94 office actions. The rate addresses resolved allowance results, whereas the action average describes the response activity associated with successful cases. Portfolio counsel can use the combination to separate outcome assessment from the practical effort required to advance claims through examination.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 only | 1 (2%) |
| §101 + other | 5 (9%) |
| §103 only | 16 (30%) |
| §102 only | 6 (11%) |
| §112 only | 1 (2%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 4 (8%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 19 (36%) |
| No statute on record | 1 (2%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 2 | 62.4% | +24.3% |
| VU, STEPHEN A | 2 | 82.1% | +14.8% |
| NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 1 | 79.2% | +19.6% |
| HURLEY, SHAUN R | 1 | 77.6% | +17.7% |
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.4% | +29.7% |
| ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 1 | 33.1% | +41.9% |
| ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 1 | 67.0% | +25.7% |
| ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 1 | 46.0% | +33.5% |
| TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | 1 | 95.8% | +0.5% |
| PHAM, LY D | 1 | 94.0% | +3.4% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17200106 | MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS AGENT OPERATING IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT | REDA, MATTHEW J | 46d overdue |
| 18527638 | TREATMENT OF ACUTE ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MODULATOR | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | 5d overdue |
| 19150156 | ACTIVE TEXTILES | HURLEY, SHAUN R | — |
| 19138640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOSPITAL CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT CONTENT | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | — |
| 19172846 | ASYNCHRONOUS DATA SHARING COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | — |
| 19112421 | Kinematic Analysis of Events During Playing of Sports Including Feedback Display | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 19004610 | BIT CELL, IN-MEMORY COMPUTING CIRCUIT FOR MAJORITY FUNCTIONS, AND IN-MEMORY COMPUTING METHOD | PHAM, LY D | — |
| 18961613 | LINER DISCHARGE STRUCTURE WITH RIBS | GRUBY, RANDALL A | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19269607 | PROTECTIVE BATTING GLOVE WITH HAND AND FOREARM GUARD | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 8d |
| 18249920 | TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGONIST | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 27d |
| 19325642 | Valve device, thermal management system, use and method | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | — |
| 19150156 | ACTIVE TEXTILES | HURLEY, SHAUN R | — |
| 19138640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOSPITAL CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT CONTENT | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | — |
| 19172846 | ASYNCHRONOUS DATA SHARING COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | — |
| 19112421 | Kinematic Analysis of Events During Playing of Sports Including Feedback Display | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | — |
| 18839564 | TRICHOSTATIN A (TSA) SENSITIVITY IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1627 | 4 |
| 2898 | 4 |
| 2814 | 3 |
| 3732 | 2 |
| 2827 | 2 |
| 2896 | 2 |
| 1621 | 2 |
| 2893 | 2 |
| 1626 | 2 |
| 3753 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19325642 | Valve device, thermal management system, use and method | Btt Solutions Ger GmbH | NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M | 3753 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 11, 2025 |
| 19150156 | ACTIVE TEXTILES | Plectrum Ltd. | HURLEY, SHAUN R | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 22, 2025 |
| 19269607 | PROTECTIVE BATTING GLOVE WITH HAND AND FOREARM GUARD | Sames Media | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | 8d | Pending | Jul 15, 2025 |
| 19138640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING HOSPITAL CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT CONTENT | Flyingdoctor Inc. | ALDERSON, ANNE-MARIE K | 3682 | §101 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 12, 2025 |
| 19172846 | ASYNCHRONOUS DATA SHARING COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE | Friction Free Dental, Inc. | ROSTAMI, MOHAMMAD S | 2154 | §101§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 08, 2025 |
| 19112421 | Kinematic Analysis of Events During Playing of Sports Including Feedback Display | Connexa Sports Technologies Inc. | ZAMAN, SADARUZ | 3715 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 17, 2025 |
| 19035131 | SINGLE ENDED SENSE AMPLIFIER WITH CURRENT PULSE CIRCUIT | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH | 2827 | Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 23, 2025 |
| 19004610 | BIT CELL, IN-MEMORY COMPUTING CIRCUIT FOR MAJORITY FUNCTIONS, AND IN-MEMORY COMPUTING METHOD | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | PHAM, LY D | 2827 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18961613 | LINER DISCHARGE STRUCTURE WITH RIBS | Freedom Manufacturing LLC | GRUBY, RANDALL A | 3754 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 27, 2024 |
| 18909469 | FLEXIBLE CIRCUIT BOARD FOR CHIP INTEGRATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME | Chipbond Technology Corporation | SAWYER, STEVEN T | 2847 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 08, 2024 |
| 18843986 | TOPICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING INJURIES OR CUTANEOUS INFLAMMATORY STATES OR PROCTOLOGICAL PATHOLOGIES | Sila S.p.A. | SAEED, ALI S | 1616 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 04, 2024 |
| 18839564 | TRICHOSTATIN A (TSA) SENSITIVITY IN THE TREATMENT OF TUMORS | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §101§103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 19, 2024 |
| 18802210 | PIC DIE AND PACKAGE WITH MULTIPLE LEVEL AND MULTIPLE DEPTH CONNECTIONS OF FIBERS TO ON-CHIP OPTICAL COMPONENTS | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | KIANNI, KAVEH C | 2874 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 13, 2024 |
| 18791581 | GRIPPING TOOL | Sky Fabrication Inc. | VU, STEPHEN A | §102§103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 01, 2024 | |
| 18833597 | RECOMBINANT MICROORGANISM FOR PRODUCING THREONINE AND USE THEREOF | Langfang Meihua Biotechnology Development Co.,Ltd | JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 26, 2024 | |
| 18781154 | MODULAR FLAT WETBLAST NOZZLE | The Guyson Corporation Of U.S.A. | DION, MARCEL T | 3723 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 23, 2024 |
| 18754070 | TREATMENT OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISORDERS | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | RAMACHANDRAN, UMAMAHESWARI | 1627 | §112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18752122 | 3D/4D AI-INFUSED REASONING AND LOGIC PROGRAMMING PLATFORM | Motalen LLC | SPIELER, WILLIAM | 2159 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 24, 2024 |
| 18668706 | HIGH-DENSITY STACKED CAPACITOR AND METHOD | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | ONUTA, TIBERIU DAN | 2814 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 20, 2024 |
| 18652776 | USE OF TRADIPITANT IN MOTION SICKNESS | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | PIHONAK, SARAH | 1627 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 01, 2024 |
| 18629598 | DEPOT ADMINISTRATION OF ILOPERIDONE | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | HELM, CARALYNNE E | 1615 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 42d overdue | Pending | Apr 08, 2024 |
| 18604947 | ISOLATION STRUCTURE FOR MULTI-VOLTAGE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | AHMADI, MOHSEN | 2896 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 14, 2024 |
| 18691650 | IDEBENONE DERIVATIVES AND THEIR USE IN TREATING PLANTS | Mitorx Therapeutics Limited | O DELL, DAVID K | 1621 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2024 |
| 18691426 | TREATMENT OF SLEEP DISTRUBANCES IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER PATIENTS | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L | 1628 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 12, 2024 |
| 18596893 | MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND COUNTERING NON-FRIENDLY RADAR NETWORKS | Andro Computational Solutions, LLC | CROSS, JULIANA MARIA | 3648 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Mar 06, 2024 |
| 18594074 | CAPACITIVE JUNCTION BETWEEN CONDUCTIVE LINE AND CONDUCTIVE PILLAR WITH METHODS TO FORM SAME | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | NETTLES, CORALIE ANN | 2893 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 04, 2024 |
| 18586666 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (3DIC) AND 3DIC DESIGN METHOD AND SYSTEM | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | NGO, BRIAN | 2851 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 26, 2024 |
| 18583397 | FOLDED CASCODE LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | SPALLA, DAVID C | 2893 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2024 |
| 18684397 | TREATMENT OF LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION WITH TRADIPITANT | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | CHEN, PO-CHIH | 1621 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 16, 2024 |
| 18435338 | PLASMA-ASSISTED WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM FOR ELIMINATION OF PERSISTENT ORGANIC AND INORGANIC WATER CONTAMINANTS | Moose Hill Enterprises, Inc. | CHIU, TAK LIANG | 1779 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 07, 2024 |
| 18416466 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR AN INDUCTOR HAVING A WINDING WITH A FIRST SEGMENT CONNECTED TO TWO SECOND SEGMENTS | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | PATEL, RAKESH BHASKARBHAI | 2843 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18415955 | STRUCTURE WITH TWO WORK FUNCTION METALS OVER CONDUCTIVE BRIDGE, AND METHOD TO FORM SAME | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | PETERSON, ERIK T | 2898 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 18, 2024 |
| 18578371 | Antisense Oligonucleotide (ASO) Gene Inhibition and Treatment | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | TATGE, LEXUS MARC | 1637 | §103DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18527638 | TREATMENT OF ACUTE ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MODULATOR | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE | 1626 | §102§103Other | Final Rejection | 5d overdue | Pending | Dec 04, 2023 |
| 18526344 | FULLY DEPLETED SEMICONDUCTOR-ON-INSULATOR SWITCH WITH BUILT-IN ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE PROTECTION | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN | 2817 | §103 | Final Rejection | 71d | Pending | Dec 01, 2023 |
| 18565752 | METHODS OF SLOWING AN INCREASE IN BRAIN VENTRICULAR VOLUME | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | SAEED, KAMAL A | 1626 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18565690 | METHODS FOR TREATING MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | GONZALEZ, LUISALBERTO | 1624 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 30, 2023 |
| 18515375 | STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR INDUCTOR WITH WINDINGS HAVING DIFFERENT WIDTHS | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | HINSON, RONALD | 2837 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18509669 | GRIPPING TOOL | Sky Fabrication Inc. | VU, STEPHEN A | 3654 | §102§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 15, 2023 |
| 18249920 | TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGONIST | VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. | WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY | 1627 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Oct 18, 2023 |
| 18478452 | SILICON CARBIDE CHANNEL WITH CAPPING SEMICONDUCTOR HAVING HIGHER CHARGE CARRIER MOBILITY | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | RAHMAN, MOIN M | 2898 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
| 18453390 | STRUCTURE WITH GUARD RING BETWEEN TERMINALS OF SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE PHOTODETECTOR AND RELATED METHOD | Globalfoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. Kg | HOANG, DZUNG T | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18359059 | CAVITY WITH NEGATIVE SLOPED SIDEWALL OVER GATE AND RELATED METHOD | Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. | VALENZUELA, PATRICIA D | 2812 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18257699 | IMPROVEMENTS IN ELECTROCHEMICAL REDUCTION OF CARBON DIOXIDE | The University of Liverpool | CHUNG, HOSUNG CHARLES | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 15, 2023 |
| 18332147 | CAVITY WITH BOTTOM HAVING DIELECTRIC LAYER PORTION OVER GATE BODY WITHOUT ETCH STOP LAYER AND RELATED METHOD | Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. | LUKE, DANIEL M | 2896 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 09, 2023 |
| 18324249 | AI PLATFORM FOR PROCESSING SPEECH AND VIDEO INFORMATION COLLECTED DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDURE | Utech Products, Inc. | PATEL, JAY M | 3681 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 26, 2023 |
| 18195613 | ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM | Deep Detection LLC | NGUYEN, TAN D | 3600 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 10, 2023 |
| 18302349 | SYSTEM FOR IMAGING SUBSTRATE SURFACE AND RELATED METHOD | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | GARBER, ERIN R | 2878 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 18, 2023 |
| 18174006 | Mollusc Barrier | Doff Portland Limited | NGUYEN, JOHN P | 1619 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 24, 2023 |
| 18169304 | STANDARD CELL AND IC STRUCTURE WITH TRENCH ISOLATION THROUGH ACTIVE REGIONS AND GATE ELECTRODES | Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. | BERRY, PAUL ANTHONY | 2898 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 15, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial87.1% of resolved applications prosecuted by Hoffman Warnick LLC were allowed, across 10,662 applications in USPTO records.
2.94 office actions per allowed application on average.
53 pending office actions as of October 2026, for 25 clients, before 51 examiners in 37 art units.
