Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hoffman Warnick LLC -Beta

8 pending office actions • 1 client • 6 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 8 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 20 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

8
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

5
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
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. 8 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (5)Due ≤ 30 days (2)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%)
8
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only6 (75%)
§102 only2 (25%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
12% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
6
Semiconductors
75% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
12% 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.

80 h
Manual time on pending OAs
16 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
28 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2 54.1% +24.6%
ROBBINS, JERRY D 2 69.9% +20.1%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.0% +16.6%
DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1 57.5% +17.0%
MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 1 75.2% +17.3%
HENZE, DAVID V 1 70.6% +23.2%

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
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 18d overdue

Interview Candidates (8)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17883870 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SHUTDOWN OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PORT IN RESPONSE TO A FAULT DETECTION HENZE, DAVID V 96d overdue
17884011 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 49d overdue
18095875 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 37d overdue
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 18d overdue
18096432 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 9d overdue
18633050 BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 16d
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 21d
18095266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUITABLE BATTERY PACK COMBINATION CONFIGURED FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 55d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BETA AIR, LLC 8

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28596
36661
17231

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18827060 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING DEGRADATION OF A BATTERY FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BETA AIR, LLC SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2024
18633050 BATTERY ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BETA AIR, LLC DIGNAN, MICHAEL L 1723 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BETA AIR, LLC TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18096432 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE BETA AIR, LLC ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §102 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Jan 12, 2023
18095875 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE BETA AIR, LLC ROBBINS, JERRY D 2859 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Jan 11, 2023
18095266 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUITABLE BATTERY PACK COMBINATION CONFIGURED FOR USE IN AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BETA AIR, LLC MURALIDAR, RICHARD V 2859 §102 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Jan 10, 2023
17884011 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BETA AIR, LLC TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022
17883870 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A SHUTDOWN OF AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT PORT IN RESPONSE TO A FAULT DETECTION BETA AIR, LLC HENZE, DAVID V 2859 §103 Final Rejection 96d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2022

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