Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hoffman Warnick LLC -Beta

6 pending office actions • 1 client • 4 examiners • 3 art units • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 15 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=10541 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

87.2%
Allowance Rate
n=10541
+0.54σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=10541
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=7273
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=7273
943 days
Time to Allowance
n=7273
+8.8pp
Interview Lift
n=10541
19.9%
RCE Rate
n=10541
2.4%
Appeal Rate
n=10541

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

82.0%
§101 Overcome
n=637
82.7%
§102 Overcome
n=2935
83.3%
§103 Overcome
n=4583
84.7%
§112 Overcome
n=3288

Specialization & Scale

F01D, F05D, H10D
Top CPC Subclasses
12%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=10541
8
Practitioners
n=10541
1317.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=10541

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

4
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
0
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (4)Due ≤ 30 days (2)

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.

2
Hard (33%)
4
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (67%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
4
Semiconductors
67% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2 54.4% +24.3%
ROBBINS, JERRY D 2 69.7% +20.4%
SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 1 89.2% +16.2%
TAN, OLIVER E 1 73.5% +9.0%

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

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18096432 RECHARGING STATION FOR ELECTRIC AIRCRAFTS AND A METHOD OF ITS USE ROBBINS, JERRY D 9d overdue
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 21d

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
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
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 21d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BETA AIR, LLC 6

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28594
36661
36691

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
18206444 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECHARGING AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE BETA AIR, LLC TORRES RUIZ, JOHALI ALEJANDRA 2859 §103§112Other Non-Final OA 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§103 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
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
17732872 CONNECTOR WITH AMBIENCE MONITORING CAPABILITY AND METHODS OF USE FOR CHARGING AN ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT BETA AIR, LLC TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 29, 2022

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