Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hoffman Warnick LLC

50 pending office actions • 26 clients • 48 examiners • 42 art units • 0 of 50 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 152 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

50
Total Pending OAs
39
Non-Final OAs
8
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 49 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

25
Overdue
2
Due this week
15
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 49 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (25)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (15)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (4)

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%)
47
Medium (94%)
0
Easy (0%)
3
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only40 (80%)
§102 only7 (14%)
No statute on record3 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

18
Life Sciences
36% of docket
2
Information Tech
4% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
19
Semiconductors
38% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
22% 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.

500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
100 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
175 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
4.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 2 68.8% -21.4%
HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2 87.5% +22.2%
LOPEZ, ERICK I 1 52.7% +30.5%
BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 1 75.7% +28.8%
WARREN, TRACY A 1 81.5% +6.3%
AUBREY, BETH A 1 80.7% +16.9%
GO, JOHN PHILIP 1 34.3% +44.3%
OH, TAYLOR V 1 81.1% +15.4%
BUCK, LINDSEY A 1 49.1% +34.2%
PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1 28.6% +27.8%

Quick Wins (5)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18724731 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST VANE ANGLE OF DOUBLE FABRIC SHADING BY RESTRAINT OF FACING AUBREY, BETH A 31d overdue
18154143 STRUCTURE INCLUDING MOISTURE BARRIER ALONG INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING AND RELATED METHOD HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 23d overdue
18307151 METAL FINGER STRUCTURE IN INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING OF IC CHIP HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 12d
18823061 REDUCING ENERGY COMSUMPTION OF SELF-MANAGED DRAM MODULES WARREN, TRACY A 26d
18751865 METHOD OF TREATMENT OH, TAYLOR V

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
18704696 COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL PIZIALI, ANDREW T 103d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
18704696 COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL PIZIALI, ANDREW T 103d overdue
18724731 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST VANE ANGLE OF DOUBLE FABRIC SHADING BY RESTRAINT OF FACING AUBREY, BETH A 31d overdue
18680044 ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING POLYMERIC FILM FOR PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME BUCK, LINDSEY A 26d overdue
18154143 STRUCTURE INCLUDING MOISTURE BARRIER ALONG INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING AND RELATED METHOD HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 23d overdue
19269607 PROTECTIVE BATTING GLOVE WITH HAND AND FOREARM GUARD LOPEZ, ERICK I 8d
18724094 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEMEDICINE SERVICE GO, JOHN PHILIP 9d
18307151 METAL FINGER STRUCTURE IN INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING OF IC CHIP HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 12d
19120046 MEDICAL FOLLICLES ASSESSMENT DEVICE WITH ERGONOMIC GRIP BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 40d

Client Portfolio (26 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
28743
28912
28172
28432
28122
28992
28142
37321
37981
21371

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19269607 PROTECTIVE BATTING GLOVE WITH HAND AND FOREARM GUARD Sames Media LOPEZ, ERICK I 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 15, 2025
19120046 MEDICAL FOLLICLES ASSESSMENT DEVICE WITH ERGONOMIC GRIP Pulsenmore Ltd. BYKHOVSKI, ALEXEI 3798 §103 Non-Final OA 40d Pending Apr 10, 2025
18823061 REDUCING ENERGY COMSUMPTION OF SELF-MANAGED DRAM MODULES Scaleflux, Inc. WARREN, TRACY A 2137 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18724731 APPARATUS AND METHOD TO ADJUST VANE ANGLE OF DOUBLE FABRIC SHADING BY RESTRAINT OF FACING Comfortex Corporation AUBREY, BETH A 3633 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2024
18724094 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING TELEMEDICINE SERVICE Flyingdoctor Inc. GO, JOHN PHILIP 3681 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18751865 METHOD OF TREATMENT VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. OH, TAYLOR V 1625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 24, 2024
18680044 ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING POLYMERIC FILM FOR PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE AND PHOTOELECTRIC DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH - OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION BUCK, LINDSEY A 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 26d overdue Pending May 31, 2024
18704696 COMPOSITE PACKAGING MATERIAL UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK PIZIALI, ANDREW T 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 103d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18629598 DEPOT ADMINISTRATION OF ILOPERIDONE VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18619985 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH POLARIZATION DEVICE FOR HIGH POWER APPLICATIONS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18597173 PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT STRUCTURE WITH AT LEAST ONE TAPERED SIDEWALL LINER ADJACENT TO A WAVEGUIDE CORE Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. CONNELLY, MICHELLE R 2874 §102 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18596893 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AND COUNTERING NON-FRIENDLY RADAR NETWORKS Andro Computational Solutions, LLC CROSS, JULIANA MARIA 3648 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 06, 2024
18595694 MULTIMODE SOLID-STATE DRIVE WITH ADAPTIVE ADDRESS MAPPING TABLE COMPACTION Scaleflux, Inc. WU, STEPHANIE 2133 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2024
18572362 FIRE BARRIER Polyseam Limited SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18534863 STRUCTURE WITH FERROELECTRIC MEMORY STACKS HAVING DIFFERENT SWITCHING VOLTAGES AND RELATED METHODS Globalfoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. Kg YEMELYANOV, DMITRIY 2891 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Dec 11, 2023
18527638 TREATMENT OF ACUTE ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR MODULATOR VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Dec 01, 2023
18521653 TILT TOWER WITH TWO SWING ARMS Zero Climb Tower Company, LLC LAUX, JESSICA L 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18562972 IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK BALL, JOHN C 1795 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18562052 EXTRACORPOREAL DISINFECTION SYSTEM Radiatric Inc. MARCETICH, ADAM M 3781 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18506033 BIPOLAR TRANSISTOR STRUCTURE WITH BOUNDING STRUCTURE AT HORIZONTAL END AND METHODS TO FORM SAME Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. MUSLIM, SHAWN SHAW 2897 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2023
18249920 TREATMENT OF PUBLIC SPEAKING ANXIETY WITH AN ALPHA-7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR AGONIST VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. WHITE, DAWANNA SHAR-DAY 1627 Other Non-Final OA 27d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18553987 OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE, OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM, LIGHT CONFINING STRUCTURES, LIGHT ENERGY STORAGE STRUCTURE, LIGHT ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM, AND ENERGY STORAGE AND/OR CONVERSION SYSTEM Pera Complexity B.V. PATEL, PREET BAKUL 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18479139 MULTI-GATE DIFFERENTIAL POWER AMPLIFIER Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. PINERO, JOSE E 2843 §102 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Oct 02, 2023
18479230 CRACKSTOP WITH EMBEDDED PASSIVE RADIO FREQUENCY NOISE SUPPRESSOR AND METHOD Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. JANG, BO BIN 2818 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18448467 SEMICONDUCTOR FIN WITH DIVOTS, TRANSISTOR INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR FIN, MEMORY CELL INCLUDING THE TRANSISTOR, AND ASSOCIATED METHODS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. RAMALLO, GUSTAVO G 2812 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18448868 METHOD OF TREATMENT WITH TRADIPITANT VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Other Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 11, 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
18353995 ISOLATION STRUCTURE HAVING DIFFERENT LINERS ON UPPER AND LOWER PORTIONS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. SLUTSKER, JULIA 2891 §103 Final Rejection 52d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2023
18353216 Iron-modified acoustic material, production method thereof, speaker and electronic device Ssi New Material (Zhenjiang) Co., Ltd. FORREST, MICHAEL 1738 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 17, 2023
18345001 OPENING IN STRESS-INDUCING LINER(S) BETWEEN TRANSISTORS Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 §103 Non-Final OA 25d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18269185 REPAIR WELDING METHOD BY LASER DEPOSITION USING A FILLER WIRE Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada AS Represented By The Minister Of Natural Resources NGUYEN, VY T 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18256707 APTAMER-siRNA FUSIONS Apterna Limited POLIAKOVA-GEORGAN, EKATERINA 1637 Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18254910 A CELL COUNTER AND DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE Microbiosensor Limited SMITH, MAURICE C 2877 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending May 30, 2023
18307151 METAL FINGER STRUCTURE IN INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING OF IC CHIP Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Apr 26, 2023
18005905 SELF-REGULATING HEATED HOSE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING Sykes Hollow Innovations, Ltd. BOCHNA, DAVID 3679 §103 Non-Final OA 91d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2023
18154170 CIRCUIT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING AND CORRECTING SIGNAL OFFSET AT TWO POINTS Globalfoundries Dresden Module One Limited Liability Company & Co. Kg BARTOL, LANCE TORBJORN 2843 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 13, 2023
18154143 STRUCTURE INCLUDING MOISTURE BARRIER ALONG INPUT/OUTPUT OPENING AND RELATED METHOD Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. HIBBERT, DANIEL JOHNATHAN 2899 §103 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Jan 13, 2023
18149200 BACK GATE ION-SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR SENSING WITH STACKED HIGH-K NANOSHEETS Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. KIELIN, ERIK J 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jan 03, 2023
18063745 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING CONJUGATED DIENE POLYMERS AND THE POLYMERS, RUBBERS AND TIRES MADE THEREFROM Tsrc Corporation LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2022
18058932 STRUCTURE WITH COPPER BOND PAD AND COPPER INTERCONNECT Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd. MCCOY, THOMAS WILSON 2814 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2022
17996478 HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEROLOGY ASSAY Inanovate, Inc. DUNN, MCKENZIE A 1678 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
18047405 ION-SENSITIVE FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR ABOVE MICROFLUIDIC CAVITY FOR ION DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. FREY, KIMBERLY NEWMAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2022
17906940 IDENTIFICATION AND USE OF COMPOUNDS IN THE TREATMENT OR PREVENTION OF SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2 VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. BOESEN, CHRISTIAN C 1684 §102 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Sep 21, 2022
17906805 HYDROGEN STORAGE DEVICE H2Go Power Ltd. PEREZ, JELITZA M 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Sep 20, 2022
17908684 METHODS OF SLOWING BRAIN VOLUME LOSS VANDA PHARMACEUTICALS INC. SHOWALTER, ALEXANDER KEITH 1629 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Sep 01, 2022
17493969 CONTACT-FREE BIOSENSOR Globalfoundries U.S. Inc. EOM, ROBERT J 1797 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 05, 2021
17418934 METHOD AND PRODUCT FOR DETECTING EMBRYO HEALTH CONDITION BY USING BLASTOCYST CULTURE SOLUTION Xukang Medical Science & Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2021
17297101 Use of prostaglandin E1 methyl ester in manufacture of vasodilator Xi'An Libang Zhaoxin Biotechnology Co., Ltd. COPPINS, JANET L 1628 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending May 26, 2021
17200106 MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR CONTROL OF AUTONOMOUS AGENT OPERATING IN DYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT Andro Computational Solutions, LLC REDA, MATTHEW J 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Mar 12, 2021

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