Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

Hoffmanwarnick-Bose

13 pending office actions • 1 client • 12 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 19 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

13
Total Pending OAs
8
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
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. 4 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)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.

8
Hard (62%)
4
Medium (31%)
1
Easy (8%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other2 (15%)
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only1 (8%)
Double-patenting only1 (8%)
Multi-statute (no §101)6 (46%)

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
7
Communications
54% of docket
1
Semiconductors
8% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
15% of docket
3
Business / Other
23% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
BRINEY III, WALTER F 2 65.4% +5.1%
SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 1 76.5% +5.7%
SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN 1 76.4% +11.3%
JOSHI, SUNITA 1 81.0% +6.1%
SERROU, ABDELALI 1 74.4% +30.1%
KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J 1 81.3% +7.5%
KURR, JASON R 1 75.4% +20.4%
HOQUE, NAFIZ E 1 75.5% +23.1%
KANG, ANNABELLE 1 86.4% -8.2%
NI, SUHAN 1 86.6% +13.9%

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
18988132 Wearable Audio Device Placement Detection JOSHI, SUNITA
18917266 COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J

Hard Cases (8)

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
18370965 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL LIGHT CURING JOHNSON, SONJI N 17d overdue
18266107 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR VIBROTACTILE AND/OR THERMAL NERVE STIMULATION DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 35d
18605906 PORTABLE SPEAKER GROUPING WITH CONTROL FEATURE HOQUE, NAFIZ E 84d
18999055 Active Noise Reduction Control for Non-Occluding Wearable Audio Devices SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN
18924359 Audio Device with Ambient Sound Source Selection and Natural Language Control SERROU, ABDELALI
18661893 MACHINE LEARNING BASED VOICE CONTROL FOR AUDIO DEVICE BRINEY III, WALTER F
18541359 AUDIO DEVICE WITH HIDDEN CONNECTION POINT KANG, ANNABELLE
18383117 Acoustic Driver with Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) Surround NI, SUHAN

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
18605906 PORTABLE SPEAKER GROUPING WITH CONTROL FEATURE HOQUE, NAFIZ E 84d
18999055 Active Noise Reduction Control for Non-Occluding Wearable Audio Devices SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN
18924359 Audio Device with Ambient Sound Source Selection and Natural Language Control SERROU, ABDELALI
18731937 PROXIMITY-BASED SPEAKER GROUPING AND CONTROL KURR, JASON R
18383117 Acoustic Driver with Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) Surround NI, SUHAN

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Bose 13

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26952
26922
36611
26591
26941
26911
28761
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19250160 UPPER SEAT POSITION TRACKING BOSE CORPORATION SHAAWAT, MUSSA A 3661 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2025
18999055 Active Noise Reduction Control for Non-Occluding Wearable Audio Devices BOSE CORPORATION SUTHERS, DOUGLAS JOHN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 23, 2024
18988132 Wearable Audio Device Placement Detection BOSE CORPORATION JOSHI, SUNITA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 19, 2024
18924359 Audio Device with Ambient Sound Source Selection and Natural Language Control BOSE CORPORATION SERROU, ABDELALI 2659 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18917266 COMPUTATIONAL ARCHITECTURE FOR ACTIVE NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE BOSE CORPORATION KRZYSTAN, ALEXANDER J §103Other Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18731937 PROXIMITY-BASED SPEAKER GROUPING AND CONTROL BOSE CORPORATION KURR, JASON R 2695 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jun 03, 2024
18661893 MACHINE LEARNING BASED VOICE CONTROL FOR AUDIO DEVICE BOSE CORPORATION BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending May 13, 2024
18605906 PORTABLE SPEAKER GROUPING WITH CONTROL FEATURE BOSE CORPORATION HOQUE, NAFIZ E 2694 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18541359 AUDIO DEVICE WITH HIDDEN CONNECTION POINT BOSE CORPORATION KANG, ANNABELLE 2695 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 15, 2023
18537981 Acoustic Assembly Detection in Hearing Aid BOSE CORPORATION BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18383117 Acoustic Driver with Liquid Silicone Rubber (LSR) Surround BOSE CORPORATION NI, SUHAN 2691 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 24, 2023
18370965 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL LIGHT CURING BOSE CORPORATION JOHNSON, SONJI N 2876 §102§103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18266107 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR VIBROTACTILE AND/OR THERMAL NERVE STIMULATION BOSE CORPORATION DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 3791 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 08, 2023

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