Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Hoffmanwarnick-Bose

11 pending office actions • 1 client • 11 examiners • 6 art units • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 24 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

3
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
5
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. 11 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (3)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (5)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.

0
Hard (0%)
11
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (91%)
§102 only1 (9%)

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
9
Communications
82% of docket
1
Semiconductors
9% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PAUL, DISLER 1 82.2% +8.7%
FISCHER, MARK L 1 67.5% +28.3%
SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 1 84.9% +8.9%
SELLERS, DANIEL R 1 67.6% +17.3%
HOQUE, NAFIZ E 1 75.2% +23.4%
BRINEY III, WALTER F 1 65.4% +5.2%
DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA 1 76.2% +15.0%
JOHNSON, SONJI N 1 74.3% +21.4%
CHIN, VIVIAN C 1 10.3% +10.4%
DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 1

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
18668546 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 34d
18791810 INGRESS RESISTANT PORTABLE SPEAKER PAUL, DISLER 56d

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
18371144 Adaptive Interface in Active Noise Reduction (ANR) Headset CHIN, VIVIAN C 9d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18370965 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL LIGHT CURING JOHNSON, SONJI N 17d overdue
18371144 Adaptive Interface in Active Noise Reduction (ANR) Headset CHIN, VIVIAN C 9d overdue
18783971 Machine-Learning (ML) Based Road Noise Cancelation (RNC) FISCHER, MARK L 27d
18389265 Open-Ear Headphone DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA 28d
18650220 Audio System with Personal Zones SELLERS, DANIEL R 41d
18605906 PORTABLE SPEAKER GROUPING WITH CONTROL FEATURE HOQUE, NAFIZ E 84d

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BOSE CORPORATION 11

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
26943
26952
26922
26932
28761
37911

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18791810 INGRESS RESISTANT PORTABLE SPEAKER BOSE CORPORATION PAUL, DISLER 2695 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Aug 01, 2024
18783971 Machine-Learning (ML) Based Road Noise Cancelation (RNC) BOSE CORPORATION FISCHER, MARK L 2692 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18668546 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ACOUSTIC FEEDBACK SUPPRESSION BOSE CORPORATION SNIEZEK, ANDREW L 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 20, 2024
18650220 Audio System with Personal Zones BOSE CORPORATION SELLERS, DANIEL R 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18605906 PORTABLE SPEAKER GROUPING WITH CONTROL FEATURE BOSE CORPORATION HOQUE, NAFIZ E 2694 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Mar 15, 2024
18537981 Acoustic Assembly Detection in Hearing Aid BOSE CORPORATION BRINEY III, WALTER F 2692 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18389265 Open-Ear Headphone BOSE CORPORATION DABNEY, PHYLESHA LARVINIA 2694 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 14, 2023
18370965 ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH INTERNAL LIGHT CURING BOSE CORPORATION JOHNSON, SONJI N 2876 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18371144 Adaptive Interface in Active Noise Reduction (ANR) Headset BOSE CORPORATION CHIN, VIVIAN C 2695 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 21, 2023
18266107 WEARABLE DEVICE FOR VIBROTACTILE AND/OR THERMAL NERVE STIMULATION BOSE CORPORATION DIETZ, NOE ROBERT 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18031827 Electroacoustic Transducer BOSE CORPORATION DIAZ, SABRINA 2693 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Apr 13, 2023

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