Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Clever Alternative Products has 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This action is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ARIF, NOAH JACOB, who is the busiest examiner for the portfolio. The prosecution is localized within 1 distinct art unit, reflecting a focused technical review. This concentration suggests that the applicant's current legal strategy is entirely dependent on the specific technical standards of this 1 unit within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field.
The busiest examiner pending count is 1, which represents the total of 1 pending office action. With 1 distinct examiner and 1 distinct art unit, the applicant is dealing with a single reviewer. The outcome of the 1 pending action will be shaped by the specific interpretations and examination style of ARIF, NOAH JACOB within this art unit. Practitioners should prioritize a thorough review of this examiner's previous rulings to identify common patterns in how they handle Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering applications. Since there is only 1 pending office action, the company's immediate patent goals are tied to the resolution of this single case. The focus on 1 distinct art unit means that the technical arguments must be precisely aligned with the specific requirements of that unit. Successful navigation of this 1 pending action requires a deep understanding of the examiner's specific prior art preferences.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (100%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARIF, NOAH JACOB | 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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19116825 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND APPLYING A COSMETIC PRODUCT | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3754 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19116825 | DEVICE FOR PACKAGING AND APPLYING A COSMETIC PRODUCT | ARIF, NOAH JACOB | 3754 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 28, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialClever Alternative Products has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Noah Jacob Arif has the most, with 1 of Clever Alternative Products's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
