Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Craif Inc.

2 pending office actions • 0 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Craif Inc. is currently navigating 2 pending office actions at the USPTO. These actions are split between 2 distinct examiners, ensuring that no single individual oversees the entirety of the pending portfolio. MESFIN, MATTHEWOS is identified as the busiest examiner, though they are currently responsible for only 1 pending action.

This distribution across those examiners suggests a diversified examination process for the matters. Because MESFIN, MATTHEWOS holds 1 pending action, the workload is evenly balanced among the examiners involved. Practitioners can expect individualized feedback from each of the examiners as these applications progress through the USPTO.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

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

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (50%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (50%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
2
Business / Other
100% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MESFIN, MATTHEWOS 1 — —
SABOUR, GHAZAL 1 37.8% +43.2%

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
18685689 NEURAL-NETWORK-BASED CLASSIFIER MESFIN, MATTHEWOS —
18248781 METHOD FOR EVALUATING LIKELIHOOD OF OBSERVATION VALUE AND PROGRAM SABOUR, GHAZAL —

Interview Candidates (1)

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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18248781 METHOD FOR EVALUATING LIKELIHOOD OF OBSERVATION VALUE AND PROGRAM SABOUR, GHAZAL —

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18685689 NEURAL-NETWORK-BASED CLASSIFIER MESFIN, MATTHEWOS — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 22, 2024
18248781 METHOD FOR EVALUATING LIKELIHOOD OF OBSERVATION VALUE AND PROGRAM SABOUR, GHAZAL — §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 12, 2023

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