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
Grindclaw Sia currently has 1 pending office action in the technology area of Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering. This single matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner and is located within 1 distinct art unit. The examiner HOEY, ALISSA L is the busiest examiner for the company, handling 1 pending office action.
The presence of 1 pending office action in 1 distinct art unit indicates a very specific and limited scope of current prosecution activity. Because the company only has 1 distinct examiner involved, the immediate success of the portfolio depends on the interactions with HOEY, ALISSA L. This examiner is responsible for the only 1 pending office action currently requiring a response from the applicant.
The focus on Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering through a single application suggests a targeted intellectual property strategy. With 1 pending office action and 1 distinct examiner, the administrative requirements are low, as all current patent office communication is centralized. The company's current engagement is limited to the 1 distinct art unit where HOEY, ALISSA L operates, ensuring a narrow technical focus for the pending matter.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOEY, ALISSA L | 1 | 44.4% | +32.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117405 | ERGONOMIC GLOVE FOR OPERATION OF A COMPUTER MOUSE | HOEY, ALISSA L | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19117405 | ERGONOMIC GLOVE FOR OPERATION OF A COMPUTER MOUSE | HOEY, ALISSA L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19117405 | ERGONOMIC GLOVE FOR OPERATION OF A COMPUTER MOUSE | HOEY, ALISSA L | 3732 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 01, 2025 |
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Start Free TrialGrindclaw Sia has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Alissa L Hoey has the most, with 1 of Grindclaw Sia's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
