Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Wipebook Corp. currently manages 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. Both of these actions are concentrated within 1 distinct art unit, suggesting a technical focus for the company's current patent applications. Furthermore, the portfolio is assigned to only a distinct examiner. This level of concentration means that the company's entire pending strategy in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering sector is subject to the review of a single individual.
STEPHEN D ALVESTEFFER is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, handling 2 pending office actions. Because this examiner is responsible for all of the company's pending matters, the outcome of the current portfolio depends on this single individual's review. This level of concentration is notable for a portfolio with pending actions. Practitioners should focus on the specific examination patterns of ALVESTEFFER, as his decisions will impact the company's active matters. The lack of diversity in examiners and 1 distinct art unit simplifies the communication process but increases the impact of a single reviewer's discretion.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 2 | 57.3% | +24.6% |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18884432 | ARTICLE HAVING A REUSABLE WRITING SURFACE | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
| 18767676 | WORKBOOK | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3715 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18884432 | ARTICLE HAVING A REUSABLE WRITING SURFACE | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 13, 2024 |
| 18767676 | WORKBOOK | ALVESTEFFER, STEPHEN D | 3715 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 09, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialWipebook Corp. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Stephen D Alvesteffer has the most, with 2 of Wipebook Corp.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
