Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Delta Galil Industries Ltd. has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are distributed among 4 distinct examiners, meaning each examiner is responsible for exactly one case. The portfolio is technically concentrated, with the 4 pending office actions located in 2 distinct art units. This distribution shows that the company's current patent applications are being reviewed by a small group of specialists within the medical device and mechanical engineering fields.
FERREIRA, CATHERINE M is the busiest examiner for the company, holding 1 pending office action. This matches the distribution across the other 4 distinct examiners. With only 2 distinct art units involved, the company's medical device and mechanical engineering applications are being reviewed within a limited number of technical examination groups. The involvement of 4 distinct examiners for 4 pending office actions indicates that every case is being reviewed by a different individual, even though they are concentrated within only 2 distinct art units.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 2 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (75%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 1 | 39.4% | +33.3% |
| TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | 1 | 39.6% | +29.9% |
| WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 1 | 44.1% | +61.5% |
| THORN SR., JAMES C. | 1 | 95.4% | +0.6% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35522724 | Underwear | THORN SR., JAMES C. | 341d overdue |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841399 | Underwear with Adaptive Leg Openings and Size-Adjusting Fabric-Regions | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 41d |
| 19108165 | Maternity Pants and Maternity Leggings Having an Integral User-Adjustable Belly-Support Band | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | — |
| 18957911 | Garment and Clothes that are Unravel-Free and Roll-Free | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | — |
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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18841399 | Underwear with Adaptive Leg Openings and Size-Adjusting Fabric-Regions | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 41d |
| 19108165 | Maternity Pants and Maternity Leggings Having an Integral User-Adjustable Belly-Support Band | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | — |
| 18957911 | Garment and Clothes that are Unravel-Free and Roll-Free | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 2 |
| 2922 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19108165 | Maternity Pants and Maternity Leggings Having an Integral User-Adjustable Belly-Support Band | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 3732 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 02, 2025 |
| 18957911 | Garment and Clothes that are Unravel-Free and Roll-Free | TAVARES-CROCKETT, ULA CORINNA | — | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 25, 2024 |
| 18841399 | Underwear with Adaptive Leg Openings and Size-Adjusting Fabric-Regions | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 41d | Pending | Aug 26, 2024 |
| 35522724 | Underwear | THORN SR., JAMES C. | 2922 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 341d overdue | Pending | Oct 22, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialDelta Galil Industries Ltd. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 4 examiners.
Catherine M Ferreira has the most, with 1 of Delta Galil Industries Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.