Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 06, 2026

HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises LLC

5 pending office actions • 2 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
1
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
Due later

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 (40%)
3
Medium (60%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only3 (60%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (40%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

1
Life Sciences
20% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
4
Mechanical / Eng
80% of docket
0
Business / Other
0% 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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MARIN, DAKOTA 1 51.6% +60.3%
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 1 44.2% +44.8%
GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1 31.6% +45.1%
FERREIRA, CATHERINE M 1 39.1% +33.0%
MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 1 46.3% +69.2%

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
18315743 CONCEALER SYSTEMS AND METHODS MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 15d
19175100 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GARMENT PRINTING PRETREATMENT GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19182781 MOISTURE MANAGEMENT UPPER TORSO GARMENTS NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 7d
18315743 CONCEALER SYSTEMS AND METHODS MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 15d
19247289 LOWER TORSO GARMENT WITH SUPPORT ELEMENT MARIN, DAKOTA
19175100 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GARMENT PRINTING PRETREATMENT GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN
18981892 TAILORED LIFT BRA CUP SYSTEM AND METHOD FERREIRA, CATHERINE M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 4
1785 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19247289 LOWER TORSO GARMENT WITH SUPPORT ELEMENT MARIN, DAKOTA 3732 §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jun 24, 2025
19182781 MOISTURE MANAGEMENT UPPER TORSO GARMENTS NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending Apr 18, 2025
19175100 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GARMENT PRINTING PRETREATMENT GRUSBY, REBECCA LYNN 1785 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 2025
18981892 TAILORED LIFT BRA CUP SYSTEM AND METHOD FERREIRA, CATHERINE M 3732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 16, 2024
18315743 CONCEALER SYSTEMS AND METHODS MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 3732 §103§112 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 11, 2023

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