Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications
6 pending office actions • 6 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 4 patents granted in the last 365 days
Levi Strauss & Co. has 6 pending office actions in Communications. The matters are assigned to 6 examiners across 6 art units, indicating complete separation across the recorded examination assignments. This structure makes it important to review each application independently rather than assume that one examiner’s treatment will carry across the portfolio.
TSWEI, YU-JANG is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The limited overlap places greater emphasis on art-unit-specific analysis, consistent technical terminology, and careful control of statements that could affect related applications.
For prosecution planning, counsel should map claim themes to the relevant action and cited art. Shared disclosure can support a coherent portfolio position, but response arguments should remain tied to the concrete communication features and examination record in each file.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 2 (33%) |
| §103 only | 3 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (17%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSWEI, YU-JANG | 1 | 83.7% | +15.9% |
| SHENG, XIN | 1 | 73.2% | +16.7% |
| FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 1 | 39.5% | +33.1% |
| OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 1 | 67.1% | +21.5% |
| LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 1 | 63.2% | +14.4% |
| BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 1 | 33.9% | +11.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19076968 | Design Tool with 3D Preview for Digitally Finished Garments | TSWEI, YU-JANG | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17818326 | 3D Imaging and Texture Mapping for Apparel Imagery | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 91d overdue |
| 17810278 | Order Fulfillment System | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 50d overdue |
| 18306938 | Three-Dimensional Preview of Design of Laser-Finished Garments | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17818326 | 3D Imaging and Texture Mapping for Apparel Imagery | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 91d overdue |
| 17810278 | Order Fulfillment System | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 50d overdue |
| 19076968 | Design Tool with 3D Preview for Digitally Finished Garments | TSWEI, YU-JANG | — |
| 19000128 | Online 3D Preview of Customized and Finished Garments | SHENG, XIN | — |
| 18610178 | Garment with Contiguously Woven Variable Stretch Zones | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | — |
| 18306938 | Three-Dimensional Preview of Design of Laser-Finished Garments | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2614 | 1 |
| 2619 | 1 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| 2186 | 1 |
| 2187 | 1 |
| 3627 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19076968 | Design Tool with 3D Preview for Digitally Finished Garments | TSWEI, YU-JANG | 2614 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 11, 2025 |
| 19000128 | Online 3D Preview of Customized and Finished Garments | SHENG, XIN | 2619 | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 23, 2024 |
| 18610178 | Garment with Contiguously Woven Variable Stretch Zones | FERREIRA, CATHERINE M | 3732 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Mar 19, 2024 |
| 18306938 | Three-Dimensional Preview of Design of Laser-Finished Garments | OCHOA, JUAN CARLOS | 2186 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 25, 2023 |
| 17818326 | 3D Imaging and Texture Mapping for Apparel Imagery | LEATHERS, EMILY GORMAN | 2187 | §101§102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 91d overdue | Pending | Aug 08, 2022 |
| 17810278 | Order Fulfillment System | BURSUM, KIMBERLY SUZANNE | 3627 | §101§112 | Non-Final OA | 50d overdue | Pending | Jun 30, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialLevi Strauss & Co. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 6 art units and 6 examiners.
Yu-Jang Tswei has the most, with 1 of Levi Strauss & Co.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
