Technology areas: Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 4 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lululab Inc. currently has 4 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These actions are spread across 4 distinct art units. The prosecution involves 4 distinct examiners, with BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE serving as the busiest examiner.
The busiest examiner is currently managing 1 pending office action. This count of 1 pending office action for the busiest examiner shows that the 4 pending office actions are distributed individually among the 4 distinct examiners. The 4 distinct art units involved suggest that the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering filings cover multiple technical categories.
Practitioners should monitor the 4 pending office actions across these 4 distinct art units to ensure a cohesive approach. With 4 distinct examiners involved, the company interacts with a different official for every case. The 1 pending office action assigned to BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE is 1 of the 4 pending office actions currently active.
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 (50%) |
| §103 only | 1 (25%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (25%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 1 | 51.9% | +30.5% |
| ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN | 1 | 58.1% | +6.0% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +58.4% |
| LEVINE, ADAM L | 1 | 35.9% | +40.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING SKIN COMPONENT AMOUNT BY USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | — |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| 18879019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOMMENDING COSMETICS SUITABLE FOR USER ON BASIS OF USER'S SKIN TYPE AND EFFICACY OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS | LEVINE, ADAM 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18993173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING SKIN COMPONENT AMOUNT BY USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | — |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| 18879019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOMMENDING COSMETICS SUITABLE FOR USER ON BASIS OF USER'S SKIN TYPE AND EFFICACY OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS | LEVINE, ADAM L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 1 |
| 2677 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18993173 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ANALYZING SKIN COMPONENT AMOUNT BY USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE | 3797 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 10, 2025 |
| 18879935 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PREDICTING DISEASE THROUGH WRINKLE DETECTION | ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN | 2677 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 2024 |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 3791 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
| 18879019 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RECOMMENDING COSMETICS SUITABLE FOR USER ON BASIS OF USER'S SKIN TYPE AND EFFICACY OF COSMETIC INGREDIENTS | LEVINE, ADAM L | 3689 | §101§102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialLululab Inc. has 4 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 4 art units and 4 examiners.
Helene Catherine Brown has the most, with 1 of Lululab Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
