Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
4 pending office actions • 2 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 manages 4 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This workload is distributed across 4 distinct examiners, suggesting that each pending action is being handled by a different individual. These matters are assigned to 2 distinct art units, indicating a focused but multi-disciplinary examination environment.
BROWN, HELENE CATHERINE is identified as the busiest examiner for this company. This examiner is currently responsible for 1 pending office action. This distribution shows that the workload is evenly spread, as the busiest examiner holds only 1 of the total pending actions. The 2 art units further suggest that the company is navigating different sets of technical examination standards within its field.
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 | 51.6% | +30.2% |
| ESQUINO, CALEB LOGAN | 1 | 56.7% | +0.6% |
| LEVINE, ADAM L | 1 | 35.8% | +39.5% |
| OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | 1 | 50.0% | +57.0% |
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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
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 | — |
| 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 | — |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3797 | 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 | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 30, 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 |
| 18878952 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SKIN ANALYSIS INFORMATION USING MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS | OGLES, MATTHEW ERIC | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 26, 2024 |
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