Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
15 pending office actions • 6 art units • 14 examiners • 0 of 15 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 64 patents granted in the last 365 days
Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. has 14 pending office actions in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. These matters are distributed across 6 distinct art units. The company interacts with 14 distinct examiners. The 6 distinct art units indicate that several examiners are likely working within the same technical areas at the patent office.
RAQUEL M. WEIS is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Since there are 14 pending office actions and 14 distinct examiners, every examiner is currently handling exactly one matter for the company. This lack of examiner overlap means that for each of the 14 pending office actions, the company must address the specific requirements of a different individual. For a practitioner, the fact that 14 distinct examiners are involved across only 6 distinct art units suggests a diverse range of examiner perspectives even within the same technical groups.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 | 4 (27%) |
| §103 only | 2 (13%) |
| §102 only | 2 (13%) |
| Double-patenting only | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 6 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | 2 | 43.2% | +42.4% |
| WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 1 | 44.1% | +61.5% |
| SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 1 | 56.3% | +59.1% |
| HALL, FORREST G | 1 | 60.1% | +31.7% |
| LOPEZ, ERICK I | 1 | 53.0% | +29.6% |
| JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 1 | 47.4% | +19.3% |
| SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 1 | 27.2% | +21.2% |
| ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 1 | 51.7% | +46.2% |
| SMITH, LINDSEY B | 1 | 51.5% | +54.3% |
| NGUYEN, HIEP VAN | 1 | 55.3% | +28.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18747663 | SLEEVE | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 22d |
| 18866013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 29d |
| 18753729 | SOCKS HAVING INTEGRATED GRIPPING SYSTEMS | ZHAO, AIYING | 30d |
| 19216412 | SEGMENTED SOLE FOR FOOTWEAR | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 41d |
| 18953288 | No Sweat Marks Fabric with Balanced Moisture Management Function | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 84d |
| 19220999 | ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — |
| 18866003 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMIZED RETAIL EXPERIENCE | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | — |
| 18931833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT DIMENSION NAVIGATION | SMITH, LINDSEY B | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18866013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 29d |
| 19299888 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH SECURABLE TONGUE | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 34d |
| 19216412 | SEGMENTED SOLE FOR FOOTWEAR | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 41d |
| 18953288 | No Sweat Marks Fabric with Balanced Moisture Management Function | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 84d |
| 19220999 | ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — |
| 19220987 | ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — |
| 19210104 | GUSSET FOR A GARMENT | HALL, FORREST G | — |
| 19129154 | FABRIC ARTICLES WITH ENGINEERED SUPPORT STRUCTURE | LOPEZ, ERICK I | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 6 |
| 3688 | 2 |
| 1789 | 1 |
| 3689 | 1 |
| 3686 | 1 |
| 3791 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19299888 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH SECURABLE TONGUE | WEIS, RAQUEL M. | 3732 | §102 | Final Rejection | 34d | Pending | Aug 14, 2025 |
| 19220999 | ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19220987 | ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES | NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER | — | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 28, 2025 |
| 19216412 | SEGMENTED SOLE FOR FOOTWEAR | SMITH, HALEY ANNE | 3732 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 41d | Pending | May 22, 2025 |
| 19210104 | GUSSET FOR A GARMENT | HALL, FORREST G | 3732 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 16, 2025 |
| 19129154 | FABRIC ARTICLES WITH ENGINEERED SUPPORT STRUCTURE | LOPEZ, ERICK I | 3732 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 12, 2025 |
| 18953288 | No Sweat Marks Fabric with Balanced Moisture Management Function | JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH | 1789 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 84d | Pending | Nov 20, 2024 |
| 18866013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION | SULLIVAN, THOMAS J | 3689 | §101§103 | Final Rejection | 29d | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18866003 | SYSTEMS, DEVICES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMIZED RETAIL EXPERIENCE | ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E | 3688 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 14, 2024 |
| 18931833 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCT DIMENSION NAVIGATION | SMITH, LINDSEY B | 3688 | §101§102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Oct 30, 2024 |
| 18836587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED INTERVENTIONS BASED ON A WELLNESS MODEL | NGUYEN, HIEP VAN | 3686 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 07, 2024 |
| 18795971 | EXERCISE MAT HAVING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE TEXTURE | DAVIS, ZACHARY M | — | DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 06, 2024 |
| 18753729 | SOCKS HAVING INTEGRATED GRIPPING SYSTEMS | ZHAO, AIYING | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Jun 25, 2024 |
| 18747663 | SLEEVE | COLLIER, JAMESON D | 3732 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | Jun 19, 2024 |
| 18462893 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RESPIRATION AND MOVEMENT | TOWA, RENE T | 3791 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 07, 2023 |
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