Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc.

17 pending office actions • 6 art units • 16 examiners • 0 of 17 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 54 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
10
Non-Final OAs
5
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

6
Overdue
0
Due this week
5
Due this month
4
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 16 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (6)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (4)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
13
Medium (76%)
3
Easy (18%)
1
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only9 (53%)
§102 only4 (24%)
§112 only3 (18%)
No statute on record1 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
6% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
16
Mechanical / Eng
94% 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.

170 h
Manual time on pending OAs
34 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
59 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
SMITH, HALEY ANNE 2 55.8% +57.7%
NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 1 65.7% +26.2%
WEIS, RAQUEL M. 1 42.9% +66.9%
HUYNH, KHOA D 1 18.8% +22.4%
NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 1 43.9% +47.0%
JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1 48.0% +18.8%
SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 1 28.5% +21.9%
BAYS, MARIE D 1 74.4% +19.7%
MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 1 45.4% +69.7%
MOORE, ZACHARY T 1 72.9% +35.4%

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
19222636 OUTSOLES HAVING TRACTION INSERTS HUYNH, KHOA D 50d overdue
18866013 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 29d

Interview Candidates (11)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19222636 OUTSOLES HAVING TRACTION INSERTS HUYNH, KHOA D 50d overdue
18776628 ALIGNMENT MAT MOORE, ZACHARY T 42d overdue
19319975 Upper for Article of Footwear Incorporating a Knitted Butterfly Workpiece NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 9d overdue
18821698 SOCKS HAVING TARGETED CUSHIONING ZONES MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 13d
18309067 WAISTBAND FOR GARMENTS SMITH, HALEY ANNE 19d
18866013 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 29d
19299888 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH SECURABLE TONGUE WEIS, RAQUEL M. 34d
18821817 DUAL-LAYERED MIDSOLE BAYS, MARIE D 39d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 12
1789 1
3689 1
3784 1
3624 1
3761 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19319975 Upper for Article of Footwear Incorporating a Knitted Butterfly Workpiece NGUYEN, BAO-THIEU L 3732 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2025
19299888 ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH SECURABLE TONGUE WEIS, RAQUEL M. 3732 §112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 14, 2025
19222636 OUTSOLES HAVING TRACTION INSERTS HUYNH, KHOA D 3732 Other Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending May 29, 2025
19216412 SEGMENTED SOLE FOR FOOTWEAR SMITH, HALEY ANNE 3732 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending May 22, 2025
18970181 ENGINEERED KNITTED GARMENT HAVING INTEGRATED COMPRESSION ZONES NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Dec 05, 2024
18953288 No Sweat Marks Fabric with Balanced Moisture Management Function JOHNSON, JENNA LEIGH 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Nov 20, 2024
18866013 METHOD AND SYSTEM TO PROVIDE A PRODUCT INTERACTION SULLIVAN, THOMAS J 3689 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18821817 DUAL-LAYERED MIDSOLE BAYS, MARIE D 3732 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18821698 SOCKS HAVING TARGETED CUSHIONING ZONES MARCHEWKA, MATTHEW R 3732 §112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18776628 ALIGNMENT MAT MOORE, ZACHARY T 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18753729 SOCKS HAVING INTEGRATED GRIPPING SYSTEMS ZHAO, AIYING 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Jun 25, 2024
18747663 SLEEVE COLLIER, JAMESON D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 19, 2024
18649279 POCKET FOR A GARMENT REDHEAD, AKWOKWO OLABISI 3732 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 29, 2024
18529850 COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT ANALYTICS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18558007 Fabric and Garments Made of Such Fabric KANE, KATHARINE GRACZ 3732 §102 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Oct 30, 2023
18309067 WAISTBAND FOR GARMENTS SMITH, HALEY ANNE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Apr 28, 2023
18009968 ARTICLES WITH EMBEDDED SENSORS NORTON, JOHN J 3761 §112 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022

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