Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Spanx LLC

6 pending office actions • 1 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 1 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

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

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.

3
Hard (50%)
3
Medium (50%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (33%)
§102 only1 (17%)
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
6
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
HALE, GLORIA M 2 73.0% +19.2%
QUINN, RICHALE LEE 2 51.3% +30.1%
FERREIRA, CATHERINE M 1 39.1% +33.0%
HADEN, SALLY CLINE 1 32.0% +40.9%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18603513 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS SPACE QUINN, RICHALE LEE 1d overdue
19297597 SHAPING GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE LOW BACK HALE, GLORIA M
19036422 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS HADEN, SALLY CLINE

Interview Candidates (6)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18603513 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS SPACE QUINN, RICHALE LEE 1d overdue
19347336 TARGETED BONDED APPAREL FERREIRA, CATHERINE M
19297597 SHAPING GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE LOW BACK HALE, GLORIA M
19196244 FOLDOVER LOWER ABDOMINAL SHAPING GARMENT HALE, GLORIA M
19036422 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS HADEN, SALLY CLINE
18603509 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS SPACE QUINN, RICHALE LEE

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3732 6

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19347336 TARGETED BONDED APPAREL FERREIRA, CATHERINE M 3732 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 01, 2025
19297597 SHAPING GARMENT WITH ADJUSTABLE LOW BACK HALE, GLORIA M 3732 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 12, 2025
19196244 FOLDOVER LOWER ABDOMINAL SHAPING GARMENT HALE, GLORIA M 3732 §102Other Non-Final OA Pending May 01, 2025
19036422 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS HADEN, SALLY CLINE 3732 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 24, 2025
18603509 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS SPACE QUINN, RICHALE LEE 3732 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 13, 2024
18603513 GARMENT WITH REAR ACCESS SPACE QUINN, RICHALE LEE 3732 §102§103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 13, 2024

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