Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
3 pending office actions • 2 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Thinx Inc. has 2 pending office actions within the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. While these actions are handled by 2 distinct examiners, they are located within 1 distinct art unit. This suggests that while different individuals are reviewing the applications, they likely follow the same departmental guidelines and internal policies.
The busiest examiner is STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F, who is currently managing 1 busiest examiner pending office action. With the 2 pending actions split between 2 examiners, the workload is evenly distributed across the active portfolio. The shared 1 distinct art unit provides a consistent institutional context for the pending matters, which can be advantageous for the applicant.
Practitioners can leverage the fact that both matters are in 1 distinct art unit to ensure that arguments made in one case are consistent with the other. Although 2 distinct examiners are involved, their proximity within the same unit may lead to similar prior art citations. This allows for a more unified strategy when responding to the 2 pending actions currently on the docket.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (67%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 1 | 82.8% | +9.8% |
| STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 1 | 75.6% | +14.9% |
| KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 1 | 62.9% | +27.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19111454 | PERFORMANCE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18882847 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCONTINENCE AND MENSTRUAL GARMENTS AND UNDERWEAR | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | — |
| 17592460 | HIGH ABSORBENCY GARMENT LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3781 | 2 |
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19111454 | PERFORMANCE STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | WORRELL JR, LARRY D | 3732 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 13, 2025 |
| 18882847 | TECHNOLOGIES FOR INCONTINENCE AND MENSTRUAL GARMENTS AND UNDERWEAR | STEPHENS, JACQUELINE F | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2024 |
| 17592460 | HIGH ABSORBENCY GARMENT LAYER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME | KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN | 3781 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 03, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialThinx Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 3 examiners.
Larry D Worrell Jr. has the most, with 1 of Thinx Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
