Technology area: Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering
1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Veil Intimates LLC currently maintains 1 pending office action in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. This focused portfolio suggests a targeted approach to securing intellectual property rights. The matter is assigned to 1 distinct examiner, ensuring a centralized point of contact for the prosecution process.
The application is being reviewed within 1 distinct art unit. This concentration implies that the technology falls under a specific set of mechanical or medical classification standards. For the practitioner, 1 distinct art unit means that the prior art landscape is likely well-defined and consistent across the filing.
HALE, GLORIA M is the busiest examiner for the portfolio, currently handling 1 busiest examiner pending action. As the only examiner involved, HALE, GLORIA M will be the primary arbiter of the patentability of the claims. Success in this matter depends on addressing the specific technical concerns of this individual.
The presence of only 1 pending office action allows for a highly concentrated legal strategy. Practitioners can focus exclusively on the requirements of the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering field. This simplicity facilitates a clear path toward potential allowance without the complexities of a larger, more distributed portfolio.
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 | 1 (100%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HALE, GLORIA M | 1 | 73.0% | +19.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367051 | BRASSIERE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18367051 | BRASSIERE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | HALE, GLORIA M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3732 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18367051 | BRASSIERE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | HALE, GLORIA M | 3732 | §101§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 12, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVeil Intimates LLC has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Gloria M Hale has the most, with 1 of Veil Intimates LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering (USPTO Tech Center 3700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
