Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: ANDERSON, CATHARINE L

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3761 3764 3778 3781 3782

This examiner grants 65% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

65.4%
Allow Rate
-4.6% vs TC avg
1119
Total Applications
+20.8%
Interview Lift
1366
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1076 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
22.9%
§102 Novelty
50.4%
§103 Obviousness
17.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18407530 DIAPER ARTICLE WITH MULTIPLE ABSORBENT BODIES Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18241460 LOW CALIPER FEMININE HYGIENE PAD WITH TEXTURED TOPSHEET Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18451558 DURABLE ABSORBENT PANT ADAPTED FOR USE WITH A REMOVABLE ABSORBENT INSERT Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18318105 METHOD FOR MAKING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA The Procter & Gamble Company
18117532 ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH HIGH PERMEABILITY SAP Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17736168 DURABLE ABSORBENT PANT WITH IMPROVED ABSORBENT GUSSET CONFIGURATION Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17671739 Crimped Fiber Spunbond Nonwoven Webs/Laminate Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
17227449 ABSORBENT ARTICLES HAVING NONWOVEN MATERIALS WITH NATURAL FIBERS Final Rejection The Procter & Gamble Company
19187644 THORACOSTOMY TUBE WITH INTERNAL BALLOON AND EXTERNAL BOLSTER Non-Final OA University of Kentucky Research Foundation
17641946 ABSORBENT ARTICLE Non-Final OA DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
18160431 Composition for Wet Indicator and Wet Indicator Final Rejection Henkel AG & Co., KGaA
17861340 DUAL-CORE ABSORBENT SANITARY ARTICLE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection Fameccanica.Data S.p.A.
17779755 TISSUE INTERFACE FOR NEGATIVE-PRESSURE AND INSTILLATION THERAPY Non-Final OA KCI Manufacturing Unlimited Company
18318153 HEMP-BASED ABSORBENT ARTICLE Final Rejection Better Made Hemp, LLC
18401744 DIAGNOSTIC ARRANGEMENT FOR SANITARY NAPKIN TO DETECT AND ANALYZE ANALYTES IN MENSTRUAL BLOOD Non-Final OA PES UNIVERSITY
17418331 WATER-DISPERSIBLE FLUID ABSORBER Final Rejection Symbioco Ltd
18385072 Panty Replacement Worn With Outerwear Non-Final OA Skimpies, Inc.
18027408 ARRANGEMENT FOR DETECTING LIQUID Non-Final OA RKW SE
17936038 Apparatus and Method for Delivering a Surgical Tampon to an Anatomical Cavity of a Patient Non-Final OA Government of the United States as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health Agency
17893711 UNDERGARMENT HAVING REMOVABLE ABSORBENT LINER Non-Final OA VBrite, LLC

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