Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP (Lululemon)

5 pending office actions • 1 client • 5 examiners • 4 art units • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=40 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

70.6%
Allowance Rate
n=40
+0.00σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=40
OAs to Allowance
n=12 (min 20)
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=12 (min 20)
Time to Allowance
n=12 (min 20)
-15.0pp
Interview Lift
n=40
41.2%
RCE Rate
n=40
0.0%
Appeal Rate
n=40

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

§101 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
§102 Overcome
n=2 (min 20)
§103 Overcome
n=17 (min 20)
§112 Overcome
n=1 (min 20)

Specialization & Scale

A41D, G06F, G06Q
Top CPC Subclasses
47%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=40
0
Practitioners
n=40
Apps / Practitioner
n=40 (min 20)

Portfolio Summary

5
Total Pending OAs
4
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (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%)
4
Medium (80%)
1
Easy (20%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only4 (80%)
§112 only1 (20%)

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
5
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.

50 h
Manual time on pending OAs
10 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
18 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.4 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E 1 51.7% +46.1%
MOORE, ZACHARY T 1 73.0% +35.5%
COLLIER, JAMESON D 1 54.2% +47.5%
HALE, GLORIA M 1 73.0% +19.2%
GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 1 14.6% +16.8%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18529850 COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT ANALYTICS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (5)

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 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18776628 ALIGNMENT MAT MOORE, ZACHARY T 42d overdue
18529850 COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT ANALYTICS GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 4d overdue
18747663 SLEEVE COLLIER, JAMESON D 22d
18866003 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMIZED RETAIL EXPERIENCE ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E
18738747 ENGINEERED BAND HALE, GLORIA M

Client Portfolio (1 client)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Lululemon 5

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
37322
36881
37841
36241

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18866003 SYSTEMS, DEVICES, ARTICLES, AND METHODS TO PROVIDE A CUSTOMIZED RETAIL EXPERIENCE Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. ZIMMERMAN, MATTHEW E 3688 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2024
18776628 ALIGNMENT MAT Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. MOORE, ZACHARY T 3784 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18747663 SLEEVE Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. COLLIER, JAMESON D 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jun 19, 2024
18738747 ENGINEERED BAND Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. HALE, GLORIA M 3732 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 10, 2024
18529850 COMPUTER METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EVENT ANALYTICS Lululemon Athletica Canada Inc. GAVIN, KRISTIN ELIZABETH 3624 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023

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