Technology areas: Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
3D AT Depth Inc. has 3 pending office actions in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, so each action presents a separate prosecution context.
KLEINMAN, LAIL A is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. The data favors individualized response planning, supported by centralized tracking of claim scope and recurring portfolio objectives.
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.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| §102 only | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 1 | 70.5% | +16.2% |
| PIHULIC, DANIEL T | 1 | 87.2% | -6.3% |
| MERLIN, JESSICA M | 1 | 61.8% | +24.1% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18928796 | UNDERWATER OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM | PIHULIC, DANIEL T | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18374768 | LASER INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 12d |
| 18941210 | UNDERWATER OPTICAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3668 | 1 |
| 3645 | 1 |
| 2871 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18941210 | UNDERWATER OPTICAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS AND METHODS | KLEINMAN, LAIL A | 3668 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 08, 2024 |
| 18928796 | UNDERWATER OPTICAL METROLOGY SYSTEM | PIHULIC, DANIEL T | 3645 | §101§112DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 28, 2024 |
| 18374768 | LASER INSPECTION AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS | MERLIN, JESSICA M | 2871 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Sep 29, 2023 |
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Start Free Trial3D AT Depth Inc. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Lail A Kleinman has the most, with 1 of 3D AT Depth Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.