Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Datum Point Labs Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications

11 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 11 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Datum Point Labs Inc. has 11 pending office actions in the Communications technology area. These actions are assigned to 11 distinct examiners across 10 distinct art units. This shows a high degree of distribution for the portfolio's current workload, with almost every action being handled by a different examiner.

The busiest examiner, FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN, is responsible for 1 pending action. With 11 pending office actions and 11 distinct examiners, each matter is being reviewed by a different person. This lack of examiner overlap across the 10 distinct art units suggests a wide range of communications technologies are being prosecuted simultaneously.

The 11 pending office actions are spread nearly evenly across 10 distinct art units, indicating a broad technical footprint for the company. The involvement of 11 distinct examiners means that the company must adapt to 11 different examiner styles for its current pending matters, as the 1 busiest examiner pending action confirms that no single examiner manages more than 1 case.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

11
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
2
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
0
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

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.

5
Hard (45%)
6
Medium (55%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other3 (27%)
§103 only6 (55%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (18%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
3
Information Tech
27% of docket
7
Communications
64% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
9% 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.

110 h
Manual time on pending OAs
22 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
38 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN 1 100.0% +0.0%
KOLB JR, BRETT DAVID 1 — —
COLUCCI, MICHAEL C 1 75.9% +15.2%
PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 1 81.6% +21.2%
LE, DEBBIE M 1 89.5% +10.5%
BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI 1 44.8% +76.5%
POUNCIL, DARNELL A 1 21.4% +30.5%
LE, SARAH 1 67.9% +31.5%
LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 1 100.0% +0.0%
SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 1 65.7% +55.4%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18946726 EFFICIENT RAG MODEL FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS LE, DEBBIE M —
18625844 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE TO 3D GENERATION LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM —

Hard Cases (5)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19067066 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERACTIONS FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN —
18953686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN FACIAL LANDMARK DETECTION PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA —
18626959 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE GENERATION FROM TEXT AND NON-SPEECH BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI —
18627298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTIONS POUNCIL, DARNELL A —
18625491 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D-AWARE IMAGE GENERATION LE, SARAH —

Interview Candidates (7)

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 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18604278 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 63d
18953970 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH GENERATION BY EMOTIONAL VOICE CONVERSION COLUCCI, MICHAEL C —
18953686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN FACIAL LANDMARK DETECTION PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA —
18946726 EFFICIENT RAG MODEL FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS LE, DEBBIE M —
18626959 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE GENERATION FROM TEXT AND NON-SPEECH BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI —
18627298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTIONS POUNCIL, DARNELL A —
18625491 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D-AWARE IMAGE GENERATION LE, SARAH —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2614 2
2654 1
2145 1
2655 1
2669 1
2168 1
2143 1
3622 1
2653 1
2691 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19067066 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER INTERACTIONS FOSTER JR., MICHAEL ALAN 2654 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
18954233 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEATURE DROPOUT KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION KOLB JR, BRETT DAVID 2145 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18953970 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPEECH GENERATION BY EMOTIONAL VOICE CONVERSION COLUCCI, MICHAEL C 2655 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18953686 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-DOMAIN FACIAL LANDMARK DETECTION PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 2669 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2024
18946726 EFFICIENT RAG MODEL FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS LE, DEBBIE M 2168 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2024
18626959 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GESTURE GENERATION FROM TEXT AND NON-SPEECH BALAKRISHNAN, VIJAY MURALI 2143 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18627298 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-PARTY TRANSACTIONS POUNCIL, DARNELL A 3622 §101§102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 04, 2024
18625491 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3D-AWARE IMAGE GENERATION LE, SARAH 2614 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18625844 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE TO 3D GENERATION LI, RAYMOND CHUN LAM 2614 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2024
18604278 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEXT-TO-SPEECH SYNTHESIS SOLAIMAN, FOUZIA HYE 2653 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 13, 2024
18582292 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AI ENABLED DELIVERY OF USER SPECIFIC SERVICES NGUYEN, PHUNG HOANG JOSEPH 2691 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Datum Point Labs Inc. have?

Datum Point Labs Inc. has 11 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 11 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Datum Point Labs Inc. applications?

Michael Alan Foster Jr. has the most, with 1 of Datum Point Labs Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Datum Point Labs Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Communications (USPTO Tech Center 2600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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