Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Monolithic 3D Inc.

6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 26 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

6
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
3
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. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 30 days (3)

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.

2
Hard (33%)
1
Medium (17%)
2
Easy (33%)
1
Unknown (17%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§102 only1 (17%)
§112 only2 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (33%)
No statute on record1 (17%)

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
6
Semiconductors
100% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

60 h
Manual time on pending OAs
12 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
21 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.5 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2 84.9% +10.1%
SALERNO, SARAH KATE 1 73.4% +14.8%
RAHIM, NILUFA 1 83.2% -1.2%
LEE, CHEUNG 1 92.2% +4.3%
VU, HUNG K 1 87.5% +9.4%

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
17693282 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 30d overdue
19280176 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH METAL LAYERS RAHIM, NILUFA

Hard Cases (2)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19277309 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH MEMORY CELLS VU, HUNG K 14d
17679058 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 29d

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17693282 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 30d overdue
19349986 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH LOGIC AND MEMORY, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE SALERNO, SARAH KATE 8d
17679058 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 29d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2898 2
2814 1
2893 1
2812 1
2897 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19349986 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH LOGIC AND MEMORY, AND A SEMICONDUCTOR DIE SALERNO, SARAH KATE 2814 §112Other Non-Final OA 8d Pending Oct 04, 2025
19280176 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH METAL LAYERS RAHIM, NILUFA 2893 §112Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 25, 2025
19278903 METHODS FOR FABRICATING A MULTILEVEL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH IMAGE SENSORS AND WAFER BONDING LEE, CHEUNG 2812 Other Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 24, 2025
19277309 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND STRUCTURES WITH MEMORY CELLS VU, HUNG K 2897 §102§103Other Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 22, 2025
17693282 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §102 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Mar 11, 2022
17679058 3D SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND STRUCTURE WITH REPLACEMENT GATES WILCZEWSKI, MARY A 2898 §103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Feb 23, 2022

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