Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
VANTOR INC. has 3 pending office actions in Networking & Security. The matters are assigned to 3 examiners and 3 art units, indicating separate examination settings across the pending docket.
MILLER, JOHN W is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should develop matter-specific responses while tracking common terminology and technical positions across the portfolio.
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%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 2 (67%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILLER, JOHN W | 1 | 45.9% | +0.0% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.3% | +27.2% |
| LEMIEUX, IAN L | 1 | 86.8% | +9.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19007309 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN COMPUTER VISION FOR SHADOW MITIGATION | MILLER, JOHN W | — |
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18448818 | SPACE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZATION | LEMIEUX, IAN L | — |
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 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2422 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19007309 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN COMPUTER VISION FOR SHADOW MITIGATION | MILLER, JOHN W | 2422 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18448818 | SPACE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZATION | LEMIEUX, IAN L | 2669 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVANTOR INC. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
John W Miller has the most, with 1 of VANTOR INC.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
