Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 5 patents granted in the last 365 days
VANTOR INC. is managing 5 pending office actions within the Communications technology area. Each of these 5 actions is assigned to a different distinct examiner, and each examiner is located in a different distinct art unit. This one-to-one ratio of 5 pending office actions to both 5 examiners and 5 art units indicates that the company's communications portfolio is currently being examined across a highly diverse set of technical niches.
MILLER, JOHN W is the busiest examiner for the company with 1 pending office action. Because every action is in a different art unit, the company must navigate 5 different sets of departmental practices. This decentralized structure for only 5 pending office actions suggests that the company's communications technology is highly varied, touching on 5 distinct areas of specialization within the patent office.
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 (20%) |
| §103 only | 1 (20%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 | 42.9% | +2.1% |
| CESE, KENNY A | 1 | 75.3% | +11.0% |
| MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 1 | 72.0% | +29.3% |
| ROBERTS, RACHEL L | 1 | 73.0% | +24.0% |
| 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 4 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 | — |
| 18738698 | SITE SELECTION AND MONITORING | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| 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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18738698 | SITE SELECTION AND MONITORING | CESE, KENNY A | — |
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | — |
| 18680708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-EARTH IMAGING BETWEEN NON-CO-ORBITAL SATELLITES | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2422 | 1 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2674 | 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 |
| 18738698 | SITE SELECTION AND MONITORING | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18680708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-EARTH IMAGING BETWEEN NON-CO-ORBITAL SATELLITES | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | 2674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18448818 | SPACE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZATION | LEMIEUX, IAN L | 2669 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
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