Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Vector Controls Inc.

Technology area: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Vector Controls Inc. has 1 pending office action in Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems. The matter is assigned to 1 examiner and 1 art unit, making the active prosecution record fully concentrated.

AHN, HYANG is the busiest examiner and handles the 1 pending matter. The immediate practical task is a focused assessment of that action and preparation of the application-specific response.

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

Portfolio Summary

1
Total Pending OAs
0
Non-Final OAs
1
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.

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

1
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (100%)

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
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
100% 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.

10 h
Manual time on pending OAs
2 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
4 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
AHN, HYANG 1 88.9% +22.2%

Hard Cases (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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18766955 MODIFYING MARINE VESSEL PROPULSOR STEERING ANGLE AHN, HYANG 60d overdue

Interview Candidates (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18766955 MODIFYING MARINE VESSEL PROPULSOR STEERING ANGLE AHN, HYANG 60d overdue

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3661 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18766955 MODIFYING MARINE VESSEL PROPULSOR STEERING ANGLE AHN, HYANG 3661 §102§103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jul 09, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Vector Controls Inc. have?

Vector Controls Inc. has 1 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Vector Controls Inc. applications?

Hyang Ahn has the most, with 1 of Vector Controls Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Vector Controls Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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