Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
6 pending office actions • 5 art units • 6 examiners • 0 of 6 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 2 patents granted in the last 365 days
Vm Inc. maintains 6 pending office actions within the Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems technology area. These actions are distributed among 6 distinct examiners. The portfolio is spread across 5 distinct art units, which indicates a broad range of technical subject matter within the transportation and mechanical sectors.
MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT is identified as the busiest examiner, though this individual only has 1 busiest examiner pending action. For a practitioner, this distribution suggests that the company's patent strategy is not reliant on any single examiner's favor. The presence of 6 distinct examiners relative to 6 pending office actions provides a diverse set of perspectives on the company's inventions.
Managing this portfolio requires a flexible approach, as the practitioner must navigate the unique requirements of 5 distinct art units. The fact that no examiner has more than 1 busiest examiner pending action minimizes the risk of a single examiner's bias affecting the entire portfolio. This wide distribution across multiple examiners and units provides a balanced prosecution environment for the company's current US filings.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 1 (17%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (83%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 1 | — | — |
| MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1 | 68.5% | +16.2% |
| BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | 1 | 48.3% | +22.4% |
| BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN | 1 | 82.1% | +15.7% |
| MOTT, ADAM R | 1 | 75.2% | +22.0% |
| NEUPANE, ADARSH | 1 | 100.0% | +0.0% |
Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18533010 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTILAYER EFEM | NEUPANE, ADARSH | — |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789596 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CENTER POSITION OF A TRANSFERRED SEMICONDUCTOR PART AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE SAME | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | — |
| 18789601 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SLOPE AND LOCATION OF AN UPPER ELECTRODE | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18782435 | SHALLOW ETCHING PROCESS CHAMBER | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | — |
| 18660164 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN | — |
| 18660167 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | MOTT, ADAM R | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18789601 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SLOPE AND LOCATION OF AN UPPER ELECTRODE | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | — |
| 18782435 | SHALLOW ETCHING PROCESS CHAMBER | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | — |
| 18660164 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN | — |
| 18660167 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | MOTT, ADAM R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 3652 | 2 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1794 | 1 |
| 3653 | 1 |
| 3655 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18789596 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CENTER POSITION OF A TRANSFERRED SEMICONDUCTOR PART AND A SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE SAME | TRAC, JONATHAN KHANH | 3652 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18789601 | SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SLOPE AND LOCATION OF AN UPPER ELECTRODE | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT | 1712 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 30, 2024 |
| 18782435 | SHALLOW ETCHING PROCESS CHAMBER | BRAYTON, JOHN JOSEPH | 1794 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 24, 2024 |
| 18660164 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | BURKMAN, JESSICA LYNN | 3653 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18660167 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS | MOTT, ADAM R | 3652 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 09, 2024 |
| 18533010 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER APPARATUS INCLUDING MULTILAYER EFEM | NEUPANE, ADARSH | 3655 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 07, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialVm Inc. has 6 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 6 examiners.
Jonathan Khanh Trac has the most, with 1 of Vm Inc.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems (USPTO Tech Center 3600), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
