Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology areas: Networking & Security • Communications • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems
7 pending office actions • 2 clients • 7 examiners • 5 art units • 0 of 7 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 10 patents granted in the last 365 days
Harness Dickey - Vantor focuses on the Communications technology area. The firm has a total of 95002 career applications and a resolved allowance rate of 87.63 percent. Prosecution involves an average of 3.17 office actions per allowance.
There are 6 pending office actions currently being managed by the firm. The 87.63 percent allowance rate and 3.17 average office actions per allowance are key indicators of the firm's performance. With 95002 career applications, the firm brings a vast amount of experience to its communications-focused practice. This historical performance provides a solid foundation for the 6 pending office actions currently on the firm's docket. Practitioners can use the 87.63 percent allowance rate to understand the firm's effectiveness across its 95002 career applications in the communications sector.
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 (14%) |
| §103 only | 3 (43%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (43%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGUYEN, DUNE NGOC | 1 | — | — |
| MILLER, JOHN W | 1 | 42.9% | +2.1% |
| RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS | 1 | 73.7% | +18.3% |
| 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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18983005 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVE DEPTH MAP IMAGE GENERATION | RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS | — |
| 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 | — |
| Client (Assignee) | Pending OAs |
|---|---|
| VANTOR INC. | 5 |
| VANTOR SWEDEN AB | 2 |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2422 | 1 |
| 2663 | 1 |
| 3648 | 1 |
| 2674 | 1 |
| 2669 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Client | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19208384 | METHODS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING AN ASSESSMENT MEDIA FOR USE IN ASSESSING ACCURACY OF A GEOSPATIAL DATASET | VANTOR SWEDEN AB | NGUYEN, DUNE NGOC | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 14, 2025 | |
| 19007309 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE IN COMPUTER VISION FOR SHADOW MITIGATION | VANTOR INC. | MILLER, JOHN W | 2422 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 31, 2024 |
| 18983005 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR RELATIVE DEPTH MAP IMAGE GENERATION | VANTOR SWEDEN AB | RENZE, GEORGE NICHOLAS | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 16, 2024 | |
| 18738698 | SITE SELECTION AND MONITORING | VANTOR INC. | CESE, KENNY A | 2663 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 10, 2024 |
| 18737594 | Ground Control Point Height Adjustment for Improved Ortho Accuracy | VANTOR INC. | MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA | 3648 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Jun 07, 2024 |
| 18680708 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR NON-EARTH IMAGING BETWEEN NON-CO-ORBITAL SATELLITES | VANTOR INC. | ROBERTS, RACHEL L | 2674 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | May 31, 2024 |
| 18448818 | SPACE ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZATION | VANTOR INC. | LEMIEUX, IAN L | 2669 | §101§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Aug 11, 2023 |
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