Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Speedcast Communications Inc.

Technology area: Networking & Security

1 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 1 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Speedcast Communications Inc. has 1 pending office action in the Networking & Security technology area. This action is handled by 1 distinct examiner within 1 distinct art unit. The portfolio's current activity is concentrated in a single administrative and technical channel, reflecting a focused approach to its intellectual property in the networking sector.

LEE, SANG CHEON is the busiest examiner, overseeing the 1 pending office action. Because the entire active portfolio consists of this one action, the company's immediate success in the Networking & Security space depends on this specific examiner's review. Practitioners must tailor their responses to the standards of the single art unit involved, as this examiner represents the only active point of contact for the company's current prosecution efforts.

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

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.

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

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (100%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
100% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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
LEE, SANG CHEON 1 54.3% +38.1%

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
18668072 MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VARIABLE RATE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND RELATED METHODS LEE, SANG CHEON —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2467 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18668072 MARITIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM INCLUDING VARIABLE RATE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION AND RELATED METHODS LEE, SANG CHEON 2467 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 17, 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Speedcast Communications Inc. have?

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

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Speedcast Communications Inc. applications?

Sang Cheon Lee has the most, with 1 of Speedcast Communications Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Speedcast Communications Inc.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Networking & Security (USPTO Tech Center 2400), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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