Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Subaru Corporation

66 pending office actions • 47 art units • 65 examiners • 1 of 66 (2%) have an AI response strategy ready • 413 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

66
Total Pending OAs
55
Non-Final OAs
9
Final Rejections
2
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 66 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

31
Overdue
4
Due this week
17
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
8
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 66 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (31)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (17)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (8)

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.

3
Hard (5%)
54
Medium (82%)
9
Easy (14%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (5%)
§103 only49 (74%)
§102 only5 (8%)
§112 only9 (14%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
11% of docket
9
Information Tech
14% of docket
6
Communications
9% of docket
6
Semiconductors
9% of docket
38
Mechanical / Eng
58% 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.

660 h
Manual time on pending OAs
132 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
231 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
5.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
ISLAM, SYED A 2 67.4% +22.7%
FREEDMAN, LAURA 1 87.1% +1.3%
ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 1 41.9% +10.5%
KIM, JAMES JAY 1 70.3% +27.1%
MORALES, OMAR 1 58.5% +18.5%
LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 1 77.0% +15.8%
POINT, RUFUS C 1 74.1% +18.4%
LEVY, MERRITT E 1 33.7% +34.6%
MA, KAM WAN 1 62.7% +22.1%
MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 1 71.8% +25.3%

Quick Wins (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
19097150 CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE FREEDMAN, LAURA 76d

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18716566 DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION METHOD, DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM POPE, DARYL C 9d overdue
18564582 BATTERY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 3d overdue
17687950 COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGNING METHOD AND AIRCRAFT DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 60d

Interview Candidates (10)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18756362 DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER AND AUTOMOBILE DRIVER'S SEAT ISLAM, SYED A 56d overdue
18978067 INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE LEVY, MERRITT E 8d overdue
18976797 DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE MA, KAM WAN 8d overdue
18986862 VEHICLE WARNING APPARATUS POINT, RUFUS C 6d
18873847 DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 6d
18455423 VEHICLE SEAT ISLAM, SYED A 8d
19021575 VEHICLE COLLISION MITIGATION APPARATUS MORALES, OMAR 9d
19041733 FUEL TANK PROCESSING APPARATUS KIM, JAMES JAY 16d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
3665 4
3667 3
3612 3
3636 3
2859 3
3747 2
2689 2
3663 2
3763 2
3662 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19097150 CURTAIN AIRBAG DEVICE FREEDMAN, LAURA 3614 §112 Non-Final OA 76d Pending Apr 01, 2025
19077510 VEHICLE ALSOMAIRY, IBRAHIM ABDOALATIF 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 47d Pending Mar 12, 2025
19041733 FUEL TANK PROCESSING APPARATUS KIM, JAMES JAY 3747 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 30, 2025
19021575 VEHICLE COLLISION MITIGATION APPARATUS MORALES, OMAR 3747 §102 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 15, 2025
19020170 DESULFURIZATION METHOD LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3746 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jan 14, 2025
18986862 VEHICLE WARNING APPARATUS POINT, RUFUS C 2689 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18978067 INFORMATION PRESENTATION DEVICE LEVY, MERRITT E 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2024
18976797 DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE MA, KAM WAN 2688 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2024
18873847 DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM MAHASE, PAMESHANAND 2689 §102 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Dec 11, 2024
18974159 VEHICLE FRONT BODY STRUCTURE STRICKLER, SCOTT LAWRENCE 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 84d overdue Pending Dec 09, 2024
18974184 VEHICLE SASH DOOR STRUCTURE STRIMBU, GREGORY J 3634 §112 Final Rejection 8d Pending Dec 09, 2024
18923839 VEHICLE BERNS, MICHAEL ANDREW 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18914345 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM GEBRE, MESSERET F 2445 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2024
18905293 HEADLIGHT CONTROLLER FERNANDEZ, PEDRO C 2844 §102 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18905246 VEHICLE COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM HUSSAIN, TAUQIR 2446 §102 Non-Final OA 46d Pending Oct 03, 2024
18882074 HYDROGEN FILLING CONTROL METHOD, HYDROGEN FILLING SYSTEM, AND VEHICLE CONTROLLER SHRIEVES, STEPHANIE ALEXANDRA 3753 §103 Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Sep 11, 2024
18829432 VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM FURDGE, LARRY L 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18810837 CONTROLLER THOMPSON, JOSEPH LEIGH 3665 §103 Final Rejection 83d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18811155 VEHICLE SEAT WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 21, 2024
18782140 PRECEDING VEHICLE RECOGNITION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE WHITTINGTON, JESS G 3666 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jul 24, 2024
18756362 DRIVER'S SEAT HEATER AND AUTOMOBILE DRIVER'S SEAT ISLAM, SYED A 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jun 27, 2024
18737245 DRIVING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, VEHICLE, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD LEE, HANA 3662 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716566 DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION METHOD, DRIVING SKILL EVALUATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM POPE, DARYL C 2686 §101 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2024
18706124 DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, VEHICLE, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND DRIVER ASSISTANCE METHOD GEIST, RICHARD EDWIN 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Apr 30, 2024
18637246 VEHICLE SANTOS, KIRSTEN JADE M 3664 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 16, 2024
18628315 IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS KHATRI, ANIL 2191 §103 Non-Final OA 36d Pending Apr 05, 2024
18429692 DRILL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DRILLED PRODUCT CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 8d AI Ready Feb 01, 2024
18429980 FRONT FRAME STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE MCFALL, NICHOLAS A 3644 §112 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18430503 VEHICLE WITH ROAD SURFACE RENDERING FUNCTION HANSELL JR., RICHARD A 2486 §112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 01, 2024
18429929 FRONT FRAME STRUCTURE FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE GUTMAN, HILARY L 3612 §112 Final Rejection 85d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18543684 VEHICLE COOLER MOORE, ADAM DORREL 3763 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending Dec 18, 2023
18541754 VEHICLE BODY FRAME STRUCTURE CRAIG, DANIEL THOMAS 3676 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18537564 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS ZHAO, LEI 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2023
18519841 LUGGAGE-COMPARTMENT-BOARD SUPPORT STRUCTURE LYNCH, CARLY W 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18564582 BATTERY DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 §101 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Nov 27, 2023
18514805 ROUTING STRUCTURE FOR HOOD LOCK RELEASE CABLE LYJAK, LORI LYNN 3612 §103 Non-Final OA 24d overdue Pending Nov 20, 2023
18506946 ELECTRIC POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM WANG, ZHIPENG 2115 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Nov 10, 2023
18377699 VEHICLE WARNING APPARATUS SMALL, NAOMI J 2685 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Oct 06, 2023
18368460 FASTENER APPARATUS, FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE USING THE FASTENER APPARATUS, AND FASTENER ATTACHING METHOD USING THE FASTENER ATTACHING DEVICE CHAU, ALAIN 3741 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18549478 DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM WAKELY, REECE ANTHONY 3667 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 07, 2023
18460834 VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE USING OCCUPANT EMOTION GRIFFIN, ALEX BROCK 3665 §103 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Sep 05, 2023
18455423 VEHICLE SEAT ISLAM, SYED A 3636 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18234351 COOLING STRUCTURE FOR BATTERY MODULES CANTELMO, GREGG 1725 §112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 15, 2023
18233707 POWER STORAGE DEVICE PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18233719 COOLING STRUCTURE OF BATTERY PACK WALLS-MURRAY, JESSIE LOGAN 1728 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Aug 14, 2023
18231577 TOOL DRIVING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING MACHINED PRODUCT FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 §112 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Aug 08, 2023
18270022 DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND DRIVING CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE ROBERT, DANIEL M 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269923 VEHICLE TRAVEL CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE USED THEREBY, AND VEHICLE PALL, CHARLES J 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18214621 THERMAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE RAMOS RIVERA, GILBERTO 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 27, 2023
18331372 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTOR AND ROTOR TRINH, MINH N 3729 §103 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 08, 2023
18329752 FUEL CELL SYSTEM HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1754 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18124358 CONTACTLESS CHARGER KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §112 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18124428 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS PETTIEGREW, TOYA R 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2023
18178083 VEHICLE AIR CONDITIONING CONTROL SYSTEM COLLINS, DANIEL S. 3745 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Mar 03, 2023
18116108 SPOT WELDING METHOD AND SPOT WELDING DEVICE TRAN-LE, THAO UYEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA 63d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18176043 ALARM TYPE DETERMINING APPARATUS CARDIMINO, CHRISTOPHER RYAN 3661 §103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18114471 SPOT WELDING MONITORING METHOD AND SPOT WELDING MONITORING SYSTEM BACHNER, ROBERT G 2898 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Feb 27, 2023
18169472 VEHICLE CASTRO, PAUL A 3658 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 15, 2023
18166815 BATTERY DETERIORATION DEGREE PREDICTION APPARATUS HUFFMAN, JULIAN D 2859 §103 Final Rejection 191d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18150373 BATTERY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE ONDRASIK, JOHN PAUL 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
17925108 VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT SYSTEM PIERRE LOUIS, ANDRE 2187 §112 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending Nov 14, 2022
17872107 OCCUPANT-DEPENDENT SETTING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE, AND VEHICLE MAYE, AYUB A 2436 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Jul 25, 2022
17870521 BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING BATTERY MODULES CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1722 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Jul 21, 2022
17713466 ALL-SOLID-STATE BATTERY CONTROL SYSTEM GUPTA, SARIKA 1729 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2022
17687950 COMPOSITE LAMINATE DESIGNING METHOD AND AIRCRAFT DRAPEAU, SIMEON PAUL 2188 §101 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Mar 07, 2022
17112485 INTERNAL-LOAD CALCULATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING INTERNAL LOAD PUENTE, EMERSON C 2187 §103 Final Rejection 71d overdue Pending Dec 04, 2020

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