Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Subcom LLC

3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
2
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.

3
Hard (100%)
0
Medium (0%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
Multi-statute (no §101)3 (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
2
Communications
67% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% 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.

30 h
Manual time on pending OAs
6 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
10 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
WOLF, DARREN E 1 84.9% +15.3%
LEE, JAI M 1 77.2% +11.2%
ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 1 71.6% +12.9%

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
18421250 HIGH FIBER COUNT UNDERSEA CABLE ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 4d overdue
18933095 DISTRIBUTED RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHING NODE FOR MULTIPLE CORE FIBER WOLF, DARREN E
18762038 MONITORING IN DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEMS LEE, JAI M

Interview Candidates (3)

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 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18421250 HIGH FIBER COUNT UNDERSEA CABLE ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 4d overdue
18933095 DISTRIBUTED RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHING NODE FOR MULTIPLE CORE FIBER WOLF, DARREN E
18762038 MONITORING IN DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEMS LEE, JAI M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2634 1
2635 1
2874 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18933095 DISTRIBUTED RECONFIGURABLE SWITCHING NODE FOR MULTIPLE CORE FIBER WOLF, DARREN E 2634 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 31, 2024
18762038 MONITORING IN DISTRIBUTED ACOUSTIC SENSING SYSTEMS LEE, JAI M 2635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 02, 2024
18421250 HIGH FIBER COUNT UNDERSEA CABLE ENDRESEN, KIRSTEN DANIELA 2874 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Jan 24, 2024

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