Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 1 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kelk Ltd. has 2 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The matters involve 2 distinct examiners but are assigned to 1 art unit, placing separate examiner relationships within one technical examination group.
CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel can compare technical treatment within the common art unit while preparing separate responses for each examiner. Consistent terminology and careful tracking of the individual prosecution records should support efficient management.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §102 only | 1 (50%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN | 1 | 44.8% | +40.2% |
| JONES, ERIC W | 1 | 62.2% | +17.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18745166 | WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD | JONES, ERIC W | — |
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 2 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18996723 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE | CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN | 35d |
| 18745166 | WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD | JONES, ERIC W | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1721 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18996723 | THERMOELECTRIC MODULE | CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN | 1721 | §102 | Non-Final OA | 35d | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18745166 | WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL DEVICE AND WAFER TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHOD | JONES, ERIC W | — | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 17, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialKelk Ltd. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 2 examiners.
Kourtney Salzman Carlson has the most, with 1 of Kelk Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
