Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kinaxis Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

13 pending office actions • 10 art units • 11 examiners • 0 of 13 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 25 patents granted in the last 365 days

Analysis

Kinaxis Inc. has 14 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters involve 11 distinct examiners and 10 distinct art units, indicating broad assignment coverage with limited repetition at the art-unit level.

KENDALL, CHUCK O is the busiest listed examiner, with 3 pending matters. That assignment is a useful point for focused review, but most activity lies elsewhere. Portfolio management should coordinate claim positions across the separate examiner and art-unit settings.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Portfolio Summary

13
Total Pending OAs
9
Non-Final OAs
4
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

2
Overdue
0
Due this week
0
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 3 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (2)Due ≤ 60 days (1)

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.

6
Hard (46%)
7
Medium (54%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only2 (15%)
§101 + other4 (31%)
§103 only3 (23%)
§102 only4 (31%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
9
Information Tech
69% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
3
Mechanical / Eng
23% of docket
1
Business / Other
8% 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.

130 h
Manual time on pending OAs
26 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
46 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
1.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KENDALL, CHUCK O 3 86.7% +8.1%
UDDIN, MD I 1 77.0% +73.5%
OWYANG, MICHELLE N 1 76.2% +28.9%
KONERU, SUJAY 1 58.1% +37.3%
SYED, FARHAN M 1 75.1% +23.2%
WU, TONY 1 53.2% +26.8%
CHAPPELL, DANIEL C 1 80.8% +45.4%
MITCHELL, NATHAN A 1 72.9% +10.0%
GONZALES, VINCENT 1 78.8% +11.1%
NGUYEN, NGA B 1 53.1% +25.1%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19077523 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENCE OF IN-MEMORY ANALYTICS RESULTS CHAPPELL, DANIEL C —
18817711 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O —
18817690 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O —
18797582 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O —

Hard Cases (6)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18955416 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH MITCHELL, NATHAN A 15d overdue
18461608 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DEMAND SENSING AND FORECAST ADJUSTMENT NGUYEN, NGA B 54d
19381185 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT CONSOLIDATION OF RECORD BLOCKS UDDIN, MD I —
19333787 TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE WITHIN A DATA SERVER OWYANG, MICHELLE N —
19302794 ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING KONERU, SUJAY —
17541319 RULE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING COMPLEX BUSINESS SOLUTIONS EVANS, KIMBERLY L —

Interview Candidates (9)

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
19195873 QUERY-BASED ISOLATOR WU, TONY 29d overdue
18955416 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH MITCHELL, NATHAN A 15d overdue
18461608 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DEMAND SENSING AND FORECAST ADJUSTMENT NGUYEN, NGA B 54d
19381185 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT CONSOLIDATION OF RECORD BLOCKS UDDIN, MD I —
19333787 TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE WITHIN A DATA SERVER OWYANG, MICHELLE N —
19302794 ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING KONERU, SUJAY —
19233024 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED VERSION RECLAIM SYED, FARHAN M —
19077523 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENCE OF IN-MEMORY ANALYTICS RESULTS CHAPPELL, DANIEL C —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2192 3
2169 1
2168 1
2161 1
2166 1
2135 1
3627 1
2124 1
3625 1
3629 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19381185 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT CONSOLIDATION OF RECORD BLOCKS UDDIN, MD I 2169 §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 06, 2025
19333787 TRANSPARENT ACCESS TO AN EXTERNAL DATA SOURCE WITHIN A DATA SERVER OWYANG, MICHELLE N 2168 §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2025
19302794 ANALYSIS AND CORRECTION OF SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN THROUGH MACHINE LEARNING KONERU, SUJAY — §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 18, 2025
19233024 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTED VERSION RECLAIM SYED, FARHAN M 2161 §102Other Final Rejection — Pending Jun 10, 2025
19195873 QUERY-BASED ISOLATOR WU, TONY 2166 §103Other Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending May 01, 2025
19077523 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERSISTENCE OF IN-MEMORY ANALYTICS RESULTS CHAPPELL, DANIEL C 2135 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 12, 2025
18955416 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADDRESSING CROSS-PEGGING IN A MULTI-LEVEL SEARCH MITCHELL, NATHAN A 3627 §101 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18817711 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O 2192 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18817690 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O 2192 §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2024
18797582 MANAGING SOFTWARE APPLICATION TEST INTERACTION KENDALL, CHUCK O 2192 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18753483 INTERACTIVE MACHINE LEARNING GONZALES, VINCENT 2124 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 25, 2024
18461608 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC DEMAND SENSING AND FORECAST ADJUSTMENT NGUYEN, NGA B 3625 §101 Final Rejection 54d Pending Sep 06, 2023
17541319 RULE-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOMIZING COMPLEX BUSINESS SOLUTIONS EVANS, KIMBERLY L 3629 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 03, 2021

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kinaxis Inc. have?

Kinaxis Inc. has 13 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 10 art units and 11 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kinaxis Inc. applications?

Chuck O Kendall has the most, with 3 of Kinaxis Inc.'s pending office actions.

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

Mostly Computing & Software (USPTO Tech Center 2100), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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