Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

Kx Systems Inc.

Technology areas: Computing & Software • Communications

2 pending office actions • 2 art units • 2 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Kx Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions in Computing & Software. The matters are assigned to 2 examiners and 2 art units, creating separate examination paths within the portfolio.

RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending matter. Counsel should preserve a matter-specific approach while checking whether technical arguments can be aligned across the two assigned channels.

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

Portfolio Summary

2
Total Pending OAs
1
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.

0
Hard (0%)
2
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only2 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

0
Life Sciences
0% of docket
1
Information Tech
50% of docket
1
Communications
50% 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.

20 h
Manual time on pending OAs
4 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
7 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.2 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J 1 76.9% +14.1%
SERROU, ABDELALI 1 74.4% +29.6%

Interview Candidates (2)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18936361 Optimizing Vector Embedding Representations of Time-Series Information via Frequency Domain Representations RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J 30d overdue
18461282 Vector Databases for Determining Machine-Learned Model Inputs SERROU, ABDELALI —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2156 1
2659 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18936361 Optimizing Vector Embedding Representations of Time-Series Information via Frequency Domain Representations RAAB, CHRISTOPHER J 2156 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 04, 2024
18461282 Vector Databases for Determining Machine-Learned Model Inputs SERROU, ABDELALI 2659 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2023

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does Kx Systems Inc. have?

Kx Systems Inc. has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 2 art units and 2 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most Kx Systems Inc. applications?

Christopher J Raab has the most, with 1 of Kx Systems Inc.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are Kx Systems 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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