Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
2 pending office actions • 1 art units • 1 examiners • 0 of 2 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready
Kx Technologies LLC is currently managing 2 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are both located within 1 distinct art unit. The prosecution is consolidated under 1 distinct examiner, BENJAMIN M KURTZ. As the busiest examiner, BENJAMIN M KURTZ is responsible for 2 pending office actions.
This means that all of the company's current pending actions are being reviewed by the same individual. The concentration within 1 distinct art unit and under 1 distinct examiner suggests a streamlined prosecution process for these chemistry-related filings. Practitioners should focus on the specific preferences of BENJAMIN M KURTZ, as this examiner oversees 2 pending office actions, which represent the entire active portfolio.
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 |
|---|---|
| §101 + other | 1 (50%) |
| No statute on record | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 2 | 56.7% | +17.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18790307 | FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18385580 | PUSH FILTER WITH FLOATING KEY LOCK | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 61d |
| 18790307 | FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1779 | 2 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18790307 | FILTER HOUSING WITH FILTER KEY ATTACHMENT | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | §101§102DP | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 31, 2024 |
| 18385580 | PUSH FILTER WITH FLOATING KEY LOCK | KURTZ, BENJAMIN M | 1779 | Other | Final Rejection | 61d | Pending | Oct 31, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialKx Technologies LLC has 2 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 1 art units and 1 examiners.
Benjamin M Kurtz has the most, with 2 of Kx Technologies LLC's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
