Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 25, 2026

VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC.

Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics • Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems

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

Analysis

VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC. has 3 pending office actions in Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics. The matters involve 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units, showing separate examination paths for the recorded workload.

EYASSU, MARRIT is the listed busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should use matter-specific claim and prior-art analysis, with no identified examiner concentration requiring a portfolio-wide response to one reviewer.

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

Portfolio Summary

3
Total Pending OAs
3
Non-Final OAs
0
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.

1
Hard (33%)
2
Medium (67%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only1 (33%)
§102 only1 (33%)
Multi-statute (no §101)1 (33%)

Industry Mix

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

1
Life Sciences
33% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
33% of docket
1
Mechanical / Eng
33% 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
EYASSU, MARRIT 1 74.2% +15.0%
GURARI, EREZ 1 78.2% +10.6%
JOYNER, KEVIN 1 68.3% +23.6%

Hard Cases (1)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18987212 PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER EYASSU, MARRIT —

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
16936086 METHOD FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING JOYNER, KEVIN 93d overdue
18987212 PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER EYASSU, MARRIT —
18390729 CART WITH A MAIN BODY AND REMOVABLE WHEELED BODY GURARI, EREZ —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2855 1
3615 1
1799 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18987212 PORTABLE AIR SAMPLER EYASSU, MARRIT 2855 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18390729 CART WITH A MAIN BODY AND REMOVABLE WHEELED BODY GURARI, EREZ 3615 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 20, 2023
16936086 METHOD FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING JOYNER, KEVIN 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 93d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2020

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many pending USPTO office actions does VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC. have?

VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC. has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.

Which USPTO examiner handles the most VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC. applications?

Marrit Eyassu has the most, with 1 of VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC.'s pending office actions.

What technology area are VELTEK ASSOCIATES, INC.'s patent applications in?

Mostly Semiconductors, Circuits & Optics (USPTO Tech Center 2800), based on where its pending office actions are examined.

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