Technology areas: Chemistry & Materials • Communications
3 pending office actions • 3 art units • 3 examiners • 0 of 3 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 6 patents granted in the last 365 days
Akzo Nobel Coatings International B V currently manages 3 pending office actions within the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These matters are assigned to 3 distinct examiners and 3 distinct art units. MATTHEW MORRIS CLOTHIER is the busiest examiner, currently responsible for 1 pending action. The existence of 3 pending actions indicates a focused prosecution effort in the coatings and materials sector.
The distribution of 3 actions across 3 distinct examiners means that each case is receiving an independent review. With 3 distinct art units involved, there is no technical concentration in the company's current filings, as each action falls into a different category. MATTHEW MORRIS CLOTHIER's 1 pending action is part of this small but highly diversified portfolio. This structure, where 3 examiners work in 3 different art units, ensures that the company receives a variety of perspectives on its technology within the Chemistry & Materials sector.
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 (33%) |
| §103 only | 1 (33%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 1 (33%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS | 1 | 83.3% | +20.0% |
| KRUER, KEVIN R | 1 | 26.6% | +29.5% |
| BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1 | 69.7% | -2.8% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880760 | METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD | CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS | — |
| 18286645 | Heat Resistant Coating Composition | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| 18283986 | Fouling Control Coating Composition | BOYLE, ROBERT C | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18880760 | METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD | CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS | — |
| 18286645 | Heat Resistant Coating Composition | KRUER, KEVIN R | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 2614 | 1 |
| 1787 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880760 | METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD | CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS | 2614 | §101§103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 02, 2025 |
| 18286645 | Heat Resistant Coating Composition | KRUER, KEVIN R | 1787 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Oct 12, 2023 |
| 18283986 | Fouling Control Coating Composition | BOYLE, ROBERT C | 1764 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 25, 2023 |
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Start Free TrialAkzo Nobel Coatings International B V has 3 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 3 art units and 3 examiners.
Matthew Morris Clothier has the most, with 1 of Akzo Nobel Coatings International B V's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
