Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Akzo Nobel Coatings International B V

4 pending office actions • 3 art units • 4 examiners • 0 of 4 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 8 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

4
Total Pending OAs
2
Non-Final OAs
2
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.

0
Overdue
0
Due this week
1
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.

3
Hard (75%)
0
Medium (0%)
1
Easy (25%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (25%)
Double-patenting only1 (25%)
Multi-statute (no §101)2 (50%)

Industry Mix

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

3
Life Sciences
75% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% of docket
1
Business / Other
25% 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.

40 h
Manual time on pending OAs
8 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
14 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.3 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS 1 83.3% +20.0%
KRUER, KEVIN R 1 26.9% +29.6%
BOYLE, ROBERT C 1 69.5% -2.7%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1 44.7% +16.3%

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue 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

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
17928796 ONE-COMPONENT POWDER COATING COMPOSITION AND SUBSTRATE COATED WITH SUCH POWDER COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 12d
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS
18286645 Heat Resistant Coating Composition KRUER, KEVIN R

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1787 1
1764 1
1767 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18880760 METHOD OF OBTAINING A COLOR SUBPALETTE FROM A MOODBOARD CLOTHIER, MATTHEW MORRIS §101§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 02, 2025
18286645 Heat Resistant Coating Composition KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 12, 2023
18283986 Fouling Control Coating Composition BOYLE, ROBERT C 1764 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
17928796 ONE-COMPONENT POWDER COATING COMPOSITION AND SUBSTRATE COATED WITH SUCH POWDER COATING COMPOSITION KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 DP Final Rejection 12d Pending Nov 30, 2022

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