Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
20 pending office actions • 14 art units • 18 examiners • 0 of 20 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 27 patents granted in the last 365 days
BASF Coatings GmbH has 20 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. The portfolio spans 18 distinct examiners and 14 distinct art units, indicating that prosecution is distributed across a substantial set of examination relationships and technical units.
MOORE, MARGARET G is the busiest examiner, with 2 pending matters. The limited concentration with that examiner means the broader portfolio requires coordination across many separate matters. Counsel should track art-unit practices and examiner positions individually while maintaining consistent treatment of recurring coating-related claim issues.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 5 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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 (5%) |
| §103 only | 10 (50%) |
| §112 only | 1 (5%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (40%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, MARGARET G | 2 | 68.1% | +15.6% |
| SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 2 | 47.5% | +27.4% |
| ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1 | 54.5% | +22.5% |
| ZHANG, HAI Y | 1 | 69.0% | +41.8% |
| DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1 | 61.0% | +20.9% |
| REPSHER III, JOHN T | 1 | 58.7% | +47.9% |
| LEONG, NATHAN T | 1 | 71.4% | +23.9% |
| MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1 | 80.4% | +10.7% |
| BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1 | 43.9% | +45.8% |
| WU, ANDREA | 1 | 68.1% | +21.3% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839888 | PROCESS FOR APPLYING COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELING PROPERTIES AND/OR SAG RESISTANCE TO DIFFERENT TARGET AREAS OF AN OBJECT | LEONG, NATHAN T | 49d overdue |
| 18872043 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM, AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM THEREBY FORMED | ZHANG, HAI Y | — |
| 18868015 | A 2K CLEARCOAT COATING COMPOSITION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
| 18847712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE HUMAN-PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTE TO A SAMPLE COATING | REPSHER III, JOHN T | — |
| 18729914 | UV-CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | — |
| 18579116 | WHITE AUTOMOTIVE COATING COMPOSITIONS BASED ON AQUEOUS COLLOIDAL TITANIUM DIOXIDE DISPERSIONS | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | — |
| 18549817 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THE PROPERTIES OF COATING LAYERS AND SUBSTRATES COMPRISING SAID COATING LAYERS | MIKOWSKI, JUSTIN C | — |
| 17999515 | Prediction of Properties of a Chemical Mixture | ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | — |
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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18839888 | PROCESS FOR APPLYING COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELING PROPERTIES AND/OR SAG RESISTANCE TO DIFFERENT TARGET AREAS OF AN OBJECT | LEONG, NATHAN T | 49d overdue |
| 18557686 | MIXER SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS COATING MATERIALS | WU, ANDREA | 12d |
| 17915425 | SILANE-BASED COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A METAL ALKOXIDE CATALYST AND AN ACID-FUNCTIONAL POLYMER | MOORE, MARGARET G | 14d |
| 17756215 | Electrodeposition Coating Material Containing Organic Polyhydroxy-Functional Anticorrosion Agents | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 22d |
| 19046633 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING AN EMBOSSED STRUCTURE TO THE SURFACE OF A COATING AND COMPOUND STRUCTURE CONTAINING SAID COATING | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | — |
| 18872043 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM, AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM THEREBY FORMED | ZHANG, HAI Y | — |
| 18868015 | A 2K CLEARCOAT COATING COMPOSITION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | — |
| 18847712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE HUMAN-PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTE TO A SAMPLE COATING | REPSHER III, JOHN T | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1765 | 3 |
| 1762 | 3 |
| 1767 | 2 |
| 1794 | 2 |
| 1781 | 1 |
| 1717 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 2143 | 1 |
| 1718 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19046633 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING AN EMBOSSED STRUCTURE TO THE SURFACE OF A COATING AND COMPOUND STRUCTURE CONTAINING SAID COATING | ZHANG, MICHAEL N | 1781 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 06, 2025 |
| 18872043 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM, AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM THEREBY FORMED | ZHANG, HAI Y | 1717 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 05, 2024 |
| 18868015 | A 2K CLEARCOAT COATING COMPOSITION | DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL | 1764 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2024 |
| 18847712 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE HUMAN-PERCEIVED ATTRIBUTE TO A SAMPLE COATING | REPSHER III, JOHN T | 2143 | §101§102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 17, 2024 |
| 18839888 | PROCESS FOR APPLYING COATING COMPOSITIONS HAVING DIFFERENT LEVELING PROPERTIES AND/OR SAG RESISTANCE TO DIFFERENT TARGET AREAS OF AN OBJECT | LEONG, NATHAN T | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | 49d overdue | Pending | Aug 20, 2024 |
| 18729914 | UV-CURABLE COATING COMPOSITIONS | MCCLENDON, SANZA L | 1765 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 18, 2024 |
| 18579116 | WHITE AUTOMOTIVE COATING COMPOSITIONS BASED ON AQUEOUS COLLOIDAL TITANIUM DIOXIDE DISPERSIONS | BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB | 1762 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 12, 2024 |
| 18557686 | MIXER SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS COATING MATERIALS | WU, ANDREA | 1763 | §103 | Final Rejection | 12d | Pending | Oct 27, 2023 |
| 18549817 | A METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING THE PROPERTIES OF COATING LAYERS AND SUBSTRATES COMPRISING SAID COATING LAYERS | MIKOWSKI, JUSTIN C | 3673 | §102§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 08, 2023 |
| 18547407 | COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A PIGMENT PASTE COMPRISING AN ORGANIC PIGMENT AND AN ARYL-MODIFIED BRANCHED REACTION PRODUCT | STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE | 1766 | §103 | Final Rejection | 27d | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18259722 | COATING COMPOSITION COMPRISING A CARBAMATE-FUNCTIONAL POLY(ETHYLENE-ACRYLATE) COPOLYMER AND METHOD OF COATING SUBSTRATES | TESKIN, FRED M | 1762 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 28, 2023 |
| 17999515 | Prediction of Properties of a Chemical Mixture | ANDERSON-FEARS, KEENAN NEIL | 1687 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 17997984 | A Dual-Reactive Coating Composition, Its Preparation and Use Thereof | XU, JIANGTIAN | 1762 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 04, 2022 |
| 17915425 | SILANE-BASED COATING COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A METAL ALKOXIDE CATALYST AND AN ACID-FUNCTIONAL POLYMER | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 14d | Pending | Sep 28, 2022 |
| 17758046 | CLEARCOAT COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BRANCHED POLYESTERS IN ADDITIVE AMOUNTS AS FLOW ENHANCERS AND LEVELLING AGENTS | HEINCER, LIAM J | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jun 27, 2022 |
| 17778483 | ELECTRODEPOSITION COATING MATERIAL CONTAINING CATECHOL DERIVATIVES AS ANTICORROSION AGENTS | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 20, 2022 |
| 17756215 | Electrodeposition Coating Material Containing Organic Polyhydroxy-Functional Anticorrosion Agents | SYLVESTER, KEVIN | 1794 | §103 | Final Rejection | 22d | Pending | May 19, 2022 |
| 17755846 | Silane-Based Coating Compositions Comprising a Metal Alkoxide Catalyst | MOORE, MARGARET G | 1765 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | May 10, 2022 |
| 17773393 | PROTECTION DEVICE FOR AN AGITATOR SHAFT OF AN AGITATOR | COOLEY, CHARLES E | 1774 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Apr 29, 2022 |
| 17623796 | A COATING COMPOSITION, ITS PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF | KARST, DAVID THOMAS | 1767 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 29, 2021 |
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Start Free TrialBASF Coatings GmbH has 20 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 14 art units and 18 examiners.
Margaret G Moore has the most, with 2 of BASF Coatings GmbH's pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.