Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Covestro Deutschland AG

23 pending office actions • 11 art units • 17 examiners • 0 of 23 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 43 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

23
Total Pending OAs
15
Non-Final OAs
7
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
2
Due this week
5
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
1
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

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. 23 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (5)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (1)

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.

0
Hard (0%)
19
Medium (83%)
1
Easy (4%)
3
Unknown (13%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only19 (83%)
§112 only1 (4%)
No statute on record3 (13%)

Industry Mix

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

23
Life Sciences
100% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
0
Mechanical / Eng
0% 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.

230 h
Manual time on pending OAs
46 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
80 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
2.0 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
LEONARD, MICHAEL L 3 63.7% +7.9%
BUTTNER, DAVID J 2 63.9% +4.1%
KOLB, KATARZYNA I 2 44.1% +17.3%
RICE, STEVEN 2 38.5% +43.0%
KARST, DAVID THOMAS 2 64.5% +10.2%
MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1 59.7% +28.4%
MILLER, JONATHAN 1 80.1% +18.6%
CARR, DEBORAH D 1 81.6% +2.6%
CAI, WENWEN 1 59.9% +20.2%
GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P 1 17.0% +17.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18256961 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSGENE BY REACTION OF POLYCHLORINE ANIONS AND CARBON MONOXIDE CARR, DEBORAH D 2d overdue
18722971 PYROLYSIS OF POLYCARBONATE-CONTAINING MATERIAL IN COMBINATION WITH PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUND FOR THE RECOVERY OF RAW MATERIALS MILLER, JONATHAN 60d

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
18037905 Polycarbonate Compositions Containing Titanium Dioxide and Epoxy Group-Containing Triacylglycerol GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P 97d overdue

Interview Candidates (10)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18881765 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT WITH A SUPPORT COMPRISING POLYCARBONATE OF A SPECIFIC OH CONTENT MACHNESS, ARIELLA 125d overdue
18037905 Polycarbonate Compositions Containing Titanium Dioxide and Epoxy Group-Containing Triacylglycerol GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P 97d overdue
17997571 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FILLED POLYURETHANE PARTICLES KOLB, KATARZYNA I 92d overdue
18270646 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BISPHENOL A (BPA) IN THE PRESENCE OF 2-METHYL BENZOFURAN KARST, DAVID THOMAS 28d overdue
18270643 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BISPHENOL A (BPA) IN THE PRESENCE OF CUMENE KARST, DAVID THOMAS 28d overdue
18699356 COATED FILM RICE, STEVEN 5d overdue
18258231 TWO-COMPONENT COATING SYSTEM RICE, STEVEN 6d
18877225 Method of Manufacturing a Particulate Composition KOLB, KATARZYNA I 30d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1763 5
1767 4
1765 3
1787 2
1766 2
1762 2
1743 1
1772 1
1691 1
1764 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18997615 MINERAL-FILLED POLYCARBONATE BLEND MOULDING COMPOSITION HAVING A LOW BPA CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Jan 22, 2025
18881765 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A COMPOSITE COMPONENT WITH A SUPPORT COMPRISING POLYCARBONATE OF A SPECIFIC OH CONTENT MACHNESS, ARIELLA 1743 §103 Non-Final OA 125d overdue Pending Jan 07, 2025
18877225 Method of Manufacturing a Particulate Composition KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 Other Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 19, 2024
18722971 PYROLYSIS OF POLYCARBONATE-CONTAINING MATERIAL IN COMBINATION WITH PHOSPHORUS-CONTAINING ORGANIC COMPOUND FOR THE RECOVERY OF RAW MATERIALS MILLER, JONATHAN 1772 §103 Non-Final OA 60d Pending Jun 21, 2024
18702933 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A POLYURETHANE SANDWICH ELEMENT LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18699356 COATED FILM RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2024
18278482 Low Viscosity Catalyst Compositions for Producing Isocyanurate Polymers LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Aug 23, 2023
18270646 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BISPHENOL A (BPA) IN THE PRESENCE OF 2-METHYL BENZOFURAN KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18270643 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BISPHENOL A (BPA) IN THE PRESENCE OF CUMENE KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 Other Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jun 30, 2023
18258231 TWO-COMPONENT COATING SYSTEM RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Jun 19, 2023
18256961 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PHOSGENE BY REACTION OF POLYCHLORINE ANIONS AND CARBON MONOXIDE CARR, DEBORAH D 1691 §112 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18266398 Composition Comprising Epoxy-Functional Oxazolidinone CAI, WENWEN 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jun 09, 2023
18038530 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF THERMOPLASTIC POLYOXAZOLIDINONE POLYMERS LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending May 24, 2023
18037905 Polycarbonate Compositions Containing Titanium Dioxide and Epoxy Group-Containing Triacylglycerol GULAKOWSKI, RANDY P 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18037866 Flame-Retardant, Titanium Dioxide-Containing Polycarbonate Compositions WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending May 19, 2023
18250388 Use of Raw Gel in Formulations on the Basis of Polyurethane Dispersions RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18023082 Adhesive composition and preparation method and use thereof NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18004318 POLYURETHANE-REACTIVE SYSTEM FOR PULTRUSION BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18000977 TWO-COMPONENT COATING COMPOSITION XU, JIANGTIAN 1762 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Dec 07, 2022
17998831 PRODUCTION PROCESS FOR AMINO ALCOHOLATES BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103 Final Rejection 81d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2022
17997571 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FILLED POLYURETHANE PARTICLES KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17919146 Polyester Carbonates on the Basis of Cycloaliphatic Diacids, 1,4:3,6-Dianhydrohexitol and Specific Amounts of an Additional Aliphatic Dihydroxy Compound DU, SURBHI M 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 57d Pending Oct 14, 2022
17918662 Polyester Carbonates From Cycloaliphatic Diacids, 1,4:3,6-Dianhydrohexitol and a Further Aliphatic Dihydroxy Compound BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 13, 2022

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