Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
10 pending office actions • 9 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. has 9 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These actions are split among 9 distinct examiners and 8 distinct art units. This near one-to-one ratio between actions and examiners suggests a range of chemical technologies.
The busiest examiner is LEONG, NATHAN T, who is responsible for 1 busiest examiner pending action. Since there are 9 pending office actions and 9 distinct examiners, each examiner is responsible for exactly one action. The involvement of 8 distinct art units indicates that almost every filing is being reviewed under different departmental standards. LEONG, NATHAN T handles 1 of the matters.
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.
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 |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 2 (20%) |
| §102 only | 2 (20%) |
| §112 only | 1 (10%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 5 (50%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1 | 74.4% | +22.0% |
| LEONG, NATHAN T | 1 | 71.4% | +23.9% |
| ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1 | 47.7% | +27.0% |
| HON, SOW FUN | 1 | 57.6% | +64.9% |
| COHEN, STEFANIE J | 1 | 75.5% | +2.5% |
| NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1 | 82.8% | +8.1% |
| GAMBOA, MARIO ROBLES | 1 | — | — |
| BROOKS, KREGG T | 1 | 57.1% | +1.5% |
| TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1 | 49.4% | +26.4% |
| DU, SURBHI M | 1 | 66.9% | +29.1% |
Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 5 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18013436 | COATING COMPOSITION WITH HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM | DU, SURBHI M | 33d |
| 18695626 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT COATING MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM FORMING METHOD | COHEN, STEFANIE J | — |
| 18692980 | CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT PASTE, MIXTURE PASTE, AND ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | — |
| 18578611 | CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSED LIQUID FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY ELECTRODES | GAMBOA, MARIO ROBLES | — |
| 18561503 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT PASTE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | — |
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 6 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18013436 | COATING COMPOSITION WITH HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM | DU, SURBHI M | 33d |
| 19167920 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION PASTE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MIXTURE PASTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | — |
| 19167931 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION PASTE, MIXTURE PASTE, AND ELECTRODE LAYER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY | LEONG, NATHAN T | — |
| 19103609 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYERED COATING FILM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | — |
| 18828234 | EFFECT COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM | HON, SOW FUN | — |
| 18561503 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT PASTE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1718 | 2 |
| 1767 | 1 |
| 1715 | 1 |
| 1782 | 1 |
| 1732 | 1 |
| 1752 | 1 |
| 1729 | 1 |
| 1764 | 1 |
| 1765 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19167920 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION PASTE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MIXTURE PASTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY | PEPITONE, MICHAEL F | 1767 | §102 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19167931 | METHODS FOR PRODUCING CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSION PASTE, MIXTURE PASTE, AND ELECTRODE LAYER FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY | LEONG, NATHAN T | 1718 | §112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Sep 23, 2025 |
| 19103609 | METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYERED COATING FILM | ROLLAND, ALEX A | 1715 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 13, 2025 |
| 18828234 | EFFECT COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM | HON, SOW FUN | 1782 | §103 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Sep 09, 2024 |
| 18695626 | PHOTOLUMINESCENT COATING MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM FORMING METHOD | COHEN, STEFANIE J | 1732 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 26, 2024 |
| 18692980 | CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT PASTE, MIXTURE PASTE, AND ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY | NGUYEN, KEVIN NMN | 1752 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Mar 18, 2024 |
| 18578611 | CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSED LIQUID FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY ELECTRODES | GAMBOA, MARIO ROBLES | 1729 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 11, 2024 |
| 18569073 | AQUEOUS COATING MATERIAL COMPOSITION AND COATED ARTICLE USING SAME, AND MULTILAYER COATING FILM FORMING METHOD | BROOKS, KREGG T | 1764 | §102 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Dec 11, 2023 |
| 18561503 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONDUCTIVE PIGMENT PASTE | TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM | 1718 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 16, 2023 |
| 18013436 | COATING COMPOSITION WITH HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM | DU, SURBHI M | 1765 | §102§103§112 | Non-Final OA | 33d | Pending | Dec 28, 2022 |
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Start Free TrialKansai Paint Co., Ltd. has 10 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 9 art units and 10 examiners.
Michael F Pepitone has the most, with 1 of Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
