Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

10 pending office actions • 10 art units • 10 examiners • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 14 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
3
Final Rejections
1
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

7
Overdue
0
Due this week
2
Due this month
1
Due in next 60 days
0
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. 10 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (7)Due ≤ 30 days (2)Due ≤ 60 days (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%)
10
Medium (100%)
0
Easy (0%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only10 (100%)

Industry Mix

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

10
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.

100 h
Manual time on pending OAs
20 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
35 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
0.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
MELLOTT, JAMES M 1 49.8% +46.6%
WILLS, MONIQUE M 1 85.7% -31.4%
DOVE, TRACY MAE 1 69.3% +10.2%
BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1 42.5% +47.2%
ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1 52.1% +36.5%
SHUKLA, KRUPA 1 14.5% +22.6%
MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1 71.4% +11.1%
ZHANG, KELING NMN 1 66.5% +18.2%
DU, SURBHI M 1 69.0% +30.2%
NEWMAN, DREW C 1 42.4% +34.3%

Quick Wins (1)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18274335 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR USE IN LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY WILLS, MONIQUE M 16d

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
18266763 COATING AGENT FOR RESIN GLASS, AND RESIN GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 60d overdue

Interview Candidates (9)

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
17912602 INSULATION PASTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSULATION LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 107d overdue
18267336 COATING AGENT FOR RESIN GLASS, AND RESIN GLASS ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 72d overdue
18266763 COATING AGENT FOR RESIN GLASS, AND RESIN GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 60d overdue
18036092 COATING COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH SOLID CONTENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 44d overdue
18268809 ACRYLIC RESIN-MODIFIED SILICA PARTICLES, COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 37d overdue
18833721 METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM MELLOTT, JAMES M 19d overdue
18274289 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY DOVE, TRACY MAE 11d overdue
18014540 BRIGHT PIGMENT DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM ZHANG, KELING NMN 9d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1759 1
1723 1
1725 1
1762 1
1767 1
1787 1
1734 1
1732 1
1765 1
1751 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18833721 METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2024
18274335 NEGATIVE ELECTRODE FOR USE IN LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY WILLS, MONIQUE M 1723 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jul 26, 2023
18274289 NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY DOVE, TRACY MAE 1725 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Jul 26, 2023
18268809 ACRYLIC RESIN-MODIFIED SILICA PARTICLES, COATING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 37d overdue Pending Jun 21, 2023
18267336 COATING AGENT FOR RESIN GLASS, AND RESIN GLASS ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Final Rejection 72d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2023
18266763 COATING AGENT FOR RESIN GLASS, AND RESIN GLASS SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18036092 COATING COMPOSITION HAVING HIGH SOLID CONTENT AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18014540 BRIGHT PIGMENT DISPERSION AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM ZHANG, KELING NMN 1732 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Jan 05, 2023
18013436 COATING COMPOSITION WITH HIGH SOLIDS CONTENT, AND METHOD FOR FORMING MULTILAYER COATING FILM DU, SURBHI M 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Dec 28, 2022
17912602 INSULATION PASTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CURRENT COLLECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING INSULATION LAYER NEWMAN, DREW C 1751 §103 Non-Final OA 107d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022

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