Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
5 pending office actions • 5 art units • 5 examiners • 0 of 5 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 9 patents granted in the last 365 days
Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions in Chemistry & Materials. Each matter is associated with a distinct examiner and a distinct art unit, producing a fully distributed examination profile.
MERSHON, JAYNE L is the busiest examiner, with 1 pending action. Counsel should manage the matters independently, while comparing claim language and technical positions for consistency across the coating portfolio.
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 (40%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 3 (60%) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1 | 66.4% | +18.9% |
| WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1 | 46.2% | +28.0% |
| VETERE, ROBERT A | 1 | 61.5% | +12.8% |
| NGUYEN, HA S | 1 | 58.5% | -20.7% |
| NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1 | 56.6% | +28.9% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19105506 | DECORATIVE LAMINATED FILM FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE | MERSHON, JAYNE L | — |
| 19105347 | LAMINATE FILM AND ARTICLE | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | — |
| 18726594 | TWO-PACK TYPE CLEAR COATING COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, HA S | — |
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 4 ordered by deadline are shown.
| App # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18863250 | AUTOMOBILE BODY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | VETERE, ROBERT A | 30d |
| 19105506 | DECORATIVE LAMINATED FILM FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE | MERSHON, JAYNE L | — |
| 19105347 | LAMINATE FILM AND ARTICLE | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | — |
| 18579705 | COATING COMPOSITION SET | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1721 | 1 |
| 1783 | 1 |
| 1712 | 1 |
| 1766 | 1 |
| 1763 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19105506 | DECORATIVE LAMINATED FILM FOR SOLAR CELL MODULE | MERSHON, JAYNE L | 1721 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 19105347 | LAMINATE FILM AND ARTICLE | WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE | 1783 | §103§112 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Feb 21, 2025 |
| 18863250 | AUTOMOBILE BODY AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SAME | VETERE, ROBERT A | 1712 | §103 | Final Rejection | 30d | Pending | Nov 05, 2024 |
| 18726594 | TWO-PACK TYPE CLEAR COATING COMPOSITION | NGUYEN, HA S | 1766 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jul 03, 2024 |
| 18579705 | COATING COMPOSITION SET | NERANGIS, VICKEY M | 1763 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 16, 2024 |
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Start Free TrialNippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co. Ltd. has 5 pending office actions as of October 2026, spread across 5 art units and 5 examiners.
Jayne L Mershon has the most, with 1 of Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings Co. Ltd.'s pending office actions.
Mostly Chemistry & Materials (USPTO Tech Center 1700), based on where its pending office actions are examined.
