Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Sherwin-Williams-Tucker Ellis LLP

10 pending office actions • 4 clients • 9 examiners • 8 art units • 0 of 10 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 18 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

10
Total Pending OAs
6
Non-Final OAs
1
Final Rejections
3
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.

4
Overdue
1
Due this week
4
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 (4)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (4)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%)
8
Medium (80%)
0
Easy (0%)
2
Unknown (20%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§103 only8 (80%)
No statute on record2 (20%)

Industry Mix

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

7
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
1
Semiconductors
10% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
20% 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
WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 2 51.4% +50.4%
IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 1 55.5% +23.7%
BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 1 41.5% +42.4%
RICE, STEVEN 1 38.5% +43.0%
MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1 54.9% +47.9%
LING, DORIS 1 27.8% +76.5%
STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1 81.8% +4.9%
OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 1 73.4% +16.6%
ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1 45.1% +38.0%

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
17664998 ACID CATALYZED WATERBORNE RESIN STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 22d

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
18001633 UV-LED CURABLE AND YELLOWING RESISTANT COATING COMPOSITION LING, DORIS 28d 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
17293319 MECHANICAL REFLECTION AND IRRADIATION SYSTEM FOR CROSS-LINKING UV POLYMERIZABLE PAINTS OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 46d overdue
18001633 UV-LED CURABLE AND YELLOWING RESISTANT COATING COMPOSITION LING, DORIS 28d overdue
16959089 AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE-ACRYLIC ACID-VINYL CHLORIDE TERPOLYMER FOR PREPARATION OF BARRIER COATING ON WOOD SUBSTRATES WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 22d overdue
18037711 SEALING PRIMER FOR WOODWARE AND ARTICLE CONTAINING THE SEALING PRIMER LAYER FORMED BY THE SEALING PRIMER RICE, STEVEN 10d overdue
18021630 WATERBORNE WOOD COATING COMPOSITION AND WOOD ARTICLE MANUFACTURED THEREFROM WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 6d
16825153 COATING COMPOSITION FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURE REDUCTION ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 13d
18042321 COATING COMPOSITION AND COATED ARTICLE INCLUDING COATING FORMED BY THE COATING COMPOSITION MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 19d
19291737 COATING MATERIAL CONTAINER IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 27d

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17872
17172
37991
37331
17641
17661
28811
17311

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19291737 COATING MATERIAL CONTAINER Swimc LLC IMPINK, MOLLIE LLEWELLYN 3799 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 06, 2025
18884229 STORAGE CONTAINER Swimc LLC BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 Other Non-Final OA 40d Pending Sep 13, 2024
18037711 SEALING PRIMER FOR WOODWARE AND ARTICLE CONTAINING THE SEALING PRIMER LAYER FORMED BY THE SEALING PRIMER Sherwin-Williams (Guangdong) New Materials Co., Ltd. RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 18, 2023
18042321 COATING COMPOSITION AND COATED ARTICLE INCLUDING COATING FORMED BY THE COATING COMPOSITION Sherwin-Williams (Guangdong) New Materials Co., Ltd. MILLER, BETHANY MACKENZIE 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18021630 WATERBORNE WOOD COATING COMPOSITION AND WOOD ARTICLE MANUFACTURED THEREFROM Sherwin-Williams (Guangdong) New Materials Co., Ltd. WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Feb 16, 2023
18001633 UV-LED CURABLE AND YELLOWING RESISTANT COATING COMPOSITION Sherwin-Williams (Guangdong) New Materials Co., Ltd. LING, DORIS 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2022
17664998 ACID CATALYZED WATERBORNE RESIN Swimc LLC STONEHOCKER, VIRGINIA LEE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 25, 2022
17293319 MECHANICAL REFLECTION AND IRRADIATION SYSTEM FOR CROSS-LINKING UV POLYMERIZABLE PAINTS Industria Chimica Adriatica - S.p.A. - In Sigla Ica S.p.A. OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending May 12, 2021
16959089 AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE-ACRYLIC ACID-VINYL CHLORIDE TERPOLYMER FOR PREPARATION OF BARRIER COATING ON WOOD SUBSTRATES Sherwin-Willams (Guandgdong) New Material Co., Ltd. WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 §103 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2020
16825153 COATING COMPOSITION FOR SURFACE TEMPERATURE REDUCTION Swimc LLC ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 Other Non-Final OA 13d Pending Mar 20, 2020

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