Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

3M Company

179 pending office actions • 83 art units • 158 examiners • 0 of 179 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 410 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

179
Total Pending OAs
127
Non-Final OAs
40
Final Rejections
12
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 177 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

80
Overdue
6
Due this week
59
Due this month
17
Due in next 60 days
15
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. 177 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (80)Due ≤ 7 days (6)Due ≤ 30 days (59)Due ≤ 60 days (17)Due later (15)

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.

3
Hard (2%)
158
Medium (88%)
7
Easy (4%)
11
Unknown (6%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only3 (2%)
§103 only143 (80%)
§102 only15 (8%)
§112 only7 (4%)
No statute on record11 (6%)

Industry Mix

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

104
Life Sciences
58% of docket
6
Information Tech
3% of docket
8
Communications
4% of docket
19
Semiconductors
11% of docket
42
Mechanical / Eng
23% 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.

1,790 h
Manual time on pending OAs
358 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
626 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
15.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 4 44.1% -13.7%
VO, HAI 3 57.0% +72.2%
KING, GEORGE G 2 58.2% +37.4%
SCHALLER, CYNTHIA L 2 70.7% +23.5%
COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 2 83.0% +19.7%
WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 2 43.5% +44.6%
DESAI, ANISH P 2 44.0% +8.5%
BEHA, CAROLINE 2 57.4% +25.0%
PARVINI, PEGAH 2 70.3% +12.1%
FIGG, TRAVIS M 2 61.7% +16.7%

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
17785998 TENSION-ACTIVATED, EXPANDING SHEETS WITH COMPOUND SLITS COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 97d overdue
18697120 ADHESIVE ARTICLE WITH RECYCLABLE OR COMPOSTABLE RELEASE LINER COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 20d

Hard Cases (3)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18292217 DEEP LEARNING FOR GENERATING INTERMEDIATE ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER STAGES WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 22d overdue
18141628 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO GENERATE LABELED TIME SERIES DATASETS FOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS KABIR, SAAD M 28d
17437882 OPERATING A SUPPLY CHAIN USING CAUSAL MODELS JARRETT, SCOTT L 29d

Interview Candidates (17)

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
17785998 TENSION-ACTIVATED, EXPANDING SHEETS WITH COMPOUND SLITS COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 97d overdue
17757282 ADHESIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF BEHA, CAROLINE 88d overdue
18007285 ARTICLE WITH THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES FIGG, TRAVIS M 81d overdue
18029501 COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME PARVINI, PEGAH 38d overdue
18694926 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE INCLUDING SULFUR AND RELATED PROCESSES SCHALLER, CYNTHIA L 29d overdue
18720307 ADHESIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING A TAPE WITH A FOAM SUPPORT LAYER VO, HAI 9d overdue
18698451 PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, METHODS OF BONDING AND SEALING, AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY POLYMERIZED COMPOSITION SCHALLER, CYNTHIA L 14d
17441113 DECORATIVE FILM AND RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 14d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1788 13
1787 10
3785 8
2872 6
3791 6
3723 6
1782 5
1746 5
1761 5
1764 5

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18947466 CONTEXT-BASED PROGRAMMABLE SAFETY RULES FOR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 Other Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 14, 2024
18928851 RESPIRATOR NEGATIVE PRESSURE FIT CHECK DEVICES AND METHODS NELSON, KERI JESSICA 3786 §102 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Oct 28, 2024
18857364 STRETCH TO FIT BANDAGE CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 §103 Non-Final OA 85d overdue Pending Oct 16, 2024
18856830 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INSPECTING A WORKSURFACE STOCK JR, GORDON J 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 71d Pending Oct 14, 2024
18856804 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POST-REPAIR INSPECTION OF A WORKSURFACE TEKLE, DANIEL T 2481 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Oct 14, 2024
18852810 HOOD FOR HARDHAT AND RESPIRATOR APPARATUS DUCKWORTH, BRIANNA T 3732 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Sep 30, 2024
18845592 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL NOTES FOR COLLABORATION CRADDOCK, ROBERT J 2618 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 10, 2024
18842634 HIGH TEMPERATURE STABLE CURABLE BONDING COMPOSITIONS FREEMAN, JOHN D 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 39d Pending Aug 29, 2024
18841885 STORAGE ACCESSORIES WITH AESTHETIC COVER AND REMOVABLE WALL MOUNT GUAN, GUANG H 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Aug 27, 2024
18837336 METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF ROLL COATING EMPIE, NATHAN H 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Aug 09, 2024
18834485 DECORATIVE FILM FOR EXTERIORS DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jul 30, 2024
18721122 MODULAR STRUCTURES FOR MIXING DEVICES CHIANG, JENNIFER C 3754 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 17, 2024
18720307 ADHESIVE SYSTEM INCLUDING A TAPE WITH A FOAM SUPPORT LAYER VO, HAI 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Jun 14, 2024
18717860 Optical Inspection System for Detecting Surface Profile Defects in Manufactured Webs AHMED, JAMIL 2877 §112 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Jun 07, 2024
18713852 DECORATIVE FILM WITH COVER FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING SAME RICE, STEVEN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending May 28, 2024
18666258 MULTILAYER OPTICAL FILM WITH CRYSTALLINE LOW INDEX LAYERS ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 Other Non-Final OA 33d Pending May 16, 2024
18710544 WALL HANGERS AND ASSEMBLIES FOR HEAVYWEIGHT OBJECTS MORRIS, TAYLOR L 3631 §103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending May 15, 2024
18709460 ARTICLES INCLUDING A SPACER AND ARTICLES INCLUDING A SLIT FILM AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING THE ARTICLES OMORI, MARY I 1784 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending May 10, 2024
18709421 INDEX FORMULATION WITH ANOMALY DETECTION AND CORRECTION IN PROCUREMENT SYSTEMS FU, HAO 3695 §103 Non-Final OA 76d Pending May 10, 2024
18704977 PLANARIZED INORGANIC THIN FILM TRANSFER ARTICLE GROSS, CARSON 1746 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18705100 SENSORED BUSHING NAVARRO, HUGO IVAN 2858 §103 Final Rejection 61d Pending Apr 26, 2024
18703585 WOUND ROLL CORE COVERING BOSS, WENDY LYNN 1749 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Apr 22, 2024
18700744 COATED MICROSTRUCTURED FILMS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 11d overdue Pending Apr 12, 2024
18700470 Light Control Film KING, GEORGE G 2872 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Apr 11, 2024
18699456 MULTILAYER PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE ASSEMBLY AND RELATED PROCESS VO, HAI 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Apr 08, 2024
18698451 PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE COMPOSITION, METHODS OF BONDING AND SEALING, AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY POLYMERIZED COMPOSITION SCHALLER, CYNTHIA L 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 04, 2024
18697801 FLUORINATED CLEANING FLUID ELHILO, EISA B 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 02, 2024
18697120 ADHESIVE ARTICLE WITH RECYCLABLE OR COMPOSTABLE RELEASE LINER COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Mar 29, 2024
18696382 Decorative Film For A Vehicle Interior and Anti-Scatter Film WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Mar 28, 2024
18694926 PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE INCLUDING SULFUR AND RELATED PROCESSES SCHALLER, CYNTHIA L 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18694098 HOLLOW TUBE ADHESIVE TAPE DISPENSER RIVERA, JOSHEL 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 21, 2024
18601054 SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING RESPONDER INFORMATION BALSECA, FRANKLIN D 2688 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Mar 11, 2024
18688511 Preparation of High Molecular Weight Polymers with Minimal Gel Content MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 01, 2024
18684433 SINGLE-LAYER ADHESIVE FILM AND RELATED ARTICLE GOLDEN, CHINESSA T 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2024
18441245 ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE FILM AND PRODUCING METHOD THEREOF YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 43d Pending Feb 14, 2024
18683434 THIOL-BASED BETA-DIKETONE PRIMERS FOR ADHESION TO METAL LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Feb 13, 2024
18681940 JUNCTION CONNECTOR PATEL, HARSHAD C 2831 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18681559 COATED MICROSTRUCTURED FILMS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND METHODS OF MAKING LIGHT CONTROL FILMS MOSER, SETH DAVID 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294184 EXTRUDABLE POLYURETHANE ARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND PRINTING SAME STEELE, JENNIFER A 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Feb 01, 2024
18427104 ADHESIVE SPRAY NOZZLE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME LIEUWEN, CODY J 3752 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2024
18427295 COMPOSTABLE SPUNBONDED TARP AND METHOD OF USING TECCO, ANDREW M 3731 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jan 30, 2024
18292038 SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CABLE MAYO III, WILLIAM H 2841 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18292217 DEEP LEARNING FOR GENERATING INTERMEDIATE ORTHODONTIC ALIGNER STAGES WEBB LYTTLE, ADRIENA JONIQUE 3772 §101 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2024
18580292 SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM PYLE, SIENNA CHRISTINE 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Jan 18, 2024
18580284 PROTECTED SAMPLE COLLECTION MEDIA WEARE, MEREDITH H 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Jan 18, 2024
18579421 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING A WORKSURFACE MOLNAR, SIDNEY LEIGH 3656 §103 Final Rejection 67d overdue Pending Jan 15, 2024
18574785 DOUBLE-SIDED ADHESIVE TAPE, ARTICLE, AND DISASSEMBLING METHOD DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §102 Final Rejection 7d Pending Dec 28, 2023
18530473 Fall Protection Device TRAN, ZOE T 3647 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Dec 06, 2023
18523767 BEACON ASSISTED EMERGENCY PERSONNEL LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2649 §103 Non-Final OA 50d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2023
18564654 ARTICLES CONTAINING ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS EXHIBITING ON-DEMAND DEBONDING BEHAVIOR DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18564514 SAMPLE COLLECTION DEVICE AND SYSTEM BLOCH, MICHAEL RYAN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Nov 27, 2023
18562614 Article of Personal Protective Equipment and Method for Use with Article of Personal Protective Equipment DOUGHERTY, SEAN PATRICK 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 54d Pending Nov 20, 2023
18560454 CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH RELEASE MECHANISM HYEON, HAE M 2831 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Nov 13, 2023
18289537 MULTILAYER PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE FOAM TAPE VO, HAI 1788 §103 Final Rejection 26d Pending Nov 03, 2023
18558421 OPTICAL SYSTEMS WITH LIGHT CONTROL FILMS HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending Nov 01, 2023
18383279 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING TASK MANGIALASCHI, TRACY 2668 §103 Non-Final OA 61d Pending Oct 24, 2023
18287553 IMPROVED COMPACT HEADS UP DISPLAY KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103 Final Rejection 49d Pending Oct 19, 2023
18555938 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR RESTORING AND MAINTAINING HARD SURFACES HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Oct 18, 2023
18287356 OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT REFLECTARRAY KIM, YONCHAN J 2845 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Oct 18, 2023
18555741 Multilayer Optical Film PAN, JIA X 2871 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Oct 17, 2023
18554626 DRONE-HOSTED CONSTRUCTION DEFECT MARKING SEOL, DAVIN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Oct 09, 2023
18554132 Surface Characterization Module and System Including Same BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 05, 2023
18553589 Sample Collection Device and Method HOEKSTRA, JEFFREY GERBEN 3791 §102 Final Rejection 46d Pending Oct 02, 2023
18552564 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING DIGITAL NOTES FOR PROJECT PLANNING PEDAPATI, CHANDHANA 2669 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Sep 26, 2023
18284189 ADHESIVE PRECURSOR COMPOSITION AND HEAT-EXPANDABLE TEMPORARY ADHESIVE THEREFROM DARLING, DEVIN MITCHELL 1764 §102 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18283396 DISINFECTANT COMPOSITION FOR AUTOMOTIVE CARE AND METHODS OF USE GULLEDGE, BRIAN M 1699 §102 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Sep 21, 2023
18550489 PRECURSOR COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING A CURABLE COMPONENT AND SURFACE COATED OR MODIFIED HOLLOW GLASS MICROSPHERES, ARTICLES, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS, AND METHODS OF INTERFERING WITH ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ROSWELL, JESSICA MARIE 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Sep 14, 2023
18278391 Methods of Manufacturing Electromagnetic Radiation Altering Articles, Articles Made by the Methods, Apparatuses, and Methods of Altering Electromagnetic Radiation CHIDIAC, NICHOLAS J 1744 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Aug 22, 2023
18263221 OPTICAL FILM AND PACKAGE MIGGINS, MICHAEL C 1782 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Jul 27, 2023
18274696 METHOD OF MAKING A COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE PARVINI, PEGAH 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Jul 27, 2023
18274035 CONTAINER WITH DEPLOYABLE CUSHIONING SHEET AND METHOD OF PACKAGING AN OBJECT ATTEL, NINA KAY 3734 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18273348 Facemask with Vibrating Alert Device WAHL, ALEC ROBERT 3785 §112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 20, 2023
18262140 Anti-Sticking Perfluoroelastomer Articles and Methods of Making FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jul 19, 2023
18262021 ACRYLIC POLYMER RELEASE AGENT, RELEASE SHEET, TAPE AND DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE DESAI, ANISH P 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 120d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2023
18261380 SENSOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING OPTICAL METASURFACE FILMS KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 2817 §103 Non-Final OA 70d overdue Pending Jul 13, 2023
18259636 BONDABLE ORTHODONTIC ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR BONDING HUYNH, COURTNEY NGUYEN 3772 §103 Final Rejection 53d Pending Jun 28, 2023
18269727 ADHESIVE WITH THERMALLY REVERSIBLE, COVALENT CROSSLINKS HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 97d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18269720 UV-CURABLE TAPE LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 Other Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18269730 CURABLE POLYSILOXANES AND PREPARATION OF SAME ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §112 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18269250 PHOTOCURABLE ADHESIVE FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF SHAH, SAMIR 1787 §103 Final Rejection 84d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18257901 SOUND ATTENUATION RATING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FAHNERT, FRIEDRICH 2692 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Jun 16, 2023
18333664 COVERING TOOL AND COVERING METHOD ROMANOWSKI, MICHAEL C 1782 §102 Final Rejection 26d Pending Jun 13, 2023
18266619 Electronic Telecommunications Articles Comprising Crosslinked Fluoropolymer and Fluoropolymer Particles, Compositions and Methods SAWYER, STEVEN T 2847 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2023
18265590 SYSTEMS FOR ATTACHING OVERLAYS TO ELECTRONIC DISPLAYS CHANG, AUDREY Y 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 56d Pending Jun 06, 2023
18204835 ABRASION-RESISTANT THERMOFORMABLE COATING AND PREPARATION OF SAME DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 46d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18039875 METHOD OF TRANSFERRING PARTICLES TO A COATING SURFACE VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 86d overdue Pending Jun 01, 2023
18255233 BARRIER ASSEMBLY FOR SOLAR CELLS TRINH, THANH TRUC 1726 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 31, 2023
18253964 Laminates for Cleaning Substrate Surfaces and Methods of Use Thereof CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18253699 Automated Processing of Dental Scans Using Geometric Deep Learning BARRETT, RYAN S 2148 Other Non-Final OA 10d overdue Pending May 19, 2023
18252952 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING AIRFLOW IN A POWERED AIR PURIFYING RESPIRATOR IN HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS RUSSELL, SYDNEY REYES 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending May 15, 2023
18196810 HIGH TEMPERATURE AND HIGH HUMIDITY STABLE OPTICALLY CLEAR ADHESIVE GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §112 Final Rejection 12d Pending May 12, 2023
18036227 FREE-RADICALLY POLYMERIZABLE CROSSLINKER, CURABLE COMPOSITION, AND ADHESIVE THEREFROM HALL, DEVE V. 1763 Other Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18252370 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE DEVICE WITH LOCAL VOICE RECOGNITION AND METHOD OF PROCESSING A VOICE SIGNAL THEREIN KIM, JONATHAN C 2655 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending May 10, 2023
18036131 PROCESS FOR MAKING A COATED ARTICLE RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P 1712 §102 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18252198 PREPARATION OF A STRUCTURAL TAPE-FROM-PASTE (TFP) ADHESIVE WITH BLUE LIGHT (VISIBLE) INITIATED B-STAGE CURE SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending May 09, 2023
18035981 HIGH TEMPERATURE STABLE OPTICALLY TRANSPARENT PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES LEE, RIP A 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 09, 2023
18252199 ELECTRETS COMPRISING A SUBSTITUTED CYCLOTRIPHOSPHAZENE COMPOUND AND ARTICLES THEREFROM PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §103 Final Rejection 7d Pending May 09, 2023
18251862 BACKUP PAD SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending May 04, 2023
18251448 LOW TEMPERATURE ACTIVATED RELEASE COATING AND A METHOD OF MAKING JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103 Final Rejection 24d overdue Pending May 02, 2023
18251320 ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES LEE, DORIS L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 01, 2023
18141628 MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO GENERATE LABELED TIME SERIES DATASETS FOR MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS KABIR, SAAD M 2119 §101 Non-Final OA 28d Pending May 01, 2023
18249902 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF COMMUNICATING USING A HEADSET LITTLE, DALE L 2419 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18303674 Fluoropolymer Compositions and Methods Suitable for Copper Substrates and Electronic Telecommunications Articles GOFF II, JOHN L 1746 §103 Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18248269 INTUMESCENT MATERIAL AND ARTICLES MADE THEREOF NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 9d Pending Apr 07, 2023
18030573 OPTICAL INTERCONNECT FOR EDGE COUPLING KIANNI, KAVEH C 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 65d Pending Apr 06, 2023
18030224 HIGH FREQUENCY POWER INDUCTOR MATERIAL INCLUDING MAGNETIC MULTILAYER FLAKES HOBAN, MATTHEW E 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 60d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18247836 RESPIRATORY PROTECTION DEVICE WITH HAPTIC SENSING JANG, JAEICK 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Apr 04, 2023
18029774 TAPE APPLICATOR AND METHOD OF USING TAPE APPLICATOR EFTA, ALEX B 1745 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18029501 COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME PARVINI, PEGAH 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Mar 30, 2023
18247276 COMPOSITE PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES BLAND, ALICIA 1759 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Mar 30, 2023
18246364 ACRYLAMIDE OR (METH)ACRYLAMIDE-CONTAINING HIGH TG ADDITIVE FOR PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVES RODD, CHRISTOPHER M 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 117d overdue Pending Mar 23, 2023
18027256 HYPERBRANCHED POLYMER, METHOD OF MAKING, AND CURABLE COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE SAME BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18186371 MICROFLUIDIC OPTICAL FILM FOR BIO-ASSAY SIGNAL ENHANCEMENT HERBERT, MADISON TAYLOR 1758 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Mar 20, 2023
18122853 HYDROPHOBIC GRANULES AND RELATED ARTICLES AND METHODS HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Mar 17, 2023
18044409 UV-CURABLE SEMI-STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE, AND UV-CURABLE SEMI-STRUCTURAL ADHESIVE TAPE DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Mar 08, 2023
18043667 Color Stable Epoxy Compositions KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §102 Final Rejection 62d Pending Mar 01, 2023
18023014 Compositions and Foam Compositions Including Silicone Components, Foam Gaskets, Articles, and Methods KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 43d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18023112 METHOD OF REMOVING PATHOGENS FROM A SURFACE YOO, REGINA M 1758 §102 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18042790 BREATHING APPARATUS AND CHARGING SYSTEM DITMER, KATHRYN ELIZABETH 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Feb 24, 2023
18041895 SEALING FOAM RESPIRATOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEALING FOAM GUGLIOTTA, NICOLE T 1781 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18021611 Nanopatterned Films with Patterned Surface Chemistry NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Feb 16, 2023
18040882 MOVING-FRONT STERILIZATION MONITORING DEVICES PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 §103 Final Rejection 46d Pending Feb 07, 2023
18018806 SAFETY HARNESS WITH PSEUDO-CROSSOVER VENTRAL STRAPS MCFARLAND, KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN 3635 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jan 30, 2023
18007285 ARTICLE WITH THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 §103 Non-Final OA 81d overdue Pending Jan 27, 2023
18015821 ASYMMETRIC INTERCONNECTION OF CONNECTORS CHU, CHRIS H 2874 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Jan 12, 2023
18002113 TWO-COMPONENT THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITION AND TWO-COMPONENT THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE GAP-FILLING GLUE STRAH, ELI D 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Dec 16, 2022
17928953 Hard Coat Compositions and Composite Films Including a Thermoplastic Polyurethane KRUER, KEVIN R 1787 §102 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Dec 01, 2022
17996723 SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES KUVAYSKAYA, ANASTASIA ALEKSEYEVNA 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 20, 2022
17937852 PRESSURE REDUCER AND SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS STUART, COLIN W 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 04, 2022
17915534 Articles Including Nanostructured Surfaces and Enclosed Voids SRINIVASAN, SESHA SAIRAMAN 2812 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 29, 2022
17946657 ARTICLES WITH COHESIVE NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 35d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17912200 Microsphere-Coated Polyurethane Articles and Methods of Making the Same FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Sep 16, 2022
17906364 ATTACHMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ABRASIVE DISCS MARKMAN, MAKENA 3723 §103 Final Rejection 23d Pending Sep 15, 2022
17911792 FILM STACK WITH OVERLAMINATE FILM LAYER AND REMOVABLE SKIN LAYER DUCHENEAUX, FRANK D 1788 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 15, 2022
17905714 PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE HAVING LOW VOC CHARACTERISTICS STRAH, ELI D 1782 §103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Sep 06, 2022
17905404 SILICONE RUBBER FOAM WITH THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending Aug 31, 2022
17800058 COEXTRUDED POLYMER FILM WITH SUCCESSIVE PEEL FORCE CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Aug 16, 2022
17797940 DEEP CAUSAL LEARNING FOR ADVANCED MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL PAN, YUHUI R 2116 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 05, 2022
17796898 GRANULAR CONTEXT AWARE AUTOSUGGESTION OF DOCUMENT CODES LULTSCHIK, WILLIAM G 3682 §102 Final Rejection 120d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2022
17759727 COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLES SAENZ, ALBERTO 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 72d Pending Jul 29, 2022
17793863 COATED ABRASIVE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Jul 19, 2022
17792640 Waxing Composition and Method of Use BUIE-HATCHER, NICOLE M 1725 §112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Jul 13, 2022
17789476 TWO-PART SILICONE COMPOSITION AND SEALANT AND ASSEMBLY MADE THEREFROM LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 §103 Non-Final OA 8d Pending Jun 27, 2022
17787370 TENSION-ACTIVATED, EXPANDING ARTICLES WITH MULTIBEAM SLITS TAWFIK, SAMEH 3731 §102 Final Rejection 215d overdue Pending Jun 20, 2022
17785998 TENSION-ACTIVATED, EXPANDING SHEETS WITH COMPOUND SLITS COPENHEAVER, BLAINE R 1781 §103 Final Rejection 97d overdue Pending Jun 16, 2022
17757282 ADHESIVE FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF BEHA, CAROLINE 1748 §103 Non-Final OA 88d overdue Pending Jun 13, 2022
17756911 ABRASIVE ARTICLE MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Jun 06, 2022
17777551 THIOLATE SALT MELT ADDITIVES MCKENZIE, THOMAS B 1776 §103 Non-Final OA 71d overdue Pending May 17, 2022
17776868 AROMATIC-HETEROCYCLIC RING MELT ADDITIVES NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending May 13, 2022
17755588 OPTIMIZING MIXING TOOLS USING MODELING AND VISUALIZATION MIRABITO, MICHAEL PAUL 2187 §103 Non-Final OA 8d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17772565 RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK, DECORATIVE SHEET, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DECORATIVE SHEET MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17771905 Polymeric Material Including a Uretdione-Containing Material and Inorganic Filler, Two-Part Compositions, Products, and Methods SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 26d Pending Apr 26, 2022
17754530 AUTOMATED LIQUID ADHESIVE DISPENSING USING LINEAR MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION DAGENAIS, KRISTEN A 1717 §103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2022
17640877 Transformer and Device Configured to Provide a Current Limiting Power Source and a Galvanic Barrier KHONG, BRIAN THAI-BINH 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 19d Pending Mar 07, 2022
17634484 CORE-SHEATH FILAMENTS INCLUDING POLYISOBUTYLENE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF PRINTING THE SAME BOYD, JENNIFER A 1786 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 10, 2022
17630032 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING THE SAME KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jan 25, 2022
17629531 Articles Including Panels and Molded Structures and Methods of Making Same ROY, DEBJANI 1741 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Jan 24, 2022
17622045 FILTER ASSEMBLY, PREFILTER ASSEMBLY, AND RESPIRATOR INCLUDING THE SAME BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 3785 Other Non-Final OA 16d Pending Dec 22, 2021
17596744 ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICE FOR FALL PROTECTION SYSTEM RAMSEY, JEREMY C 3634 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 17, 2021
17595319 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF HAPTIC PERCEPTION IMPAIRMENTS AND MOTOR CONTROL ABNORMALITIES XU, JUSTIN 3791 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17595092 (CO)POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES COMPRISING THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES AND ENDOTHERMIC PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME DIGGS, TANISHA 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 09, 2021
17595091 (CO)POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES COMPRISING THERMALLY-CONDUCTIVE PARTICLES AND INTUMESCENT PARTICLES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 Other Non-Final OA 36d overdue Pending Nov 09, 2021
17609214 HEAT-REMOVING SHEET CAI, JIAJIA JANIE 1761 §103 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Nov 05, 2021
17594617 PHENETHYL SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZO[4,5-C]QUINOLINE COMPOUNDS WITH AN N-1 BRANCHED GROUP LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Other Final Rejection 23d Pending Oct 25, 2021
17594415 N-1 BRANCHED ALKYL SUBSTITUTED IMIDAZO[4,5-C]QUINOLINE COMPOUNDS, COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS CREWS, JARET JAMES 1691 Other Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Oct 15, 2021
17441113 DECORATIVE FILM AND RADIATION CURABLE INKJET INK WEYDEMEYER, ETHAN 1783 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Sep 20, 2021
17437882 OPERATING A SUPPLY CHAIN USING CAUSAL MODELS JARRETT, SCOTT L 3625 §101 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Sep 10, 2021
17425663 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING THE CONDITION OF A FALL - PROTECTION SAFETY SYSTEM MEKHAEIL, SHIREF M 3634 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2021
17419516 ORAL ARTICLES AND METHODS OF USE WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 §103 Non-Final OA 56d overdue Pending Jun 29, 2021
17415853 COMPOSITION INCLUDING POLYESTER RESIN AND VINYL ESTER AND METHOD OF USING THE SAME FOSS, DAVID ROGER 1764 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 18, 2021
17309619 RELEASE LAYERS AND ARTICLES CONTAINING THEM ZIMMER, MARC S 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jun 10, 2021
17297221 POLISHING PADS AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending May 26, 2021
17283604 SLITTER DIRECTOR FOR AUTOMATED CONTROL OF SLIT ROLL GENERATION FROM MANUFACTURED WEB AYALA, FERNANDO A 3724 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 08, 2021
17250982 ABRASIVE ARTICLES HAVING IMPROVED PERFORMANCE MOORE, ALEXANDRA MARIE 1738 §103 Final Rejection 84d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2021
15733773 ABRASIVE ARTICLE WITH SHAPED ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH PREDETERMINED RAKE ANGLES ZAWORSKI, JONATHAN R 3723 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 22, 2020
16639019 Articulating Support Assembly For A Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus ELLABIB, MAAP AHMED 3785 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Feb 13, 2020
16478646 MAGNETICALLY ASSISTED TRANSFER OF MAGNETIZABLE ABRASIVE PARTICLES AND METHODS, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS RELATED THERETO GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 Other Non-Final OA 26d Pending Jul 17, 2019
16343816 BONDED ABRASIVE WHEEL AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME POON, DANA LEE 3723 §103 Non-Final OA 70d Pending Apr 22, 2019
15120072 SELF SEALING ARTICLES WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Aug 18, 2016

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