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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Aktiebolaget SKF

83 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

83
Total Pending OAs
20
Final Rejections
63
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19235744 SEALING STRUCTURE PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2025
19110967 PLANET-CARRIER PANG, ROGER L 3655 Non-Final OA Mar 12, 2025
19058443 RADIAL SHAFT SEALING RING PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2025
19058466 SEALING DEVICE FOR BEARING UNIT FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2025
18881942 PLANET CARRIER KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 Non-Final OA Jan 07, 2025
18874616 PILLOW BLOCK ASSEMBLY PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2024
18942957 Hybrid Cage and Its Applications WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2024
18924350 OPTIMIZED BALL BEARING WITH FEATURES FOR IMPROVED LUBRICATION PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2024
18905234 BEARING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED MACHINE JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2024
18904479 UPPER BEARING CAP FOR A SUSPENSION THRUST BEARING DEVICE PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 02, 2024
18901136 DEEP GROOVE BALL BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2024
18843776 PLANETARY GEAR UNIT PANG, ROGER L 3655 Final Rejection Sep 04, 2024
18820448 BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2024
18810702 APPARATUS FOR BLACK OXIDE FINISHING PENCE, JETHRO M 1717 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2024
18808999 METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE STATUS OF GREASE CONTAINING PARTICLES BY IMAGE RECOGNITION COOK, JONATHON 2877 Non-Final OA Aug 19, 2024
18791672 BEARING SYSTEM COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING AN INERT GAS IN THE BEARING CHAMBER JOHNSON, PHILLIP A 3617 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2024
18780929 ROLLER BEARING CAGE PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18776334 BEARING SEAL AND ITS APPLICATION WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2024
18775584 CAGE FOR ROLLING BEARINGS AND HIGH-SPEED BEARING FITTED WITH SUCH A CAGE NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Jul 17, 2024
18768422 WHEEL HUB UNIT WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18754361 CARBON NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITION MATERIAL AND BEARING COATED THEREWITH OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 Final Rejection Jun 26, 2024
18746150 PINION BEARING UNIT ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 Non-Final OA Jun 18, 2024
18676699 HOUSING OF AN INDUCTION HARDENING TOOL SCHWARTZ, KEVIN EDWARD 3752 Non-Final OA May 29, 2024
18670816 HIGH FLEXIBILITY SEALING DEVICE, IN PARTICULAR FOR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCES KONERU, LAKSHMI S 3675 Final Rejection May 22, 2024
18654083 BEARING UNIT FOR APPLICATIONS IN ADVERSE OPERATING CONDITIONS PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA May 03, 2024
18654139 CAGE FOR ROLLING ELEMENTS OF HIGH-SPEED BEARING AND HIGH-SPEED BEARING NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA May 03, 2024
18639123 HUB-BEARING ASSEMBLY FOR A WHEEL OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Apr 18, 2024
18639074 SUSPENSION BEARING UNIT WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Final Rejection Apr 18, 2024
18633603 HEALTH DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MOTOR BEARINGS OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE KERRIGAN, MICHAEL V 3664 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18695081 GEAR ARRANGEMENT RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 3618 Final Rejection Mar 25, 2024
18607776 LOW WEIGHT FLANGED INNER RING OF A WHEEL HUB UNIT ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2024
18607710 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 2834 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2024
18607696 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY ALMAWRI, MAGED M 2834 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2024
18599303 METHOD FOR MEASURING OIL VISCOSITY AND VISCOSITY TESTING KIT FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD PHAN, TRUONG D 2855 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2024
18592987 SENSOR, ASSOCIATED METHOD AND NETWORK NGUYEN, MONGBAO 2192 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18589874 GROUNDING BRUSH ASSEMBLY SETZER, NICHOLAS LEE 2834 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2024
18589984 Grounding Brush Assembly VO, ETHAN NGUYEN 2834 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2024
18687351 DEVICE FOR PREDICTING THE EVOLUTION OF A DEFECT OF A BEARING, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND METHOD ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18581731 SCROLL COMPRESSOR WITH ROLLING ELEMENT BEARINGS SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 Final Rejection Feb 20, 2024
18443527 SUPPORT ASSEMBLY PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2024
18438852 METHOD FOR DETERMINING MICROSTRUCTURAL DETERIORATION AND REMAINING LIFE OF A HARDENED METAL COMPONENT KEFAYATI, SOORENA 2884 Non-Final OA Feb 12, 2024
18681647 AUTOMATIC DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING SUBSTANCE COMPOSITION IN VISCOUS MATERIAL NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2024
18409888 METHOD AND EQUIPMENT FOR DETERMINING AN ESTIMATED LIFE AND REMAINING USEFUL LIFE OF A MECHANICAL DEVICE SHABMAN, MARK A 2855 Non-Final OA Jan 11, 2024
18536875 GROUNDING BRUSH AND ASSOCIATED ASSEMBLY ELNAKIB, AHMED 2834 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18532615 ARC-SHAPED SEGMENT FOR ASSEMBLING A SEGMENTED CAGE, CAGE AND BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Final Rejection Dec 07, 2023
18530814 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PARTICLE CONTENT IN A FLUID, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRO 2661 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2023
18527486 METHOD FOR CONNECTING A WIRELESS SENSOR TO A GATEWAY AND ASSOCIATED NETWORK KELLER, MICHAEL A 2446 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2023
18527545 DEVICE FOR DETERMINING UPDATED STATISTICAL LIFE OF A BEARING, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE AND WIND TURBINE BRAUNLICH, MARTIN WALTER 2858 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2023
18517858 PLAIN BEARING RING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PLAIN BEARING RING NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Nov 22, 2023
18514490 BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A BEARING-ASSEMBLY COMPONENT PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18513904 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF A SLIDING BEARING IN ROTATING MACHINERY SUN, XIUQIN 2857 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18508330 CONTROL METHOD FOR CASTING MACHINE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR CASTING MACHINE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18559808 METHOD & COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT LIANG, ANTHONY M 1734 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18559828 A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SENSORIZED BEARING RING COOK, KYLE A 3726 Final Rejection Nov 09, 2023
18559820 A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A GUIDE ROLLER, AND CORRESPONDING GUIDE ROLLER AND WIRE ROLLING MACHINE CIGNA, JACOB JAMES 3726 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18501574 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE ANOMALIES AMONGST PEERS CHARIOUI, MOHAMED 2857 Non-Final OA Nov 03, 2023
18385459 MODULAR SUPPORT ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18487292 INSTALLATION STRUCTURE FOR GREASE SENSOR ROBERTS, HERBERT K 2855 Final Rejection Oct 16, 2023
18483867 BEARING ASSEMBLY NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Final Rejection Oct 10, 2023
18475716 CONDITION MONITORING DEVICE FOR A ROTATING MACHINE LINKED TO AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY TSO, STANLEY 2847 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18244930 Sealing Structure for a Bearing Unit NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18455773 SENSOR MODULE FOR DETECTING A VIBRATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF A COMPONENT YOUNG, MONICA S 2855 Non-Final OA Aug 25, 2023
18455792 SENSOR MODULE FOR DETECTING A VIBRATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF A COMPONENT AND INCLUDING A LEAK-PROOF LIGHT GUIDE ROYSTON, JOHN M 2855 Non-Final OA Aug 25, 2023
18359946 LUBRICATOR CONTROL SYSTEM ORTIZ RODRIGUEZ, CARLOS R 2119 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18274576 BEARING COMPONENT WANG, XIAOBEI 1784 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18358116 SENSOR AND METHOD FOR COMMISSIONING SUCH A SENSOR SOTO, JANICE M 2855 Non-Final OA Jul 25, 2023
18218621 ULTRA-QUIET WHEEL HUB ASSEMBLY COMINO, EVA L 3615 Non-Final OA Jul 06, 2023
18216262 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A PROTECTIVE COATING TO A WHEEL HUB UNIT FLETCHER III, WILLIAM P 1759 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18215962 IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION KAHN, RACHEL 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 29, 2023
18210104 SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR FOOD APPLICATIONS WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18320041 BEARING ASSEMBLY, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Final Rejection May 18, 2023
18318166 SUPER-PRECISION ROLLING BEARING FOR HIGH-SPEED APPLICATIONS AND HIGH CONTACT PRESSURES, AND ASSOCIATED METHOD WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18127084 TAPERED ROLLER BEARING AND DIFFERENTIAL GEAR WITH A TAPERED ROLLER BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Final Rejection Mar 28, 2023
18117609 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE ABOAGYE, MICHAEL 1733 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2023
18117607 WORKPIECE HOLDING DEVICE VITALE, MICHAEL J 3722 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2023
18101202 SUBASSEMBLY WITH A WHEEL BEARING AND A CONSTANT VELOCITY JOINT KECK, DANIEL M 3614 Non-Final OA Jan 25, 2023
17988952 CARRY BOX WITH INTEGRATED INDUCTION HEATER FOR ANNULAR BEARING COMPONENT COMPRISING A TOP BOX DANG, KET D 3761 Final Rejection Nov 17, 2022
17986268 METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR PAPERMAKING QUALITY EVALUATION BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 Final Rejection Nov 14, 2022
17986216 METHOD, SYSTEM AND MEDIUM FOR LUBRICATION ASSESSMENT KUAN, JOHN CHUNYANG 2857 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2022
17971952 TRIPOD JOINT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD BINDA, GREGORY JOHN 3679 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2022
17958618 METHOD FOR COATING A SENSOR UNIT, AND ASSOCIATED SENSOR UNIT NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 Final Rejection Oct 03, 2022
17497243 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND PREDICTION OF MACHINE FAILURES USING ONLINE MACHINE LEARNING ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED 2148 Non-Final OA Oct 08, 2021
16822314 IMIDE COMPOSITION AND PRESERVATIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE IMIDE COMPOSITION KAHN, RACHEL 1766 Final Rejection Mar 18, 2020

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