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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

115 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

115
Total Pending OAs
25
Final Rejections
90
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19351603 SEWING MACHINE DURHAM, NATHAN E 3732 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2025
19230813 CONTROL DEVICE CONFIGURED TO MANAGE WARRANTY PERIOD INFORMATION GOMEZ, CHRISTOPHER ALBERT 3628 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2025
19230339 SEWING MACHINE PATEL, TAJASH D 3732 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2025
19205181 PRINT SYSTEM FERGUSON SAMRETH, MARISSA LIANA 2853 Non-Final OA May 12, 2025
19200360 FEED MECHANISM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND FEED TRAY CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 Non-Final OA May 06, 2025
19183097 SHEET FEEDER MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 Non-Final OA Apr 18, 2025
19174485 PRINTING CASSETTE HAVING FIRST GUIDE AND SECOND GUIDE ARRANGED IN SKEWED RELATIONSHIP FOR ALTERING FIRST AND SECOND COMPONENTS OF TAPE CONVEYING DIRECTION THOMPSON, LESLIE J. 2853 Non-Final OA Apr 09, 2025
19091120 PRODUCING DATA OUTPUT SYSTEM HUANG, GRACE 3732 Non-Final OA Mar 26, 2025
19085134 MOVEMENT DETECTOR AND SEWING SYSTEM LYNCH, PATRICK JOHN 3732 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2025
19076189 AQUEOUS COMPOSITION AND PRINTED MATTER SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM 1785 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2025
19063461 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BEATTY, ROBERT B 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 26, 2025
19058537 FIXING DEVICE CHEN, SOPHIA S 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2025
19057190 LIQUID SUPPLYING APPARATUS MAUST, TIMOTHY LEWIS 3753 Non-Final OA Feb 19, 2025
19052515 IMAGE FORMATION DEVICE BANH, DAVID H 2853 Non-Final OA Feb 13, 2025
19052498 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PERFORMING REWRITING PROCESS TO REWRITE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION STORED IN CARTRIDGE BEATTY, ROBERT B 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 13, 2025
19052454 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING DEVELOPING DEVICE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE HAVING GUIDE GROOVE CHEN, SOPHIA S 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 13, 2025
19051348 DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING CASING THAT HAS RECESSED PORTION AND BOSS CONNECTING TWO OPPOSING WALLS OF CASING INSIDE TONER CHAMBER, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS USING THE SAME BRASE, SANDRA L 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 12, 2025
19047846 CARTRIDGE INCLUDING HOLDER THAT HOLDS ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE AND HAS HOLE OVERLAPPED WITH THE SAME ROTH, LAURA K 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2025
19039398 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THERRIEN, CARLA J 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 28, 2025
19022742 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AYDIN, SEVAN A 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2025
19022818 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AYDIN, SEVAN A 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2025
19012483 DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE THERRIEN, CARLA J 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 07, 2025
18983939 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE TRANSITIONING TO SLEEP STATE OR OFF-MODE STATE FROM STANDBY STATE THERRIEN, CARLA J 2852 Non-Final OA Dec 17, 2024
18982727 DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MOVABLE PLATE FOR MOVING HOLDER HOLDING ELECTRICAL CONTACT SURFACE BRASE, SANDRA L 2852 Non-Final OA Dec 16, 2024
18978816 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE NGO, HOANG X 2852 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2024
18960108 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS OSMAN, RAMY M 2457 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18953932 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING OS-STANDARD GENERAL-PURPOSE PRINTING PROGRAM INSTALLED THEREON THAT ENABLES THE DEVICE TO DISPLAY INFORMATION ON STATUS OF PRINTER PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 Final Rejection Nov 20, 2024
18950587 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS BANH, DAVID H 2853 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2024
18942971 SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND LIGHT SOURCE DEVICES, COVER INCLUDING FIRST LIGHT-SHIELDING WALL, AND FRAME INCLUDING SECOND LIGHT-SHIELDING WALL GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 2852 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2024
18928685 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SET OF PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING A PLURALITY OF PRINT LABELS WITH PRINTING DEVICE FEGGINS, KRISTAL J 2853 Non-Final OA Oct 28, 2024
18899587 CUTTING DEVICE INCLUDING BLADE RECEIVER, CUTTING BLADE, SUPPORT MEMBER SUPPORTING CUTTING BLADE, AND PATH-FORMING PART FORMING CONVEYING PATH OF TAPE MARSHALL, CHRISTLE I 2876 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2024
18824172 PRINTER, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS POLK, SHARON A 2853 Non-Final OA Sep 04, 2024
18817686 TRAY KIM, SANG K 3654 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2024
18792798 AIR CONDITIONER SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2024
18791855 METHOD OF RECYCLING DEVELOPING CARTRIDGE HAVING HOLDER ASSEMBLY MOUNTED ON GEAR COVER WITH SCREW ROTH, LAURA K 2852 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2024
18789100 INK CONTAINER AND SYSTEM RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 30, 2024
18788752 LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS POLK, SHARON A 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 30, 2024
18787365 LIQUID CARTRIDGE SOLOMON, LISA 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 29, 2024
18785183 TRAY AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18785146 IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS AND SHEET END MOVING METHOD KIM, SANG K 3654 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18785267 IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS ALSHOROOGI, RAMI ABDELNASER 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18785222 IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18770878 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING INCREASE IN SIZE ELEY, JESSICA L 2852 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2024
18762796 DRUM UNIT CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING COMPLICATION OF WIRING RHODES, JR, LEON W 2852 Non-Final OA Jul 03, 2024
18746426 MAINTENANCE METHOD AND IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 Non-Final OA Jun 18, 2024
18742341 INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM INCLUDING DELIVERY DESTINATION DEVICE AND DELIVERY PROVISION SERVER PROVIDING DELIVERY INFORMATION TO DELIVERY DESTINATION DEVICE BARRY, LANCE LEONARD 2457 Final Rejection Jun 13, 2024
18673582 OBSERVING APPARATUS, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND OBSERVING METHOD VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA May 24, 2024
18672468 LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS AND ESTIMATION METHOD FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 2853 Non-Final OA May 23, 2024
18668539 SEWING MACHINE OSTRUP, CLINTON T 3732 Final Rejection May 20, 2024
18656002 SUPPORT PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINTING METHOD CHEN, HUO LONG 2682 Non-Final OA May 06, 2024
18648859 AQUEOUS INK FOR INK JET RECORDING, INK JET RECORDING DEVICE, AND INK JET RECORDING METHOD BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2024
18647110 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSISTORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM CONTAINING COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE INSTRUCTIONS THEREFOR VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18645460 READING APPARATUS, READING METHOD, AND MEDIUM GUILLERMETY, JUAN M 2682 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2024
18644318 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE ROGERS, SCOTT A 2683 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2024
18643168 STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS CAUSING COMPUTER TO EXECUTE IMAGE PROCESS ON IMAGE DATA TO GENERATE OUTPUT DATA RELATED TO DEFECT IN APPEARANCE OF OBJECT ZHANG, FAN 2682 Non-Final OA Apr 23, 2024
18636664 PRINTER REFERENCING ALLOCATION INFORMATION TO IDENTIFY TARGET FONT FILE FOR DRAWING IMAGE OF CHARACTER GUILLERMETY, JUAN M 2682 Non-Final OA Apr 16, 2024
18633656 LIQUID EJECTING HEAD SOLOMON, LISA 2853 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18630148 FUNCTION EXECUTING DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FUNCTION EXECUTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUNCTION EXECUTING DEVICE NGUYEN, ALLEN H 2683 Non-Final OA Apr 09, 2024
18628900 LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING HEAD MCMILLION, TRACEY M 2853 Final Rejection Apr 08, 2024
18626402 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE ACQUIRING EVALUATION VALUE FOR EVALUATING REUSABILITY OF CARTRIDGE POPOVICI, DOV 2681 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2024
18624745 PRINTER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRINTER, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTER BAKER, CHARLOTTE M 2664 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18624701 PRINTER, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PRINTER, AND METHOD EXECUTED BY PRINTER BAKER, CHARLOTTE M 2664 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18617956 IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM DULANEY, BENJAMIN O 2683 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2024
18612040 HYDROGEN LEAK DETECTION DEVICE FOR HYDROGEN PIPELINE, CONTROLLER, AND HYDROGEN LEAK DETECTION METHOD FRANK, RODNEY T 2855 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2024
18609074 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR SAVING EXTENDED IMAGE FILE INTO WHICH IMAGE INFORMATION FILE AND TABLE FILES ARE INTEGRATED YEN, SYLING 2166 Non-Final OA Mar 19, 2024
18590362 PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM POLK, SHARON A 2853 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18588450 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND SEWING MACHINE HUANG, GRACE 3732 Final Rejection Feb 27, 2024
18583028 SYSTEM INCLUDING FIRST DEVICE AND SECOND DEVICE CONFIRMING WHETHER FIRST DEVICE HAS COMPLETED CONNECTION WITH SERVER RASHID, ISHRAT 2459 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2024
18441468 SERVER ORDERING NEW CONSUMABLE FOR TARGET DEVICE, AS SERVICE, WHEN RESIDUAL QUANTITY OF CURRENTLY-USED CONSUMABLE IS LOWER THAN OR EQUAL TO THRESHOLD VALUE GLASS, RUSSELL S 3627 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2024
18431026 SERVER EXECUTING SPECIFIC PROCESS RELATED TO CONFIGURATION INFORMATION OF DEVICE USING COMMUNICATION SESSION ESTABLISHED BETWEEN THE SERVER AND THE DEVICE PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2024
18426907 STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM, GENERATION APPARATUS, AND GENERATION METHOD JONES, ANDREW B 2667 Non-Final OA Jan 30, 2024
18425292 IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM POON, KING Y 2617 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18423465 STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CHU, RANDOLPH I 2667 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2024
18422903 PROCESSING LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE LEBRON, JANNELLE M 2853 Final Rejection Jan 25, 2024
18421545 STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE EVALUATION PROGRAM AND IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD LEE, BENEDICT E 2665 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18404508 HEAD ASSEMBLY SEO, JUSTIN 2853 Non-Final OA Jan 04, 2024
18513859 Editing System and Terminal NAZAR, AHAMED I 2178 Non-Final OA Nov 20, 2023
18494465 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR SELECTING BORDERED PRINTING OR BORDERLESS PRINTING RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2023
18494452 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE HAVING POSITIONING PART ON HOLDER FOR POSITIONING OF COUPLING LENS RELATIVE THERETO, AND SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE USING THE SAME STANFORD, CHRISTOPHER J 2872 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2023
18475394 ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING PRESCRIBED OPERATION WHILE CONSUMING CONSUMABLE MOUNTED THEREIN PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18457438 SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 Final Rejection Aug 29, 2023
18456922 SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2023
18364061 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE OSMAN, RAMY M 2457 Final Rejection Aug 02, 2023
18353968 IMAGE FORMING METHOD, IMAGE-FORMED ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM RICHMOND, SCOTT A. 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18340165 LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Jun 23, 2023
18340551 MACHINE TOOL YOO, JUN S 3726 Non-Final OA Jun 23, 2023
18334419 LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18330521 CONTROLLING SYSTEM VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2023
18311273 OPTICAL SENSOR BRYANT, REBECCA CAROLE 2877 Non-Final OA May 03, 2023
18192969 LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18191870 PRINTING APPARATUS DIAS, RAVEEN J 3654 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18188088 CONTAINER HAVING SIDE WALL FORMED WITH RECESSED PORTION POSITIONED ABOVE LIQUID SUPPLY OPENING VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18187780 SERVER PERFORMING BENEFIT PROVISION PROCESS TO PROVIDE BENEFIT BY USING VARIABLE RATE SYROWIK, MATHEW RICHARD 3621 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2023
18183728 LIQUID CARTRIDGE INCLUDING PLATE HAVING ATTENUATING SURFACE CONFIGURED TO ATTENUATE INCIDENT LIGHT MCMILLION, TRACEY M 2853 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2023
18174993 WATER-BASED INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, INK STORAGE CONTAINER, AND PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM QIAO, HUIHONG 1763 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18174847 Communication System Selection VU, QUOC THAI NGOC 2642 Final Rejection Feb 27, 2023
18146524 WATER-BASED INK, PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INK CARTRIDGE HON, SOW FUN 1782 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2022
18146550 WATER-BASED INK, PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM, AND INK CARTRIDGE HON, SOW FUN 1782 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2022
18065112 SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SERVER RIVERA GONZALEZ, IVONNEMARY 3626 Final Rejection Dec 13, 2022
18060693 SCANNING OPTICAL DEVICE BOURQUINE, MACKENZI TATE 2872 Final Rejection Dec 01, 2022
18059456 WATER-BASED INK FOR INKJET RECORDING, PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, INKJET RECORDING DEVICE, AND INK STORAGE CONTAINER WALTERS JR, ROBERT S 1717 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2022
18058098 TOOL CHANGER AND MACHINE TOOL VITALE, MICHAEL J 3722 Final Rejection Nov 22, 2022
18055889 RECORDING METHOD, WATER-BASED RECORDING INK, AND PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUM RODRIGUEZ, MICHAEL P 1712 Non-Final OA Nov 16, 2022
18050159 COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM SWIFT, CHARLES M 2196 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2022
17935983 PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING PRINTER CONFIGURED TO PRINT IMAGE WHEN DETERMINING THAT AUTHORITY INFORMATION INDICATING AUTHORITY TO PRINT IMAGE IS VALID PACHOL, NICHOLAS C 2699 Final Rejection Sep 28, 2022
17878471 Tape Cassette VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Aug 01, 2022
17810951 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER, AND SERVER VU, TAYLOR P 2437 Final Rejection Jul 06, 2022
17826371 ERASABLE INK SET, ERASABLE INK PRINTING APPARATUS, INK SET CONTAINER, PRINTING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection May 27, 2022
17733184 INK INJECTION CYLINDER, INK TANK, AND INKJET PRINTER EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2022
17707105 PRINTING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2022
17538150 WATER-BASED INK FOR INK-JET RECORDING AND INK-JET RECORDING APPARATUS JOHNSON, CHRISTINA ANN 1742 Final Rejection Nov 30, 2021
17536390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREFOR HEFFINGTON, JOHN M 2145 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2021
17481707 LIQUID DISCHARGING APPARATUS VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2021
17378115 PROCESSING DEVICE AND HOLDING MEMBER RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 Final Rejection Jul 16, 2021
17203280 INK-JET PRINTER VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Mar 16, 2021

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