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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Caterpillar Inc.

116 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

116
Total Pending OAs
28
Final Rejections
88
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19210546 PUMP HAVING A FLANGE FOR MOUNTING AN AUXILIARY PUMP COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 Non-Final OA May 16, 2025
18945495 VEHICLE FOLLOW AND SAFETY SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 Non-Final OA Nov 12, 2024
18923589 HYDRAULIC CYLINDER BUFFER SEAL BACKUP RING PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 Final Rejection Oct 22, 2024
18807836 DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION OF ISSUES IN WORK MACHINES USING ACOUSTIC SENSOR N'DURE, AMIE MERCEDES 3645 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2024
18792022 AFTERCOOLER FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE WEILAND, HANS R. 3763 Non-Final OA Aug 01, 2024
18777714 WEAR SLEEVE AND LIP SEAL POSITIONABLE UPON A MACHINE COMPONENT BYRD, EUGENE G 3675 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2024
18778341 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING FUEL INJECTOR COMMANDS MOUBRY, JAMES G 3747 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2024
18771488 CONDUITS FOR FEEDING AIR TO SMALL BEARINGS OF JOURNAL AREA OF ROTARY DRILL BIT QUAIM, LAMIA 3676 Non-Final OA Jul 12, 2024
18768814 WORK MACHINE INTERFACE FOR SELECTING A WORK LEVEL OF WORK MACHINE LEWANDROSKI, SARA J 3661 Non-Final OA Jul 10, 2024
18752863 AUTOMATED SELF TESTING OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD SENSING DEVICE RHODES-VIVOUR, TEMILADE S 2858 Non-Final OA Jun 25, 2024
18751648 BATTERY PACK CONTACT BREAK DETECTION MONSUR, NASIMA 2858 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2024
18751330 TRACTOR PARAMETER CALIBRATION GILBERTSON, SHAYNE M 3665 Non-Final OA Jun 23, 2024
18737365 BUS BAR CURRENT SENSOR MOUNTING BRACKET NASIR, TAQI R 2858 Final Rejection Jun 07, 2024
18736161 DOOR CLOSING SYSTEM OF AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM MORFORD, ALEXANDRA ROBYN 3658 Final Rejection Jun 06, 2024
18736056 VISION SYSTEM FOR AN ENERGY TRANSFER SYSTEM HOLWERDA, STEPHEN 3656 Final Rejection Jun 06, 2024
18680695 GROUND FAULT DETECTION TECHNIQUES IN MOBILE MACHINES BARRON, JEREMIAH JOHN 2858 Non-Final OA May 31, 2024
18673049 DYNAMIC DETERMINATION OF BLENDED AXLE SPLIT FOR BRAKING TESTARDI, DAVID A 3664 Non-Final OA May 23, 2024
18650561 FUEL INJECTOR HAVING NOZZLE CHECK WITH TRANSFER HOLES ORIENTED FOR REDUCED MIXING OF TWO FUELS REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 Non-Final OA Apr 30, 2024
18648786 HAULING MACHINE LOADING USING MACHINE PERCEPTION YOUNG, TIFFANY P 3665 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2024
18645702 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING TENSION IN TRACK OF WORK MACHINE DOZE, PETER DAVON 3648 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2024
18637936 SITE PLANNING AND STAKEOUT USING MACHINE PERCEPTION FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN 3661 Non-Final OA Apr 17, 2024
18636863 TRANSFER SWITCH FOR MULTIPLE POWER SOURCES AND MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL LOADS MOURAD, RASEM 2836 Non-Final OA Apr 16, 2024
18630235 DIMPLED TRACK LINK ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 Non-Final OA Apr 09, 2024
18627856 MACHINE COMPONENT TRACKING SYSTEM PAIGE, TYLER D 3664 Final Rejection Apr 05, 2024
18620794 FULLY CAST IDLER WHEEL ROGERS, ADAM D 3617 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18617360 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MACHINE CONTROL USING ROAD SURFACE QUALITY DATA LINHARDT, LAURA E 3663 Final Rejection Mar 26, 2024
18613962 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM RESONANCE DAMPER LEE, JYE-JUNE 2838 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18602604 POWER ELECTRONICS MODULE WITH INTEGRATED HEAT SINK JALALI, AMIR A. 2835 Non-Final OA Mar 12, 2024
18598816 RETROFITTABLE TRACK LINK FOR ENDLESS CRAWLER TRACKS OF WORK MACHINES LEE, TYLER J 3663 Non-Final OA Mar 07, 2024
18596489 NEGOTIATION OF INTERSECTIONS BY AUTONOMOUS WORK MACHINES USING PERMISSION MANAGEMENT MAWARI, REDHWAN K 3664 Final Rejection Mar 05, 2024
18596241 SHROUD RETENTION SYSTEM FOR A WORK TOOL MAYO, TARA LEIGH 3671 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18593657 DAMPING RING ASSEMBLY PALMER, ALEX ROBERT 3615 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18593599 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF WORKSITE ADU-JAMFI, WILLIAM NMN 2677 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18588556 Electrical Power System for Earthmoving Machine ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18444656 SPROCKET DAMPING ASSEMBLY FOR A TRACK-TYPE MACHINE KOTTER, KIP T 3615 Non-Final OA Feb 17, 2024
18443218 ROCK GUARD FOR GNSS SIGNAL AVOIDANCE BECK, KAREN 3614 Non-Final OA Feb 15, 2024
18434979 SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR RADIATORS OF WORK MACHINES MEYER, JACOB B 3613 Non-Final OA Feb 07, 2024
18431221 WEAR MEMBER HAVING DOUBLE SCOOP-RIB MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2024
18431292 WEAR MEMBER HAVING CURVED WALL SCRATCHING TIP PORTION MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2024
18425374 BRAKING CONTROL FOR MACHINE DESCENT DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3669 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18423571 STARTUP CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR A MACHINE WU, LORI SOUTHARD 3655 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2024
18423526 COATED WEAR SLEEVE FOR DYNAMIC SHAFT PATEL, VISHAL A 3675 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2024
18422640 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING AND VISUALIZING GNSS AVAILABILITY WITHIN AN OPERATIONAL AREA LE, HAILEY R 3648 Non-Final OA Jan 25, 2024
18399021 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING WORK MACHINES ON TROLLEYS GILLS, KURTIS 3624 Final Rejection Dec 28, 2023
18394268 Control System for Ripper Operation KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2023
18573803 Method of Ground Fault Test on Aggregated Battery for Electric Work Vehicle and Apparatus PRETLOW, DEMETRIUS R 2858 Final Rejection Dec 22, 2023
18545653 Surface-Engaging Implement Position Control for Rollover Protection RINK, RYAN J 3619 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18541116 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICAL FAULT DETECTION REISNER, NOAM S 2852 Final Rejection Dec 15, 2023
18540559 SNOW WING LINKAGE TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18539772 Keep-Out Systems, Methods, and Controllers for a Surface-Engaging Implement of a Mobile Machine DAGER, JONATHAN M 3663 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18540235 IMPLEMENT METERING CONTROL DAGER, JONATHAN M 3663 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18532388 GRID FIRMING INVERTER FOR FAST VOLTAGE SUPPORT IN MICROGRID FINCH III, FRED E 2838 Final Rejection Dec 07, 2023
18532440 VEHICLE OIL COOLING CIRCUITS LEE, MATTHEW D 3617 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2023
18527671 TIP WITH THRU-HOLE AND PIN RETAINING GEOMETRY SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2023
18524503 RAMP ASSEMBLY FOR GUIDING AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR SYSTEM MORANO IV, SAMUEL J 3615 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18523155 COOLING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRIC MACHINE GUGGER, SEAN A 2834 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2023
18519116 MOTOR GRADER SNOW WING LINER SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18519582 CRANKCASE OIL SEPARATION DEVICE FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE CLEMENTE, ROBERT ARTHUR 1773 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18516855 STEERING ANGLE ERROR MONITORING PICON-FELICIANO, RUBEN 3747 Final Rejection Nov 21, 2023
18508276 GRADER MACHINE INCLUDING MOLDBOARD MOUNTING ASSEMBLY WITH BUMP STOPS MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2023
18507577 MEASURED RADIAL RESISTOR GRID FAN SPEED AND CONTROL COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2023
18503867 MOTOR GRADER QUICK CHANGE WORK ATTACHMENT BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 3671 Non-Final OA Nov 07, 2023
18502889 Work Implement Position Control System GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON 3665 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2023
18558970 System and Method for Generating Servicing Schedule for Machine ARAQUE JR, GERARDO 3629 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2023
18499921 WEAR INFORMING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS OF USE COONS, LOGAN DOUGLAS 2857 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18491547 SELF-CONTAINED POWER UNIT FOR A WORK MACHINE LEE, BYUNG RO 2858 Non-Final OA Oct 20, 2023
18489968 POWER SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINES PARRIES, DRU M 2836 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18484920 ROLLED TRACK LINK COMINO, EVA L 3615 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2023
18483728 WORK TOOL ASSEMBLY HAVING TIP ADAPTER AND ANTI-BENDING STABILIZER FOR SAME YAO, THEODORE N 3676 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2023
18481146 TEST DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A VIRTUAL FLEET AND ASSET MODELING PLATFORM AGUILERA, TODD 2192 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18480861 METHOD FOR DETERMINING OPTIMAL MACHINE PERFORMANCE DURING AUTONOMOUS OPERATION KHALED, ABDALLA A 3667 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18375435 AUTO-LEVEL AND DOWN-FORCE CONTROL IN A WORK MACHINE HAVING ARTICULATING ARMS KHUU, IRENE C 3664 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2023
18374715 BRAKE SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED REVERSE MODULATED BRAKE CONTROL WILLIAMS, THOMAS J 3616 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2023
18373396 DUAL FUEL SYSTEM FOR ENGINE HAVING FUEL-ACTUATED FUEL PUMP AND METHOD NGUYEN, HUNG Q 3747 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18467861 Electric Work Machine Tool Quick Coupler Retention Device YAO, THEODORE N 3676 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2023
18467179 DETECTING AN UNUSUAL OPERATION OF A VEHICLE OUTSIDE OF A TIME FENCE ALMADHRHI, WESAM NMN 3666 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2023
18464572 Method and System of Ditch Extraction for a Motor Grader MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 Non-Final OA Sep 11, 2023
18237810 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUALLY RECONSTRUCTING A MISSION OF A LIQUID-DISPENSING VEHICLE HASSANIARDEKANI, HAJAR 3669 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18236706 MOBILE EQUIPMENT OPTIMIZED TO SUPPORT SWAPPABLE BATTERY MACHINERY LIETHEN, KURT PHILIP 3747 Non-Final OA Aug 22, 2023
18449797 SYSTEM FOR RETURNING FLUID FROM HYDRAULIC DEVICES OF WORK MACHINES NICHOLS, PHYLLIS M 3753 Non-Final OA Aug 15, 2023
18229490 LOAD SHARING TECHNIQUES FOR ELECTRIC POWER SOURCES KARIM, ZIAUL 2119 Final Rejection Aug 02, 2023
18226870 BUCKET WITH MULTIPLE RADIUS WRAPPER BREGEL, EVAN ANTHONY 3671 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2023
18225867 MOLDBOARD MODULAR RAIL DESIGN MITCHELL, JOEL F 3671 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2023
18357538 Work Tool Float Management FOLLMAN, BRODIE J 3669 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2023
18356277 TOOL RETENTION SYSTEM WITH EXTERNAL LOCKING MECHANSIM MCGOWAN, JAMIE LOUISE 3671 Non-Final OA Jul 21, 2023
18342933 Construction Equipment Cross Slope Transitions BUCK, MATTHEW R 3672 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2023
18212801 ANTI-COLLISION STRUCTURE FOR AN ENGINEERING MACHINE AND THE ENGINEERING MACHINE PAPE, JOSEPH 3612 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2023
18338239 TIP AND ADAPTER COUPLING SYSTEM LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18338218 LOCK ASSEMBLY FOR A TIP AND ADAPTER LUSK, AUDREY L 3671 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18334576 Spring Applied, Hydraulically Released Service Brake System AUNG, SAN M 3616 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18205072 DYNAMIC SERVICE INTERVAL SCHEDULING FOR MACHINE NGUYEN, MISA H 3666 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18203684 AIRBORNE INSPECTION METROLOGY CASS, JEAN PAUL 3666 Non-Final OA May 31, 2023
18325569 THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF BATTERY SYSTEMS HANSEN, JARED A 1723 Non-Final OA May 30, 2023
18196623 ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM DEFLAGRATION AND THERMAL PROPAGATION MITIGATION ONDREJCAK, ANDREW DOMENIC 3752 Final Rejection May 12, 2023
18316037 STAND-ALONE THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR A BATTERY SYSTEM OF A MACHINE CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE 2118 Non-Final OA May 11, 2023
18308381 HYBRID POWERTRAIN FOR A PUMP SYSTEM COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18135911 HYDRAULIC WRENCH AND METHOD MCCONNELL, AARON R 3723 Non-Final OA Apr 18, 2023
18128133 THUMB APPARATUS FOR GROUND ENGAGING WORK TOOL SCOVILLE, BLAKE E 3671 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2023
18184985 DETERMINING A STATE OF A FUSE MANG, LAL C 2857 Final Rejection Mar 16, 2023
18122176 FUEL CELL CHARGE AIR SYSTEM AND METHOD MEADE, LORNE EDWARD 3741 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2023
18122357 SEAL GUARD FOR COMPACTOR RISIC, ABIGAIL ANNE 3671 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2023
18119885 ULTRA-DEEP INDUCTION HARDENING FOR TRACK PADS BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 Non-Final OA Mar 10, 2023
18164592 THREE-POINT HITCH HOOK UP ASSIST SYSTEM TSUI, ALFRED H 3671 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2023
18159519 DETECTION OF BATTERY PACK MIS-ASSEMBLY BECKER, BRANDON J 2857 Final Rejection Jan 25, 2023
18156097 SERVICE COVER FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING FILTER ELEMENTS OF A FILTER ASSEMBLY HE, QIANPING 1776 Final Rejection Jan 18, 2023
18081361 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WORKSITE PROJECT TRACKING HATCHER, DEIRDRE D 3625 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2022
18048331 HYBRID HYDROGEN FUEL CELL COMBUSTOR POWER SYSTEM DOMONE, CHRISTOPHER P 1725 Non-Final OA Oct 20, 2022
17930444 FLEET SIZE AND DISPATCH SCHEME OPTIMIZATION SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2022
17747532 Cable Coupling and Grounding Arrangement for a Structural Battery Module and Battery Pack BERRESFORD, JORDAN ELIZABETH 1727 Non-Final OA May 18, 2022
17742257 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING OPERATION UNDER LIMP MODE TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 Non-Final OA May 11, 2022
17737154 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A MACHINE IMPLEMENT ALKIRSH, AHMED 3668 Final Rejection May 05, 2022
17539542 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING A TARGET EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH A MACHINE MONAGHAN, MICHAEL J 3629 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2021
17519477 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UNDERCARRIAGE WEAR PREDICTION CHAVEZ, ANTHONY RAY 2186 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2021
17443151 DYNAMICALLY TRANSITIONING BETWEEN A FIRST LIFTING MODE AND A SECOND LIFTING MODE MARUNDA II, TORRENCE S 3663 Final Rejection Jul 21, 2021
17117153 HYBRID ENSEMBLE APPROACH FOR IOT PREDICTIVE MODELLING ALGHAZZY, SHAMCY 2128 Non-Final OA Dec 10, 2020
17086128 MODE SELECTION FOR AN OPERATOR CONTROL HARTMANN, GARY S 3671 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2020

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