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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Eastman Chemical Company

54 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

54
Total Pending OAs
20
Final Rejections
34
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18688068 PROCESS OF MAKING ARTICLES COMPRISING COPOLYESTERS PRODUCED WITH GERMANIUM CATALYSTS DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 Final Rejection Feb 29, 2024
18434154 FOAMABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE COMPOSITIONS, FOAMS AND FOAM ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1781 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2024
18432398 POLYMERS, ARTICLES, AND CHEMICALS MADE FROM DENSIFIED TEXTILE DERIVED SYNGAS AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 Final Rejection Feb 05, 2024
18419778 POLYESTERAMIDES, PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, AND POLYESTERAMIDE COMPOSITIONS YOON, TAE H 1762 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2024
18571978 HIGH POPULATION OF CLOSED C-SHAPED FIBERS LEE, EDMUND H 1744 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18560953 PURGE PROCESS FOR 5-(METHOXYCARBONYL)FURAN-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID (MCFC) ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18560956 MOTHER LIQUOR COMPOSITION GENERATED IN MCFC PROCESS ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18547541 CAP SHEETS USEFUL FOR FUNCTIONAL FILMS ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2023
18257692 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND ALUMINUM ATOMS LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257669 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND GALLIUM SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257678 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING TITANIUM AND ZINC KAHN, RACHEL 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257714 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL-CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND GALLIUM ATOMS BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257729 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND ALUMINUM BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257454 NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS AND SYNTHESIS THEREFOR RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18330028 COPOLYESTER FROM TEREPHTHALIC ACID CONTAINING LOW DIETHYLENE GLYCOL NGUYEN, HA S 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18247894 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247899 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247896 POLYESTER POLYOL COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS DU, SURBHI M 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247808 SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILMS FANG, SHANE 1766 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2023
18040287 OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESSES USING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS AND FLUORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOLANE-PHOSPHITE LIGANDS BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 Final Rejection Feb 02, 2023
18014571 HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH HALF WAVEPLATE OPTIMIZED FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE PAN, JIA X 2871 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18002290 WASHABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBER BLENDS FOR THERMAL INSULATION GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
18000717 PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WU, ANDREA 1763 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000697 PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED MELT STRENGTH AND PROCESSABILITY AND FLOORING ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM MCDONOUGH, JAMES E 1734 Final Rejection Dec 05, 2022
18000726 MULTILAYER RESILIENT FLOORING ARTICLE CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000700 CELLULOSE ESTER-BASED COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM POWERS, LAURA C 1785 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000729 LOW-HAZE AND LOW-COLOR PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED MELT STRENGTH AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM WU, ANDREA 1763 Final Rejection Dec 05, 2022
17980807 POLYMER COLOR ANALYSIS BY TRANSMISSION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY USING HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX COMPOSITE LIQUIDS SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1797 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2022
18052270 RECYCLED CONTENT TRIACETIN DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 1692 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2022
17996668 PARTIAL OXIDATION GASIFICATION OF WET WASTE PLASTIC CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
17996703 VITRIFICATION MATERIALS TO PARTIAL OXIDATION GASIFIER PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
17996011 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF WASTE PLASTIC MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED SOLVOLYSIS CATALYST ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17907734 CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE SHEETS MADE FROM RESIN BLENDS SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2022
17905261 LOW HYDROXYL CONTENT CELLULOSE ESTER AND POLYMERIC ALIPHATIC POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES WU, ANDREA 1763 Final Rejection Aug 30, 2022
17760315 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF SOLVOLYSIS REACTOR PURGE COPRODUCT STREAMS BOYER, RANDY 1771 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17760314 NON-HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT COPOLYESTER COMPOSITIONS USELDING, JOHN E 1763 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17760317 FLAME RETARDANT COPOLYESTER COMPOSITIONS BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17759109 BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM CELLULOSE ACETATE RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 Final Rejection Jul 20, 2022
17759047 BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM CELLULOSE ACETATE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2022
17813134 CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBERS IN NONWOVEN FABRICS MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2022
17757389 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE FROM POLYESTER METHANOLYSIS DEPOLYMERIZATION SYSTEMS O DELL, DAVID K 1621 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17755474 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE-1,4-DIOL HOU, FRANK S 1692 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2022
17754658 PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED WEATHERING AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM WU, ANDREA 1763 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2022
17754628 CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR CRYSTALLIZABLE REACTOR GRADE RESINS JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON 1762 Non-Final OA Apr 07, 2022
17753845 RAPID DISPERSAL FORMULATION CONTAINING A SULFOPOLYMER PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2022
17753795 STICKER FORMULATION CONTAINING A SULFOPOLYMER PIPIC, ALMA 1617 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2022
17597703 MULTILAYER SHEET GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2022
17595107 RECYCLABLE MOLDED ARTICLES FROM BLENDS OF COPOLYESTERS AND RECYCLED PET LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2021
17594969 HIGH SOLVATING MIXED TEREPHTHALATE ESTER PLASTICIZER COMPOSITIONS BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2021
17450237 RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 Final Rejection Oct 07, 2021
17593628 GASIFICATION OF DENSIFIED TEXTILES AND SOLID FOSSIL FUELS TO PRODUCE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2021
17310649 GASIFICATION OF DENSIFIED TEXTILES AND SOLID FOSSIL FUELS AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 Final Rejection Aug 16, 2021
17250974 CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE SHEETS MADE FROM REACTOR GRADE RESINS ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 Final Rejection Apr 06, 2021
16540158 CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBER BLENDS FOR THERMAL INSULATION BATTING PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 Final Rejection Aug 14, 2019

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