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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Ecolab Usa Inc.

55 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

55
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
43
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19251501 CONTROLLING WATER LEVELS AND DETERGENT CONCENTRATION IN A WASH CYCLE AYALEW, TINSAE B 1711 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2025
18965704 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BIRD CONTROL USING LASER BLACK-CHILDRESS, RAJSHEED O 2685 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2024
18893453 SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTING CLEANING CHEMICAL USAGE TO CONTROL CLEANING EFFICACY PREVIL, DANIEL 2685 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2024
18778835 WIRE TREATMENT FOR DUST CONTROL MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2024
18746876 WASH AND RINSE ARM SYSTEM FOR DISH WASHER ZHANG, RICHARD Z 1714 Non-Final OA Jun 18, 2024
18668114 DRAINAGE AIDS AND THE USE THEREOF MINSKEY, JACOB T 1748 Non-Final OA May 17, 2024
18666774 SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR CONTROLLING ODOR EMISSIONS FROM PULP MILLS CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 Non-Final OA May 16, 2024
18663443 ANTIFOULING AGENTS FOR PLASTIC-DERIVED SYNTHETIC FEEDSTOCKS GRAHAM, CHANTEL LORAN 1771 Non-Final OA May 14, 2024
18660726 ALKOXYLATED (HYDROXYALKYL)AMINOPHENOL POLYMERS AND METHODS OF USE FANG, SHANE 1766 Non-Final OA May 10, 2024
18645816 ENDOSCOPE REPROCESSING SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE TO DETECT DISCONNECTION OF AN ENDOSCOPE BIOPSY CHANNEL PARIHAR, PRADHUMAN 1714 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2024
18633061 USE OF ALCOHOL ALKOXYLATE SURFACTANTS FOR IMPROVED DISSOLUTION AND STABILITY IN TABLETED PRODUCTS ELHILO, EISA B 1761 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18624327 ANTIMICROBIAL CLEANING COMPOSITIONS WITH HARD WATER TOLERANCE MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 Non-Final OA Apr 02, 2024
18605918 COMPOSITIONS WITH REDUCED SOLID HYDROXIDE ALKALINITY FOR EFFECTIVE REMOVAL OF PROTEIN SOILS AND ENZYME STABILITY THROUGHOUT MULTI-CYCLE DISPENSING PAUL, SHREYA 1761 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2024
18606796 AROMATIC AMINE EPOXIDE ADDUCTS FOR CORROSION INHIBITION DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2024
18599953 EFFICIENT STABILIZER IN CONTROLLING SELF ACCELERATED DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE OF PEROXYCARBOXYLIC ACID COMPOSITIONS WITH MINERAL ACIDS NEAGU, IRINA 1629 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2024
18422774 SOLID CONTROLLED RELEASE CAUSTIC DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 Final Rejection Jan 25, 2024
18415040 EFFICIENT SURFACTANT SYSTEM ON PLASTIC AND ALL TYPES OF WARE LEE, DOUGLAS 1714 Final Rejection Jan 17, 2024
18406965 CREPING ADHESIVES AND PROCESSES FOR MAKING AND USING SAME KAUCHER, MARK S 1764 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2024
18405173 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING CHLORINE IN A POOL DRODGE, JOSEPH W 1773 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2024
18405496 MOTION BASED DYNAMIC TENSIOMETER FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF SURFACTANTS ABDI, AMARA 2668 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2024
18390789 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING OXIDATION OF NATURAL OIL BASED COMPOSITION USING AMINOPHENOL ANTIOXIDANT LI, CHANGQING 1791 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18541640 CLEANING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR STARCH AND FATS PAUL, SHREYA 1761 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18527732 ACIDIC RINSE AID COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2023
18512810 ADHESIVE REMOVER COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE KUMAR, PREETI 1761 Final Rejection Nov 17, 2023
18289061 DISPERSANT ADDITIVES AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF THOMAS, JAISON P 1762 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18489193 ENHANCED YEASTICIDAL EFFICACY OF LACTIC ACID BASED ANTIMICROBIAL HANDWASH ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2023
18487218 INTERACTION BETWEEN ANTIMICROBIAL QUATERNARY COMPOUNDS AND ANIONIC SURFACTANTS SONG, JIANFENG 1613 Non-Final OA Oct 16, 2023
18486508 SOLID DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF ADJUSTING THE DISPENSE RATE OF SOLID DETERGENTS USING SOLID ANIONIC SURFACTANTS DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 Non-Final OA Oct 13, 2023
18243894 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR LITHIUM ORE BENEFICIATION HODGE, DEMARKUS JERRELL 1779 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18347015 CONTINUOUS CASTING SPRAY WATER PERFORMANCE MONITORING AND WATER CONTROL CHEMISTRY KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 Non-Final OA Jul 05, 2023
18335615 ENHANCED FOAM FRACTIONATION OF OIL PHASE FROM AQUEOUS/OIL MIXED PHASE VIA INCREASED VISCOELASTICITY PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2023
18320301 NEUTRAL SOLID AND LIQUID ENZYMATIC RINSE AID MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 Non-Final OA May 19, 2023
18316463 MULTIPLE CHARGED IONIC COMPOUNDS DERIVED FROM POLYAMINES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF AND USE THEREOF AS REVERSE EMULSION BREAKERS IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 Non-Final OA May 12, 2023
18304567 POLYHYDROXY MULTI-IONIC COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USE THEREOF SAWYER, JENNIFER C 1691 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18302666 HIGH-EFFICIENCY STRENGTH PROGRAM USED FOR MAKING PAPER IN HIGH CHARGE DEMAND SYSTEM DIAMOND, ALAN D 3991 Final Rejection Apr 18, 2023
18295999 RECIRCULATING CHEMICAL-SANITIZING WASHING MACHINE CARRILLO, BIBI SHARIDAN 1711 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18192499 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR COATING A SUBSTRATE MAYY, MOHAMMAD 1718 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18175919 OXIDATIVE STABILITY TEST METHODS FOR CHEMICALLY RECYCLED PLASTIC FEEDSTOCKS ROBINSON, RENEE E 1772 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18166800 NON-CHLORINATED OXIDIZING BIOCIDE CHEMISTRIES, THEIR METHODS OF PRODUCTION, APPLICATION AND METHODS OF FEED THEREOF LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 Final Rejection Feb 09, 2023
18004445 STRENGTH IMPROVEMENT VIA SPRAYBOOM APPLICATION CORDRAY, DENNIS R 1748 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18067942 COLOR CHANGING POLYMERIC RESIN COMPOSITIONS SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
17974260 BLENDS OF ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMER AND AN ACRYLATE-CONTAINING COPOLYMER AS POUR POINT DEPRESSANTS SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 Final Rejection Oct 26, 2022
17917538 COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS TO INHIBIT FOULING OF AMMONIUM SALTS HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2022
17944698 SOLID, NON-PHOSPHOROUS, SCALE AND CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPOSITION FOR COOLING WATER TREATMENT PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2022
17859581 SYSTEM AND TECHNIQUE FOR INVERTING POLYMERS UNDER ULTRA-HIGH SHEAR COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2022
17708642 EXTRACTION SOLVENTS FOR PLASTIC-DERIVED SYNTHETIC FEEDSTOCK JEONG, YOUNGSUL 1772 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2022
17686810 COATINGS FOR ELECTRODES IN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES OLIVA, STEPHANIE RENEE 3761 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2022
17684989 AUTOMATED MODULATION OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMISTRY APPLICATION IN WATER SYSTEMS PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 Non-Final OA Mar 02, 2022
17632625 VOLATILE FATTY ACID CONTROL ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 Non-Final OA Feb 03, 2022
17346615 STABLE IODINE-CONTAINING ANTIMICROBIAL TEAT DIP COMPOSITIONS PEEBLES, KATHERINE 1617 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2021
17150947 FOOD SAFETY PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT MODELS SANTIAGO-MERCED, FRANCIS Z 3625 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2021
17248254 REDUCED INHALATION HAZARD OF QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS-PH DRIVEN PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE BORI, IBRAHIM D 1629 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2021
17104658 ANTI-FOULING COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING LI, AIQUN 1766 Final Rejection Nov 25, 2020
17009226 CONVEYOR LUBRICANTS INCLUDING EMULSIONS AND METHODS EMPLOYING THEM OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 Non-Final OA Sep 01, 2020
16839174 CLEAN-IN-PLACE USING ULTRASOFT WATER KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 Final Rejection Apr 03, 2020

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