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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Kao Corporation

72 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

72
Total Pending OAs
22
Final Rejections
50
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19109380 PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ETCHING LIQUID COMPOSITION ALANKO, ANITA KAREN 1713 Non-Final OA Mar 06, 2025
18860212 METHOD FOR CLEANING OBJECT SURFACE RIVERA-CORDERO, ARLYN I 1714 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2024
18840921 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM JACKSON, JORDAN L 2857 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2024
18713834 HAIR TREATMENT METHOD ROSSI, JULIA ANNE LORRAIN 1615 Non-Final OA May 28, 2024
18713856 HAIR CLEANSING COMPOSITION TIEN, LUCY MINYU 1612 Non-Final OA May 28, 2024
18713530 EMULSION COMPOSITION KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 Non-Final OA May 24, 2024
18703077 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION WAX, ROBERT A 1615 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2024
18695554 SOLID COMPOSITION FOR DYEING KERATIN PARK, HAEJIN S 1614 Non-Final OA Mar 26, 2024
18687055 ASPHALT MIXTURE CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18253941 FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION SCOTLAND, REBECCA LYNN 1615 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2024
18416592 METHOD FOR PREPARING NUCLEIC ACID SAMPLE GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 Final Rejection Jan 18, 2024
18402261 BRUSH HEAD FOR FACIAL SKIN CLEANING PRUITT, JUSTIN A 3745 Non-Final OA Jan 02, 2024
18573452 AQUEOUS MICROCAPSULE DISPERSION SONG, JIANFENG 1613 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2023
18540213 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18526401 CONDITIONING COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBERS ROBERTS, LEZAH 1612 Non-Final OA Dec 01, 2023
18289136 ASPHALT COMPOSITION ADDIE, RAYMOND W 3671 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18557831 HAIR COSMETIC MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2023
18286138 MODIFIED FILAMENTOUS FUNGUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROTEIN USING SAME KANE, TREVOR LOGAN 1657 Non-Final OA Oct 09, 2023
18551630 FIBER-TREATING AGENT KHAN, AMINA S 1761 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2023
18033837 MUTANT PROTEASE AND USE THEREOF PAK, YONG D 1652 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2023
18282263 METHOD FOR PRODUCING OXIDE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PT/BI COMPOSITE CATALYST BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2023
18281037 COMPOSITION FOR CONTROLLING FLYING PEST INSECTS HUI, SAN MING R 1627 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18275866 REDUCING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR IRON OXIDE AND/OR IRON HYDROXIDE KOPEC, MARK T 1762 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2023
18260287 SOLVENT-BASED INKJET INKS LEE, DORIS L 1764 Non-Final OA Jul 03, 2023
18260082 OIL-IN-WATER-TYPE COSMETIC COMPOSITION VIGIL, TORIANA NICHOLE 1612 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2023
18259219 MICROBIAL MICROCAPSULE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME HINES, JANA A 1645 Non-Final OA Jun 23, 2023
18256584 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING COATING ARMSTRONG, SUSANNAH SIPPLE 1616 Final Rejection Jun 08, 2023
18255749 OIL-IN-WATER EMULSIFIED COMPOSITION CHANDRAKUMAR, NIZAL S 1625 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18038915 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS HANEY, AMANDA MARIE 1682 Non-Final OA May 25, 2023
18033639 MODIFIED SIGNAL PEPTIDE PAULUS, ERIN VIRGINIA 1631 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18296839 BINDER RESIN COMPOSITION FOR TONERS BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 06, 2023
18247508 CARBONATED AEROSOL EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN LEE, SIN J 1613 Non-Final OA Mar 31, 2023
18029409 ALPHA-AMYLASE VARIANT PAK, YONG D 1652 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18029115 MASK SHEET, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND MASK COMPRISING SAME MURPHY, VICTORIA 3785 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2023
18027846 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DENATURED CELLULOSE FIBER CAKE BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2023
18027162 SULFONATE COMPOSITION WASHVILLE, JEFFREY D 1766 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2023
18245837 FIBER-FORMING COMPOSITION VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2023
18245756 FAST DRYING INKJET INKS WITH EXTENDED DECAP QIAO, HUIHONG 1763 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2023
18026877 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SULFONATE COMPOSITION CHENG, KAREN 1623 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2023
18025937 HYDROPHILIZING AGENT COMPOSITION FOR HARD SURFACES AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Non-Final OA Mar 13, 2023
18043254 RNA STORAGE METHOD SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1691 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2023
18007172 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIN PARTICLE DISPERSION FOR TONER SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 Non-Final OA Jan 27, 2023
18015752 AMYLASE-CONTAINING CLEANING AGENT COMPOSITION STEADMAN, DAVID J 1656 Final Rejection Jan 12, 2023
18015311 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2023
18013926 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRECURSOR TREATMENT AGENT COMPOSITION NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 Non-Final OA Dec 30, 2022
18001057 CLEANING COMPOSITION FOR ORAL APPLIANCE HARRIS, BRITTANY SHARON 1761 Final Rejection Dec 07, 2022
18000076 AEROSOL TYPE COSMETIC HAIR PREPARATION WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2022
17999905 COSMETIC COMPOSITION BABSON, NICOLE PLOURDE 1619 Final Rejection Nov 25, 2022
17922565 METHOD FOR DETECTING ATOPIC DERMATITIS GOLDBERG, JEANINE ANNE 1682 Final Rejection Oct 31, 2022
17920652 METHOD FOR DETECTING SEVERITY OF PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME KAPUSHOC, STEPHEN THOMAS 1683 Non-Final OA Oct 21, 2022
17996391 SELF-TANNING COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AN ALKYL SULFONATE AND METHODS THEREOF WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2022
17995276 MAKEUP APPLICATION METHOD WRIGHT, SARAH C 1619 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2022
17995277 TOPICAL SKIN PREPARATION COMPOSITION WERTZ, ASHLEE ELIZABETH 1612 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2022
17907595 SKIN TREATMENT METHOD JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2022
17759703 WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION COSMETIC KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2022
17792812 METHOD FOR SURVEYING ECOSYSTEM IN WATER ENVIRONMENT BY USING ENVIRONMENTAL RNA WILDER, CYNTHIA B 1681 Final Rejection Jul 14, 2022
17789104 SILICA MICROCAPSULES PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 Non-Final OA Jun 24, 2022
17788266 HAIR COSMETIC COMPOSITION BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2022
17788271 FIBER TREATMENT AGENT COMPOSITION WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2022
17784569 HAIR CLEANSING AGENT COMPOSITION, KIT, AND HAIR CLEANSING METHOD MATTISON, LORI K 1619 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2022
17776393 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING METABOLISM OF BRANCHED FATTY ACID CHI, AMANDA LYNN 1613 Non-Final OA May 12, 2022
17775331 Polypeptide Having 4-Aminobenzoic Acid Hydroxylation Activity and Use Thereof EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 Final Rejection May 09, 2022
17773967 GRANULAR COMPOSITION HAWKINS, AMANDA SALATA 1793 Non-Final OA May 03, 2022
17773912 LIQUID DETERGENT COMPOSITION FOR TEXTILE PRODUCTS ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA 1767 Final Rejection May 03, 2022
17642829 FLYING PEST CONTROL COMPOSITION AND FLYING PEST CONTROL SPRAY GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Final Rejection Mar 14, 2022
17634317 KIT-OF-PARTS AND COMPOSITION FOR DYEING OF KERATIN FIBERS, METHOD, AND USE THEREOF MATTISON, LORI K 1619 Non-Final OA Feb 10, 2022
17622395 EXTERNAL PREPARATION FOR SKIN SOROUSH, LAYLA 1622 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2021
17614743 COMPOSITION FOR FORMING COATING FILM AND ULTRAFINE SHORT FIBER PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 Final Rejection Nov 29, 2021
17506242 OIL-BASED COMPOSITION FOR KERATIN FIBERS NGUYEN, NGOC-ANH THI 1615 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2021
17600858 HAIR COSMETIC PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 Final Rejection Oct 01, 2021
17298353 HAIR TREATMENT METHOD AND HAIR HOLDER WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN 3772 Final Rejection May 28, 2021
17041904 HEATING IMPLEMENT EKRAMI, YASAMIN 3794 Final Rejection Sep 25, 2020

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