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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Kimberly-Clark Worldwide Inc.

51 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

51
Total Pending OAs
19
Final Rejections
32
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19204883 METHODS OF MANUFACTURING ZONED WEBS PIERORAZIO, JILLIAN KUTCH 3732 Non-Final OA May 12, 2025
18848759 Dispenser for Sheet Materials BUI, LUAN KIM 3736 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2024
18830073 ABSORBENT CORES AND METHODS FOR FORMING ABSORBENT CORES PATEL, VISHAL I 1746 Non-Final OA Sep 10, 2024
18796690 SOFT TREATED TISSUE PRODUCT FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2024
18796543 HIGH POROSITY NON-WOOD PULP FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2024
18834649 CREPED TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING A CROSS-MACHINE DIRECTION ORIENTED PATTERN FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18834643 CREPED TISSUE PRODUCTS HAVING A MACHINE DIRECTION ORIENTED PATTERN FORTUNA, JOSE A 1748 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18741565 METHOD OF MAKING UNIFORM SPUNBOND FILAMENT NONWOVEN WEBS MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H 1743 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2024
18676890 Dispenser for Rolled Sheet Materials With Motorized Spindle RILEY, JONATHAN G 3724 Final Rejection May 29, 2024
18702423 FOLDED SHEET DISPENSER WAGGONER, TIMOTHY R 3655 Non-Final OA Apr 18, 2024
18637591 Method for Determining Residual Carbamate Compounds on an Elastomeric Article SODERQUIST, ARLEN 1797 Non-Final OA Apr 17, 2024
18621989 Method of Making Fine Spunbond Fiber Nonwoven Fabrics at high Through-Puts TENTONI, LEO B 1742 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2024
18293479 Coform Material with Staple Fibers and Process for Forming Coform Materials EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 Final Rejection Jan 30, 2024
18577989 ABSORBENT PRODUCT DISPENSER RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ 3654 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2024
18576188 ABSORBENT BODY FOR USE IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE TOWNSEND, GUY K 3781 Non-Final OA Jan 03, 2024
18567449 ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT CARTON KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2023
18563457 FILMS AND METHODS FOR CUTTING OR PERFORATING A WEB WITH A LASER FIGG, TRAVIS M 1783 Final Rejection Nov 22, 2023
18549613 Dispensing Device for Rolled Sheet Products OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 3651 Final Rejection Sep 08, 2023
18278090 MULTI-LAYERED ABSORBENT MATERIAL KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2023
18278097 ABSORBENT SUBSTRATES WITH HIGH PERCENTAGES OF SUPERABSORBENT MATERIAL AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2023
18263188 STORING AND DISPENSING CONTAINER FOR PRODUCT HAVING AN ORIFICE KUMAR, RAKESH 3651 Non-Final OA Jul 27, 2023
18261851 Recyclable Package for Containing Premoistened Wipes RANDALL, JR., KELVIN L 3651 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18257017 Fibrous Web and Surge Layer Made from Same RAYMOND, LINNAE ELIZABETH 3781 Final Rejection Jun 12, 2023
18034111 STABLE ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATION CONCENTRATE KNIGHT, SAMANTHA JO 1614 Final Rejection Apr 27, 2023
18248792 Method and System for Determining Surfactant Concentration in Industrial Processes RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18027670 COPOLYMERIZED SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS SALAMON, PETER A 1759 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18042585 ABSORBENT STRUCTURES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT STRUCTURES HARM, NICKOLAS R 1745 Non-Final OA Feb 22, 2023
18017297 METHOD FOR MODULATING THE BLADDER MICROBIOME TO IMPROVE BLADDER HEALTH OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL 1693 Non-Final OA Jan 20, 2023
18006040 Auto-Biodegradable Absorbent Articles DAVIS, RUTH A 1699 Final Rejection Jan 19, 2023
18016522 ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED ELASTOMERIC WAISTBAND SU, SUSAN SHAN 3781 Final Rejection Jan 17, 2023
18004705 Absorbent Product with Improved Capillary Pressure and Saturation Capacity VO, HAI 1788 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2023
18011341 SAPONIN CONTAINING EXTRACTS PREPARED FROM HESPERALOE USEFUL IN THE TREATMENT OF NON-HUMAN ANIMALS LEE, HOI YAN NMN 1693 Final Rejection Dec 19, 2022
18011310 PROCESS FOR THE REMOVAL AND RECOVERY OF HESPERALOE EXTRACTIVES LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
18082623 System and Method for Instructing Personnel on Washroom Maintenance Requirements PADOT, TIMOTHY 3625 Final Rejection Dec 16, 2022
17928302 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRODUCING A COMPONENT INTO A FLUID SUPPLY HOWELL, MARC C 1774 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2022
17928084 METHODS FOR FORMING A SUBSTRATE RASHID, FAZLE A 1748 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2022
17923951 Systems and Methods for Addressing Incontinence PAULSON, SHEETAL R. 3615 Final Rejection Nov 08, 2022
17923933 Absorbent Garment with Softened Waistband KIDWELL, MICHELE M 3781 Final Rejection Nov 08, 2022
17911487 Nonwoven Web Containing a High Strength Spunblown Layer EMRICH, LARISSA ROWE 1789 Final Rejection Sep 14, 2022
17911496 Barrier Mask CARREIRO, CAITLIN ANN 3786 Non-Final OA Sep 14, 2022
17908314 Elastic Bicomponent Fiber Having Unique Handfeel ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2022
17908325 Strong Elastic Bicomponent Fiber Having Unique Handfeel IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2022
17792209 Non-Blocking Multilayer Elastic Composition KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2022
17782224 ABSORBENT ARTICLE KALIHER, HANS CHRISTIAN 3781 Non-Final OA Jun 03, 2022
17779646 Wiping Products Made from Foam Formed Webs NISULA, CHRISTINE XU 1789 Non-Final OA May 25, 2022
17753985 ABSORBENT ARTICLE STRACHAN, KATE ELIZABETH 3781 Final Rejection Mar 21, 2022
17628185 ELASTOMERIC GLOVE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH 1782 Non-Final OA Jan 18, 2022
17312679 ABSORBENT ARTICLES WITH CURVED ELASTICIZED LAMINATES LEVY, BRANDON WILLIAM 3781 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2021
17262378 THREE-DIMENSIONAL FOAM-LAID NONWOVENS YANG, ZHEREN J 1781 Final Rejection Jan 22, 2021
17056800 PREBIOTIC COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING A HEALTHY SKIN MICROBIOTA CHO, DAVID H 1693 Non-Final OA Nov 19, 2020
16767913 DISPENSING SYSTEM CHEYNEY, CHARLES 3754 Non-Final OA May 28, 2020

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