Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

Merck Patent GmbH

100 pending office actions • 42 art units • 74 examiners • 0 of 100 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 100 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

100
Total Pending OAs
72
Non-Final OAs
21
Final Rejections
7
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

18
Overdue
4
Due this week
7
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
3
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 38 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (18)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (7)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (3)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

49
Hard (49%)
37
Medium (37%)
12
Easy (12%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (1%)
§103 only26 (26%)
§102 only6 (6%)
§112 only11 (11%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other5 (5%)
Multi-statute (no §101)48 (48%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

81
Life Sciences
81% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
2
Semiconductors
2% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
14
Business / Other
14% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

1,000 h
Manual time on pending OAs
200 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
350 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
8.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
VISCONTI, GERALDINA 6 86.5% +1.5%
EDWARDS, LYDIA E 4 60.0% +5.9%
CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 4 44.8% +9.9%
ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 3 72.3% -13.2%
LOEWE, ROBERT S 3 83.8% +3.8%
MALLOY, ANNA E 3 46.2% -4.9%
DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 2 49.7% +46.0%
EOFF, ANCA 2 80.0% +11.0%
FRASER, STEWART A 2 86.0% +14.3%
YANG, JAY LEE 2 73.9% +2.2%

Quick Wins (6)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18145464 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEWE, ROBERT S 9d overdue
18868036 FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 30d
19076820 Liquid-crystal medium VISCONTI, GERALDINA
18858650 FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA
18562363 THICK FILM RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME FRASER, STEWART A
18270734 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES LOEWE, ROBERT S

Hard Cases (49)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033724 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 190d overdue
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 32d overdue
17785635 COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CHANDHOK, JENNA N 23d overdue
17918359 FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL BOHATY, ANDREW K 17d overdue
18079430 HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS YOUNG, WILLIAM D 11d overdue
17783704 USE OF THE GDF-5 MUTANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND CARTILAGE DESTRUCTION MARTINEZ, TARA L 11d overdue
18564968 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 4d overdue
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue

Interview Candidates (6)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 6 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19032474 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M
18565554 METHOD FOR USING COMPOSITION COMPRISING ORGANIC ACID COMPOUND, LITHOGRAPHY COMPOSITION COMPRISING ORGANIC ACID COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA
18562363 THICK FILM RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME FRASER, STEWART A
18269074 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION EOFF, ANCA
18265450 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED RESIST PATTERN, THICKENING SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE FRASER, STEWART A
17633970 ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 20
1786 9
1626 6
1796 4
1628 2
1722 2
1646 2
1645 2
1798 2
1799 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19138552 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 12, 2025
19220524 Liquid-Crystal Medium Comprising Polymerizable Compounds VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 28, 2025
19076820 Liquid-crystal medium VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 11, 2025
19032474 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 21, 2025
18994673 LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18872672 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISODIUM 5,10-METHYLENE-(6R)-TETRAHYDROFOLATE SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Dec 06, 2024
18970209 REFLECTIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL PANEL QURESHI, MARIAM §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2024
18868036 FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA 30d Pending Nov 21, 2024
18860780 A SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION SYSTEM FOR PARTICLE MEASUREMENTS FROM MICROSCOPY IMAGES YANG, QIAN §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18927285 SILICON PRECURSOR COMPOUND AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREFOR, AND SILICON-CONTAINING THIN FILM PREPARATION METHOD USING SILICON PRECURSOR BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2024
18858650 FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 21, 2024
18855965 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103 Final Rejection 9d Pending Oct 10, 2024
18827593 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2024
18694468 STIRRING DEVICE FOR STIRRING A BIPHASIC LIQUID HOWELL, MARC C §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18687336 COMPOSITION MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 28, 2024
18687181 METHODS FOR MONITORING CHROMATOGRAPHY RESINS DURING CONTINUOUS CHROMATOGRAPHY OPERATION LEE, PAUL D §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2024
18684228 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICA PARTICLES, SILICA PARTICLES PRODUCED BY SUCH METHOD, COMPOSITIONS AND USES OF SUCH SILICA PARTICLES MCCRACKEN, DANIEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 16, 2024
18682850 LAYER CONTAINING EFFECT PIGMENTS AND SCATTERING ADDITIVES CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Feb 09, 2024
18294123 METHOD FOR REDUCING ENDOTOXIN LEVELS IN NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18291529 SRPK INHIBITORS MOTEVALLI, OROD 1628 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18291526 DEPTH FILTER MEDIA ROTONDI, CONNOR JON 1779 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2024
18576805 PRODUCTION OF DIORGANOTIN DIHALIDES BONAPARTE, AMY C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18576504 PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF A SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL ADMINISTRATION FORM THROWER, LARRY W 1754 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Jan 04, 2024
18568650 ELECTRONIC ELEMENT COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CELLS ARRANGED IN A THREE DIMENSIONAL ARRAY OF CELLS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE HENRY, CALEB E 2818 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18532710 NOVEL CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 1-(4-{[6-AMINO-5-(4-PHENOXY-PHENYL)-PYRIMIDIN-4-YLAMINO]-METHYL}-4-FLUORO-PIPERIDIN-1-YL)-PROPENONE, SALT FORMS THEREOF, AND PROCESSES TO OBTAIN HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 §112DP Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567831 POLYSILOXANE COMPOSITION BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18565554 METHOD FOR USING COMPOSITION COMPRISING ORGANIC ACID COMPOUND, LITHOGRAPHY COMPOSITION COMPRISING ORGANIC ACID COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN EOFF, ANCA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 30, 2023
18564968 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 §103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Nov 28, 2023
18562363 THICK FILM RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME FRASER, STEWART A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18561506 EGFR TARGETING FC ANTIGEN BINDING FRAGMENT-DRUG CONJUGATES CHASE, CAROL ANN 1646 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2023
18289626 REACTIVE MESOGENS VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 06, 2023
18557706 PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FLAKE-FORM, CRYSTALLINE PARTICLES HAVING AN AURIVILLIUS STRUCTURE AND THE USE THEREOF AS EFFECT PIGMENTS OR SUBSTRATES THEREOF GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 27, 2023
18557492 AN AIR OR BREATH SAMPLING DEVICE CAPTURING BOTH AEROSOL AND VAPOR FRACTIONS MCCORMACK, ERIN KATHLEEN 3791 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 26, 2023
18284448 REMOTE INSTRUMENT CONTROL AND FLEET MANAGEMENT DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §102§103§112 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18280081 DIELECTRIC MATERIALS BASED ON AMIDE-IMIDE-EXTENDED BISMALEIMIDES DU, SURBHI M 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18277428 RESIST FILM THICKENING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED PATTERN ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 16, 2023
18261831 OPTICALLY ACTIVE DEVICES HALL, DEVE V. 1763 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 17, 2023
18270734 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES LOEWE, ROBERT S §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2023
18269074 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION EOFF, ANCA 1722 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 22, 2023
18268423 PROCESS MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA PREPARATION COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 1797 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2023
18211434 COMPOUNDS WITH AN ACCEPTOR AND A DONOR GROUP YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Other Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 19, 2023
18266827 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES LOEWE, ROBERT S §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2023
18265450 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED RESIST PATTERN, THICKENING SOLUTION, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE FRASER, STEWART A 1724 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18039988 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2023
18039810 INVARIANT REPRESENTATIONS OF HIERARCHICALLY STRUCTURED ENTITIES BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M 2661 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 01, 2023
18252897 KINASE INHIBITOR COMBINATIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 DP Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2023
18313652 TETRAHYDROPYRIDO[3,4-d]PYRIMIDINES AS HPK1 INHIBITORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending May 08, 2023
18251922 PHOTORESIST REMOVER COMPOSITIONS LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 05, 2023
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 §102§112 Non-Final OA 32d overdue Pending May 04, 2023
18033813 PROTEINS FOR THE DETECTION OF SCHISTOSOMA INFECTION CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 §112 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033724 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 190d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §102§103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033259 CARTRIDGE, TRANSFER DEVICE, METHOD FOR SAMPLING AIR, AND PRODUCTION ISOLATOR SYSTEM HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 §103 Final Rejection 31d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18032358 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE JEON, SEOKMIN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2023
18031470 POLOXAMERS FOR CELL CULTURE SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 §103 Final Rejection 6d Pending Apr 12, 2023
18027647 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2023
18245819 MOLECULES WITH SOLUBILITY TAG AND RELATED METHODS FORD, VANESSA L 1674 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18022762 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18022443 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022345 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022347 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112 Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18004314 COMBINATIONS OF CANCER THERAPEUTICS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18145464 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 §102 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Dec 22, 2022
18079430 HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 §102§103 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Dec 12, 2022
17927758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS COOPER, BRANDON JOSEPH 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2022
17918359 FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 §102§112 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Oct 12, 2022
17909999 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING REFLECTANCE MODIFIER CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2022
17910001 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17797735 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 05, 2022
17759959 MODULAR INCUBATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF VIRUS INACTIVATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Aug 02, 2022
17626202 USE OF FLAKE-FORM EFFECT PIGMENTS FOR INCREASING THE INFRARED REFLECTION OF A DARK OR BLACK LAYER COMPOSITE MELLOTT, JAMES M 1759 §102§103 Non-Final OA 78d Pending Jul 25, 2022
17842762 FGF-18 IN GRAFT TRANSPLANTATION AND TISSUE ENGINEERING PROCEDURES MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17785635 COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 §102§112 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Jun 15, 2022
17784693 Methods and compositions for modulating the glycosylation profile of proteins JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA 49d Pending Jun 13, 2022
17783704 USE OF THE GDF-5 MUTANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND CARTILAGE DESTRUCTION MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 §103§112 Final Rejection 11d overdue Pending Jun 09, 2022
17774685 Anti-TIGIT Antibodies and Uses Thereof SANG, HONG 1646 DPOther Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 05, 2022
17771227 COMBINED INHIBITION OF PD-1, TGFB AND TIGIT FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER HUYNH, PHUONG N 1600 §103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 22, 2022
17768508 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES COLEMAN, BRENDA LIBBY 1626 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 13, 2022
17765960 PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS AND VIRAL INACTIVATION REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 §103 Final Rejection 132d overdue Pending Apr 01, 2022
17765043 ELUTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES IN PROTEIN A AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 Other Non-Final OA 41d Pending Mar 30, 2022
17762497 POSITIVE WORKING PHOTOSENSITIVE MATERIALS COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Mar 22, 2022
17633970 ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2022
17623913 ANTIBODY DRUG CONJUGATE PURIFICATION WEIDNER, ADAM M 1600 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2021
17613524 HOLDING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED STOPCOCK ACTUATION DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 §103 Final Rejection 30d overdue Pending Nov 23, 2021
17612058 A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND A PHOTO ACID GENERATOR, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE. MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17608495 ELECTRONIC DEVICE KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 03, 2021
17602458 CELL CULTURE MEDIA COMPRISING KETO ACIDS MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 08, 2021
17599093 POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Non-Final OA 66d overdue Pending Sep 28, 2021
17442835 THIN FILM RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2021
17436746 CROSSLINKABLE SILOXANE COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 07, 2021
17431919 COMPOSITION FOR ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 18, 2021
17428995 TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK OF RAPID PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH AN FGF-18 COMPOUND SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Aug 06, 2021
17420280 DEVICE FOR DETECTION OF A BIOLUMINESCENCE REACTION OF A SAMPLE AND A HAND-HELD ANALYZING AND MEASURING APPARATUS COMPRISING THE DEVICE EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 01, 2021
17298544 ELECTRONIC DEVICE SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 29, 2021
17009305 PIGMENTS GREENE, IVAN A 1619 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2020
16958769 A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND CROSS LINKERS AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 29, 2020
16954098 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND FOR USE IN ELECTRONIC DEVICES CHEN, PO-CHIH 1621 §112 Final Rejection Pending Jun 15, 2020
16772768 SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC AMINES FOR USE IN ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 13, 2020
16651110 POSITIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE SILOXANE COMPOSITION AND CURED FILM USING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 26, 2020

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