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Last updated: April 19, 2026

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85 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

85
Total Pending OAs
29
Final Rejections
56
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19108653 Polymerizable Liquid Crystal Material and Polymerized Liquid Crystal Film VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2025
19009245 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM ROBINSON, CHANCEITY N 1737 Final Rejection Jan 03, 2025
18986866 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM COMPRISING POLYMERIZABLE COMPOUNDS VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18977253 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2024
18868036 FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2024
18858650 FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Final Rejection Oct 21, 2024
18855965 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18888536 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Final Rejection Sep 18, 2024
18702248 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CONVERTERS USING FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC MATERIAL VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Apr 17, 2024
18699476 METHOD AND FORMULATION FOR PREPARING OPTICAL METAL OXIDE LAYERS VETERE, ROBERT A 1712 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2024
18687336 COMPOSITION MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2024
18682850 LAYER CONTAINING EFFECT PIGMENTS AND SCATTERING ADDITIVES CHERN, CHRISTINA 1722 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2024
18414253 INFECTED CELL CULTURES MCNEIL, STEPHANIE A N 1653 Final Rejection Jan 16, 2024
18543585 EFFECT PIGMENTS GREEN, ANTHONY J 1731 Non-Final OA Dec 18, 2023
18541022 Water Purification System And Method ROYCE, LIAM A 1777 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18530739 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2023
18564968 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18557721 METHODS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF ADAMTS BINDING IMMUNOGLOBULINS CHHAY, BONIRATH 1645 Non-Final OA Oct 27, 2023
18556508 Radar-Compatible Plastic Part VAN SELL, NATHAN L 1783 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2023
18284448 REMOTE INSTRUMENT CONTROL AND FLEET MANAGEMENT DESTA, ELIAS 2857 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18277428 RESIST FILM THICKENING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED PATTERN ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2023
18270562 POLYSILAZANE HARD COATING COMPOSITIONS NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 Final Rejection Jun 30, 2023
18269074 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION EOFF, ANCA 1722 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2023
18268423 PROCESS MANAGEMENT OF MEDIA PREPARATION COLENA, TRACY CHING-TIAN 1797 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2023
18211434 COMPOUNDS WITH AN ACCEPTOR AND A DONOR GROUP YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Final Rejection Jun 19, 2023
18265177 DIELECTRIC MATERIALS BASED ON BISMALEIMIDES CONTAINING CARDO/SPIRO MOIETIES BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18313652 TETRAHYDROPYRIDO[3,4-d]PYRIMIDINES AS HPK1 INHIBITORS WILLIS, DOUGLAS M 1624 Non-Final OA May 08, 2023
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Non-Final OA May 04, 2023
18033813 PROTEINS FOR THE DETECTION OF SCHISTOSOMA INFECTION CHEONG, CHEOM-GIL 1645 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2023
18033724 COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF VIRAL INFECTIONS FETTEROLF, BRANDON J 1626 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18033259 CARTRIDGE, TRANSFER DEVICE, METHOD FOR SAMPLING AIR, AND PRODUCTION ISOLATOR SYSTEM HASSAN, LIBAN M 1799 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 Non-Final OA Apr 21, 2023
18032878 TRANSFER MECHANISM FOR TRANSFERRING OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT KIPOUROS, HOLLY MICHAELA 1799 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18031470 POLOXAMERS FOR CELL CULTURE SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 1631 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2023
18029388 POLYSILAZANE, SILICEOUS FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICEOUS FILM USING THE SAME MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18028376 METHODS FOR TARGET RELEASE FROM INTEIN COMPLEXES SABILA, MERCY HELLEN 1654 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2023
18027995 METAL EFFECT PIGMENT-FREE RADAR-COMPATIBLE COATING ON A SUBSTRATE HUANG, CHENG YUAN 1787 Final Rejection Mar 23, 2023
18027720 SURFACE-MODIFIED SILICA PARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH PARTICLES CULBERT, ROBERTS P 1716 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18121853 ELECTRONIC SWITCHING DEVICE NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA 1734 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2023
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2023
18022762 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 Final Rejection Feb 23, 2023
18022443 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18022347 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18022345 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18042037 CONSUMABLE TISSUE-LIKE STRUCTURE GENERATED WITH MUSCLE CELLS GROWN ON EDIBLE HOLLOW FIBERS SPENCE, JENNIFER SUZANNE 1633 Non-Final OA Feb 17, 2023
18042040 PROCESS SYSTEM FOR BIOREACTOR-BASED CLEAN MEAT PRODUCTION STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 Non-Final OA Feb 17, 2023
18021562 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2023
18014567 DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR CELL CULTURE MEDIA PREPARATION AND PERFORMING CELL CULTURE ABEL, LENORA A 1799 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18004314 COMBINATIONS OF CANCER THERAPEUTICS KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18145464 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 Non-Final OA Dec 22, 2022
18079430 HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 Final Rejection Dec 12, 2022
17918359 FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17995388 CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 4-[(7-CHLORO-2-METHOXYBENZO[B][1,5]NAPHTHYRIDIN-10-YL)AMINO]-2,6-BIS(PYRROLIDIN-1-YLMETHYL)PHENOL AND SALTS THEREOF HSU, GRACE CHING 1627 Final Rejection Oct 03, 2022
17915514 MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2022
17907107 INHERENTLY FERROELECTRIC HF-ZR CONTAINING FILMS FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 Final Rejection Sep 23, 2022
17910374 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 09, 2022
17797735 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 Non-Final OA Aug 05, 2022
17759959 MODULAR INCUBATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF VIRUS INACTIVATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 Non-Final OA 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 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2022
17842762 FGF-18 IN GRAFT TRANSPLANTATION AND TISSUE ENGINEERING PROCEDURES MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2022
17785635 COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17783704 USE OF THE GDF-5 MUTANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF PAIN AND CARTILAGE DESTRUCTION MARTINEZ, TARA L 1654 Final Rejection Jun 09, 2022
17774685 Anti-TIGIT Antibodies and Uses Thereof SANG, HONG 1646 Non-Final OA May 05, 2022
17773859 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS JEON, SEOKMIN 1786 Final Rejection May 03, 2022
17770441 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2022
17765960 PURIFICATION OF PROTEINS AND VIRAL INACTIVATION REGLAS, GEORGIANA C 1651 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2022
17765043 ELUTION OF MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES IN PROTEIN A AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY BELYAVSKYI, MICHAIL A 1644 Final Rejection Mar 30, 2022
17761223 MIXTURE OF TWO HOST MATERIALS, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Final Rejection Mar 17, 2022
17760984 CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WITH CATIONIC EXCIPIENTS AS VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENTS IN HIGH CONCENTRATED PROTEIN FORMULATIONS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2022
17639432 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2022
17679675 AMINO ACID SEQUENCES DIRECTED AGAINST IL-17A, IL-17F AND/OR IL-17A/F AND POLYPEPTIDES COMPRISING THE SAME JIANG, DONG 1674 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2022
17625187 PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION HIRT, ERIN E 1616 Final Rejection Jan 06, 2022
17613524 HOLDING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED STOPCOCK ACTUATION DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 3783 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2021
17527649 Liquid-Crystal Medium VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 Non-Final OA Nov 16, 2021
17611500 TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH APTAMERS TARGETING TLR-4 CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2021
17608495 ELECTRONIC DEVICE KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2021
17602458 CELL CULTURE MEDIA COMPRISING KETO ACIDS MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 Final Rejection Oct 08, 2021
17599093 POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2021
17436746 CROSSLINKABLE SILOXANE COMPOUNDS FOR THE PREPARATION OF DIELECTRIC MATERIALS MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 Non-Final OA Sep 07, 2021
17428995 TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AT RISK OF RAPID PROGRESSION OF OSTEOARTHRITIS WITH AN FGF-18 COMPOUND SAOUD, CHRISTINE J 1645 Non-Final OA 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 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2021
16948467 TLR7/8 ANTAGONISTS AND USES THEREOF MCDOWELL, BRIAN E 1624 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2020
16092860 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DIBENZOFURAN AND/OR DIBENZOTHIOPHENE STRUCTURES GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2018

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