Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Merck Patent GmbH

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

88 pending office actions • 30 art units • 70 examiners • 0 of 88 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 102 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

88
Total Pending OAs
66
Non-Final OAs
22
Final Rejections
0
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13
Overdue
4
Due this week
6
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
1
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. 30 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (1)

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.

44
Hard (50%)
32
Medium (36%)
10
Easy (11%)
2
Unknown (2%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other1 (1%)
§103 only18 (20%)
§102 only3 (3%)
§112 only10 (11%)
Double-patenting + other11 (12%)
Multi-statute (no §101)43 (49%)
No statute on record2 (2%)

Industry Mix

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

62
Life Sciences
70% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
0
Semiconductors
0% of docket
2
Mechanical / Eng
2% of docket
24
Business / Other
27% 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.

880 h
Manual time on pending OAs
176 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
308 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
7.7 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 60.2% +5.8%
YANG, JAY LEE 3 73.9% +2.0%
SIMBANA, RACHEL A 3 62.1% +44.6%
FRASER, STEWART A 2 85.9% +14.5%
LOEWE, ROBERT S 2 83.9% +3.8%
JEON, SEOKMIN 2 59.6% +53.1%
RAMIREZ, ALEX 2 81.0% +21.0%
MALLOY, ANNA E 2 46.5% -3.9%
CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 2 45.7% +11.9%

Quick Wins (7)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 7 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
18868036 FERROELECTRIC SMECTIC LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 30d
19457364 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA —
19457941 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA —
18702248 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CONVERTERS USING FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC MATERIAL 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 (44)

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
18042040 PROCESS SYSTEM FOR BIOREACTOR-BASED CLEAN MEAT PRODUCTION STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 59d overdue
17613524 HOLDING DEVICE AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED STOPCOCK ACTUATION DIPERT, FORREST BLAKE 30d overdue
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 8d overdue
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
17611500 TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH APTAMERS TARGETING TLR-4 CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1d overdue
18031470 POLOXAMERS FOR CELL CULTURE SPENCER, ANDREA LYNNE MORRIS 6d
18888536 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 16d

Interview Candidates (11)

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 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 4d overdue
17910001 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS SIMBANA, RACHEL A 33d
18578342 ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING AQUEOUS SOLUTION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A —
18562363 THICK FILM RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME FRASER, STEWART A —
18039988 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN —
18034891 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES SIMBANA, RACHEL A —
18032358 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE JEON, SEOKMIN —

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1737 14
1786 9
1796 4
1626 3
1712 2
1628 2
1646 2
1798 2
1799 2
1631 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19457364 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2026
19457941 LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2026
19220524 Liquid-Crystal Medium Comprising Polymerizable Compounds VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2025
19099935 POLYMER BRUSHES WITH CHAIN-ENDS FUNCTIONALIZED WITH METAL COORDINATING TWO HETERO ELEMENTS FOR SELECTIVE SURFACE MODIFICATION PROCTOR, CACHET I 1712 — Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 30, 2025
19019712 SOLAR CELLS DAM, DUSTIN Q 1721 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
18881183 Pharmaceutical composition and method for enhancing solubility of poorly soluble active pharmaceutical ingredients ALAWADI, SARAH — §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18872672 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING DISODIUM 5,10-METHYLENE-(6R)-TETRAHYDROFOLATE SZNAIDMAN, MARCOS L 1628 §102§103 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
18853691 Multi-Use Sensor Holder EYASSU, MARRIT — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2024
18848961 NEGATIVELY CHARGED SILICA PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCING SUCH PARTICLES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SUCH PARTICLES, AND A METHOD OF CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING USING SUCH PARTICLES DUCLAIR, STEPHANIE P. — §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18888536 LIQUID-CRYSTAL MEDIUM VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Sep 18, 2024
18847937 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PURIFYING ADENO ASSOCIATED VIRUS PARTICLES ZOU, NIANXIANG — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18827593 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESSED SUBSTRATE DEO, DUY VU NGUYEN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18835879 METAL EFFECT PIGMENTS WITH SURFACE-TREATMENTS, PREPARING METHOD AND USE OF SAME ALLEY, GENEVIEVE S — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18834636 THERAGNOSTIC FOLATE CONJUGATES MEJIAS, SAMANTHA LEE — §103§112DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18834637 THERAGNOSTIC FOLATE CONJUGATES LEWOCZKO, EVAN MICHAEL — §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2024
18708273 MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A SEPARATION BASED ON BORON CLUSTERS KIEFER, DALTON EDWARD 1652 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18705770 HETEROBIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES AS TEAD INHIBITORS ENGLISH, CONNOR KENNEDY — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2024
18702248 ELECTRO-MECHANICAL CONVERTERS USING FERROELECTRIC NEMATIC MATERIAL VISCONTI, GERALDINA 1737 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2024
18694468 STIRRING DEVICE FOR STIRRING A BIPHASIC LIQUID HOWELL, MARC C — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18692965 INTEGRATED SOLUTION FOR PROCESS INTENSIFICATION USING INLINE CONSTANTLY PRESSURIZED TANK: "ICPT" PERRIN, CLARE M — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18691484 POLYSILOXANE FORMULATION YOON, TAE H — §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18687336 COMPOSITION MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 §103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Feb 28, 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
18294123 METHOD FOR REDUCING ENDOTOXIN LEVELS IN NUCLEIC ACID PURIFICATION CHO, DAVID H 1693 §103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18292046 WATER SOLUBLE PRODRUG, CONJUGATES AND USES THEREOF KIM, SEONG JONG — §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2024
18291529 SRPK INHIBITORS CLARK, AMY LYNN 1628 §102§103§112 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
18578342 ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURING AQUEOUS SOLUTION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE FRASER, STEWART A — §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 11, 2024
18576805 PRODUCTION OF DIORGANOTIN DIHALIDES BONAPARTE, AMY C — §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 05, 2024
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
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
18376872 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18277428 RESIST FILM THICKENING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED PATTERN ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 16, 2023
18270734 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES LOEWE, ROBERT S — §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 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
18265177 DIELECTRIC MATERIALS BASED ON BISMALEIMIDES CONTAINING CARDO/SPIRO MOIETIES BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §103 Final Rejection 58d overdue Pending Jun 02, 2023
18039988 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES JEON, SEOKMIN — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2023
18038265 Water Purification System With Inline Measurement Of Total Organic Carbon And Method Of Operating Such System KEYWORTH, PETER 1777 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending May 23, 2023
18251922 PHOTORESIST REMOVER COMPOSITIONS LEE, ALEXANDER N 1737 §102§103 Non-Final OA 34d Pending May 05, 2023
18034891 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES SIMBANA, RACHEL A — §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 02, 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
18033209 TRANSPORT PACKAGING FOR A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES AND BLISTER PACKAGING WITH A PLURALITY OF PETRI-DISHES RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103§112 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Apr 21, 2023
18033195 TRANSFER DEVICE FOR TRANFERRING A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS THROUGH A TRANSFER PORT RAMIREZ, ALEX 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 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§112 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
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 08, 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
18022345 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022347 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18022443 SYSTEM FOR TREATING A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL FLUID EDWARDS, LYDIA E 1796 §112Other Non-Final OA 5d Pending Feb 21, 2023
18042040 PROCESS SYSTEM FOR BIOREACTOR-BASED CLEAN MEAT PRODUCTION STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §102§103 Final Rejection 59d overdue Pending Feb 17, 2023
17927758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS BOYD, JENNIFER A 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2022
17927376 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES YANG, JAY LEE 1786 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d Pending Nov 23, 2022
17932796 Cladribine regimen for treating progressive forms of Multiple Sclerosis FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2022
17910001 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Sep 08, 2022
17909999 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION COMPRISING REFLECTANCE MODIFIER CHU, JOHN S Y 1737 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 08, 2022
17759959 MODULAR INCUBATION CHAMBER AND METHOD OF VIRUS INACTIVATION BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Aug 02, 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
17774685 Anti-TIGIT Antibodies and Uses Thereof SANG, HONG 1646 DPOther Non-Final OA 63d Pending May 05, 2022
17611497 TREATMENT OF TLR-4 MEDIATED DISEASES AND CONDITIONS WITH APTAMERS TARGETING TLR-4 KIM, TAEYOON 1631 §103§112DP Final Rejection — Pending May 04, 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
17760984 CAMPHORSULFONIC ACID AND COMBINATIONS THEREOF WITH CATIONIC EXCIPIENTS AS VISCOSITY REDUCING AGENTS IN HIGH CONCENTRATED PROTEIN FORMULATIONS DEBERRY, REGINA M 1647 §102 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Mar 16, 2022
17633970 ELECTRONIC DEVICE DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 §103§112 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 §102§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§112 Final Rejection 8d overdue Pending Nov 17, 2021
17611500 TREATMENT OF ISCHEMIC STROKE WITH APTAMERS TARGETING TLR-4 CORDAS, EMILY ANN 1632 §103§112Other Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2021
17608495 ELECTRONIC DEVICE KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 §102 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 03, 2021
17602458 CELL CULTURE MEDIA COMPRISING KETO ACIDS MOSS, NATALIE M 1653 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 08, 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
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§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2021
17298544 ELECTRONIC DEVICE SIMBANA, RACHEL A 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 29, 2021
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
16092860 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DIBENZOFURAN AND/OR DIBENZOTHIOPHENE STRUCTURES GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 §103 Final Rejection 28d overdue Pending Oct 11, 2018

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