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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Nikon Corporation

77 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

77
Total Pending OAs
21
Final Rejections
56
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19075358 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, DECOMPRESSION APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM PONTIUS, JAMES M 2488 Non-Final OA Mar 10, 2025
19050555 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 Non-Final OA Feb 11, 2025
18704673 IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM LEE, Y YOUNG 2485 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2025
18959840 IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS HANNETT, JAMES M 2639 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18954932 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ 2638 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2024
18938676 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM JERABEK, KELLY L 2699 Non-Final OA Nov 06, 2024
18911556 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE REPRODUCTION METHOD, IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM, RECORDING MEDIUM WITH IMAGE REPRODUCTION PROGRAM RECORDED THEREUPON, AND IMAGE REPRODUCTION DEVICE FOSSELMAN, JOEL W 2639 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18905548 CAMERA BODY FOR RECEIVING FIRST AND SECOND IMAGE PLANE TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS KHAN, USMAN A 2637 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2024
18891166 IMAGING DEVICE AND INFORMATION ACQUISITION SYSTEM IN WHICH AN ACQUIRED IMAGE AND ASSOCIATED INFORMATION ARE HELD ON A DISPLAY CALDERON, CYNTHIA 2639 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2024
18829819 CAMERA BODY, CAMERA ACCESSORY, AND SHARING RATIO TRANSMISSION METHOD BERARDESCA, PAUL M 2637 Non-Final OA Sep 10, 2024
18842805 MEASUREMENT DEVICE, ROBOT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD, TARGET MEMBER, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD HANNAN, B M M 3657 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2024
18809689 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE BERHAN, AHMED A 2639 Non-Final OA Aug 20, 2024
18801919 CAMERA ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K 2637 Non-Final OA Aug 13, 2024
18802126 FILM FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SPRAYER PORT AND EXHAUST PORT ON A SUPPLY PIPE KURPLE, KARL 1717 Non-Final OA Aug 13, 2024
18707444 IMAGING DEVICE SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T 2639 Final Rejection Aug 02, 2024
18782755 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA CAMARGO, MARLY S.B. 2638 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2024
18568289 POSITION MEASUREMENT DEVICE, POSITION MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT DEVICE STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 2877 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18780663 EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM KIM, PETER B 2882 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18780711 ACCESSORY DAGNEW, MEKONNEN D 2638 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18780883 IMAGING UNIT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON A CONTROL PROGRAM CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 Non-Final OA Jul 23, 2024
18773022 BALANCED ACTIVE STABILIZERS DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 Final Rejection Jul 15, 2024
18754239 EXPOSURE DEVICE KIM, PETER B 2882 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2024
18724200 CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM EMMETT, MADISON B 3658 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2024
18750109 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 Final Rejection Jun 21, 2024
18712245 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING IMAGES STREGE, JOHN B 2669 Non-Final OA May 21, 2024
18685548 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE GILES, NICHOLAS G 2639 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18685715 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18637923 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING APPARATUS CHIU, WESLEY JASON 2639 Final Rejection Apr 17, 2024
18635376 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS BARREL PHAN, MINH Q 2852 Non-Final OA Apr 15, 2024
18618703 MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 Non-Final OA Mar 27, 2024
18413408 ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 Non-Final OA Jan 16, 2024
18405632 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND OPHTHALMIC DEVICE MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 2872 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2024
18573035 OCT SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, OCT DEVICE, AND PROGRAM MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18544838 EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2882 Final Rejection Dec 19, 2023
18284073 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM AGGARWAL, YOGESH K 2637 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2023
18528903 EXPOSURE APPARATUS WHITESELL, STEVEN H 1759 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18563593 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE SUBSTRATES JERABEK, KELLY L 2699 Final Rejection Nov 22, 2023
18284604 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE NGUYEN, CHAN T H 2638 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2023
18290407 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM LAU, EDMOND C 2871 Non-Final OA Nov 13, 2023
18290303 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM COLLINS, DARRYL J 2872 Final Rejection Nov 12, 2023
18383856 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING VIBRATIONAL DISTURBANCES JARRETT, RYAN A 2116 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2023
18287670 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING HEIGHT PROPERTIES OF SURFACES GARBER, ERIN R 2878 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2023
18475895 STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, STACKED SUBSTRATE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS LIU, XIAOMING 2812 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2023
18369447 MICROSCOPE LEE, SHUN K 2884 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2023
18272380 BUILD SYSTEM LIU, JINGCHEN 3741 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18278128 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 2617 Final Rejection Aug 21, 2023
18276028 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 Non-Final OA Aug 05, 2023
18361066 EXPOSURE APPARATUS KIM, PETER B 2882 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2023
18269230 LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 Final Rejection Jun 22, 2023
18200681 HOLDING MEMBER, GLASS MANUFACTURING APPARATUS USING SAME, AND GLASS MANUFACTURING METHOD LEE, STEVEN SHIH-CHING 1741 Final Rejection May 23, 2023
18197771 LIGHT AMPLIFICATION APPARATUS AND LIGHT AMPLIFICATION METHOD JOSEPH, DENNIS P 2621 Non-Final OA May 16, 2023
18196274 OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, CEMENTED LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS FOR CAMERA, OBJECTIVE LENS FOR MICROSCOPE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE BOLDEN, ELIZABETH A 1731 Non-Final OA May 11, 2023
18034452 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT ARM, END EFFECTOR, AND ADAPTER SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM 2672 Non-Final OA Apr 28, 2023
18034224 OPTICAL PROCESSING APPARATUS MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18027825 OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION DEVICE FOR LIVING BODY BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18027822 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING LIVING BODY AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING LIVING BODY FISHER, BRITTANY I 1796 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18027821 METHOD OF APPLYING FORCE TO ORGANISM AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING FORCE TO ORGANISM MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18027251 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 Non-Final OA Mar 20, 2023
18017177 PROCESSING SYSTEM BROWN, MICHAEL J 2115 Non-Final OA Mar 09, 2023
18104936 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T 2639 Non-Final OA Feb 02, 2023
18083482 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 Non-Final OA Dec 17, 2022
18075992 GALLIUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES, FILM CONTAINING GALLIUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GALLIUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE PARTICLES SIMKINS, SLONE ELIZABETH 1735 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
17917802 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MEASUREMENT MEMBER LEE JR, WOODY A 3761 Final Rejection Oct 07, 2022
17795530 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2022
17814255 APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THREE DIMENSIONAL SHAPED OBJECT, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING STRUCTURE WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2022
17794095 PROCESSING SYSTEM RHUE, ABIGAIL H 3761 Final Rejection Jul 20, 2022
17661733 PERISTALTIC MICROPUMP DRIVEN MICROFLUIDIC PCR CHIP, THIN MEMBRANE MICROPUMP DRIVEN MICROFLUIDIC PCR CHIP ALABI, OYELEYE A 1797 Final Rejection May 02, 2022
17769288 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM DICKERSON, CHAD S 2683 Final Rejection Apr 14, 2022
17762052 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 2872 Non-Final OA Mar 19, 2022
17599853 IMAGE CAPTURE ELEMENT AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 Non-Final OA Jan 10, 2022
17483541 POROUS FILM, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND POROUS FILM-MANUFACTURING METHOD MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 Non-Final OA Sep 23, 2021
17425008 IMAGING APPARATUS KING, GEORGE G 2872 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2021
17370353 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING PIXELS EACH WITH MULTIPLE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTERS SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T 2639 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2021
17311331 OPTICAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 Non-Final OA Jun 05, 2021
17286688 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 3761 Final Rejection Jun 01, 2021
16973839 CAMERA ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION CHANG, FANG-CHI 2852 Final Rejection Mar 22, 2021
16714100 OPTICAL GLASS, AND OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, CEMENTED LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE CAMERA LENS, AND OPTICAL DEVICE USING SAME CHU, CHRIS H 2874 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2019

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