Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 16, 2026

NIKON Corporation

124 pending office actions • 42 art units • 103 examiners • 0 of 124 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 117 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

124
Total Pending OAs
88
Non-Final OAs
33
Final Rejections
3
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

17
Overdue
1
Due this week
8
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
4
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. 33 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (17)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (8)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (4)

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.

58
Hard (47%)
57
Medium (46%)
8
Easy (6%)
1
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only20 (16%)
§101 + other6 (5%)
§103 only32 (26%)
§102 only21 (17%)
§112 only3 (2%)
Double-patenting only5 (4%)
Double-patenting + other4 (3%)
Multi-statute (no §101)32 (26%)
No statute on record1 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

12
Life Sciences
10% of docket
8
Information Tech
6% of docket
24
Communications
19% of docket
34
Semiconductors
27% of docket
11
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
35
Business / Other
28% 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.

1,240 h
Manual time on pending OAs
248 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
434 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
10.8 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
YODER III, CHRISS S 4 75.1% +21.7%
SELBY, GEVELL V 3 90.3% +4.9%
CUTLER, ALBERT H 3 79.4% +21.1%
MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 3 74.6% +9.0%
KIM, PETER B 3 82.9% +9.3%
BERARDESCA, PAUL M 2 79.2% +17.2%
BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2 85.6% +10.2%
RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A 2 80.8% +13.8%
COLLINS, DARRYL J 2 89.0% +4.9%
QURESHI, MARIAM 2 75.4% +22.2%

Quick Wins (4)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 4 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
19035489 PATTERN EXPOSURE DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A
18891529 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM COLLINS, DARRYL J
18886111 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM COLLINS, DARRYL J
18750109 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER

Hard Cases (58)

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
18635376 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS BARREL PHAN, MINH Q 89d overdue
18027825 OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION DEVICE FOR LIVING BODY BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 77d overdue
18938676 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM JERABEK, KELLY L 43d overdue
18780663 EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM KIM, PETER B 38d overdue
19050555 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 22d overdue
18954932 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ 19d overdue
17311331 OPTICAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 3d overdue
18618703 MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM NGUYEN, THONG Q 6d

Interview Candidates (15)

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
19050555 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 22d overdue
19176255 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND PROGRAM BERARDESCA, PAUL M
19093602 IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE YODER III, CHRISS S
19035489 PATTERN EXPOSURE DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A
19026876 IMAGE SENSOR ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE CUTLER, ALBERT H
19029078 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE YODER III, CHRISS S
19027154 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE CUTLER, ALBERT H
19005395 VIBRATION CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
2872 18
2637 7
2639 5
2882 5
3761 5
2638 4
2871 4
2116 3
2484 2
2877 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19388350 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TZENG, FRED 2625 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 13, 2025
19310298 MICROSCOPE, OBSERVATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM NGUYEN, KATHLEEN V 2486 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2025
19261368 IMAGING DEVICE ZHAO, DAQUAN §103Other Final Rejection Pending Jul 07, 2025
19225420 IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR SETTING DIFFERENT EXPOSURE CONDITIONS SELBY, GEVELL V §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 02, 2025
19223150 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HUNTER, MISHAWN N §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2025
19208893 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, REPRODUCTION DEVICE, REPRODUCTION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RECORDING METHOD BERHAN, AHMED A §101 Non-Final OA Pending May 15, 2025
18870753 MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, PROCESSING SYSTEM, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROCESSING METHOD CAMERON, ATTICUS A §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 13, 2025
19116772 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, WATCHING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE WU, ZHENZHEN §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2025
19177722 FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS SELBY, GEVELL V §101DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2025
19176255 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, CAMERA, AND PROGRAM BERARDESCA, PAUL M §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 11, 2025
19170257 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE MOREHEAD III, JOHN H §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 04, 2025
19169127 BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE TRAN, NHAN T Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
19169404 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE SELBY, GEVELL V §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2025
19093602 IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE YODER III, CHRISS S §101DP Final Rejection Pending Mar 28, 2025
19086621 IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION RECORDING SYSTEM PRABHAKHER, PRITHAM DAVID DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 21, 2025
19109189 LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE HANCE, ROBERT J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 06, 2025
19068751 CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL PROGRAM DANIELS, ANTHONY J DP Non-Final OA Pending Mar 03, 2025
19061383 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SHERWIN, RYAN W 2688 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 24, 2025
19050555 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 §101 Non-Final OA 22d overdue Pending Feb 11, 2025
19102468 DETECTION DEVICE GARBER, ERIN R §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 10, 2025
19035489 PATTERN EXPOSURE DEVICE AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 23, 2025
19027197 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE FOSSELMAN, JOEL W 2639 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19026876 IMAGE SENSOR ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19029078 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE YODER III, CHRISS S 2638 §102Other Final Rejection Pending Jan 17, 2025
19027154 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 17, 2025
19021978 BACKSIDE ILLUMINATION IMAGE SENSOR, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF AND IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE LAM, HUNG H 2639 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 15, 2025
18704673 IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM LEE, Y YOUNG 2485 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jan 09, 2025
19005395 VIBRATION CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS OF EXPOSURE APPARATUS RIDDLE, CHRISTINA A §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 30, 2024
18717100 IMAGING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING SYSTEM AGGARWAL, YOGESH K 2637 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 26, 2024
18999556 IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC CAMERA YODER III, CHRISS S 2638 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Dec 23, 2024
18976649 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS KO, TONY 2878 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18970907 METROLOGY FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING STAFIRA, MICHAEL PATRICK 2877 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 06, 2024
18958265 IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE-CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE YODER III, CHRISS S 2638 §101Other Final Rejection Pending Nov 25, 2024
18954932 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, DECODING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ 2638 §101Other Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Nov 21, 2024
18952952 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM WILKES, ZACHARY W §102§103§112DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 19, 2024
18951505 ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ZOOM LENS PICHLER, MARIN §102§103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Nov 18, 2024
18938676 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND CONTROL PROGRAM JERABEK, KELLY L 2699 §101 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Nov 06, 2024
18934934 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE LE, MICHAEL 2614 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 01, 2024
18859185 CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL SYSTEM, ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM RINK, RYAN J 3619 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924454 CAMERA ACCESSORY HANCOCK, DIANA ROBERT DP Non-Final OA Pending Oct 23, 2024
18910779 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 09, 2024
18691055 PROCESSING SYSTEM BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 01, 2024
18849539 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WOLDEKIDAN, HIBRET ASNAKE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 23, 2024
18891529 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM COLLINS, DARRYL J §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18891060 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM ADAMS, CARL §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 20, 2024
18889944 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE BAYAT, ALI §101§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 19, 2024
18889330 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM BRIGGS, NATHANAEL R §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2024
18886111 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM COLLINS, DARRYL J 2872 §112Other Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18714710 PULSED LIGHT GENERATION DEVICE, PULSED LIGHT GENERATION METHOD, AND PROCESSING DEVICE CHOWDHURY, TARIFUR RASHID §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 12, 2024
18829819 CAMERA BODY, CAMERA ACCESSORY, AND SHARING RATIO TRANSMISSION METHOD BERARDESCA, PAUL M 2637 §102DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 10, 2024
18844970 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL SYSTEM QURESHI, MARIAM §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2024
18843455 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 62d Pending Sep 03, 2024
18814792 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD, PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS SWANSON, ALAINA MARIE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 26, 2024
18808555 BRIGHT-FIELD REFLECTION MICROSCOPE, OBSERVATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU §101§103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18801919 CAMERA ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION PETERSON, CHRISTOPHER K 2637 DP Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Aug 13, 2024
18800116 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM CHOUDHURY, MUSTAK 2872 §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 11, 2024
18790040 DISTANCE DETECTOR, DISTANCE DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HELLNER, MARK 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18790145 OPHTHALMIC DEVICE ABDUR, RAHMAN 2872 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 31, 2024
18783620 FIRST HOLDING APPARATUS, THIRD HOLDING APPARATUS, FIFTH HOLDING APPARATUS, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, EXPOSURE SYSTEM, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD KIM, PETER B 2882 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 25, 2024
18782456 FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND INTERCHANGEABLE LENS OSINSKI, MICHAEL S 2674 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2024
18780663 EXPOSURE METHOD, DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD, EXPOSURE DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE SYSTEM KIM, PETER B 2882 §102§103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Jul 23, 2024
18780883 IMAGING UNIT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON A CONTROL PROGRAM CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 23, 2024
18779169 INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, CAMERA BODY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE JONES, JAMES §102Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18779202 FLEXIBLE SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLEXIBLE SENSOR KIRKLAND III, FREDDIE §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 22, 2024
18832037 ORIGINAL PLATE, RIBLET MOLDING METHOD, RIBLET TRANSFER SHEET AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND TOOL KHARE, ATUL P 1742 §102§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Jul 22, 2024
18773022 BALANCED ACTIVE STABILIZERS DUCKWORTH, BRADLEY 3632 §103DP Non-Final OA 34d Pending Jul 15, 2024
18768299 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 10, 2024
18763420 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM SANZ, GABRIEL A 2872 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jul 03, 2024
18707210 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE GILES, NICHOLAS G 2639 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 28, 2024
18750109 VIDEO COMPRESSION APPARATUS AND VIDEO COMPRESSION PROGRAM BRANIFF, CHRISTOPHER 2484 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2024
18748491 ACCESSORY MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 2872 §101 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 20, 2024
18288808 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM DUDEK, JAMES A 2871 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 17, 2024
18743899 VIBRATION ISOLATION SYSTEMS WITH REACTION MASSES AND ACTUATORS SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jun 14, 2024
18717545 MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS, MICROSCOPE OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND MICROSCOPE APPARATUS LIU, SHAN 2871 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 07, 2024
18709495 OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SYSTEM QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 11, 2024
18701514 SHAPE ACQUISITION METHOD, OBJECT MANAGEMENT METHOD, WORK SUPPORT METHOD, SHAPE ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND WORK SUPPORT SYSTEM MANG, LAL C §101 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 15, 2024
18635376 FOCUS ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS, IMAGING APPARATUS AND LENS BARREL PHAN, MINH Q 2852 §101 Final Rejection 89d overdue Pending Apr 15, 2024
18618703 MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNIFICATION-VARIABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM NGUYEN, THONG Q 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 6d Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695228 LENS BARREL, IMAGING DEVICE, AND DRIVING DEVICE KING, GEORGE G 2872 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18439206 ANALYSIS SYSTEM, OBSERVATION CONTAINER, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAM PARK, EDWARD 2675 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 12, 2024
18572203 IMAGING DEVICE AND LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE PHAM, QUAN L 2637 §103§112 Final Rejection 62d Pending Feb 06, 2024
18268340 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND EXPOSURE APPARATUS SULLIVAN, CALEEN O §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 22, 2024
18413408 ZOOM LENS, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM LENS SIPES, JOHN CURTIS 2872 §103 Final Rejection 44d overdue Pending Jan 16, 2024
18405632 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND OPHTHALMIC DEVICE MEBRAHTU, EPHREM ZERU 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Jan 05, 2024
18274836 PROCESSING SYSTEM PAN, YUHUI R 1733 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18542169 EXPOSURE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD ASFAW, MESFIN T 2882 §102 Non-Final OA 30d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18538353 OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, CEMENTED LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE CAMERA LENS, MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE LENS, AND OPTICAL DEVICE ABU ALI, SHUANGYI 1731 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18528903 EXPOSURE APPARATUS WHITESELL, STEVEN H 1759 §103 Final Rejection 98d overdue Pending Dec 05, 2023
18563660 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE YILMAKASSAYE, SURAFEL 2639 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 22, 2023
18290407 VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VARIABLE MAGNIFICATION OPTICAL SYSTEM LAU, EDMOND C 2871 §102 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 13, 2023
18383856 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING VIBRATIONAL DISTURBANCES JARRETT, RYAN A 2116 §102 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2023
18383525 ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM, EXPOSURE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAT PANEL DISPLAY NGUYEN, HUNG 2882 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 25, 2023
18281634 DIRECTED ENERGY BEAM DEFLECTION FIELD MONITOR AND CORRECTOR GROSSO, GREGORY CHAD 1748 §103 Final Rejection 57d Pending Sep 12, 2023
18238027 EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND WIRING PATTERN FORMING METHOD KIM, PETER B 2882 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 25, 2023
18272380 BUILD SYSTEM LIU, JINGCHEN 3741 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 23, 2023
18278128 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PROVIDENCE, VINCENT ALEXANDER 2617 §103 Final Rejection 87d overdue Pending Aug 21, 2023
18276028 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM SAHLE, MAHIDERE S 2872 §102 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Aug 05, 2023
18225481 GLASS COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING GLASS COMPOSITION MILLER, CAMERON KENNETH 1731 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 24, 2023
18269230 LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE HO, WAI-GA DAVID 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 29d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18196297 MICROSCOPE DEAN, RAY ALEXANDER 2872 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18196280 OPTICAL GLASS, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, CEMENTED LENS, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS FOR CAMERA, OBJECTIVE LENS FOR MICROSCOPE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE JONES, JAMES 2872 §102 Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18034379 SOLDERING APPARATUS AND SOLDERING SYSTEM, AND PROCESSING APPARATUS NECKEL, NATHAN DANIEL 3656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 05, 2023
18034452 ROBOT SYSTEM, ROBOT ARM, END EFFECTOR, AND ADAPTER SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM 2672 §103 Final Rejection 80d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2023
18021576 OPTICAL APPARATUS AND PROCESSING APPARATUS TALLMAN, ROBERT E 2872 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 14, 2023
18030281 PROCESSING MACHINE WITH ACTIVE VIBRATION REDUCTION ELLIOTT, TOPAZ L 3761 §102§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2023
18027825 OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION DEVICE FOR LIVING BODY BOWERS, NATHAN ANDREW 1799 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 77d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18027821 METHOD OF APPLYING FORCE TO ORGANISM AND DEVICE FOR APPLYING FORCE TO ORGANISM MARTIN, PAUL C 1653 §102§112 Final Rejection Pending Mar 22, 2023
18027251 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS SURYAWANSHI, SURESH 2116 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 20, 2023
18017177 PROCESSING SYSTEM BROWN, MICHAEL J 2115 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending Mar 09, 2023
18018036 ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE ZOOM OPTICAL SYSTEM HALL, ELIZABETH MARY CAMPBEL 2872 §102§103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 25, 2023
17999570 SHAPING QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD IN LAMINATING AND SHAPING, LAMINATING AND SHAPING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM TENTONI, LEO B 1743 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
17917639 PROCESSING APPARATUS ASSANTE, KEITH BRIAN 3761 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 22, 2022
17802411 PROCESSING SYSTEM CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2022
17602719 ROBOT SYSTEM, END EFFECTOR SYSTEM, END EFFECTOR UNIT, AND ADAPTER IMTIAZ, ZOHEB S 2846 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2022
17602720 PROCESSING SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, ROBOT SYSTEM, CONNECTING APPARATUS AND END EFFECTOR APPARATUS OSTROW, ALAN LINDSAY 3657 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 18, 2022
17441422 BUILD SYSTEM TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2021
17483541 POROUS FILM, OPTICAL ELEMENT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, OPTICAL DEVICE, AND POROUS FILM-MANUFACTURING METHOD MCCLURE, CHRISTINA D 1718 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2021
17425008 IMAGING APPARATUS KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 45d overdue Pending Jul 22, 2021
17370353 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING PIXELS EACH WITH MULTIPLE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTERS SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T 2639 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Jul 08, 2021
17311331 OPTICAL DEVICE, PROGRAM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 §103§112 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Jun 05, 2021
17286688 PROCESSING SYSTEM AND PROCESSING METHOD CHEN, SIMPSON ABRAHAM 3761 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 01, 2021
16973839 CAMERA ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION CHANG, FANG-CHI 2852 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Mar 22, 2021
16770927 PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, MACHINING METHOD, MODELING APPARATUS, MODELING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 08, 2020
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