Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Nsk Ltd.

17 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

17
Total Pending OAs
5
Final Rejections
12
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19208000 INDUCTION HEATING METHOD AND INDUCTION HEATING APPARATUS FOR RING-SHAPED MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR RING-SHAPED MEMBER, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR BEARING, MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR MECHANICAL DEVICE FORD, DARRELL CHRISTOPHER 3726 Final Rejection May 14, 2025
18879932 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY OF LUBRICANT, DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING SUPPLY OF LUBRICANT, AND PROGRAM BUSE, MARK KENNETH 3654 Non-Final OA Dec 30, 2024
18968715 BEARING ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD, BEARING MANUFACTURING METHOD, MACHINE MANUFACTURING METHOD, VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, BEARING ELEMENT, BEARING, MACHINE, AND VEHICLE COOK, KYLE A 3726 Final Rejection Dec 04, 2024
18864086 TWO-SPEED TRANSMISSION FLUHART, STACEY A 3655 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2024
18858156 ROLLER BEARING PILKINGTON, JAMES 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2024
18857716 CROWN-TYPE RETAINER FOR BALL BEARING, AND BALL BEARING WAITS, ALAN B 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2024
18856519 CROWN-TYPE RETAINER FOR BALL BEARING, AND BALL BEARING NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2024
18284417 BALL SCREW DEVICE ELAHMADI, ZAKARIA 3618 Final Rejection Sep 17, 2024
18684459 ROLLING BEARING NGUYEN, AIMEE TRAN 3617 Final Rejection Sep 10, 2024
18608325 MAGNETOSTRICTIVE TORQUE SENSOR DAVIS-HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L 2855 Non-Final OA Mar 18, 2024
18282389 LOAD ESTIMATING DEVICE FOR ROLLING BEARING, CONTROL DEVICE FOR MECHANICAL DEVICE PROVIDED WITH ROLLING BEARING, LOAD ESTIMATING METHOD, AND PROGRAM GO, RICKY 2857 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2023
18282429 STATE MONITORING APPARATUS FOR MECHANICAL APPARATUS, WIND POWER GENERATION APPARATUS, STATE MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM LE, JOHN H 2857 Non-Final OA Sep 15, 2023
18281819 VIBRATION DIAGNOSIS DEVICE CORDERO, LINA M 2857 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18246914 STATE DIAGNOSIS METHOD, STATE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AND PROGRAM SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 2857 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2023
18042102 CENTERING TOOL, CENTERING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, METHOD OF CENTERING CIRCULAR WORKPIECE, CIRCULAR WORKPIECE MANUFACTURING METHOD, RING MEMBER MANUFACTURING METHOD, BEARING MANUFACTURING METHOD, MACHINE MANUFACTURING METHOD, VEHICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 Non-Final OA Feb 17, 2023
18013100 MOTOR SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR STEERING DEVICE HYMEL, ABIGAIL R 3611 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2022
17793531 NOISE CANCELLER, ABNORMALITY DIAGNOSIS DEVICE, AND NOISE CANCELLATION METHOD SPLIT, JAMES GERALD 2858 Final Rejection Jul 18, 2022

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