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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

73 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

73
Total Pending OAs
21
Final Rejections
52
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19236256 ECCENTRIC OSCILLATING GEAR DEVICE KNIGHT, DEREK DOUGLAS 3655 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2025
19059164 DISASSEMBLY METHOD FOR TWO-STAGE COLD HEAD, AND DISPLACER REMOVAL JIG AFZALI, SARANG 3726 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2025
19046718 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND COOKING ROBOT MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2025
19046208 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT FIX, THOMAS S 3618 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2025
18987633 WORK MACHINE, OPERATION ASSISTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM SU, STEPHANIE T 3662 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2024
18985721 EXCAVATOR AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR EXCAVATOR VON VOLKENBURG, KEITH ALLEN 3665 Non-Final OA Dec 18, 2024
18983963 WORK MACHINE, REMOTE OPERATION ASSISTING DEVICE, AND ASSISTING SYSTEM BUTLER, RODNEY ALLEN 3666 Non-Final OA Dec 17, 2024
18978398 CONTROL SYSTEM FOR EXCAVATOR AND EXCAVATOR OVALLE JR., DAVID MESQUITI 3669 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2024
18976794 WORKING MACHINE, AND REMOTE-CONTROL SYSTEM FOR WORKING MACHINE ABD EL LATIF, HOSSAM M 3664 Non-Final OA Dec 11, 2024
18973691 SHOVEL GREENE, DANIEL LAWSON 3665 Non-Final OA Dec 09, 2024
18959678 FILM FORMING APPARATUS MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18935703 BLOW MOLDING MECHANISM, INTERMEDIATE MOLD, AND MOLD UNIT TROCHE, EDGAREDMANUE 1744 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2024
18933023 CONTROL DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE BEHRENS JR., ANDRES E 1741 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2024
18911359 COUPLING DEVICE AND MOLTEN RESIN SUPPLY SYSTEM BERNARD, ADRIEN J 1741 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18904426 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 Non-Final OA Oct 02, 2024
18903352 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 Non-Final OA Oct 01, 2024
18829428 ACTUATOR BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 Final Rejection Sep 10, 2024
18829384 ACTUATOR BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 Final Rejection Sep 10, 2024
18828239 SUPPORTING DEVICE, WORK MACHINE, AND PROGRAM BEAN, JARED C 3669 Non-Final OA Sep 09, 2024
18822833 WORK MACHINE PHAM, QUANG 2685 Final Rejection Sep 03, 2024
18795257 ACTUATOR PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 Non-Final OA Aug 06, 2024
18793403 INTERMEDIATE MOLD, MOLD UNIT, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE LIU, XUE H 1742 Non-Final OA Aug 02, 2024
18763212 CRYOPUMP AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CRYOPUMP PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 Non-Final OA Jul 03, 2024
18743087 CRYOCOOLER COMPRESSOR MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2024
18741730 GAS REPLACEMENT METHOD FOR EXPANDER OF CRYOCOOLER, CRYOCOOLER, AND GAS REPLACEMENT PIPE MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2024
18740399 CRYOCOOLER MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 Non-Final OA Jun 11, 2024
18675576 PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION DEVICE HUSSEIN, ALAA WADIE 3626 Final Rejection May 28, 2024
18667979 FORMING DEVICE KHARE, ATUL P 1742 Non-Final OA May 17, 2024
18665614 REGENERATOR MATERIAL FOR CRYOCOOLER, REGENERATOR FOR CRYOCOOLER, AND CRYOCOOLER MOORE, DEVON TYLEN 3763 Non-Final OA May 16, 2024
18659396 CONTROLLER FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE BOOTH, ALEXANDER D 1749 Non-Final OA May 09, 2024
18634085 PERIPHERAL MONITORING SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PERIPHERAL MONITORING METHOD FREJD, RUSSELL WARREN 3661 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18632490 ACTUATOR REID JR, CHARLES H 2834 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18632644 SHOVEL KINGSLAND, KYLE J 3663 Final Rejection Apr 11, 2024
18621116 SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE TALPALATSKI, ALEXANDER 2837 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2024
18597958 SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE FAUBERT, SAMANTHA LYNETTE 2838 Non-Final OA Mar 07, 2024
18583075 EXCAVATOR DOWLING, MICHAEL TYLER EVAN 3669 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2024
18440859 CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE DERUSSO, JOHN J 1744 Final Rejection Feb 13, 2024
18418187 MOLDING DEVICE KIM, BOBBY YEONJIN 3725 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2024
18398091 REINFORCING UNIT AND REINFORCING MEMBER BEMKO, TARAS P 3672 Non-Final OA Dec 27, 2023
18392548 ACTUATOR, TILT CONTROL DEVICE, POSITIONING DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD CHANG, SUKWOO JAMES 3723 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18390571 SHOVEL CHOI, MICHAEL W 2116 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2023
18545158 SHOVEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SHOVEL MANAGEMENT APPARATUS KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 Final Rejection Dec 19, 2023
18525741 LINEAR MOTOR, POSITIONING DEVICE, PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD CHANG, MINKI 2834 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18525745 CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE MELENDEZ, ARMAND 1759 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18525743 DISPLAY UNIT OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE XU, PETER 2119 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18490853 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE LI, HELEN 3665 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2023
18381742 Magnetically Guided Material Handling Robot MULLINS, BURTON S 2834 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18482882 CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE BARTLETT, VICTORIA 1744 Final Rejection Oct 08, 2023
18476310 STAGE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD BODNAR, JOHN A 2893 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18475213 DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TRAN, VI N 2117 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2023
18474633 SHOVEL AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR SHOVEL AN, IG TAI 3662 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2023
18465718 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18465081 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM LEE, PAUL D 2857 Non-Final OA Sep 11, 2023
18460571 DISPLAY UNIT, CONTROL DEVICE, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SWIER, WAYNE K. 1748 Non-Final OA Sep 03, 2023
18448741 CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SANDERS, JAMES M 1743 Final Rejection Aug 11, 2023
18365895 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2023
18346237 MOLDED ARTICLE PRODUCTION SYSTEM OLSHANNIKOV, ALEKSEY 2118 Non-Final OA Jul 02, 2023
18331199 MOLDING SYSTEM THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 Non-Final OA Jun 08, 2023
18320530 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM SHIN, ANDREW 2612 Final Rejection May 19, 2023
18188458 PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2023
18175545 ARMATURE AND DRIVING DEVICE KOEHLER, CHRISTOPHER M 2834 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2023
18173566 ACTUATOR, STAGE DEVICE, EXPOSURE DEVICE, INSPECTION DEVICE KIM, ROBERT H 2881 Final Rejection Feb 23, 2023
18169813 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND CONTROL DEVICE OF INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE NGUYEN, THUKHANH T 1743 Final Rejection Feb 15, 2023
18055467 CONSTRUCTION ASSIST SYSTEM FOR SHOVEL KWIATKOWSKA, LIDIA 3666 Final Rejection Nov 15, 2022
17964872 SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNET DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INCREASING TEMPERATURE THEREOF WARTALOWICZ, PAUL A 1735 Final Rejection Oct 12, 2022
17881267 SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2022
17873868 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, AND MONITORING DEVICE YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2022
17812779 WORK MACHINE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE GASCA ALVA JR, MOISES 3667 Final Rejection Jul 15, 2022
17833376 FORMING SYSTEM AND FORMING METHOD YOO, JUN S 3726 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2022
17825736 SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM STOICA, ADRIAN 2188 Non-Final OA May 26, 2022
17576516 ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND PROGRAM GAN, CHUEN-MEEI 2189 Non-Final OA Jan 14, 2022
17645789 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF WORK MACHINE, MANAGEMENT DEVICE OF WORK MACHINE, WORKER'S TERMINAL DEVICE, CONSTRACTOR'S TERMINAL DEVICE WHITAKER, ANDREW B 3629 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2021
17561292 PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AN OPERATION STATE OF A TARGET DEVICE KARTHOLY, REJI P 2143 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2021

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