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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

44 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

44
Total Pending OAs
20
Final Rejections
24
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18716530 TREATMENT METHOD FOR ALLOY PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Final Rejection Jun 05, 2024
18698146 INFRARED ABSORBING FIBER AND FIBER PRODUCT MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 Final Rejection Apr 03, 2024
18691381 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Non-Final OA Mar 12, 2024
18681709 ANTIMOLD EMULSION COATING MATERIAL, ANTIMOLD FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION, AND ARTICLE WITH ANTIMOLD FINE PARTICLE DISPERSION DICUS, TAMRA 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2024
18293670 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY NGUYEN, TRI V 1764 Final Rejection Jan 30, 2024
18292561 NEAR-INFRARED CURABLE INK COMPOSITION, NEAR-INFRARED CURED FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEAR-INFRARED CURED PRODUCT MCCLENDON, SANZA L 1765 Final Rejection Jan 26, 2024
18579520 METHOD FOR PROCESSING ALLOY PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Non-Final OA Jan 16, 2024
18413502 Method of Producing Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Infrared Absorbing Particles and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Infrared Absorbing Particles AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Non-Final OA Jan 16, 2024
18570535 ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIAL, ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIAL DISPERSION LIQUID, ANTIBACTERIAL MATERIAL DISPERSION BODY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THEM SONG, JIANFENG 1613 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18556133 MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETOSTRICTIVE MEMBER CHAU, LISA N 1785 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18287251 METHOD FOR PRODUCING VALUABLE METAL CARDA, DANIELLE MARIE 1738 Non-Final OA Oct 17, 2023
18286506 SPUTTERING TARGET AND METHOD FOR FORMING CESIUM TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILM BAND, MICHAEL A 1794 Final Rejection Oct 11, 2023
18554663 INFRARED ABSORBING FIBER AND FIBER PRODUCT MATZEK, MATTHEW D 1786 Final Rejection Oct 10, 2023
18551276 TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE MEMBER, ELECTRONIC DISPLAY DEVICE, AND SOLAR BATTERY NGUYEN, HAIDUNG D 1761 Final Rejection Sep 19, 2023
18550018 INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLES, INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, INFRARED ABSORBING PARTICLE DISPERSION MATERIAL, INFRARED ABSORBING LAMINATE TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE, AND INFRARED ABSORBING TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Final Rejection Sep 11, 2023
18272833 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1733 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2023
18258958 HEAT RAY SHIELDING RESIN SHEET MATERIAL WILSON, PAISLEY L 2871 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2023
18267113 FLOTATION METHOD AND FLOTATION SYSTEM PATEL, PRANAV N 1777 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2023
18267054 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM HYDROXIDE PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2023
18255754 LAMINATED STRUCTURE FOR SOLAR RADIATION SHIELDING QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18033154 SURFACE-TREATED INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE-PARTICLE DISPERSION LIQUID, AND INFRARED-ABSORBING FINE-PARTICLE DISPERSION BODY NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 Final Rejection Apr 21, 2023
18031997 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING IRON (Fe)-NICKEL (Ni) ALLOY POWDER KESSLER, CHRISTOPHER S 1759 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2023
17625886 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 1729 Final Rejection Mar 20, 2023
18022319 ALLOY POWDER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL HILL, STEPHANI A 1735 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18042408 NEAR-INFRARED SHIELDING FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NEAR-INFRARED SHIELDING FILM AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 Non-Final OA Feb 21, 2023
18110475 METHOD FOR PRODUCING COATED ACTIVE MATERIAL D'ANIELLO, NICHOLAS P 1723 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2023
18021071 METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE ZIMMER, ANTHONY J 1736 Final Rejection Feb 13, 2023
18014551 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL YANG, JIE 1734 Non-Final OA Jan 05, 2023
17922822 LITHIUM-METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY KERNS, KEVIN P 1735 Final Rejection Nov 02, 2022
17917312 METHOD FOR RECOVERING VALUABLE METAL MORALES, RICARDO D 1738 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2022
17912998 ALLOY TREATMENT METHOD SMOOT, MORIAH SIMONE MCMIL 1733 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2022
17785208 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY ARMSTRONG, KAREN JOYCE 1726 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2022
17783802 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AMPONSAH, OSEI K 1752 Non-Final OA Jun 09, 2022
17595944 ANTI-COUNTERFEIT INK COMPOSITION, ANTI-COUNTERFEIT INK, AND ANTI-COUNTERFEIT PRINTED PRODUCT REDDY, SATHAVARAM I 1785 Final Rejection Nov 30, 2021
17595858 POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PRECURSOR FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, POSITIVE-ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF, AND LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY HORNSBY, BARTHOLOMEW ANDREW 1728 Non-Final OA Nov 29, 2021
17602228 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER PATEL, RONAK C 1788 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2021
17602217 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE POWDER LEONARD, MICHELLE TURNER 1724 Final Rejection Oct 07, 2021
17601882 LITHIUM COMPOSITE METAL OXIDE POWDER AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL EGGERDING, ALIX ECHELMEYER 1729 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2021
17598432 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY LUO, KAN 1751 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2021
17598460 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY LUO, KAN 1751 Non-Final OA Sep 27, 2021
17310805 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY SON, TAEYOUNG 1751 Non-Final OA Aug 25, 2021
17433663 POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY FREEMAN, EMILY ELIZABETH 1724 Final Rejection Aug 25, 2021
17425102 NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE, LITHIUM NICKEL COBALT ALUMINUM COMPOSITE OXIDE, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY CARVALHO JR., ARMINDO 1729 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2021
16976979 LITHIUM METAL COMPOSITE OXIDE, LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY BARROW, AMANDA J 1729 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2020

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