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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Barnes & Thornburg LLP (Dc)

25 pending office actions • 16 clients

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
11
Final Rejections
14
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH 6
Schnuck Markets, Inc. 3
Smartcom Labs OY 2
Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. 2
Sharrow Engineering LLC 1
VALT DEFENSE LLC 1
Teraxion Inc. 1
Skeleton Technologies GmbH 1
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH 1
Shandong Sinocera Functional Material Co., Ltd. 1
Henan Longcheng Coal High Efficiency Technology Application Co., Ltd. 1
Howard G. Buffett Foundation 1
Zhengzhou Sanhua Technology Industry Co. Ltd. 1
Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. 1
Tohoku University 1
Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18947464 Untitled Sharrow Engineering LLC TIETJEN, MARINA ANNETTE 3799 Non-Final OA
18944909 FIREARM SYSTEM WITH GAS-PISTON SYSTEM VALT DEFENSE LLC TILLMAN, JR, REGINALD S 3641 Final Rejection Nov 12, 2024
18855997 BRAKE SYSTEM AND BRAKING METHOD FOR RAIL VEHICLES Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 3747 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18760508 SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS WITH IMPROVED FREQUENCY MODULATION RESPONSE Teraxion Inc. KOTTER, STEPHEN SUTTON 2828 Non-Final OA Jul 01, 2024
18757782 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CAPACITANCE OF A CAPACITOR, CAPACITOR MONITORING DEVICE AND SYSTEM Skeleton Technologies GmbH NGUYEN, TUNG X 2858 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2024
18613980 COMPONENTS, SYSTEM, PLATFORM AND METHODOLOGIES FOR MEDIATING AND PROVISIONING SERVICES AND PRODUCT DELIVERY AND ORCHESTRATING, MEDIATING AND AUTHENTICATING TRANSACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS Smartcom Labs OY DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 3992 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18285231 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING A MOVEMENT OF AN OBJECT CAUGHT IN A DOOR OF A VEHICLE, AND DETECTION SYSTEM Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH WALSH, RYAN D 2852 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2023
18280380 VALVE HOUSING FOR A CONTROL VALVE AND CONTROL VALVE Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 Final Rejection Sep 05, 2023
18280331 INTERFACE ADAPTER FOR A CONTROL VALVE AND CONTROL VALVE WITH AN INTERFACE ADAPTER Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH LANE, NICHOLAS J 3616 Final Rejection Sep 05, 2023
18229462 CONSUMER COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF Schnuck Markets, Inc. WALTON, CHESIREE A 3624 Final Rejection Aug 02, 2023
18332935 ZIRCONIA RESIN-BASED DISPERSION LIQUID, UV-CURABLE ADHESIVE AND PREPARATION METHOD AND USE THEREOF Shandong Sinocera Functional Material Co., Ltd. DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2023
18027684 SEALING STRUCTURE OF HORIZONTAL ROTARY PYROLYSIS KILN Henan Longcheng Coal High Efficiency Technology Application Co., Ltd. JOHNSON, BENJAMIN W 3762 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2023
18119508 COMPONENTS, SYSTEM, PLATFORM AND METHODOLOGIES FOR MEDIATING AND PROVISIONING SERVICES AND PRODUCT DELIVERY AND ORCHESTRATING, MEDIATING AND AUTHENTICATING TRANSACTIONS AND INTERACTIONS Smartcom Labs OY DESAI, RACHNA SINGH 3992 Non-Final OA Mar 09, 2023
18108060 CONSUMER COMMUNICATIONS ALLOCATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS Schnuck Markets, Inc. DAGNEW, SABA 3621 Non-Final OA Feb 10, 2023
18167710 REMOTE ORDNANCE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE FUNCTIONALITY Howard G. Buffett Foundation BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 Non-Final OA Feb 10, 2023
17925388 CONVEYING APPARATUS AND TONING APPARATUS Zhengzhou Sanhua Technology Industry Co. Ltd. NEJAD, MAHDI H 3653 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2022
17961261 CONSUMER INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS THEREOF Schnuck Markets, Inc. SALMAN, AVIA ABDULSATTAR 3627 Final Rejection Oct 06, 2022
17860426 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING OF STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SEGMENTS Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. DOWNES, NATHANAEL JASON 1794 Non-Final OA Jul 08, 2022
17853051 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY WITH ELECTROPERMANENT MAGNET ARRAY Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. MALDONADO, STEVEN 3797 Final Rejection Jun 29, 2022
17738770 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CARDIAC CONDUCTION ABNORMALITIES Weinberg Medical Physics Inc. SHAFQAT, AMY JEANETTE 3798 Final Rejection May 06, 2022
17628361 CHIMERIC MOLECULE, PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR CLEAVING TARGET NUCLEIC ACID, AND KIT FOR TARGET NUCLEIC ACID CLEAVAGE OR DIAGNOSIS Tohoku University DACE DENITO, ALEXANDRA GERALDINE 1636 Final Rejection Jan 19, 2022
17568122 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE MODULATION OF NEURONAL FUNCTION AND OF AND TISSUE PERMEABILITY WITH MRI CORRELATION Weinberg Medical Physics, Inc. DORNA, CARRIE R 3791 Non-Final OA Jan 04, 2022
17599551 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING OPERATIONAL DATA Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH KAZIMI, MAHMOUD M 3665 Final Rejection Sep 28, 2021
17599513 SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING AND/OR MONITORING OPERATING DATA OF A COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY, COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPERATING DATA AND/OR FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONALITY OF A COMPRESSED AIR SUPPLY Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH LEITE, PAULO ROBERTO GONZ 3663 Final Rejection Sep 28, 2021
16472655 METHOD FOR MAINTAINING TOTAL BRAKING POWER OF A TRAIN WHILE TAKING THE AVAILABLE FRICTION CONDITIONS INTO CONSIDERATION Knorr-Bremse Systeme Für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 Non-Final OA Jun 21, 2019

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