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Last updated: April 19, 2026

BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY

27 pending office actions • 6 clients

Portfolio Summary

27
Total Pending OAs
8
Final Rejections
19
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (6 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY 17
Tepha, Inc. 5
Nirvana Sciences Inc. 2
C.R. Bard, Inc. 1
Cornell University 1
Davol Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18596301 Light Detection Systems Having A Secondary Light Scatter Detector And Methods For Using Same BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 2877 Final Rejection Mar 05, 2024
18592323 ARTICULATING SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS C.R. Bard, Inc. HOLWERDA, KATHLEEN SONNETT 3771 Non-Final OA Feb 29, 2024
18584907 METHODS FOR DETERMINING IMAGE FILTERS FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES OF A SAMPLE AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY ZHAO, LEI 2668 Non-Final OA Feb 22, 2024
18427553 Systems for Processing a Cellular Sample, Multi-Microwell Array-Flowcell Cartridges for Use Therein, and Methods of Use Thereof BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY SALMON, KATHERINE D 1682 Non-Final OA Jan 30, 2024
18529323 Gain Matched Amplifiers for Light Detection BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY YAZBACK, MAHER 2877 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18559853 NIPPLE RECONSTRUCTION IMPLANT Cornell University SHARMA, YASHITA 3774 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18232210 HIGHLY EFFICIENT PARTITION LOADING OF SINGLE CELLS BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY OLSON, ALEXANDRA NADINE 1684 Non-Final OA Aug 09, 2023
18365846 BREAST IMPLANT WRAPS TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF BREAST IMPLANTS AND RELATED METHODS Tepha, Inc. ZIMMERMAN, REBECCA LYNEE 3774 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2023
18226542 METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES USING IMAGES BASED ON FILTERED LAYERS AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAME BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY THOMAS, SOUMYA 2664 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2023
18273857 MINIMALLY INVASIVE BREAST SUSPENSION SYSTEM Tepha, Inc. MATHEW, SEEMA 3774 Non-Final OA Jul 24, 2023
18355061 IMPLANTS AND METHODS FOR MASTOPEXY Tepha, Inc. GHERBI, SUZETTE JAIME J 3774 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2023
18206447 SYSTEMS FOR RECONSTITUTING DRIED REAGENT COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY WALLENHORST, MAUREEN 1797 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18199756 Flow Cytometer With Optical Equalization BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY PHILLIPS, RUFUS L 2877 Final Rejection May 19, 2023
18024995 IMPLANTS AND SYSTEMS FOR SCARLESS MASTOPEXY Tepha, Inc. RWEGO, KANKINDI 3771 Final Rejection Mar 07, 2023
18106280 Methods for Group-Wise Cytometry Data Analysis and Systems for Same BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY DO, AN H 2853 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2023
17984931 METHODS FOR DYNAMIC REAL-TIME ADJUSTMENT OF A DATA ACQUISITION PARAMETER IN A FLOW CYTOMETER BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY YAO, JULIA ZHI-YI 2666 Final Rejection Nov 10, 2022
17876349 WATER-SOLUBLE YELLOW GREEN ABSORBING DYES BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY HUANG, MICKEY NMN 1758 Non-Final OA Jul 28, 2022
17850501 Multi Chromophore Fluorescent Dyes with Enhanced Brightness BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY BERKELEY, EMILY R 1796 Final Rejection Jun 27, 2022
17612971 NARROW EMISSION DYES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME Nirvana Sciences Inc. CRAIG, KAILA ANGELIQUE 1618 Non-Final OA Nov 19, 2021
17612968 NARROW EMISSION DYES, COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME, AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME Nirvana Sciences Inc. VU, JAKE MINH 1618 Final Rejection Nov 19, 2021
17490419 SARS-CoV2 Antigen Lateral Flow Assay Detection Device and Methods of Using the Same BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY BUCKMASTER, MARLENE VRENI 1672 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2021
17481705 FLOW CYTOMETERS INCLUDING TILTED BEAM SHAPING OPTICAL COMPONENTS, AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY NGUYEN, HENRY H 1758 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2021
17361280 THERAPEUTIC POWDER APPLICATOR Davol Inc. SWANSON, LEAH JENNINGS 3783 Final Rejection Jun 28, 2021
17154427 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ADJUSTING A TRAINING GATE TO ACCOMMODATE FLOW CYTOMETER DATA BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY SABOUR, GHAZAL 1686 Non-Final OA Jan 21, 2021
17098912 MAGNETIC CAPTURE BEAD MEDIATED MOLECULAR BARCODING OF NUCLEIC ACID TARGETS IN SINGLE PARTICLES AND COMPOSITIONS FOR USE IN THE SAME BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY PARISI, JESSICA DANIELLE 1684 Non-Final OA Nov 16, 2020
17006705 MEDICAL DEVICES CONTAINING POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE) AND COPOLYMERS THEREOF Tepha, Inc. PIPIC, ALMA 1617 Non-Final OA Aug 28, 2020
16523871 POLYMERIC TANDEM DYES HAVING PENDANT NARROW EMISSION ACCEPTOR BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY NGUYEN, NAM P 1678 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2019

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