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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Eastman Chemical Company

85 pending office actions • 9 clients

Portfolio Summary

85
Total Pending OAs
27
Final Rejections
58
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Eastman Chemical Company 51
Solutia Inc. 16
Eastman Chemical Company 8
Solutia Inc. 3
Taminco BV 3
Southwall Technologies Inc. 1
Eastman Chemical Campany 1
Knowlton Technologies, LLC 1
Solutia Canada Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18832092 INTERLAYERS AND LAMINATED GLAZINGS WITH LIGHT-REFLECTING BODIES Solutia Inc. RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2024
18832093 INTERLAYERS AND LAMINATED GLAZINGS WITH LIGHT-REFLECTING BODIES Solutia Inc. RUMMEL, IAN A 1785 Non-Final OA Jul 22, 2024
18748700 INTERLAYERS COMPRISING OPTICAL FILMS HAVING ENHANCED OPTICAL PROPERTIES Solutia Inc. SHUKLA, KRUPA 1787 Non-Final OA Jun 20, 2024
18704081 RECOVERING POLY(VINYL BUTYRAL) POLYMER Solutia Inc. NGUYEN, BOI-LIEN THI 1779 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2024
18704083 RECOVERING POLY(VINYL BUTYRAL) POLYMER Solutia Inc. BOYKIN, TERRESSA M 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2024
18694154 SPECIAL EFFECT FILM PRODUCTS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THEM Southwall Technologies Inc. DICUS, TAMRA 1787 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2024
18688831 POLYMER INTERLAYERS WITH LOW MOTTLE AND REDUCED ICEFLOWER DEFECTS Solutia Inc. ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2024
18688068 PROCESS OF MAKING ARTICLES COMPRISING COPOLYESTERS PRODUCED WITH GERMANIUM CATALYSTS Eastman Chemical Company DANIELS, MATTHEW J 1742 Final Rejection Feb 29, 2024
18687453 POLYMER INTERLAYERS WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES Solutia Inc. DICUS, TAMRA 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 28, 2024
18687018 POLYMER INTERLAYER WITH BLOCKED CORE LAYER Solutia Inc. POWERS, LAURA C 1785 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18686033 FILMS COMPRISING ALIPHATIC THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES AND POLYVINYL ACETALS USEFUL AS PAINT PROTECTION FILMS Eastman Chemical Company NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2024
18686024 FILMS COMPRISING POLYURETHANES AND PLASTICIZED POLYVINYL ACETALS THAT ARE USEFUL AS AUTO WRAPS Eastman Chemical Company NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2024
18686010 FILMS COMPRISING ALIPHATIC THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANES AND POLYVINYL ACETALS USEFUL AS AUTO WRAPS Eastman Chemical Company NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2024
18686005 FILMS COMPRISING BLENDS OF POLYURETHANES AND COPOLYESTER ELASTOMERS USEFUL AS AUTO WRAPS Eastman Chemical Company NELSON, MICHAEL B 1787 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2024
18434154 FOAMABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE COMPOSITIONS, FOAMS AND FOAM ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM Eastman Chemical Company FERGUSON, LAWRENCE D 1781 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2024
18432398 POLYMERS, ARTICLES, AND CHEMICALS MADE FROM DENSIFIED TEXTILE DERIVED SYNGAS Eastman Chemical Company AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 Final Rejection Feb 05, 2024
18293923 INTEGRATED PROCESS FOR 5-(METHOXYCARBONYL)FURAN-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID (MCFC) Eastman Chemical Company AULAKH, CHARANJIT 1621 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2024
18419778 POLYESTERAMIDES, PROCESSES FOR THE PREPARATION THEREOF, AND POLYESTERAMIDE COMPOSITIONS Eastman Chemical Company YOON, TAE H 1762 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2024
18571978 HIGH POPULATION OF CLOSED C-SHAPED FIBERS Eastman Chemical Company LEE, EDMUND H 1744 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2023
18562869 IR-REFLECTIVE COMPOUND INTERLAYERS Solutia Inc. LIU, SHAN 2871 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2023
18560953 PURGE PROCESS FOR 5-(METHOXYCARBONYL)FURAN-2-CARBOXYLIC ACID (MCFC) Eastman Chemical Company ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18560956 MOTHER LIQUOR COMPOSITION GENERATED IN MCFC PROCESS Eastman Chemical Company ROZOF, TIMOTHY R 1625 Non-Final OA Nov 15, 2023
18559582 LAMINATED GLAZING HAVING IMPROVED SOUND INSULATION PROPERTIES Solutia Inc. GAITONDE, MEGHA MEHTA 1781 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2023
18558396 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MECHANICAL SEPARATION OF MULTILAYER INTERLAYERS Solutia Inc. SENGUPTA, SONYA MAZUMDAR 1745 Final Rejection Nov 01, 2023
18553740 OPHTHALMIC ARTICLES MADE FROM CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS HAVING HIGH TOUGHNESS AND DIMENSIONAL STABILITY Eastman Chemical Company FANG, SHANE 1766 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18547541 CAP SHEETS USEFUL FOR FUNCTIONAL FILMS Eastman Chemical Company ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 Final Rejection Aug 23, 2023
18260105 A METHOD OF RECYCLING POLY(VINYL BUTYRAL) FROM MULTILAYER POLY(VINYL BUTYRAL) SHEETS Solutia Inc. RUNYAN, SILVANA C 3674 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2023
18257714 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL-CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND GALLIUM ATOMS Eastman Chemical Company BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257669 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND GALLIUM Eastman Chemical Company SCOTT, ANGELA C 1767 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257729 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND ALUMINUM Eastman Chemical Company BUTTNER, DAVID J 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257703 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING TITANIUM AND ZINC ATOMS Eastman Chemical Company KAHN, RACHEL 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257692 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING LITHIUM AND ALUMINUM ATOMS Eastman Chemical Company LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257678 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING TETRAMETHYL CYCLOBUTANEDIOL AND 1,4-CYCLOHEXANEDIMETHANOL HAVING AN IMPROVED CATALYST SYSTEM COMPRISING TITANIUM AND ZINC Eastman Chemical Company KAHN, RACHEL 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18257454 NOVEL THERMOPLASTIC POLYESTERS AND SYNTHESIS THEREFOR Eastman Chemical Company RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18330028 COPOLYESTER FROM TEREPHTHALIC ACID CONTAINING LOW DIETHYLENE GLYCOL Eastman Chemical Company NGUYEN, HA S 1766 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18255653 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STRAY LIGHT ARTIFACT MITIGATION Solutia Inc. SRIDHAR, SAMANVITHA 2872 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18255614 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREVENT UNINTENDED VIEWING OF A PROJECTED IMAGE Solutia Inc. MERLIN, JESSICA M 2871 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18255628 SECONDARY IMAGE MITIGATION AND SOLAR CONTROL IN HUD SYSTEMS Solutia Inc. ALAM, MUSHFIKH I 2426 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18255602 SELECTIVE ABSORPTION FOR SECONDARY IMAGE MITIGATION IN HUD SYSTEMS Solutia Inc. PINKNEY, DAWAYNE 2872 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2023
18251549 MOLDED ARTICLES FOR USE WITH TERPENE CONTAINING OILS Eastman Chemical Campany SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 Final Rejection May 03, 2023
18247896 POLYESTER POLYOL COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS Eastman Chemical Company DU, SURBHI M 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247894 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS Eastman Chemical Company NILAND, PATRICK DENNIS 1762 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247899 POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS FOR METAL PACKAGING COATINGS Eastman Chemical Company BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 Non-Final OA Apr 05, 2023
18247808 SHRINKABLE POLYESTER FILMS Eastman Chemical Company FANG, SHANE 1766 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2023
18040287 OLEFIN HYDROFORMYLATION PROCESSES USING HYDROCARBON SOLVENTS AND FLUORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE PRESENCE OF PHOSPHOLANE-PHOSPHITE LIGANDS Eastman Chemical Company BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 Final Rejection Feb 02, 2023
18006224 INTERLAYERS HAVING ENHANCED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE Solutia Inc. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 Non-Final OA Jan 20, 2023
18006218 INTERLAYERS HAVING ENHANCED OPTICAL PERFORMANCE IN TRANSMISSION Solutia Inc. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 1781 Non-Final OA Jan 20, 2023
18151741 HIGH EFFICIENCY SYNTHETIC FILTER MEDIA Knowlton Technologies, LLC PERRIN, CLARE M 1779 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2023
18014571 HEAD-UP DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH HALF WAVEPLATE OPTIMIZED FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE Eastman Chemical Company PAN, JIA X 2871 Final Rejection Jan 05, 2023
18002290 WASHABLE CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBER BLENDS FOR THERMAL INSULATION Eastman Chemical Company GILLETT, JENNIFER ANN 1789 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
18000726 MULTILAYER RESILIENT FLOORING ARTICLE Eastman Chemical Company CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000700 CELLULOSE ESTER-BASED COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM Eastman Chemical Company POWERS, LAURA C 1785 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000717 PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS Eastman Chemical Company WU, ANDREA 1763 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2022
18000729 LOW-HAZE AND LOW-COLOR PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED MELT STRENGTH AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM Eastman Chemical Company WU, ANDREA 1763 Final Rejection Dec 05, 2022
18052270 RECYCLED CONTENT TRIACETIN Eastman Chemical Company DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 1692 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2022
17920466 A MULTI-LAYER ASSEMBLY FOR PROVIDING A TARGETTED TRANSMITTED COLOR AND TARGETTED REFLECTIVE COLOR Solutia Canada Inc. RAKOWSKI, CARA E 2872 Final Rejection Oct 21, 2022
17996703 VITRIFICATION MATERIALS TO PARTIAL OXIDATION GASIFIER Eastman Chemical Company PIRO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY 1738 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
17996668 PARTIAL OXIDATION GASIFICATION OF WET WASTE PLASTIC Eastman Chemical Company CORALLO, CATRIONA MARY 1732 Final Rejection Oct 20, 2022
17996011 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF WASTE PLASTIC MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED SOLVOLYSIS CATALYST Eastman Chemical Company ROSEBACH, CHRISTINA H.W. 1766 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17907734 CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE SHEETS MADE FROM RESIN BLENDS Eastman Chemical Company SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2022
17907501 METHODS OF APPLYING A FUMIGANT TO REDUCE FUSARIUM CONTAMINATION Taminco BV LOVE, TREVOR M 1611 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2022
17907496 METHODS OF REDUCING FUSARIUM CONTAMINATION Taminco BV ELENISTE, PIERRE PAUL 1622 Final Rejection Sep 27, 2022
17905261 LOW HYDROXYL CONTENT CELLULOSE ESTER AND POLYMERIC ALIPHATIC POLYESTER COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES Eastman Chemical Company WU, ANDREA 1763 Final Rejection Aug 30, 2022
17760488 POLYMER INTERLAYERS HAVING REDUCED YELLOW COLOR Solutia Inc. KHATRI, PRASHANT J 1783 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2022
17760314 NON-HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT COPOLYESTER COMPOSITIONS Eastman Chemical Company USELDING, JOHN E 1763 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17760315 CHEMICAL RECYCLING OF SOLVOLYSIS REACTOR PURGE COPRODUCT STREAMS Eastman Chemical Company BOYER, RANDY 1771 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17760317 FLAME RETARDANT COPOLYESTER COMPOSITIONS Eastman Chemical Company BUTCHER, ROBERT T 1764 Final Rejection Aug 08, 2022
17759109 BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM CELLULOSE ACETATE Eastman Chemical Company RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 Final Rejection Jul 20, 2022
17759047 BIODEGRADABLE COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES MADE FROM CELLULOSE ACETATE Eastman Chemical Company BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2022
17813134 CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBERS IN NONWOVEN FABRICS Eastman Chemical Company MCKINNON, LASHAWNDA T 1789 Non-Final OA Jul 18, 2022
17757389 METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIMETHYL TEREPHTHALATE FROM POLYESTER METHANOLYSIS DEPOLYMERIZATION SYSTEMS Eastman Chemical Company O DELL, DAVID K 1621 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17755474 PROCESS FOR PREPARING BICYCLO[2.2.2]OCTANE-1,4-DIOL Eastman Chemical Company HOU, FRANK S 1692 Non-Final OA Apr 29, 2022
17754658 PLASTICIZED CELLULOSE ESTER COMPOSITIONS WITH IMPROVED WEATHERING AND ARTICLES FORMED THEREFROM Eastman Chemical Company WU, ANDREA 1763 Non-Final OA Apr 08, 2022
17754657 ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION FOR ANIMAL FEED Taminco BV WORSHAM, JESSICA N 1615 Final Rejection Apr 08, 2022
17754628 CATALYST SYSTEMS FOR CRYSTALLIZABLE REACTOR GRADE RESINS Eastman Chemical Company JONES JR., ROBERT STOCKTON 1762 Non-Final OA Apr 07, 2022
17753845 RAPID DISPERSAL FORMULATION CONTAINING A SULFOPOLYMER Eastman Chemical Company PROSSER, ALISSA J 1619 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2022
17753795 STICKER FORMULATION CONTAINING A SULFOPOLYMER Eastman Chemical Company PIPIC, ALMA 1617 Non-Final OA Mar 15, 2022
17597703 MULTILAYER SHEET Eastman Chemical Company GOTFREDSON, GAREN 1619 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2022
17595107 RECYCLABLE MOLDED ARTICLES FROM BLENDS OF COPOLYESTERS AND RECYCLED PET Eastman Chemical Company LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2021
17594969 HIGH SOLVATING MIXED TEREPHTHALATE ESTER PLASTICIZER COMPOSITIONS Eastman Chemical Company BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2021
17450237 RESIN COMPOSITION AND RESIN MOLDED ARTICLE Eastman Chemical Company HEINCER, LIAM J 1767 Final Rejection Oct 07, 2021
17310649 GASIFICATION OF DENSIFIED TEXTILES AND SOLID FOSSIL FUELS Eastman Chemical Company AKRAM, IMRAN 1725 Final Rejection Aug 16, 2021
17250974 CRYSTALLIZABLE SHRINKABLE FILMS AND THERMOFORMABLE SHEETS MADE FROM REACTOR GRADE RESINS Eastman Chemical Company ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 Final Rejection Apr 06, 2021
16540158 CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBER BLENDS FOR THERMAL INSULATION BATTING Eastman Chemical Company PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 Final Rejection Aug 14, 2019
15971094 FURAN-2,5-DICARBOXYLIC ACID PURGE PROCESS Eastman Chemical Company COUGHLIN, MATTHEW P 1626 Non-Final OA May 04, 2018

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