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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Wm)

71 pending office actions • 16 clients

Portfolio Summary

71
Total Pending OAs
30
Final Rejections
41
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (16 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
BASF Corporation 32
Merck Patent GmbH 25
Sensid GmbH 1
Redx Pharma PLC 1
VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC 1
Merck Patent GmbH 1
Weylchem Performance Products GmbH 1
BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT COTTBUS-SENFTENBERG 1
Dow Gloval Technologies LLC 1
Isobionics B.V. 1
Energy 13 GmbH 1
William J. Kirk 1
Linde GmbH 1
BASF Corporation 1
Prefere Resins Holding GmbH 1
Kolon Plastics Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18701371 METHOD FOR REMOVING UPPER PART OF SACRIFICIAL LAYER, AND SACRIFICIAL SOLUTION AND ACIDIC AQUEOUS SOLUTION USED THEREFOR Merck Patent GmbH REMAVEGE, CHRISTOPHER 1713 Non-Final OA Apr 15, 2024
18687336 COMPOSITION Merck Patent GmbH MURATA, AUSTIN 1712 Final Rejection Feb 28, 2024
18580717 BLOOD MATRIX AS REFERENCE MATERIAL FOR IN-VITRO DIAGNOSTICS Sensid GmbH GRAY, JESSICA 1682 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2024
18565009 QUINAZOLINE DERIVATIVES USEFUL AS RAS INHIBITORS Redx Pharma PLC MCKOY, QUINCY ANDRE 1626 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18282709 SHARED DATA INDUCED QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR MATERIALS VERSUM MATERIALS US, LLC CHIUSANO, ANDREW TSUTOMU 2144 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2023
18280961 SUBSTRATE SURFACE TREATING SOLUTION, AND USING THE SAME, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CLEANED SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE Merck Patent GmbH MRUK, BRIAN P 1761 Non-Final OA Sep 08, 2023
18277428 RESIST FILM THICKENING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THICKENED PATTERN Merck Patent GmbH ANGEBRANNDT, MARTIN J 1737 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2023
18010220 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PERSONALIZED COSMETIC PREPARATION BASF Corporation ZHANG SPIERING, DONGXIU 1616 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2023
18269074 NEGATIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION Merck Patent GmbH EOFF, ANCA 1722 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2023
18211434 COMPOUNDS WITH AN ACCEPTOR AND A DONOR GROUP Merck Patent GmbH YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Final Rejection Jun 19, 2023
18035313 SULFUROUS COMPOUNDS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH YOUNGBLOOD, WILLIAM JUSTIN 1629 Non-Final OA May 04, 2023
18029388 POLYSILAZANE, SILICEOUS FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION COMPRISING THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SILICEOUS FILM USING THE SAME Merck Patent GmbH MOORE, MARGARET G 1765 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18025921 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING BLEACHING CATALYST, MANUFACTURING PROCESS THEREOF, AND BLEACHING AND CLEANING AGENT COMPRISING SAME Weylchem Performance Products GmbH DOUYON, LORNA M 1761 Final Rejection Mar 13, 2023
18022760 ARTHROSPIRA FOR USE IN THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES BRANDENBURGISCHE TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT COTTBUS-SENFTENBERG ALAM, AYAAN A 1611 Non-Final OA Feb 23, 2023
18022762 CHEMICALLY AMPLIFIED RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST FILM USING THE SAME Merck Patent GmbH MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 Final Rejection Feb 23, 2023
18021562 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH GODENSCHWAGER, PETER F 1767 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2023
18018048 SOLID SHAPED BODY AND USE OF THE SOLID SHAPED BODY BASF Corporation SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 Non-Final OA Jan 26, 2023
18017680 CYCLIC COMPOUNDS AS AROMA CHEMICALS BASF Corporation WHITELEY, JESSICA 1763 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2023
18016968 AQUEOUS POLYMER LATEX OF FILM-FORMING COPOLYMERS SUITABLE AS BINDER IN WATERBORNE COATING COMPOSITIONS BASF Corporation EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 Non-Final OA Jan 19, 2023
18013273 POLYURETHANE FOAMS WITH IMPROVED ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES BASF Corporation RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 Final Rejection Dec 28, 2022
18013272 METHOXYPROPANOLS SEPARATION INCLUDING AZEOTROPIC DISTILLATION Dow Gloval Technologies LLC MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 Final Rejection Dec 28, 2022
18011854 NAPHTHALOCYANINE AND PHTHALOCYANINE PARTICLES BASF Corporation JOHNSTON, BRIEANN R 1766 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2022
18011855 POROUS CATALYST-SUPPORT SHAPED BODY BASF Corporation SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 Final Rejection Dec 21, 2022
18010474 INDENOAZANAPHTHALENES Merck Patent GmbH JEON, SEOKMIN 1786 Non-Final OA Dec 15, 2022
18010218 BIODEGRADABLE UV ABSORBERS BASF Corporation MURESAN, ANA Z 1692 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2022
18079430 HETEROCYCLIC SPIRO COMPOUNDS Merck Patent GmbH YOUNG, WILLIAM D 1761 Final Rejection Dec 12, 2022
18008680 REJUVENATING AGENTS FOR ASPHALT RECYCLING BASF Corporation WU, ANDREA 1763 Non-Final OA Dec 07, 2022
18008684 IMPROVED DEMINERALIZATION OF FERMENTATION BROTHS AND PURIFICATION OF FINE CHEMICALS SUCH AS OLIGOSACCHARIDES BASF Corporation SHIAO, YIH-HORNG 1691 Final Rejection Dec 07, 2022
18008749 METHOD FOR SEPARATING BIOMASS FROM A SOLUTION COMPRISING BIOMASS AND AT LEAST ONE AROMA COMPOUND BASF Corporation FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON GIONTA 1773 Final Rejection Dec 07, 2022
18007813 SYNTHETIC SANTALENE SYNTHASES Isobionics B.V. RAGHU, GANAPATHIRAM 1652 Non-Final OA Dec 02, 2022
17927758 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS Merck Patent GmbH COOPER, BRANDON JOSEPH 1786 Non-Final OA Nov 25, 2022
17923340 METHOD FOR GENERATING THERMAL ENERGY AND CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCK BY MEANS OF ALUMINO-THERMAL REACTION Energy 13 GmbH RUMP, RICHARD M 1759 Non-Final OA Nov 04, 2022
17922792 ISOCYANATE-MODIFIED ASPHALT COMPOSITIONS William J. Kirk MOORE, ALEXANDRA MARIE 1738 Final Rejection Nov 02, 2022
17922793 A PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS OF WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS BASF Corporation CAI, WENWEN 1763 Non-Final OA Nov 02, 2022
17918359 FORMULATION OF AN ORGANIC FUNCTIONAL MATERIAL Merck Patent GmbH BOHATY, ANDREW K 1759 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17961869 SUNSCREEN OR DAILY CARE COMPOSITION COMPRISING BIS-ETHYLHEXYLOXYPHENOL METHOXYPHENYL TRIAZINE AND INORGANIC UV FILTERS BASF Corporation LAZARO, DOMINIC 1611 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2022
17916063 METHOD FOR THE HYDROFORMYLATION OF OLEFINS BASF Corporation KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2022
17915514 MULTI-LAYER BODY FOR DIFFUSE TRANSILLUMINATION Merck Patent GmbH NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2022
17913447 PROCESS FOR INHIBITING THE UNDESIRED FREE-RADICAL POLYMERIZATION OF ACRYLIC ACID PRESENT IN A LIQUID PHASE P BASF Corporation DOLETSKI, BLAINE G 1692 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2022
17911666 CATALYTIC PROCESS FOR PREPARING AN a,ß-ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED CARBOXYLIC ACID SALT BASF Corporation KELLY-O'NEILL, YOLANDA LYNNETTE 1692 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2022
17910374 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 Non-Final OA Sep 09, 2022
17908255 OXIME ESTER PHOTOINITIATORS BASF Corporation MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 Non-Final OA Aug 31, 2022
17800547 STABLE FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMIN POWDERS BASF Corporation MORENO, LARK JULIA 1793 Final Rejection Aug 18, 2022
17798909 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE WITH SINGLE-PHASE ALTERNATING CURRENT Linde GmbH KIRKWOOD, SPENCER HAMMETT 3761 Final Rejection Aug 11, 2022
17797736 PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR PRODUCING PHOSGENE BASF Corporation HENDRICKSON, STUART L 1736 Non-Final OA Aug 05, 2022
17797735 MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH CLARK, GREGORY D 1786 Non-Final OA Aug 05, 2022
17786864 INCREASING SPACE-TIME-YIELD, CARBON-CONVERSION-EFFICIENCY AND CARBON SUBSTRATE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF FINE CHEMICALS BASF Corporation KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 Final Rejection Jun 17, 2022
17785966 A MOLDING COMPRISING A TI-MWW ZEOLITE AND HAVING A SPECIFIC LEWIS ACIDITY BASF Corporation SHERMAN, ERIC SCOTT 1736 Non-Final OA Jun 16, 2022
17786127 DECREASING TOXICITY OF TERPENES AND INCREASING THE PRODUCTION POTENTIAL IN MICRO-ORGANISMS BASF Corporation LYONS, MARY M 1645 Final Rejection Jun 16, 2022
17785635 COMPOUNDS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH CHANDHOK, JENNA N 1789 Final Rejection Jun 15, 2022
17785092 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CYCLOHEXANOL AND CYCLOHEXANONE BASF Corporation BAHTA, MEDHANIT W 1692 Final Rejection Jun 14, 2022
17784128 POLYUREA COPOLYMER BASF Corporation NGUYEN, HA S 1766 Final Rejection Jun 10, 2022
17773859 ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT APPARATUS Merck Patent GmbH JEON, SEOKMIN 1786 Final Rejection May 03, 2022
17770441 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2022
17761223 MIXTURE OF TWO HOST MATERIALS, AND ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICE COMPRISING SAME Merck Patent GmbH YANG, JAY LEE 1786 Final Rejection Mar 17, 2022
17760796 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ASPHALT MIX COMPOSITION BASF Corporation CHAU, LISA N 1785 Non-Final OA Mar 16, 2022
17639432 MATERIALS FOR ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENT DEVICES Merck Patent GmbH DAHLBURG, ELIZABETH M 1786 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2022
17416049 NOVEL COSMETIC AND DERMATOLOGICAL USES OF AN EXTRACT OF CISTUS MONSPELIENSIS BASF Corporation JUSTICE, GINA CHIEUN YU 1617 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2022
17635791 MULTIFUNCTIONAL CYCLIC ORGANIC CARBONATES AS CURING AGENTS FOR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS HAVING PHENOLIC HYDROXYL GROUPS Prefere Resins Holding GmbH FANG, SHANE 1766 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2022
17619008 STABILIZED GYPSUM PARTICLES BASF Corporation CHAU, LISA N 1785 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2021
17616359 USE OF AN ADDITIVE KIT IN 3D PRINTING OF A CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COMPOSITION BASF Corporation CHAU, LINDA N 1785 Final Rejection Dec 03, 2021
17612058 A NEGATIVE TONE LIFT OFF RESIST COMPOSITION COMPRISING AN ALKALI SOLUBLE RESIN AND A PHOTO ACID GENERATOR, AND A METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL FILM PATTERNS ON A SUBSTRATE. Merck Patent GmbH MALLOY, ANNA E 1737 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2021
17608495 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Merck Patent GmbH KOLLIAS, ALEXANDER C 1786 Final Rejection Nov 03, 2021
17599093 POSITIVE TYPE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RESIST PATTERN USING THE SAME Merck Patent GmbH CHAMPION, RICHARD DAVID 1737 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2021
17439513 ALKOXYLATED POLYALKYLENE IMINES OR ALKOXYLATED POLYAMINES WITH A TERMINAL POLYBUTYLENE OXIDE BLOCK BASF Corporation MCCULLEY, MEGAN CASSANDRA 1767 Final Rejection Sep 15, 2021
17416480 ENZYMATIC HEXOSAMINIDATION OF LACTOSE BASF Corporation YAMASAKI, ROBERT J 1657 Non-Final OA Jun 19, 2021
17268790 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE BY MEANS OF DIRECT CURRENT BASF Corporation CAMPBELL, THOR S 3761 Final Rejection Feb 16, 2021
17268743 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HEATING A FLUID IN A PIPELINE BASF Corporation WEN, KEVIN GUANHUA 3761 Non-Final OA Feb 16, 2021
17260151 METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF STABLE POLYOXYMETHYLENE COPOLYMERS (CPOM) Kolon Plastics Inc. LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 Non-Final OA Jan 13, 2021
16766199 AN ADDITIVE COMPOSITION AND APPLICATION THEREOF BASF Corporation REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 Non-Final OA May 21, 2020
16092860 HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS COMPRISING DIBENZOFURAN AND/OR DIBENZOTHIOPHENE STRUCTURES Merck Patent GmbH GARRETT, DAWN L 1786 Non-Final OA Oct 11, 2018

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