Prosecution Insights
Last updated: July 17, 2026

Grüneberg Global IP, PLLC

150 pending office actions • 29 clients • 126 examiners • 66 art units • 0 of 150 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 196 patents granted in the last 365 days

Quality Metrics (n=2773 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.2%
Allowance Rate
n=2773
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2773
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1515
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1515
973 days
Time to Allowance
n=1515
+15.0pp
Interview Lift
n=2773
35.0%
RCE Rate
n=2773
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2773

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

73.9%
§101 Overcome
n=23
71.3%
§102 Overcome
n=289
66.7%
§103 Overcome
n=1425
80.1%
§112 Overcome
n=287

Specialization & Scale

C08G, C08L, C09D
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2773
2
Practitioners
n=2773
1386.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=2773

Portfolio Summary

150
Total Pending OAs
94
Non-Final OAs
50
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 56 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

31
Overdue
2
Due this week
13
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
7
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 56 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (31)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (13)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (7)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

1
Hard (1%)
115
Medium (77%)
21
Easy (14%)
13
Unknown (9%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§103 only98 (65%)
§102 only14 (9%)
§112 only8 (5%)
Double-patenting only13 (9%)
Double-patenting + other3 (2%)
No statute on record13 (9%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

100
Life Sciences
67% of docket
1
Information Tech
1% of docket
2
Communications
1% of docket
4
Semiconductors
3% of docket
13
Mechanical / Eng
9% of docket
30
Business / Other
20% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

1,500 h
Manual time on pending OAs
300 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
525 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
13.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 4 78.1% +23.3%
BOYLE, KARA BRADY 3 61.7% -9.9%
EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 3 69.9% +13.9%
RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 3 45.1% +33.1%
MCAVOY, ELLEN M 2 72.8% +8.6%
CHOI, PETER Y 2 20.8% +33.7%
JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 2 49.3% +46.8%
ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 2 51.3% +42.6%
SERGENT, RABON A 2 54.8% +24.2%
MACFARLANE, EVAN H 2 50.4% +42.4%

Hard Cases (3)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17608274 FEED COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BETAINE SALTS AFREMOVA, VERA 23d overdue
18706192 POROUS FORMED PLATE CHOI, PETER Y
18253122 LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND BACKPACK USING THE SAME AS A BACK SURFACE MATERIAL CHOI, PETER Y

Interview Candidates (20)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17657471 TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 43d overdue
18540030 Sawing device and saw assembly MACFARLANE, EVAN H 38d overdue
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 23d overdue
18183282 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 2d overdue
18555434 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF A CARBODIIMIDE AND/OR A POLYCARBODIIMIDE SERGENT, RABON A 7d
18257780 DILUTION-STABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR THE MASS HYDROPHOBIZATION OF MINERAL BUILDING MATERIALS EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 29d
18448580 USE OF SPECIAL THIOL COMPOUNDS TO IMPROVE THE STORAGE STABILITY OF COMPOSITIONS BASED ON EPOXY RESINS CONTAINING AMINE COMPOUNDS ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 34d
18706192 POROUS FORMED PLATE CHOI, PETER Y

Client Portfolio (29 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17629
17345
17874
16134
17634
17594
17654
17664
17674
17644

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18721953 Untitled BASF Corporation JOHNSON, SONJI N Non-Final OA Pending
19430755 Untitled Merck Patent GmbH SALVOZA, M FRANCO G Non-Final OA Pending
19073140 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING IMAGE DATA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH TURCHEN, JAMES R §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 07, 2025
19107214 FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 27, 2025
19018387 LIQUID DROPLET FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING GEL PARTICLES Ricoh Company, Ltd. NICOLAS, FREDERICK C 1712 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 13, 2025
18976545 STATIC MIXERS IN THE PREPARATION OF ALICYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ESTERS THEREOF Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg VASISTH, VISHAL V DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2024
18871538 CONTINUOUS FIRE PROTECTION STRIPS FOR A FIRE STOP AND FIRE STOP Hilti Aktiengesellschaft DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2024
18869988 IMPROVED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUANIDINO ACETIC ACID (GAA) BY USING NADH-DEPENDENT DEHYDROGENASES Evonik Operations GmbH EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18958063 ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF 1-BUTENE FROM A HYDROCARBON STREAM Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg MCAVOY, ELLEN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18957961 ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROCESS FOR SEPARATION OF 1-BUTENE FROM A HYDROCARBON STREAM USING A HEAT TRANSFER MEDIUM Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg MCAVOY, ELLEN M DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18958187 ENERGY-EFFICIENT DISTILLATION PROCESS WITH VARIATION OF INFLOW Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg SINGH, PREM C §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 25, 2024
18695624 AMBULATORY PEST TRAPPING DEVICE Kuraray Co., Ltd. ALGHAILANI, SHADA MOHAMED 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18860769 AN AUGMENTED REALITY BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH TASK MANAGER BASF Corporation CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2617 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 28, 2024
18916957 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BACILLAENE PRODUCING BACTERIA OR PREPARATIONS THEREOF Evonik Operations GmbH DURYEE, ALEXANDER MARSH 1657 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 16, 2024
18850154 FORMULATIONS COMPOSED OF CATIONIC LIPIDS AND POLY(LACTIC-CO-GLYCOLIC ACID) FOR THE DELIVERY OF POLYNUCLEOTIDES INTO CELLS Evonik Operations GmbH BOATENG, AFUA BAMFOAA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 24, 2024
18847530 AN AUGMENTED REALITY BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH A HANDS FREE SELECTION OF A VIRTUAL OBJECT BASF Corporation FOLLANSBEE, YVONNE TRANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 16, 2024
18843830 POLYESTER-BASED-FABRIC HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER HAVING EAR SECTION Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd. WEYDEMEYER, ALICIA JANE 3677 DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 04, 2024
18821023 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY §112 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 30, 2024
18842083 PROCESS TO ENHANCE VIRAL VECTOR PRODUCTION IN CELL-CULTURE USING GLYCYL-GLUTAMINE Evonik Operations GmbH LARA, CAROLINE MONSERRAT §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 28, 2024
18839767 SPONGES BASED ON COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEINS Evonik Operations GmbH ARNOLD, ERNST V §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 20, 2024
18839475 PROCESS OF PRODUCING A MULTI-FILAMENT, MULTI-FILAMENT PRODUCED THEREFROM AND USE OF THE MULTI-FILAMENT BASF Corporation SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 19, 2024
18837410 AN AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASF Corporation TRAN, VI N §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 09, 2024
18837023 AN AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASF Corporation TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18835520 AMBULATORY PEST TRAPPING DEVICE Kuraray Trading Co., Ltd. ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P 3644 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 02, 2024
18777967 DEVICE AND AUTOMATED LABORATORY MACHINE FOR INCUBATING MULTIPLE PATIENT SAMPLES USING MULTIPLE INCUBATION VESSELS Euroimmun Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG FRANK, RODNEY T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 19, 2024
18724659 HANDHELD POWER TOOLS WITH KICKBACK DETECTION AND METHODS OF DETECTING A KICKBACK CONDITION OF A HANDHELD POWER TOOL Festool GmbH SINHA, TARUN Other Non-Final OA Pending Jun 27, 2024
18754469 RESIN-METAL COMPOSITE BODY AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN-METAL COMPOSITE BODY Ricoh Company, Ltd. DICUS, TAMRA 1787 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 26, 2024
18715807 NAPPED ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING NAPPED ARTIFICIAL LEATHER Kuraray Co., Ltd. ZHANG, HAI Y 1717 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 03, 2024
18715152 DEVICE FOR ROUTING LINES, PIPES, AND/OR CABLES THROUGH A BUILDING COMPONENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §112 Final Rejection Pending May 31, 2024
18678799 Method and reagents for the detection of a mammalian antibody Klinisch-Immunologisches Labor Prof. H.C. (Rch) Dr. Med. Winfried Stöcker SVEIVEN, MICHAEL CAMERON §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 30, 2024
18673446 FLUID EJECTION HEAD, METHOD FOR PRODUCING FLUID EJECTION HEAD, FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY, AND FLUID EJECTION DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 24, 2024
18706192 POROUS FORMED PLATE Kuraray Co., Ltd. CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 30, 2024
18705163 INSPECTION METHOD FOR INSPECTING AN OBJECT AND MACHINE VISION SYSTEM Hilti Aktiengesellschaft THOMAS, SOUMYA 2664 §103 Final Rejection 19d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18704505 PROBIOTIC COMPOSITION FOR GUT MICROBIOME MODULATION Evonik Operations GmbH ARIANI, KADE 1651 §112 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2024
18631125 CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §102 Final Rejection Pending Apr 10, 2024
18698837 LEATHER-TEXTURED LIGHT-EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE Kuraray Co., Ltd. KUSUMAKAR, KAREN M §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18611782 FABRIC INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER Ricoh Company, Ltd. BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 §103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18692970 NON-ADHESIVE COLLAGEN-LIKE HYDROGELS Evonik Operations GmbH LOUNTOS, GEORGE THEMISTOCLIS 1633 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 18, 2024
18589681 SINTERED BODY PRODUCTION METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. LIANG, ANTHONY M Non-Final OA Pending Feb 28, 2024
18439850 TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT, DEVELOPING AGENT ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER Non-Final OA Pending Feb 13, 2024
18682785 READY TO USE COMPOSITIONS OF CETRORELIX ACETATE Citibank, N.A. ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 09, 2024
18682348 POLYNUCLEOTIDE ENCODING A BACTERIAL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN Evonik Operations GmbH JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 08, 2024
18682065 DYED TEXTILE HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER AND METHOD FOR DYEING TEXTILE HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI LEE, MICHAEL S 3677 §102 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2024
18682010 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A RECOMBINANT BACTERIAL COLLAGEN-LIKE PROTEIN (CLP) Evonik Operations GmbH BREEN, KIMBERLY CATHERINE 1657 DP Final Rejection 14d Pending Feb 07, 2024
18434465 CURABLE COMPOSITION, CURED PRODUCT, METHOD OF PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT, AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING CURED PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. WHITELEY, JESSICA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18434544 POROUS STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING POROUS STRUCTURE Ricoh Company, Ltd. FUBARA, BLESSING M 1613 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 06, 2024
18294096 FLAME RETARDANT THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE COMPOSITION WITH IMPROVED MECHANICAL PROPERTIES BASF Corporation ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 31, 2024
18576359 FASTENING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A THREAD-FORMING SCREW AND A CURED ALUMINATE-CONTAINING INORGANIC COMPOSITION Hilti Aktiengesellschaft FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jan 03, 2024
18575864 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS Evonik Operations GmbH RIOJA, MELISSA A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 01, 2024
18573796 POLYURETHANE UREA FIBER OR FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BASF Corporation SERGENT, RABON A §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 22, 2023
18540030 Sawing device and saw assembly Festool GmbH MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §102 Final Rejection 38d overdue Pending Dec 14, 2023
18539133 PROCESS FOR MAINTAINING ACTIVITY ON SHUTDOWN OF HYDROFORMYLATION Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co., Kg CARR, DEBORAH D §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 13, 2023
18570018 NONANIC ACID ESTERS Evonik Operations GmbH JONES-FOSTER, ERICA NICOLE 1656 §102 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2023
18569166 COMPOSITION FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET MOLDING COMPOUNDS Evonik Operations GmbH FEELY, MICHAEL J §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18532710 NOVEL CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF 1-(4-{[6-AMINO-5-(4-PHENOXY-PHENYL)-PYRIMIDIN-4-YLAMINO]-METHYL}-4-FLUORO-PIPERIDIN-1-YL)-PROPENONE, SALT FORMS THEREOF, AND PROCESSES TO OBTAIN Merck Patent GmbH HERNANDEZ, JACKSON J 1627 DP Non-Final OA 86d Pending Dec 07, 2023
18564035 HYDROGENATED POLYETHER-MODIFIED AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYBUTADIENES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Evonik Operations GmbH LENIHAN, JEFFREY S DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 24, 2023
18563768 ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY COMPOSITION FOR TREATING MINERAL SUBSTRATES Evonik Operations GmbH ZIMMER, MARC S DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18516635 NOVEL COOLANTS WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY BASF Corporation DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 Final Rejection 71d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18561186 THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE WITH IMPROVED STAIN RESISTANCE BASF Corporation LEONARD, MICHAEL L 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 31d overdue Pending Nov 15, 2023
18559752 ANTIMICROBIAL CONTROL FOR GRAINS OR SEEDS DURING MALTING Evonik Operations GmbH CHORBAJI, MONZER R 1799 §103 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Nov 08, 2023
18559719 TREATMENT OF GRAINS OR SEEDS FOR THE CONTROL OF MICROORGANISMS UTILIZING PEROXY ACIDS Evonik Operations GmbH GWARTNEY, ELIZABETH A 1759 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2023
18558976 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE BIOSURFACTANT AND AT LEAST ONE SULFONIC OR SULFINIC ACID DERIVATIVE Evonik Operations GmbH OLSEN, KAELEIGH ELIZABETH 1619 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 03, 2023
18557370 DESFERRIOXAMINES AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING UV LIGHT PROTECTION FILTERS Evonik Operations GmbH KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18493021 FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, AND PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. BOYLE, KARA BRADY Non-Final OA Pending Oct 24, 2023
18556138 POLYISOBUTENE DERIVATIVES AS AN ADDITIVE IN RUBBERS BASF Corporation EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2023
18555434 PROCESS FOR PREPARATION OF A CARBODIIMIDE AND/OR A POLYCARBODIIMIDE BASF Corporation SERGENT, RABON A 1765 §103 Non-Final OA 7d Pending Oct 13, 2023
18554197 A PREFILLED SYRINGE CONTAINING A STERILE ULTRACONCENTRATED HYDROGEL Vitrean Inc. AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2023
18553461 METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING OF HIGHLY CONCENTRATED HYDROGELS Vitrean Inc. AZPURU, CARLOS A 1617 §103 Non-Final OA 17d overdue Pending Sep 29, 2023
18552870 HYALURONIC ACID-PRODUCTION PROMOTER Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. RAO, PADMAJA S 1627 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 27, 2023
18552256 ELECTROCHROMIC ELEMENT, ELECTROCHROMIC DISPLAY DEVICE, ELECTROCHROMIC LIGHT-CONTROLLING DEVICE, AND ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION Ricoh Company, Ltd. KING, GEORGE G 2872 §103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Sep 25, 2023
18551803 COOLANTS WITH IMPROVED TEMPERATURE STABILITY BASF Corporation DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18551515 THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING LAYER FORMING LIQUID, THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. HIGGINS, GERARD T 1785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 20, 2023
18550450 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM PARTICLES FROM EXPANDED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER BASF Corporation RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 13, 2023
18549958 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 11, 2023
18549509 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING OPEN-CELL RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS BASF Corporation RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 07, 2023
18462842 SUSTAINED RELEASING PARTICLE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SUSTAINED RELEASING PARTICLE Ricoh Company, Ltd. HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §102 Final Rejection Pending Sep 07, 2023
18548613 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 DP Final Rejection Pending Sep 01, 2023
18457190 ACETALS OF TRICYCLODECANE ALCOHOLS AS IMMERSION LIQUID MEDIA Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH AHVAZI, BIJAN 1763 §103 Non-Final OA 84d Pending Aug 28, 2023
18546899 HANDHELD POWER TOOLS WITH KICKBACK DETECTION AND METHODS OF DETECTING A KICKBACK CONDITION OF A HANDHELD POWER TOOL Festool GmbH ALIE, GHASSEM 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 17, 2023
18448580 USE OF SPECIAL THIOL COMPOUNDS TO IMPROVE THE STORAGE STABILITY OF COMPOSITIONS BASED ON EPOXY RESINS CONTAINING AMINE COMPOUNDS Hilti Aktiengesellschaft ILLING, CAITLIN NORINE 1767 §102 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18363008 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SPRAY DELIVERY Apurano Pharmaceuticals GmbH RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §103 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Aug 01, 2023
18360318 CELL CULTURE SUBSTRATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF Ricoh Company, Ltd. KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1796 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18360102 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 27, 2023
18360411 LIQUID COMPOSITION, LAMINATED STRUCTURE BODY, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LAMINATED STRUCTURE BODY, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING POWER STORAGE ELEMENT OR POWER GENERATION ELEMENT Ricoh Company, Ltd. WALKER, AJA ARYANNA 1729 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18359984 POWER TOOLS WITH SENSOR ARRAYS AND METHODS OF OPERATING POWER TOOLS Festool GmbH MACFARLANE, EVAN H 3724 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262868 BRANCHED PRIMARY ALKYL AMINES AS ADDITIVES FOR GASOLINE FUELS BASF Corporation OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Final Rejection 21d Pending Jul 25, 2023
18356907 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MOLDED BODY Ricoh Company, Ltd. FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jul 21, 2023
18261337 SILICONE URETHANE (METH)ACRYLATES AND THEIR USE IN 3D PRINTING RESINS AND COATING COMPOSITIONS Evonik Operations GmbH YOON, TAE H 1762 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18347457 TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 05, 2023
18260420 HYDROXY-SUBSTITUTED SPHINGOLIPIDS Evonik Operations GmbH WISTNER, SARAH CLINKSCALES 1616 DP Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Jul 05, 2023
18269586 Polybutylene Terephthalate Composition and Article BASF Corporation ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 51d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2023
18257780 DILUTION-STABLE AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR THE MASS HYDROPHOBIZATION OF MINERAL BUILDING MATERIALS Evonik Operations GmbH EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §102 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Jun 15, 2023
18256527 POLYETHERESTER POLYOL AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RIGID FOAM MATERIALS BASF Corporation LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 08, 2023
18256318 OPTICAL GRADE MOULDING COMPOSITIONS HAVING INCREASED HEAT RESISTANCE Röhm GmbH PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jun 07, 2023
18255344 SYNTHETIC MIXED CULTURE RESEMBLING A SKIN MICROBIOME Evonik Operations GmbH KOROTCHKINA, LIOUBOV G 1653 §103 Non-Final OA 92d overdue Pending May 31, 2023
18254088 THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE, RESIN COMPOSITION CONTAINING THE SAME, AND MOLDED PRODUCT OBTAINED THEREFROM BASF Corporation SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending May 23, 2023
18038304 ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ABSORBING MATERIAL BASF Corporation BLEDSOE, JOSHUA CALEB 1762 §103 Non-Final OA 42d overdue Pending May 23, 2023
18318432 CROSSLINKED POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS Evonik Operations GmbH YU, HONG 1614 DPOther Final Rejection Pending May 16, 2023
18253122 LEATHER-LIKE SHEET AND BACKPACK USING THE SAME AS A BACK SURFACE MATERIAL Kuraray Co., Ltd. CHOI, PETER Y 1786 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18318390 CROSSLINKED POLYGLYCEROL PARTIAL ESTERS Evonik Operations GmbH YU, HONG 1614 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 16, 2023
18252897 KINASE INHIBITOR COMBINATIONS FOR CANCER TREATMENT Merck Patent Gmbh. KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 DP Final Rejection Pending May 15, 2023
18252240 PHARMACEUTICAL METHOTREXATE COMPOSITION Leopold Mtx GmbH HALVORSON, MARK 1646 §103 Non-Final OA 83d Pending May 09, 2023
18142613 PREPREG, MOLDED ARTICLE AND EPOXY RESIN COMPOSITION Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation SLOAN, LILY KAYOKO 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 03, 2023
18251394 METHOD FOR FIRE-RESISTANT SEALING OF LINE FEEDTHROUGHS OF THIN PIPES, A SEAL ASSEMBLY PREFABRICATED FOR THIS PURPOSE AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Hilti Aktiengesellschaft BARRERA, JUAN C 3752 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 01, 2023
18249917 IMPROVED PROCESS FOR PREPARING METHYL METHACRYLATE AND/OR METHACRYLIC ACID BY REDUCED BACK MIXING DURING CONVERSION Röhm GmbH BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 §112 Non-Final OA 18d overdue Pending Apr 20, 2023
18246394 ELECTRONICS UNIT AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF Sphera Technology GmbH NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 23, 2023
18187895 INK, INK SET, SET OF INK AND PRE-PROCESSING FLUID, METHOD OF DISCHARGING INK, AND INK DISCHARGING DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. ZHANG, RUIYUN 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 16d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2023
18245796 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING A GRAPHENE-BASED MATERIAL AS LUBRICANT ADDITIVES Evonik Operations GmbH REDDY, KARUNA P 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 17, 2023
18245880 CHEMICAL PRODUCTION CONTROL BASF Corporation MCGUIRK, JOHN SCHUYLER 1798 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 17, 2023
18184897 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING APPARATUS, AND ARTIFICIAL TOOTH OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. WANG, ALEXANDER A 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 16, 2023
18185367 PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF FLUXED UP-CONVERSION PHOSPHORS Evonik Operations GmbH AMATO, ELIZABETH KATHRYN 1762 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 16, 2023
18245514 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE BASF Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Final Rejection Pending Mar 15, 2023
18183282 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending Mar 14, 2023
18245156 OPTIMUM COMPOSITION OF TPU PRODUCT FOR TIRES BASF Corporation COONEY, JOHN M 1765 §112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 13, 2023
18044078 LIQUID COMPOSITION SET, POROUS RESIN MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND POROUS RESIN MANUFACTURING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Final Rejection 4d overdue Pending Mar 05, 2023
18043472 HIGH PERFORMANCE SILICON-BASED MATERIALS FOR LITHIUM ION BATTERY ANODES Evonik Operations GmbH FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 §103 Non-Final OA 28d overdue Pending Feb 28, 2023
18175757 TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE Ricoh Company, Ltd. SEILER, GRANT STEVEN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA 86d Pending Feb 28, 2023
18173537 COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BIOSURFACTANTS AND A LIPASE FROM STACHYBOTRYS CHLOROHALONATA Evonik Operations GmbH CHOWDHURY, IQBAL HOSSAIN 1656 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18041755 FUNCTIONALIZED POLYMERS Evonik Operations GmbH BROOKS, KREGG T 1764 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 15, 2023
18166723 HIGH THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS AND SORTING, AND SAMPLING INTERFACE AND ASSEMBLY FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT ANALYSIS AND SORTING Michael Iannotti KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 §103 Non-Final OA 52d overdue Pending Feb 09, 2023
18019592 IMPROVED OXYGEN BARRIER OF 1,4-BUTANEDIOL CONTAINING POLYMERS BASF Corporation YAGER, JAMES C 1782 §103 Non-Final OA 38d overdue Pending Feb 03, 2023
18019120 A POLYESTER MOLDING HAVING A LOW OUTGASSING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BASF Corporation CHEN, VIVIAN 1787 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Feb 01, 2023
18018709 A POLYESTER MOLDING COMPRISING A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK HAVING A LOW OUTGASSING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BASF Corporation PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §103 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18006091 TRICYCLIC HETEROCYCLES Cancer Research Technology Ltd. BAUER, NICOLA MARIA 1621 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2023
18004314 COMBINATIONS OF CANCER THERAPEUTICS Merck Patent GmbH KUCKLA, ANNA GRACE 1626 §103 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Jan 05, 2023
18003666 PEI PARTICLE FOAMS WITH DEFINED RESIDUAL BLOWING AGENT CONTENT Evonik Operations GmbH PAGE, HANA C 1745 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 28, 2022
18002974 OPTICAL GRADE MOULDING COMPOSITIONS HAVING INCREASED THERMAL STABILITY Röhm GmbH EGWIM, KELECHI CHIDI 1762 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 22, 2022
18065015 IMAGE FORMING METHOD, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY-CURABLE COMPOSITION SET, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. BERRO, ADAM JOSEPH 1765 §103 Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Dec 13, 2022
18065401 ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURING COMPOSITION, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURING INK COMPOSITION, ACTIVE ENERGY RAY CURING INKJET INK COMPOSITION, COMPOSITION CONTAINER, APPARATUS FOR FORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, METHOD OF FORMING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OR THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE, CURED MATTER, AND DECORATIVE OBJECT Ricoh Company, Ltd. DAVIDSON IV, CULLEN LEE GARRETT 1767 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 13, 2022
18001173 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF THIOETHER-CONTAINING PEPTIDES Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2022
17922988 FLAME RETARDED POLYESTER BLEND BASF Corporation LOEWE, ROBERT S 1766 §103 Final Rejection 17d overdue Pending Nov 03, 2022
17905888 IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR INTUMESCENT COATINGS Röhm GmbH RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 08, 2022
17905709 ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ANTI-PATHOGEN STRUCTURE, AND LIQUID COMPOSITION Ricoh Company, Ltd. PURDY, KYLE A 1611 §102 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Sep 06, 2022
17905762 Mortar composition based on isocyanate amine adducts, multi-component resin system, method for the fastening of construction elements and use of the multi component resin system for the fastening of construction elements Hilti Aktiengesellschaft ROELOFSE, CHRISTIAAN 1762 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2022
17758652 A PROTECTIVE LAYER FOR A METAL ELECTRODE AND LITHIUM BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME Evonik Operations GmbH CORNO JR, JAMES ANTHONY JOHN 1722 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 12, 2022
17811692 TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TONER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF FORMING IMAGE Ricoh Company, Ltd. VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Jul 11, 2022
17807079 CALCULATION METHOD, CALCULATOR SYSTEM, AND CALCULATOR Jsr Corporation KEATON, SHERROD L 2148 Other Non-Final OA 76d Pending Jun 15, 2022
17757055 DOSAGE FORM FOR USE IN TREATING OR PREVENTING OF A DISEASE Evonik Operations GmbH JANOSKO, CHASITY PAIGE 1613 §103 Final Rejection 86d Pending Jun 08, 2022
17664119 METHOD FOR ENRICHING MICROVESICLES Aj Innuscreen GmbH UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 DP Final Rejection Pending May 19, 2022
17772564 Flame-Retardant Polyester Molding Compositions BASF Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §112 Final Rejection 170d overdue Pending Apr 28, 2022
17755333 Method for operating a descending moving bed reactor with flowable granular material Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 27, 2022
17657471 TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, TONER HOUSING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A METHOD OF FORMING IMAGES Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Mar 31, 2022
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17608274 FEED COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING BETAINE SALTS Evonik Operations GmbH AFREMOVA, VERA 1653 §101 Non-Final OA 23d overdue Pending Nov 02, 2021
17598146 MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM Sphera Technology GmbH JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103 Final Rejection 29d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17598006 MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A MULTICOMPONENT SYSTEM, ESPECIALLY FOR USE IN MICROELECTRONICS Sphera Technology GmbH JACKSON, MONIQUE R 1787 §103 Final Rejection 114d overdue Pending Sep 24, 2021
17309546 COLONIC DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION Tillotts Pharma AG BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 DPOther Non-Final OA Pending Jun 04, 2021
17327872 METHOD OF PRODUCING CELL-CONTAINING CONTAINER Ricoh Company, Ltd. STAVROU, CONSTANTINA E 1632 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending May 24, 2021
16963285 FUNCTIONALLY GRADED POLYMER KNEE IMPLANT FOR ENHANCED FIXATION, WEAR RESISTANCE, AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES AND THE FABRICATION THEREOF Evonik Operations GmbH HELM, CARALYNNE E 1615 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Jul 20, 2020
15929596 BICYCLE-TIRE REINFORCING PLY AND BICYCLE TIRE Kuraray Co., Ltd. PAQUETTE, SEDEF ESRA AYALP 1749 §103 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending May 12, 2020

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