Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Grüneberg Global IP, PLLC

Technology areas: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals • Chemistry & Materials

159 pending office actions • 32 clients • 131 examiners • 65 art units • 0 of 159 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Grüneberg Global IP, PLLC specializes in Chemistry & Materials, managing a significant volume of 2767 career applications. The firm currently has 101 pending office actions to address. Its resolved allowance rate stands at 78.12 percent, which is achieved through an average of 3.9 office actions per allowance.

The 3.9 average office actions per allowance reflects the complexity often found in chemical patent prosecution. Clients can evaluate the 78.12 percent allowance rate in the context of the firm's 2767 career applications. With 101 pending office actions, the firm maintains an active presence at the patent office within its chosen technology area. The data provides a realistic expectation for success in the Chemistry & Materials field. Additionally, the metrics indicate a thorough and persistent approach to overcoming examiner rejections, which is necessary for managing the workload currently on the firm's docket. The firm's experience with 2767 career applications suggests it is well-equipped to handle the detailed negotiations required in this technical sector.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=2767 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

78.1%
Allowance Rate
n=2767
+0.50σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=2767
3.9
OAs to Allowance
n=1535
-0.03σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=1535
976 days
Time to Allowance
n=1535
+15.6pp
Interview Lift
n=2767
35.4%
RCE Rate
n=2767
1.2%
Appeal Rate
n=2767

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.8%
§101 Overcome
n=103
63.8%
§102 Overcome
n=940
65.2%
§103 Overcome
n=1629
68.0%
§112 Overcome
n=1147

Specialization & Scale

C08G, C08L, C09D
Top CPC Subclasses
16%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=2767
2
Practitioners
n=2767
1383.5
Apps / Practitioner
n=2767

Portfolio Summary

159
Total Pending OAs
113
Non-Final OAs
40
Final Rejections
6
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

10
Overdue
1
Due this week
16
Due this month
6
Due in next 60 days
2
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. 35 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (10)Due ≤ 7 days (1)Due ≤ 30 days (16)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (2)

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.

77
Hard (48%)
75
Medium (47%)
5
Easy (3%)
2
Unknown (1%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 + other4 (3%)
§103 only55 (35%)
§102 only6 (4%)
§112 only4 (3%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other14 (9%)
Multi-statute (no §101)73 (46%)
No statute on record2 (1%)

Industry Mix

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

74
Life Sciences
47% of docket
0
Information Tech
0% of docket
1
Communications
1% of docket
4
Semiconductors
3% of docket
19
Mechanical / Eng
12% of docket
61
Business / Other
38% 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.

1,590 h
Manual time on pending OAs
318 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
556 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
13.9 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 5 71.8% -6.1%
RIOJA, MELISSA A 5 49.5% +53.8%
BOYLE, KARA BRADY 4 61.7% -10.1%
USELDING, JOHN E 3 53.7% +17.5%
SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 3 69.0% +12.5%
VAJDA, PETER L 3 75.0% +12.9%
LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 3 73.3% +16.8%
BOYKIN, TERRESSA M 3 89.4% +8.4%
HIGGINS, GERARD T 2 63.3% +39.4%
KRYLOVA, IRINA 2 36.7% +48.5%

Quick Wins (3)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 3 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18575870 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS BOYKIN, TERRESSA M —
18575871 RECOVERING DI- AND/OR POLYISOCYANATES FROM PU-DEPOLYMERISATION PROCESSES BOYKIN, TERRESSA M —
18575876 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS BOYKIN, TERRESSA M —

Hard Cases (77)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18018709 A POLYESTER MOLDING COMPRISING A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK HAVING A LOW OUTGASSING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 162d overdue
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 22d overdue
18363008 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SPRAY DELIVERY RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 9d overdue
18611782 FABRIC INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 16d
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM BOYLE, KARA BRADY 16d
18258345 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE USELDING, JOHN E 22d
17436104 Rhamnolipids as deposition aid KETCHAM, KAREN A 22d
17757528 SORBITAN ESTERS AND PROCESS FOR ENZYMATICALLY PREPARING SAME FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 28d

Interview Candidates (21)

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
17414726 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM KRYLOVA, IRINA 15d
18258345 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE USELDING, JOHN E 22d
17045401 FOAMS BASED ON THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS RIOJA, MELISSA A 22d
17905007 Non-primary hydroxyl group based foams RIOJA, MELISSA A 39d
18846866 POWDER FOR USE IN A LAYERWISE PROCESS WITH LASERS IN THE VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED RANGE USELDING, JOHN E —
18836854 THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM HIGGINS, GERARD T —
18832825 RECORDING BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDING BODY, AND RECORDING METHOD HIGGINS, GERARD T —
18664523 TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS —

Client Portfolio (32 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
17645
17665
36354
17374
17654
17313
17343
17673
17623
17422

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18721953 Untitled BASF Corporation JOHNSON, SONJI N §102 Non-Final OA — Pending
18878399 DOUBLE-ROPE STRUCTURE Kuraray Co., Ltd. HUANG, GRACE 3732 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 14, 2025
19307857 Sealing device for an edge joint and drywall Hilti Aktiengesellschaft KWIECINSKI, RYAN D 3635 §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 22, 2025
19134796 MILLED SILICA AND LIQUID RADIATION CURABLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SAME Evonik Operations GmbH GRAHAM, ANDREW D 1742 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 02, 2025
19073140 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING IMAGE DATA Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH TURCHEN, JAMES R §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19109464 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SEPARATING PARTS Finatec Holding AG JORGENSEN, ABBY A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2025
19107214 FROZEN FOOD FOR MICROWAVE COOKING AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. KERSHAW, KELLY P 1791 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 27, 2025
19105160 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND SEALING A LINE FEEDTHROUGH DIRECTLY BENEATH A CEILING Hilti Aktiengesellschaft MAESTRI, PATRICK J §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2025
18996697 SET OF DEVICES FOR ROUTING LINES, PIPES, AND/OR CABLES THROUGH A BUILDING COMPONENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft HERRING, BRENT W §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18996619 SET OF DEVICES FOR ROUTING LINES, PIPES, AND/OR CABLES THROUGH A BUILDING COMPONENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft SOLOMON, ASA FRANKLIN 3632 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18878936 NAPPED ARTIFICIAL LEATHER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Kuraray Co., Ltd. CHOI, PETER Y §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
18874306 METHOD OF MONITORING INTAKE OF BREAST MILK BY AN INFANT Britta Christiansen LUONG, PETER 3797 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18870159 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING MULTIDIMENSIONAL RIGID FOAM PARTS BY MEANS OF JIGSAW PUZZLE-PIECE CONNECTION Evonik Operations GmbH KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18869988 IMPROVED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUANIDINO ACETIC ACID (GAA) BY USING NADH-DEPENDENT DEHYDROGENASES Evonik Operations GmbH EPSTEIN, TODD MATTHEW 1652 §103Other Non-Final OA 28d Pending Nov 27, 2024
18958013 JOINT-SEALING ELEMENT FOR MOVEMENT JOINTS AND SEALING ARRANGEMENT WITH SUCH A JOINT-SEALING ELEMENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft SADLON, JOSEPH 3635 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18957976 JOINT-SEALING ELEMENT FOR MOVEMENT JOINTS AND SEALING ARRANGEMENT WITH SUCH A JOINT-SEALING ELEMENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE 3635 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 25, 2024
18866812 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICALLY CHECKING MOLDED PARTS Finatec Holding AG TRAN, DUY ANH §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 18, 2024
18695624 AMBULATORY PEST TRAPPING DEVICE Kuraray Co., Ltd. ALGHAILANI, SHADA MOHAMED 3643 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Nov 12, 2024
18865124 PLANT PROTEIN COMPOSITION Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. LIU, DEBORAH YANG-HAO §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 12, 2024
18860769 AN AUGMENTED REALITY BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM WITH TASK MANAGER BASF Corporation CRAWFORD, JACINTA M 2617 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 28, 2024
18856868 METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMMUNE CELL REJUVENATION AND THERAPIES USING REJUVENATED IMMUNE CELLS Turn Biotechnologies, Inc. TRAN, SUSAN T §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 14, 2024
18850253 BITTER TASTE MASKING AGENT FOR POTASSIUM CHLORIDE Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. LACHICA, ERICSON M §102§112 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 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2024
18846866 POWDER FOR USE IN A LAYERWISE PROCESS WITH LASERS IN THE VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED RANGE Evonik Operations GmbH USELDING, JOHN E 1743 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18844105 PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POROUS MATERIALS Aerogel-It GmbH BOSS, WENDY LYNN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2024
18821023 METHOD FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SAMPLE Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH DUFFY, CAROLINE TABANCAY §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18839546 BIO BASED COMPOSITION Evonik Operations GmbH ASDJODI, MOHAMMADREZA §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18839475 PROCESS OF PRODUCING A MULTI-FILAMENT, MULTI-FILAMENT PRODUCED THEREFROM AND USE OF THE MULTI-FILAMENT BASF Corporation SULTANA, NAHIDA 1743 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 19, 2024
18837410 AN AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASF Corporation TRAN, VI N §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 09, 2024
18836854 THERMOSENSITIVE RECORDING MEDIUM Victor Giujuzza HIGGINS, GERARD T §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18837023 AN AUGMENTED REALITY-BASED AUTOMATION SYSTEM BASF Corporation TRAN, SARAH ASHLEY 3656 §103 Final Rejection 51d overdue Pending Aug 08, 2024
18835520 AMBULATORY PEST TRAPPING DEVICE Kuraray Trading Co., Ltd. ELLIS, CHRISTOPHER P 3644 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 02, 2024
18832825 RECORDING BODY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RECORDING BODY, AND RECORDING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. HIGGINS, GERARD T §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2024
18710265 METHOD AND TEST KIT FOR THE COST-EFFECTIVE AND RESOURCE-SAVING EXTRACTION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS Ist Innuscreen GmbH OLSON, ANDREA STEFFEL §102Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 19, 2024
18715265 IMPROVED ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR PRINTING ORGANIC POLYMER BATTERIES Evonik Operations GmbH SHEWAREGED, BETELHEM §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18726591 COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Kuraray Co., Ltd. PIERCE, JEREMY R 1789 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18762222 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 02, 2024
18754720 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, AND TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 26, 2024
18738261 PROCESS FOR ISOMERIZATION OF 2,4,4-TRIMETHYLPENT-2-ENE TO 2,4,4-TRIMETHYLPENT-1-ENE Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg CEPLUCH, ALYSSA L 1772 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jun 10, 2024
18733979 HYDROGEL, INKJET INK, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE BODY, AND CELL-CONTAINING GEL PARTICLES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME Ricoh Company, Ltd. CANDELARIA, JULIANA IRENE §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18715152 DEVICE FOR ROUTING LINES, PIPES, AND/OR CABLES THROUGH A BUILDING COMPONENT Hilti Aktiengesellschaft AL-ASWAR, ZAKARIA KHALED 3635 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 31, 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 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18664523 TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2024
18710045 AQUEOUS ADHESIVE, REINFORCEMENT FIBERS USING SAME, AND ELASTOMER PRODUCT USING REINFORCEMENT FIBERS Kuraray Co., Ltd. KESSLER JR, THOMAS JOSEPH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18709975 FOAMED ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME Evonik Operations GmbH KRYLOVA, IRINA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 14, 2024
18658331 TONER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PRINTED MATTER Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18657990 METHOD FOR FASTENING ANCHORING ELEMENTS IN BOREHOLES Hilti Aktiengesellschaft LEFF, ANGELA MARIE DITRAN §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 08, 2024
18706399 NEW METHOD FOR RECYCLING OF POLYURETHANE Evonik Operations GmbH RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 01, 2024
18705194 TRICYCLIC HETEROCYCLES Cancer Research Technology Ltd. MOORE, SUSANNA 1624 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18631125 CATALYST AND PROCESS FOR HYDROGENATION OF OLEFINS Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg HINES, LATOSHA D 1771 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 10, 2024
18694468 STIRRING DEVICE FOR STIRRING A BIPHASIC LIQUID Merck Patent GmbH HOWELL, MARC C §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 22, 2024
18611782 FABRIC INKJET INK, INKJET RECORDING METHOD, AND RECORDED MATTER Ricoh Company, Ltd. BOELITZ, SAMUEL FREDERICK 2853 §102§103 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Mar 21, 2024
18606767 GEL PRECURSOR COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR PRODUCING GEL, AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATING ENZYME Ricoh Company, Ltd. GOUGH, TIFFANY MAUREEN 1651 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18606887 MATERIAL FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING, ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Toyo Aluminium Kabushik Kaisha LUK, VANESSA TIBAY §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18603497 POWDER FOR FORMING 3D OBJECTS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 3D OBJECT Ricoh Company, Ltd. HEVEY, JOHN A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18689909 COMB-BRANCHED POLYMER/SILICA NANOPARTICLES HYBRID POLYMER ELECTROLYTES FOR SOLID-STATE LITHIUM METAL SECONDARY BATTERIES Evonik Operations GmbH COCHENOUR, ZACKARY RICHARD §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2024
18596784 THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING METHOD AND THREE DIMENSIONAL MODELING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. POLLOCK, AUSTIN M 1738 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18689098 FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET Ricoh Company, Ltd. RIOJA, MELISSA A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 05, 2024
18593182 BINDER, LIQUID COMPOSITION, STORAGE CONTAINER, ELECTRODE PRODUCTION DEVICE, ELECTRODE PRODUCTION METHOD, ELECTRODE, ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT, DEVICE, AND MOVING BODY Ricoh Company, Ltd. HO, ANDREW YEWHONG §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18685379 PREPARATION OF A CATALYST FOR THE OXIDATIVE ESTERIFICATION OF METHACROLEIN TO METHYL METHACRYLATE, FOR EXTENDING SERVICE LIFE Röhm GmbH MCCAIG, BRIAN A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18582733 FOAM SHEET AND MOLDED PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. BELUNIS, THOMAS JAMES §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2024
18581614 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, DEVELOPING AGENT, DEVELOPING AGENT ACCOMMODATING UNIT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RESIN PARTICLE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. VAJDA, PETER L §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 20, 2024
18439850 TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPING AGENT, DEVELOPING AGENT ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2024
18682785 READY TO USE COMPOSITIONS OF CETRORELIX ACETATE Citibank, N.A. ALDARONDO, DASIA ALI §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 2024
18682549 IMPROVED CASTABLE MAGNESIUM ALLOY Magnesium Elektron Limited ROE, JESSEE RANDALL §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 09, 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§103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 07, 2024
18294692 POLYMER COMPOSITION BASED ON POLY(METH)ACRYLIMIDE FOR TRIBOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS Röhm GmbH HEINCER, LIAM J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18294449 IMPROVED RESIN SYSTEM FOR FOAMING FIRE-RESISTANT COATINGS Röhm GmbH PAK, HANNAH J §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18294243 NOVEL BISMALEIMIDE COMPOUNDS HAVING IMPROVED SOLUBILITY AND THEIR USE IN CURABLE COMPOSITIONS Evonik Operations GmbH LENIHAN, JEFFREY S §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 01, 2024
18291851 OPAQUE LIGHTLY COLOURED THERMOPLASTIC MOULDING COMPOSITION Röhm GmbH STANLEY, JANE L §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18291496 NOVEL USE FOR COOLANTS WITH LOW ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY BASF Corporation OYER, ANDREW J DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 23, 2024
18412130 CELL CULTURE METHOD, CELL CULTURE CONTAINER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING CELL CULTURE CONTAINER, AND CELL-CONTAINING STRUCTURE Ricoh Company, Ltd. MATALKAH, FATIMAH KHALAF 1638 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 12, 2024
18578280 VALVE TRAYS IN EXTRACTION COLUMNS Evonik Operations GmbH MENON, KRISHNAN S §102§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 10, 2024
18577322 AGED AQUEOUS ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION Evonik Corporation ALAWADI, SARAH 1616 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2024
18576345 USE OF AT LEAST ONE ALKALI AND/OR EARTH ALKALINE METAL SALT IN AN INORGANIC MORTAR SYSTEM BASED ON ALUMINOUS CEMENT TO ACCELERATE THE CURING OF THE CEMENT IN CHEMICAL FASTENING Hilti Aktiengesellschaft GUINO-O UZZLE, MARITES A 1731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18576359 FASTENING ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING A THREAD-FORMING SCREW AND A CURED ALUMINATE-CONTAINING INORGANIC COMPOSITION Hilti Aktiengesellschaft FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18402929 RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER STORAGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. EVANS, BOONE ALEXANDER §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2024
18575863 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE OR POLYISOCYANURATE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH RIOJA, MELISSA A §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575878 HYDROGENATION OF AROMATIC AMINES FROM PU DECOMPOSITION PROCESSES Evonik Operations GmbH DOLETSKI, BLAINE G §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575870 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS Evonik Operations GmbH BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575869 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS Evonik Operations GmbH RIOJA, MELISSA A §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575871 RECOVERING DI- AND/OR POLYISOCYANATES FROM PU-DEPOLYMERISATION PROCESSES Evonik Operations GmbH BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575876 PRODUCTION OF PU FOAMS USING RECYCLED POLYOLS Evonik Operations GmbH BOYKIN, TERRESSA M §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18575875 POLYALKYLENE OXIDES AS DISPERSANT FOR GRAPHENE MATERIAL Evonik Operations GmbH NASSIRI MOTLAGH, ANITA §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 01, 2024
18573796 POLYURETHANE UREA FIBER OR FILM AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF BASF Corporation SERGENT, RABON A §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 22, 2023
18543008 AMORPHOUS POLYESTER RESIN, AQUEOUS DISPERSION LIQUID, METHOD FOR PRODUCING AQUEOUS DISPERSION LIQUID, RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN PARTICLES, TONER RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER STORAGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 18, 2023
18544082 FIBER STRUCTURE, CROSSLINKED MOLDED BODY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CROSSLINKED MOLDED BODY Kuraray Co., Ltd. IMANI, ELIZABETH MARY COLE 1789 §112 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Dec 18, 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§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18567296 SEMICONTINUOUS SUSPENSION POLYMERIZATION OF POLYACRYLATES IN A CAPILLARY REACTOR Evonik Operations GmbH LEE, RIP A — Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 05, 2023
18564035 HYDROGENATED POLYETHER-MODIFIED AMINO-FUNCTIONAL POLYBUTADIENES AND PROCESSES FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Evonik Operations GmbH LENIHAN, JEFFREY S §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 24, 2023
18518001 RESIN PARTICLE, TONER, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. VAJDA, PETER L 1737 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563327 HARD-SHELL CAPSULE WITH INFLUX PREVENTION OF GASTRIC FLUIDS Evonik Operations GmbH MERCIER, MELISSA S 1615 §103DP Non-Final OA 42d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18516635 NOVEL COOLANTS WITH IMPROVED STORAGE STABILITY BASF Corporation DIAZ, MATTHEW R 1761 — Final Rejection 71d Pending Nov 21, 2023
18562157 IMPROVED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL METHOD FOR PRODUCING GUANIDINO ACETIC ACID (GAA) BY INACTIVATION OF AN AMINO ACID EXPORTER Evonik Operations GmbH GRASER, JENNIFER E 1645 §112DP Final Rejection 19d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18509057 TONER, TONER SET, IMAGE TRANSFER SHEET, TONER ACCOMMODATING UNIT, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 14, 2023
18559757 UNSATURATED ESTERS CONTAINING AN ADDITIVE FOR REDUCING AND STABILIZING THE YELLOWNESS INDEX Röhm GmbH HUHN, RICHARD A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 08, 2023
18559752 ANTIMICROBIAL CONTROL FOR GRAINS OR SEEDS DURING MALTING Evonik Operations GmbH CHORBAJI, MONZER R 1799 §103§112 Non-Final OA 41d 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 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 03, 2023
18497014 POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN COMPOSITION, FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID RESIN, AND PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. BOYLE, KARA BRADY §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2023
18557370 DESFERRIOXAMINES AND COMPOSITION CONTAINING UV LIGHT PROTECTION FILTERS Evonik Operations GmbH KIM, DANIELLE A 1613 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18493021 FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING FOAMED POLYLACTIC ACID SHEET, AND PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. BOYLE, KARA BRADY §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2023
18491371 SAWING APPARATUS AND ELECTRICAL ROTARY FEEDTHROUGH FOR A TOOL, IN PARTICULAR FOR A SAWING APPARATUS Festool GmbH MATTHEWS, JENNIFER S 3724 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Oct 20, 2023
18554197 A PREFILLED SYRINGE CONTAINING A STERILE ULTRACONCENTRATED HYDROGEL Vitrean Inc. AMAR, MARC J 3741 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 05, 2023
18476766 TETRAISOPENTYL ESTERS OF BUTANETETRACARBOXYLIC ACID HAVING A HIGH PROPORTION OF 3-METHYLBUTYL RADICALS Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. Kg LING, DORIS 1764 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 28, 2023
18550450 METHOD FOR PRODUCING FOAM PARTICLES FROM EXPANDED THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMER BASF Corporation RIETH, STEPHEN EDWARD 1759 §103§112 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 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 11, 2023
18548613 PRODUCTION OF POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Sep 01, 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§112 Non-Final OA 34d Pending Aug 11, 2023
18363008 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING SPRAY DELIVERY Apurano Pharmaceuticals GmbH RAPILLO, KRISTINE K 3682 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Aug 01, 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 §103DP 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 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 27, 2023
18262868 BRANCHED PRIMARY ALKYL AMINES AS ADDITIVES FOR GASOLINE FUELS BASF Corporation OLADAPO, TAIWO 1771 §103 Non-Final OA 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
18258345 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE BASF Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending Jun 20, 2023
18256527 POLYETHERESTER POLYOL AND USE THEREOF FOR PRODUCING POLYURETHANE RIGID FOAM MATERIALS BASF Corporation LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 08, 2023
18256193 AMATOXIN ANALOGS AND USES THEREOF Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH HA, JULIE 1654 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2023
18255409 ADHESION OF BLOWING AGENT-CONTAINING PARTICLES BASED ON POLYIMIDES OR POLYACRYLATES Evonik Operations GmbH COONEY, JOHN M 1765 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 01, 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
18253713 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SUSTAINABILITY SCORE BASF Corporation EDMONDS, DONALD J 3629 §101§112 Non-Final OA 35d Pending May 19, 2023
18252546 POLYMER RAW MATERIALS WITH REDUCED REACTIVITY FOR STORAGE-STABLE REACTIVE RESINS Röhm GmbH LENIHAN, JEFFREY S 1765 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 11, 2023
18314808 COMPOSITION FOR PENETRATING SUGAR BASED DELIVERY SYSTEM Evonik Operations GmbH BROWE, DAVID 1617 §103§112 Final Rejection 30d 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
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 Cosa Group GmbH NGUYEN, DUY T V 2818 §102§103§112 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
18186290 IN VITRO GENETIC DISEASE MODEL CELL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME Ricoh Company, Ltd. SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE LAUREN 1635 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Mar 20, 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
18245514 FLAME-RETARDED THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE BASF Corporation USELDING, JOHN E 1763 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2023
18044568 NOVEL TREATMENT REGIMEN FOR THE TREATMENT OF AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS Merck Patent GmbH SALVOZA, M FRANCO G 1672 §102§103§112DP Final Rejection 34d Pending Mar 08, 2023
18180766 TONER, TONER-STORING UNIT, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. SULLIVAN IV, CHARLES COLLINS 1737 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 08, 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
18168726 RESIN PARTICLES, TONER RESIN PARTICLES, TONER, METHOD OF PRODUCING RESIN PARTICLES, METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER, DEVELOPER, TONER STORAGE UNIT, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. KUIPERS, JENNA ANN 1734 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 14, 2023
18041037 COMPOSITION COMPRISING NON-IONIC SURFACTANT AND POLYETHER-MODIFIED SILOXANE AND ITS USE IN CYANIDE-LEACHING OF METAL ORES Cht Germany GmbH KARST, DAVID THOMAS 1767 §103 Final Rejection 22d overdue Pending Feb 08, 2023
18019630 Thermoplastic Mixtures BASF Corporation DESTEFANO, AUDRA JEAN 1766 §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2023
18040008 THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, TRAINING SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PRODUCING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING ACCURACY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Ricoh Company, Ltd. HULL, JAMES B 3715 §103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Jan 31, 2023
18018709 A POLYESTER MOLDING COMPRISING A METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORK HAVING A LOW OUTGASSING OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BASF Corporation PEPITONE, MICHAEL F 1767 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 162d overdue Pending Jan 30, 2023
18001173 METHOD FOR SYNTHESIS OF THIOETHER-CONTAINING PEPTIDES Heidelberg Pharma Research GmbH COFFA, SERGIO 1658 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2022
18056135 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A MULTI-BAY CONNECTED CHARGER HAVING A COMMUNICATIONS MODULE Hilti Aktiengesellschaft KOTOWSKI, LISA MICHELLE 2859 §103 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Nov 16, 2022
17998665 Alkali-silicate-based initiator component for use in a cementitious inorganic multi-component mortar system Hilti Aktiengesellschaft LOUGHRAN, RYAN PATRICK 1731 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 13, 2022
17998619 MULTI-COMPONENT INORGANIC CAPSULE ANCHORING SYSTEM BASED ON PORTLAND CEMENT CLINKER Hilti Aktiengesellschaft CASE, SARAH CATHERINE 1731 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2022
17907015 COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING RHAMNOLIPID, ALKYL POLYGLYCOSIDE AND ACYL LACTYLATE Evonik Operations GmbH BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2022
17906896 METHOD FOR PRODUCING CONCENTRATED JUICE Kagome Co., Ltd. RODGERS, ARIEL M 1792 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 21, 2022
17912656 CONTAINER FOR INGREDIENTS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES BASF Corporation THONG, YEONG JUEN 3761 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 19, 2022
17932796 Cladribine regimen for treating progressive forms of Multiple Sclerosis Merck Patent GmbH FONTAINHAS, AURORA M 1675 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 16, 2022
17905007 Non-primary hydroxyl group based foams BASF Corporation RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103§112 Final Rejection 39d Pending Aug 25, 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 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 12, 2022
17757528 SORBITAN ESTERS AND PROCESS FOR ENZYMATICALLY PREPARING SAME Evonik Operations GmbH FERNANDEZ, SUSAN EMILY 1651 §103§112 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jun 16, 2022
17664119 METHOD FOR ENRICHING MICROVESICLES Aj Innuscreen GmbH UNDERDAHL, THANE E 1699 §102§103DP Final Rejection — Pending May 19, 2022
17755333 Method for operating a descending moving bed reactor with flowable granular material Thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH KUYKENDALL, ALYSSA LEE 1774 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 27, 2022
17767122 MOULDING COMPOSITION CONTAINING POLYETHERAMIDE (PEA) Evonik Operations GmbH SASTRI, SATYA B 1762 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2022
17636546 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH BOYLE, KARA BRADY 1766 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d Pending Feb 18, 2022
17606789 Blends that consist of TPU and polyamide BASF Corporation FANG, SHANE 1766 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 27, 2021
17479037 CELL CULTURE CARRIER, AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING SAME Ricoh Company, Ltd. NGUYEN, NGHI V 1653 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2021
17436104 Rhamnolipids as deposition aid Evonik Operations GmbH KETCHAM, KAREN A 1614 §102§103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Sep 03, 2021
17414726 PRODUCTION OF RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAM Evonik Operations GmbH KRYLOVA, IRINA 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Jun 16, 2021
17309546 COLONIC DRUG DELIVERY FORMULATION Tillotts Pharma AG BERRIOS, JENNIFER A 1613 §103DPOther Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2021
17284494 CONDUCTIVE MOULDING COMPOUNDS Evonik Operations GmbH LISTVOYB, GREGORY 1765 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 12, 2021
17045401 FOAMS BASED ON THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS BASF Corporation RIOJA, MELISSA A 1764 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Oct 05, 2020

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