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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

55 pending office actions • 7 clients

Portfolio Summary

55
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
43
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (7 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Ricoh Company, Ltd. 29
Sintokogio, Ltd. 8
Deere & Company 7
Daifuku Co., Ltd. 5
Ricoh Company, Ltd. 2
Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. 2
Daifuku Oceania Limited 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19039143 Untitled Deere & Company ARTIMEZ, DANA FERREN 3667 Non-Final OA
19074613 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING TRANSFER RESIDUAL TONER Ricoh Company, Ltd. ROTH, LAURA K 2852 Non-Final OA Mar 10, 2025
19069580 BELT DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME Ricoh Company, Ltd. WONG, JOSEPH S 2852 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2025
19061336 DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. AYDIN, SEVAN A 2852 Non-Final OA Feb 24, 2025
19022197 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. LEE, PO HAN 3623 Non-Final OA Jan 15, 2025
19015002 DEVELOPING DEVICE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. ELEY, JESSICA L 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2025
18982271 SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. CICCHINO, PATRICK D 3619 Non-Final OA Dec 16, 2024
18941449 SHEET SEPARATION DEVICE, SHEET LAMINATOR, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Ricoh Company, Ltd. SANDERS, HOWARD J 3653 Non-Final OA Nov 08, 2024
18912034 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Ricoh Company, Ltd. HABIB, IRFAN 2485 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2024
18849146 TRANSPORT SYSTEM Daifuku Oceania Limited JORGENSEN, ABBY A 3651 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2024
18804355 MOUNTING DEVICE, MOUNTING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRODUCT Sintokogio, Ltd. RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 Non-Final OA Aug 14, 2024
18796857 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. THERRIEN, CARLA J 2852 Final Rejection Aug 07, 2024
18785707 AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SPRING MEMBER CONNECTED TO A CONDUCTIVE PLATE Ricoh Company, Ltd. GRAINGER, QUANA MASHELLE 2852 Non-Final OA Jul 26, 2024
18727599 DRIVE CONTROLLER, HEAD DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. FIDLER, SHELBY LEE 2853 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18754259 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD Sintokogio, Ltd. THOMAS, COURTNEY D 2884 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2024
18740723 CALLING SYSTEM Sintokogio, Ltd. BORISSOV, IGOR N 3685 Non-Final OA Jun 12, 2024
18717784 ENCLOSING DEVICE, ENCLOSING-AND-SEALING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Ricoh Company, Ltd. COLLINS, MICHAEL 3655 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18735542 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF PROCESSING INFORMATION AND STORAGE MEDIUM COMPRISING DOT PER INCH RESOLUTION FOR SCAN OR COPY Unknown WASSUM, LUKE S 3992 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2024
18676710 SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCORPORATING THE SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. WRIGHT, ALEXANDER SCOTT 1745 Final Rejection May 29, 2024
18667361 MEDICATION ASSISTANCE DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST 3653 Non-Final OA May 17, 2024
18665938 FLOW PATH FORMING DEVICE, EXTRUSION DEVICE, AND FOAMED PLASTIC SHEET Ricoh Company, Ltd. MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 Non-Final OA May 16, 2024
18664747 DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. MCCULLOUGH, MICHAEL C 3653 Non-Final OA May 15, 2024
18663538 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND EDGE DETECTION METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. COLEMAN, STEPHEN P 2675 Non-Final OA May 14, 2024
18652869 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING WINDING TEMPERATURE FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRIC MACHINE Deere & Company ISLAM, MUHAMMAD S 2846 Non-Final OA May 02, 2024
18640356 TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, INFERENCE DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Sintokogio, Ltd. TIEDEMAN, JASON S 3683 Non-Final OA Apr 19, 2024
18626832 SHEET STORAGE DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. MORRISON, THOMAS A 3653 Non-Final OA Apr 04, 2024
18613845 MEDIUM PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCORPORATING SAME Ricoh Company, Ltd. NICHOLSON III, LESLIE AUGUST 3653 Non-Final OA Mar 22, 2024
18689129 TRANSFER DEVICE AND TRANSPORT VEHICLE Daifuku Co., Ltd. EL-BATHY, IBRAHIM N 3628 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18595813 STACKER CRANE Daifuku Co., Ltd. PATEL, JAIMIN GHANSHYAM 3652 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18592708 WINDOW ASSEMBLIES HAVING TWO OR MORE OPEN CONFIGURATIONS Deere & Company PONCIANO, PATRICK BERNAS 3634 Final Rejection Mar 01, 2024
18593079 POINT CLOUD PROCESSING APPARATUS, POINT CLOUD PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND POINT CLOUD PROCESSING SYSTEM Ricoh Company, Ltd. GORADIA, SHEFALI DINESH 2676 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2024
18593004 SEAL TO BE DISPOSED BETWEEN A STRUCTURAL COMPONENT AND AN ENVIRONMENT MODULE Deere & Company FOSTER, NICHOLAS L 3675 Final Rejection Mar 01, 2024
18581869 PLACEMENT BASE Daifuku Co., Ltd. TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2024
18422555 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PRINT MEDIUM Ricoh Company, Ltd. VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 Final Rejection Jan 25, 2024
18291822 LENS UNIT, OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTIC MEASURING DEVICE Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. MUHAMMAD, KEY 2872 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2024
18418961 SHEET SEPARATION DEVICE AND LAMINATING SYSTEM Ricoh Company, Ltd. PATWARDHAN, ABHISHEK A 1746 Non-Final OA Jan 22, 2024
18404095 CEILING STORAGE RACK AND CONVEYANCE SYSTEM Daifuku Co., Ltd. MYERS, GLENN F 3652 Non-Final OA Jan 04, 2024
18521616 INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD Ricoh Company, Ltd. WILSON, DOUGLAS M 2622 Final Rejection Nov 28, 2023
18512310 SHOT-BLASTING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM Sintokogio, Ltd. DION, MARCEL T 3723 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18497373 METHOD FOR FORMING FUNCTIONAL LAYER, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENT INCLUDING FUNCTIONAL LAYER Ricoh Company, Ltd. TSO, STANLEY 2847 Final Rejection Oct 30, 2023
18473626 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SETTINGS NOT ADJUSTED BY AUTOMATION Deere & Company RHEE, ROY B 3664 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18343067 CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONVEYANCE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Daifuku Co., Ltd. SMITH, JASON CHRISTOPHER 3613 Non-Final OA Jun 28, 2023
18332409 LIGHT SOURCE MODULE, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, AND PROJECTION APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. OWENS, DANELL L 2882 Non-Final OA Jun 09, 2023
18331525 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS Ricoh Company, Ltd. LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 Final Rejection Jun 08, 2023
18325292 GLOVE AND ACTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM Sintokogio, Ltd. FADUL, PHILIPMARCUS T 2852 Non-Final OA May 30, 2023
17766634 BONDED BODY MANUFACTURING METHOD AND BONDED BODY MANUFACTURING DEVICE Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. DEHGHAN, QUEENIE S 1741 Non-Final OA May 10, 2023
18312905 APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AGRICULTURAL MATERIAL Deere & Company TRAN, JULIA C 3671 Final Rejection May 05, 2023
18303711 POWDER TRANSFER ROLLER DEVICE AND POWDER TRANSFER METHOD Sintokogio, Ltd. KONVES, ADRIANNA N 1748 Non-Final OA Apr 20, 2023
18296611 ROBOT HAND Sintokogio, Ltd. MARSH, STEVEN M 3632 Non-Final OA Apr 06, 2023
18176741 BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, BRAIN FUNCTION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Ricoh Company, Ltd. BAVA, JANKI MAHESH 3791 Non-Final OA Mar 01, 2023
18166711 MEDICATION SUPPORT DEVICE Ricoh Company, Ltd. OJOFEITIMI, AYODEJI T 3651 Final Rejection Feb 09, 2023
18158685 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Ricoh Company, Ltd. MARINI, MATTHEW G 2853 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2023
18158739 AGRICULTURAL HARVESTERS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA AND METHODS FOR RESIDUE SPREAD CONTROL Deere & Company ALCORN III, GEORGE A 3662 Final Rejection Jan 24, 2023
17963002 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Ricoh Company, Ltd. KREMER, MATTHEW 3791 Non-Final OA Oct 10, 2022
17876042 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, FLOW GENERATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Ricoh Company, Ltd. KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI 2116 Final Rejection Jul 28, 2022

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