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Last updated: April 19, 2026

K&L Gates Llp-Sony

31 pending office actions • 4 clients

Portfolio Summary

31
Total Pending OAs
12
Final Rejections
19
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (4 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Sony Group Corporation 16
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation 9
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation 4
Sony Group Corporation 2

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19112457 MAGNETIC TAPE AND TAPE CARTRIDGE Sony Group Corporation KLIMOWICZ, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2688 Non-Final OA Mar 17, 2025
18841459 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Sony Group Corporation TUNGATE, SCOTT MICHAEL 3628 Non-Final OA Feb 14, 2025
18880679 SENSING SYSTEM FOR GRIP CONTROL, GRIPPING APPARATUS, ROBOT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME Sony Group Corporation BUI, NHI QUYNH 3656 Non-Final OA Jan 02, 2025
18846503 LIGHT SOURCE DRIVING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation VU, JIMMY T 2844 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2024
18727624 SERVO RECORDING APPARATUS, SERVO WRITE HEAD, METHOD OF PRODUCING A MAGNETIC TAPE, AND MAGNETIC TAPE Sony Group Corporation TZENG, FRED 2625 Non-Final OA Jul 09, 2024
18712839 ILLUMINATION OPTICAL SYSTEM AND PROJECTION-TYPE DISPLAY APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation LE, BAO-LUAN Q 2882 Non-Final OA May 23, 2024
18705254 WAVE CONTROL MEDIUM, METAMATERIAL, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE CONTROL MEMBER, SENSOR, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE WAVEGUIDE, COMPUTATION ELEMENT, TRANSMITTING/RECEIVNG DEVICE, LIGHT-RECEIVING/EMITTING DEVICE, ENERGY ABSORPTION MATERIAL, BLACKBODY MATERIAL, EXTINCTION MATERIAL, ENERGY CONVERSION MATERIAL, ELECTRIC WAVE LENS, OPTICAL LENS, COLOR FILTER, FREQUENCY SELECTION FILTER, ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION MATERIAL, BEAM PHASE CONTROL DEVICE, ELECTROSPINNING DEVICE, DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING WAVE CONTROL Sony Group Corporation POOS, JOHN W 2896 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18681644 PACKAGE MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PRODUCING A PACKAGE MATERIAL Sony Group Corporation ZHANG, MICHAEL N 1781 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2024
18563190 ODOR PRESENTATION MODULE, ODOR PRESENTATION DEVICE, AND ODOR PRESENTATION METHOD Sony Group Corporation PILSBURY, BRADY CHARLES 1799 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2023
18289172 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation SPRENGER, JAIME LYNN 2893 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18285774 GAS DETECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DIAGNOSING A PLANT, AND PLANT DIAGNOSING APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation KOLB, NATHANIEL J 2896 Final Rejection Oct 05, 2023
18284013 TAPE CARTRIDGE, METHOD OF PRODUCING TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND TAPE REEL Sony Group Corporation JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE 3654 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18281622 OPTICAL MODULE AND DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation HELLNER, MARK 3645 Non-Final OA Sep 12, 2023
18279334 SURFACE EMITTING LASER, LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SURFACE EMITTING LASER Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MENEFEE, JAMES A 2828 Non-Final OA Aug 29, 2023
18277496 SURFACE-EMITTING LASER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SURFACE-EMITTING LASER Sony Group Corporation ZHANG, YUANDA 2828 Non-Final OA Aug 16, 2023
18271617 THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT ARRAY, INFRARED SENSOR, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT Sony Group Corporation PILLAY, DEVINA 1726 Final Rejection Jul 10, 2023
18267694 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT, PHOTODETECTOR, PHOTODETECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MOBILE BODY Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation GAWORECKI, MARK R 2884 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18035984 ILLUMINATION APPARATUS AND RANGING APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation BOLDA, ERIC L 3645 Non-Final OA May 09, 2023
18030631 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MENEFEE, JAMES A 2828 Non-Final OA Apr 06, 2023
18085101 HOLE TRANSPORTING MATERIAL FOR HELIOS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation NGUYEN, VU ANH 1762 Non-Final OA Dec 20, 2022
17928774 QUANTUM DOT ENSEMBLE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, QUANTUM DOT ENSEMBLE LAYER, AND IMAGING DEVICE Sony Group Corporation KOSLOW, CAROL M 1734 Final Rejection Nov 30, 2022
17915640 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation LI, MEIYA 2811 Final Rejection Sep 29, 2022
17914639 MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM Sony Group Corporation FERRE, ALEXANDRE F 1788 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2022
17800678 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT, LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT UNIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE, SENSING DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE Sony Group Corporation CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 Final Rejection Aug 18, 2022
17792238 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation KOTTER, STEPHEN SUTTON 2828 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2022
17789875 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Sony Group Corporation KOTTER, STEPHEN SUTTON 2828 Final Rejection Jun 29, 2022
17781912 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation VU, HUNG K 2897 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2022
17773312 SURFACE EMISSION LASER, SURFACE EMISSION LASER ARRAY, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SURFACE EMISSION LASER MANUFACTURING METHOD Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 Final Rejection Apr 29, 2022
17764709 LASER DEVICE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LASER DEVICE, LASER APPARATUS, AND LASER AMPLIFYING DEVICE Sony Group Corporation KING, JOSHUA 2828 Final Rejection Mar 29, 2022
17761443 SURFACE LIGHT-EMISSION LASER DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation HAGAN, SEAN P 2828 Final Rejection Mar 17, 2022
17642436 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, WAVELENGTH CONVERSION UNIT, AND HEADLIGHT OR DISPLAY APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation CHEN, DAVID Z 2815 Final Rejection Mar 11, 2022

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