Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Dc)

25 pending office actions • 9 clients

Portfolio Summary

25
Total Pending OAs
8
Final Rejections
17
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (9 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. 14
National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology 3
Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd. 2
Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. 1
Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies, Ltd. 1
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd. 1
Dricos, Inc. 1
Plm Revolution Co., Ltd. 1
Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19199312 INDUSTRIAL FABRIC Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd. MUROMOTO JR, ROBERT H 3732 Non-Final OA May 05, 2025
19114350 FOAMED RESIN INSULATION MATERIAL, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd. VO, HAI 1788 Non-Final OA Mar 21, 2025
19046718 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND COOKING ROBOT Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. MACARTHUR, VICTOR L 3618 Non-Final OA Feb 06, 2025
19046208 POWER TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND ROBOT Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. FIX, THOMAS S 3618 Non-Final OA Feb 05, 2025
18992526 Co-Cr-Pt-OXIDE-BASED SPUTTERING TARGET Tanaka Precious Metal Technologies, Ltd. MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN 1794 Non-Final OA Jan 08, 2025
18898268 PERIPHERY-MONITORING DEVICE FOR WORK MACHINE Sumitomo Heavy Industries Construction Cranes Co., Ltd. MCPHERSON, JAMES M 3663 Non-Final OA Sep 26, 2024
18829428 ACTUATOR Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 Final Rejection Sep 10, 2024
18829384 ACTUATOR Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. BROWN, JOSEPH HENRY 3618 Final Rejection Sep 10, 2024
18804500 INTERMEDIATE MOLD, MOLD UNIT, AND INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1684 Non-Final OA Aug 14, 2024
18795257 ACTUATOR Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. PRATHER, GREGORY T 3618 Non-Final OA Aug 06, 2024
18755413 DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENT COMPOUNDING ASSISTANCE METHOD Dricos, Inc. AKOGYERAM II, NICHOLAS A 3686 Final Rejection Jun 26, 2024
18632490 ACTUATOR Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. REID JR, CHARLES H 2834 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18632367 ACTUATOR Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. SUBRAMANIAN, VISWANATHAN 2834 Non-Final OA Apr 11, 2024
18553693 SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT, SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology VU, VU A 2897 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2023
18552371 BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCE DETECTION METHOD USING WELL ARRAY AND PARTICLES, WELL ARRAY, AND DETECTION DEVICE National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology OGUNTADE, ELIZABETH BISOLA 1677 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18552365 VIRUS DETECTION METHOD USING WELL ARRAY, WELL ARRAY, AND DETECTION DEVICE National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology LY, KRISTINA ELISABETH 1671 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2023
18251829 INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR OUTPUTTING COMPREHENSIVE DETERMINATION RESULT ON THE BASIS OF A PLURALITY OF DETERMINATION MATERIALS Plm Revolution Co., Ltd. CORTES, HOWARD 2118 Final Rejection May 04, 2023
18302953 TEXTILE FOR NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND CONVEYING BELT Nippon Filcon Co., Ltd. SINGH-PANDEY, ARTI R 1759 Final Rejection Apr 19, 2023
18108429 ION IMPLANTER AND ION IMPLANTATION METHOD Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ion Technology Co., Ltd. LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 Final Rejection Feb 10, 2023
17881267 SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. COCCHI, MICHAEL EDWARD 2188 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2022
17873868 INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE, INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE SYSTEM, AND MONITORING DEVICE Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. YEN, PAUL JUEI-FU 2175 Final Rejection Jul 26, 2022
17833376 FORMING SYSTEM AND FORMING METHOD Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. YOO, JUN S 3726 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2022
17825736 SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. STOICA, ADRIAN 2188 Non-Final OA May 26, 2022
17576516 ANALYSIS METHOD, ANALYSIS DEVICE, AND PROGRAM Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. GAN, CHUEN-MEEI 2189 Non-Final OA Jan 14, 2022
17561292 PREDICTION SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING AN OPERATION STATE OF A TARGET DEVICE Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. KARTHOLY, REJI P 2143 Final Rejection Dec 23, 2021

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