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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Sony)

65 pending office actions • 2 clients

Portfolio Summary

65
Total Pending OAs
28
Final Rejections
37
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (2 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation 45
Sony Group Corporation 20

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19254958 DISPLAY ELEMENT, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Group Corporation EDWARDS, MARK 2624 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2025
18837008 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation NGUYEN, JENNIFER T 2629 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2025
18724424 REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation COX, CASSANDRA F 2849 Non-Final OA Jan 13, 2025
18874287 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation VILAKAZI, SIZO BINDA 3747 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2024
18871435 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation GILES, NICHOLAS G 2639 Non-Final OA Dec 03, 2024
18869315 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sony Group Corporation TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ 2638 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18954853 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation CUTLER, ALBERT H 2637 Non-Final OA Nov 21, 2024
18865995 PHOTODETECTION DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation YODER III, CHRISS S 2638 Non-Final OA Nov 14, 2024
18865171 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Group Corporation PIZIALI, JEFFREY J 2628 Non-Final OA Nov 12, 2024
18864729 SENSOR DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation LAM, HUNG H 2639 Non-Final OA Nov 11, 2024
18923242 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR USING A TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY TO CAPTURE AT LEAST ONE IMAGE Sony Group Corporation CALDERON, CYNTHIA 2639 Non-Final OA Oct 22, 2024
18918496 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Group Corporation NGUYEN, KEVIN M 2628 Final Rejection Oct 17, 2024
18854780 BINNING IN HYBRID PIXEL STRUCTURE OF IMAGE PIXELS AND EVENT VISION SENSOR (EVS) PIXELS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation SELBY, GEVELL V 2638 Non-Final OA Oct 07, 2024
18850770 IMAGING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation HALIYUR, PADMA 2639 Non-Final OA Sep 25, 2024
18839683 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation YILMAKASSAYE, SURAFEL 2639 Final Rejection Aug 19, 2024
18836546 LOW-SPEED OSCILLATOR WITH REDUCED OVERVOLTAGE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation SHIN, JEFFREY M 2849 Non-Final OA Aug 07, 2024
18666112 OVERLIGHT AMOUNT DETECTION CIRCUIT, LIGHT RECEIVING ELEMENT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation GILES, NICHOLAS G 2639 Final Rejection May 16, 2024
18660673 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation LUU, THANH X 2878 Final Rejection May 10, 2024
18634307 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation NADAV, ORI 2811 Non-Final OA Apr 12, 2024
18696612 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation GALT, CASSI J 3648 Non-Final OA Mar 28, 2024
18692510 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Sony Group Corporation JONES, ANDREW B 2667 Final Rejection Mar 15, 2024
18682725 IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING METHOD Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation SILVA-AVINA, EMMANUEL 2673 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2024
18293042 IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MOREHEAD III, JOHN H 2639 Non-Final OA Jan 29, 2024
18575368 HASH GENERATION DEVICE, HASH DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND SYSTEM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation AYALA, KEVIN ALEXIS 2496 Final Rejection Dec 29, 2023
18567154 LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation DOAN, THERESA T 2814 Non-Final OA Dec 05, 2023
18564998 COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MASHELE, BONGANI JABULANI 3648 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18554352 RANGING APPARATUS, OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND RANGING SYSTEM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation NOH, JAE NAM 2481 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2023
18554187 RADAR DEVICE AND DATA OUTPUT METHOD FOR RADAR DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation GREGORY, BERNARR E 3648 Final Rejection Oct 05, 2023
18553091 DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation RAABE, CHRISTOPHER M 2875 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18551087 IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation DANG, DUY M 2662 Non-Final OA Sep 18, 2023
18369507 STACKED LIGHT RECEIVING SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation TISSIRE, ABDELAAZIZ 2638 Final Rejection Sep 18, 2023
18548412 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation TRAN, DZUNG 2893 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2023
18547657 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation THATCHER, CLINT A 3645 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18546983 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation KNOX, KALERIA 2857 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2023
18261736 PHOTODETECTOR AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation KNUDSON, BRAD ALLAN 2817 Non-Final OA Jul 17, 2023
18260712 DISTANCE IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE, DISTANCE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND TRANSMISSION METHOD OF DISTANCE DATA Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation BEATTY, TY MITCHELL 2663 Final Rejection Jul 07, 2023
18033991 DISPLAY APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation NGUYEN, SOPHIA T 2893 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2023
18033745 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation BORROMEO, JUANITO C 2184 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2023
18296121 IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation CHIU, WESLEY JASON 2639 Final Rejection Apr 05, 2023
18030172 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation SABUR, ALIA 2812 Final Rejection Apr 04, 2023
18044827 LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASURING APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation HAUT, EVAN HARRISON 3645 Non-Final OA Mar 10, 2023
18023118 IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation QURESHI, MARIAM 2871 Final Rejection Feb 24, 2023
17987269 DISPLAY ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation NEWTON, VALERIE N 2897 Non-Final OA Feb 01, 2023
18015612 SURFACE EMITTING LASER DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation BAGHDASARYAN, HOVHANNES 3645 Final Rejection Jan 11, 2023
18015220 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation REISNER, NOAM S 2852 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2023
18010377 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation MARU, MATIYAS T 2148 Final Rejection Dec 14, 2022
18007587 DISPLAY DEVICE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation HELBERG, DAVID MICHAEL 2815 Final Rejection Dec 01, 2022
17923775 LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING ORGANIC MATERIALS WITH HOLE TRANSPORT PROPERTIES AND ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation LOHAKARE, PRATIKSHA JAYANT 2818 Final Rejection Nov 07, 2022
17996402 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation ISLAM, MOHAMMAD K 2857 Final Rejection Oct 17, 2022
17916894 SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS, TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION SYSTEM, AND ALARM SYSTEM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MANCINI, EVAN THOMAS 2855 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2022
17995389 SENSING SYSTEM Sony Group Corporation RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2022
17903466 DISPLAY DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Sony Group Corporation GYAWALI, BIPIN 2625 Final Rejection Sep 06, 2022
17801424 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING MODEL GENERATION DEVICE, LEARNING MODEL GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING MODEL, DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, INFERENCE METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM AND NON-TEMPORARY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation AHSAN, UMAIR 2647 Final Rejection Aug 22, 2022
17880117 SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH FIRST AND SECOND SIDEWALL SPACERS ON BURIED INSULATOR Sony Group Corporation DYKES, LAURA M 2892 Final Rejection Aug 03, 2022
17796754 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA 3648 Final Rejection Aug 01, 2022
17781891 DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation UDDIN, MD I 2169 Final Rejection Jun 02, 2022
17752115 LASER-SAFETY CONTROL FOR LIDAR APPLICATIONS Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation BOEGHOLM, ISABELLE LIN 3645 Final Rejection May 24, 2022
17720670 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Sony Group Corporation DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER 2488 Non-Final OA Apr 14, 2022
17766967 LIGHT RECEIVING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS, AND LIGHT RECEIVING CIRCUIT Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation FRITCHMAN, JOSEPH C 3645 Non-Final OA Apr 06, 2022
17694425 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Sony Group Corporation DOBBS, KRISTIN SENSMEIER 2488 Final Rejection Mar 14, 2022
17636968 RANGING SYSTEM AND DRIVER OF LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation CLOUSER, BENJAMIN WADE 3645 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2022
17629011 FILE PROCESSING DEVICE, FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation CAO, PHUONG THAO 2164 Final Rejection Jan 21, 2022
17618009 FILE PROCESSING DEVICE, FILE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Sony Group Corporation ZECHER, CORDELIA P K 2100 Final Rejection Dec 10, 2021
17374499 IMAGING DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation CHIU, WESLEY JASON 2639 Non-Final OA Jul 13, 2021
16618607 PICTURE TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND PICTURE RECEPTION DEVICE Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation CASTRO, ALFONSO 2421 Final Rejection Dec 02, 2019

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