Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP (Thermo Fisher)

18 pending office actions • 8 clients

Portfolio Summary

18
Total Pending OAs
3
Final Rejections
15
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (8 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Fei Company 6
Thermo Finnigan LLC 5
Fei Company 2
Dionex Softron GmbH 1
Thermo Electron Limited 1
Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. 1
Dionex Corporation 1
Fisher Bioservices Inc. 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18428978 Discovery of Instrument-Related Assets and Two-Way Communication with Those Assets Between Network Environments Dionex Softron GmbH RAHMAN, SHAWNCHOY 2438 Non-Final OA Jan 31, 2024
18402475 VACUUM SYSTEM AND VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR A MASS SPECTROMETER Thermo Finnigan LLC CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 Non-Final OA Jan 02, 2024
18393233 Method for Alignment Free Ion Column Fei Company IPPOLITO, NICOLE MARIE 2881 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18538840 VACUUM SYSTEM FOR A MASS SPECTROMETER Thermo Finnigan LLC OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 Non-Final OA Dec 13, 2023
18525230 SCANNING PATTERNS FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Fei Company NGUYEN, KIET TUAN 2881 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2023
18482724 UNSUPERVISED TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING UNIVARIATE AND MULTIVARIATE ANOMALIES IN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT RESULTS WITHIN A LABORATORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Thermo Electron Limited KRCHA, MATTHEW D 1796 Non-Final OA Oct 06, 2023
18473035 SAMPLE CARRIER AND USES THEREOF Fei Company LI, LARRY 2881 Final Rejection Sep 22, 2023
18473049 DEUTERIUM GAS GENERATOR AND DEVICES FOR CONSERVATION THEREOF Thermo Finnigan LLC EINHORN, MICA JILLIAN 2881 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2023
18473054 METHOD OF UTILIZING DEUTERIUM GAS FOR CHROMATOGRAPHY APPLICATIONS, DEUTERIUM GAS GENERATOR AND DEVICES FOR CONSERVATION THEREOF Thermo Finnigan LLC BOLDUC, DAVID J 2852 Non-Final OA Sep 22, 2023
18458929 FAST AND ACCURATE STRAIN MAPPING USING ELECTRON DIFFRACTION Fei Company MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 Non-Final OA Aug 30, 2023
18447812 THERMAL CONDITIONING ENCLOSURE FOR A CHARGED PARTICLE INSTRUMENT Fei Company TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 Non-Final OA Aug 10, 2023
18354794 AUTOCHEMOMETRIC SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS Thermo Scientific Portable Analytical Instruments Inc. SAUNCY, TONI DIAN 2857 Non-Final OA Jul 19, 2023
18327746 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LAB MANAGEMENT Dionex Corporation HO, THOMAS Y 3624 Non-Final OA Jun 01, 2023
18307463 ACCESSING LARGE DATA STRUCTURES GENERATED BY SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Thermo Finnigan LLC NIMOX, RAYMOND LONDALE 2857 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2023
18171543 DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR ANALYSES OF EXPERIMENTAL DATA GENERATED BY TWO OR MORE DETECTORS Fei Company ALABI, OLUWATOSIN O 2129 Non-Final OA Feb 20, 2023
18147271 LOCKABLE VIAL SLEEVE AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS Fisher Bioservices Inc. ZIMBOUSKI, ARIANA 3781 Final Rejection Dec 28, 2022
17957171 CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE HAVING VACUUM IN SPECIMEN CHAMBER Fei Company CHOI, JAMES J 2878 Non-Final OA Sep 30, 2022
17957445 DATA TRIAGE IN MICROSCOPY SYSTEMS Fei Company SHARIFF, MICHAEL ADAM 2672 Final Rejection Sep 30, 2022

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