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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Mori & Ward, LLP

33 pending office actions • 10 clients

Portfolio Summary

33
Total Pending OAs
9
Final Rejections
24
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (10 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Shimano Inc. 11
Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki 4
Resonac Packaging Corporation 4
Yamazaki Mazak Corporation 4
Nichia Corporation 3
Yaskawa America, Inc. 2
Ibiden Co., Ltd. 1
Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. 1
Tamura Corporation 1
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19087600 EXPOSURE THERAPY IMPLEMENTATION SYSTEM USING VIRTUAL REALITY, EXPOSURE THERAPY IMPLEMENTATION METHOD USING VIRTUAL REALITY, AND EXPOSURE THERAPY IMPLEMENTATION APPLICATION SOFTWARE USING VIRTUAL REALITY Unknown KOLOSOWSKI-GAGER, KATHERINE 3687 Non-Final OA Mar 24, 2025
19075791 BICYCLE MOTOR UNIT AND BICYCLE DERAILLEUR Shimano Inc. LIU, HENRY Y 3654 Non-Final OA Mar 11, 2025
19035991 DERAILLEUR FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. LIU, HENRY Y 3654 Non-Final OA Jan 24, 2025
18951517 ROBOT Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki RUSHING, JR, BOBBY 3618 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2024
18951529 ROBOT Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki KRUG, RANDELL J 3618 Non-Final OA Nov 18, 2024
18937009 OPERATING DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. COOK, WILLIAM J 3618 Final Rejection Nov 04, 2024
18810520 ROBOT SYSTEM, CONTROLLER AND CONTROL METHOD Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki AHMED, MASUD 3657 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2024
18765311 COMPOSITE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME Nichia Corporation FLORES JR, DONALD M 1781 Non-Final OA Jul 07, 2024
18755638 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING SWAP TIME Yaskawa America, Inc. TIGHE, BRENDAN P 3652 Non-Final OA Jun 26, 2024
18739265 COVER, DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, DEVICE OF FISHING TACKLE, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING COVER TO TARGET PORTION OF ONE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AND FISHING TACKLE Shimano Inc. KHAN, TAHSEEN 1781 Non-Final OA Jun 10, 2024
18624024 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT Shimano Inc. CAMBY, RICHARD M 3661 Non-Final OA Apr 01, 2024
18437242 DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Shimano Inc. SOLIS, ERICK R 3747 Non-Final OA Feb 09, 2024
18396709 MAT MATERIAL, EXHAUST GAS PURIFICATION DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING MAT MATERIAL Ibiden Co., Ltd. PLESZCZYNSKA, JOANNA 1783 Final Rejection Dec 27, 2023
18539296 ROTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ROTARY CONNECTOR DEVICE Furukawa Automotive Systems Inc. HYEON, HAE M 2831 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18536237 WIRING SUBSTRATE, LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHODS THEREOF Nichia Corporation LASASSO, VICTOR JOSEPH 2898 Non-Final OA Dec 12, 2023
18475185 HUB ASSEMBLY FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. KOTTER, KIP T 3615 Final Rejection Sep 26, 2023
18471293 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE Nichia Corporation AHMAD, KHAJA 2813 Non-Final OA Sep 21, 2023
18451867 POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, THREE-LEVEL INVERTER, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER CONVERTING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD OF THREE-LEVEL INVERTER Yaskawa America, Inc. CAULK, JENNIFER CHRISTINE 2838 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2023
18212724 BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL Resonac Packaging Corporation FIGG, LAURA B 1781 Non-Final OA Jun 22, 2023
18267096 CASING FOR POWER STORAGE DEVICE, AND POWER STORAGE DEVICE Resonac Packaging Corporation HA, STEVEN S 1735 Non-Final OA Jun 14, 2023
18334324 SENSOR UNIT OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, ROTARY DEVICE, AND TORQUE SENSING METHOD Shimano Inc. ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 Non-Final OA Jun 13, 2023
18329581 COOLANT DISCHARGER, WORKPIECE HOLDER, WORKPIECE ROTATOR, MACHINE TOOL, AND METHOD OF USING COOLANT DISCHARGER Yamazaki Mazak Corporation RAMOS, NICOLE N 3722 Non-Final OA Jun 06, 2023
18328785 ELECTRIC DEVICE OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. AGARED, GABRIEL T 2846 Final Rejection Jun 05, 2023
18324101 ELECTRIC DEVICE AND DERAILLEUR OF HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. STABLEY, MICHAEL R 3611 Non-Final OA May 25, 2023
18307811 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, MULTI-TASKING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Yamazaki Mazak Corporation CARPENTER, JOSHUA S 1733 Non-Final OA Apr 27, 2023
18135655 BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL Resonac Packaging Corporation MANGOHIG, THOMAS A 1788 Non-Final OA Apr 17, 2023
18295821 BATTERY HOLDER AND BICYCLE COMPONENT Shimano Inc. KECK, DANIEL M 3614 Final Rejection Apr 04, 2023
18085572 LASER PROCESSOR, LASER PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING CARTRIDGE Yamazaki Mazak Corporation TRAN, THIEN S 3761 Final Rejection Dec 21, 2022
17974464 BATTERY PACKAGING MATERIAL Resonac Packaging Corporation HEMINGWAY, TIMOTHY G 1754 Non-Final OA Oct 26, 2022
17941020 SOLDER ALLOY, SOLDER BONDING MATERIAL, SOLDER PASTE, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGE Tamura Corporation NGUYEN, KHIEM D 2892 Non-Final OA Sep 09, 2022
17679096 TOOL STORAGE AND MACHINE TOOL Yamazaki Mazak Corporation CADUGAN, ERICA E 3722 Final Rejection Feb 24, 2022
17670514 COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL SYSTEM, SETTING APPARATUS FOR COATING CONTROL APPARATUS, COATING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Kabushiki Kaisha Yaskawa Denki WOOD, BLAKE ANDREW 3658 Final Rejection Feb 14, 2022
17513910 APPARATUS OF ANALOG-NEURON AND METHOD OF CONTROL OF ANALOG-NEURON Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba RUTTEN, JAMES D 2121 Final Rejection Oct 29, 2021

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