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App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19477965 ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ELECTRICAL ACTUATION OF AN INNER DOOR OF A VEHICLE WITH A MECHANICAL EMERGENCY ACTUATION Mercedes-Benz Group AG IGNACZEWSKI, JAMES EDWARD 3675 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2025
19476005 TURBINE WHEEL FOR A RADIAL TURBINE Daimler Truck AG HAGHIGHIAN, BEHNOUSH 3745 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2025
19471881 METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT AN AUTOMATED OVERTAKING MANEUVER OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG MANCHO, RONNIE M 3657 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 02, 2025
19155729 METHOD FOR REDUCING OR AVOIDING KINETOSIS Mercedes-Benz Group AG ANWARI, MACEEH 3663 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19155723 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AT LEAST ONE STATUS OF A VEHICLE, AND AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG HARVEY II, KEVIN JEROME 3664 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 12, 2025
19147344 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A WEAR INDICATOR FOR A VEHICLE, AND A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG MCCLEARY, CAITLIN RENEE 3669 §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 11, 2025
19140686 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INDIVIDUALLY ASSIGNING AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE FUNCTION SCHEME TO AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG AWORUNSE, OLUWABUSAYO ADEBANJO 3662 §101§103 Final Rejection 1d overdue Pending Jun 18, 2025
19138812 METHOD FOR DETECTING ROADWORKS IN A VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG PHAM, CLINT V 3663 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 13, 2025
19135441 EXHAUST-GAS AFTERTREATMENT SYSTEM Daimler Truck AG LARGI, MATTHEW THOMAS 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 04, 2025
19219339 APPARATUS FOR EXHAUST GAS RECIRCULATION AND A METHOD FOR PREVENTING ICE FORMATION IN SUCH AN APPARATUS Daimler Truck AG STECKBAUER, KEVIN R 3747 §102§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 27, 2025
19130593 METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROAD CONDITION Mercedes-Benz Group AG DYER, ANDREW R 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending May 16, 2025
19206363 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGULATING UNDERWATER SEISMIC SOURCE PRESSURE Sercel, Inc. ATMAKURI, VIKAS NMN 3645 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2025
19125428 METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE DRIVING SAFETY OF A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG MOHL, PATRICK DANIEL 3666 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 29, 2025
19123858 METHOD FOR RELEASE FOR USE OF TELEMATICS SERVICES, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD Mercedes-Benz Group AG BROWN, VERNAL U 2686 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 24, 2025
19120436 METHOD FOR CHANGING THE MEMORY CONTENT OF A MAIN MEMORY OF A MICROCONTROLLER WITHOUT A SEPARATE MEMORY MANAGEMENT UNIT, USE THEREOF, MICROCONTROLLER AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG MACKALL, LARRY T 2139 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 11, 2025
19118465 QUICK-RELEASE HOSE COUPLING FOR AT LEAST ONE HOSE Gea Farm Technologies GmbH RUFRANO, ALEXANDER TYLER 3679 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19118462 DEVICE FOR THE OPERATION OF VEHICLE FUNCTIONS Mercedes-Benz Group AG SHAIKH, FARIS ASIM 3668 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19118454 METHOD FOR COMPRESSING AND DECOMPRESSING LOG FILES AND AN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG TRAN, ANHTAI V 2168 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 04, 2025
19111953 METHOD FOR OPERATING A HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L 3661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19111960 HEATING SYSTEM OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG REDHEAD JR., ASHLEY L 3661 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 14, 2025
19110915 METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE AND A SYSTEM FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA SETS Mercedes-Benz Group AG TROOST, AARON L 3666 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19073647 STANDING BOARD Kopf GmbH & Co. Kg MOORE, ZACHARY T 3784 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
19109805 LIGHT ASSEMBLY FOR ILLUMINATING PANES FOR AUTOMOBILES Mercedes-Benz Group AG CARTER, WILLIAM JOSEPH 2875 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 07, 2025
18996174 METHOD FOR STORING AN IDENTIFIER ON A CENTRAL COMPUTING DEVICE Mercedes-Benz Group AG AHSAN, SYED M 2491 §101§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18996168 METHOD FOR OPERATING A HIGH VOLTAGE ON-BOARD POWER SUPPLY OF A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG BARZEGAR, PEGAH 3615 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
18993724 CHASSIS FOR A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE Daimler Truck AG MILLER, CAITLIN ANNE 3614 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18993067 METHOD FOR CONNECTING A VEHICLE TO THE INTERNET Mercedes-Benz Group AG NGUYEN, HAI V 2649 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 10, 2025
18880879 METHOD FOR REGISTERING A CONTROL DEVICE OF A VEHICLE WITH A SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE Mercedes-Benz Group AG BHANDARI, SHREYAJ RAM 2434 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18880884 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RESTRICTING PERSONAL INFORMATION IN A CAMERA IMAGE Mercedes-Benz Group AG BROUGHTON, KATHLEEN M 2661 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 03, 2025
18878166 METHOD FOR PROCESSING LOG FILES, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG PHAN, TUANKHANH D 2154 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2024
18987371 METHOD AND TRANSITION DEVICE FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATION OF DATA IN A WIRELESS NETWORK Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ) MERED, HABTE Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 19, 2024
18971525 SENSOR NETWORK FOR A DETECTION OF AN OBJECT Hensoldt Sensors GmbH GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 3648 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 06, 2024
18961695 CONTROL MANIFOLD AND METHOD FOR TANK CLEANING Wolf Process Technology, LLC TATE-SIMS, CRISTI J 1711 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18869412 METHOD FOR DETECTING DEGRADATION OF A LIDAR SENSOR Mercedes-Benz Group AG RODRIGUEZ, VICENTE M 3642 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18863717 SALT-REJECTION SOLAR EVAPORATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1772 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18859649 ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND A METHOD FOR OPERATING SUCH AN ELECTRIC DRIVE SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG LEWIS, TISHA D 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 24, 2024
18854734 METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF OBJECTS Mercedes-Benz Group AG MILIA, MARK R 2681 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 07, 2024
18852043 METHOD FOR CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF A REMAINING DISTANCE FOR A VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG REINBOLD, SCOTT A 3747 §112 Final Rejection 33d Pending Sep 27, 2024
18844549 FOOT SWITCH WITH A HOUSING AND METHOD FOR CHECKING THE TIGHTNESS OF A HOUSING Steute Technologies GmbH & Co. Kg HAMMOND III, THOMAS M 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18844480 UE COORDINATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK Google LLC TRAN, PHUC H 2471 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 06, 2024
18843471 FURNITURE OR HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE ELEMENT Paul Hettich GmbH & Co. Kg TRAN, HANH VAN 3637 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 03, 2024
18836885 IODINE GAS SENSOR AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology RAEVIS, ROBERT R 2855 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18836214 SEPARATOR Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 06, 2024
18835885 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING CONDITIONS IN AN ENVIRONMENT AROUND A DEVICE N5 Sensors, Inc. ROBERTS, HERBERT K 2855 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 05, 2024
18833518 METHOD OF DETECTING GHOST OBJECTS IN SENSOR MEASUREMENTS Mercedes-Benz Group AG GUYAH, REMASH RAJA 3648 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 26, 2024
18725855 METHOD FOR INCREASING THE USER COMFORT OF A VEHICLE OCCUPANT AND VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG DINH, JOSEPH NGHIA 2641 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 01, 2024
18722316 APPARATUS FOR SECURING COMMUNICATION Mercedes-Benz Group AG PERVIN, NUZHAT 3648 §102§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Jun 20, 2024
18720175 SEPARATOR AND METHOD FOR PURIFYING A LIQUID-SOLID MIXTURE Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18717481 CHARGING CONNECTION DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG QUIGLEY, THOMAS K 2834 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716801 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMATION EVALUATION Cgg Services SAS DESTA, ELIAS 2857 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 05, 2024
18711364 2D/3D PEROVSKITE HETEROJUNCTION FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology CANNON, RYAN SMITH 1726 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 17, 2024
18708454 METHOD FOR OPERATING A SPEECH DIALOGUE SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG OGUNBIYI, OLUWADAMILOL M 2653 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 08, 2024
18707997 PROCESS FOR OBTAINING PROTEINS FROM HEMP Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH MCKNIGHT, CIARA A 1656 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 07, 2024
18704969 LOGOPAEDIC TREATMENT DEVICE Codonis AG WILSON, KAYLEE R 3700 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18702965 METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATING THE USER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE Mercedes-Benz Group AG YANG, JIANXUN 2662 §103 Final Rejection 39d Pending Apr 19, 2024
18630066 JOINT PRECONDITIONING FOR TIME-LAPSE FULL WAVEFORM INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEM Cgg Services SAS FERRELL, CARTER W 2857 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2024
18622894 METHOD FOR LOCATING A SOUND SOURCE Daimler Truck AG BAILEY, JOHN D 3747 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 30, 2024
18691610 AMBIPOLAR SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED TRANSISTOR AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology SMITH, BRADLEY 2817 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 13, 2024
18688408 SEPARATION DISC, SEPARATION DISC STACK, AND CENTRIFUGE HAVING SAID SEPERATION DISC STACK Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18688409 PROCESS FOR PROVIDING HYDROGENATED OILS AND/OR FATS Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH BONAPARTE, AMY C 1692 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 01, 2024
18682173 CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAID CENTRIFUGE Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH COOLEY, CHARLES E 1774 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 08, 2024
18294687 METHOD FOR HEATING A BATTERY, AND A BATTERY Mercedes-Benz Group AG BROWN, MADISON ELIZABETH 1787 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 02, 2024
18292403 ELECTRIC DRIVING SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE, VEHICLE HAVING A CORRESPONDING ELECTRIC DRIVING SYSTEM AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR OPERATING A CORRESPONDING ELECTRIC DRIVING SYSTEM Mercedes-Benz Group AG DIAO, M BAYE 2859 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 26, 2024
18421900 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR AEROSOL DETECTION N5 Sensors, Inc. ZHONG, XIN Y 2855 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 24, 2024
18409108 METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SENSOR AND SATELLITE AI FUSION N5 Sensors, Inc. BUDISALICH, ANDREW STEVEN 2662 §101§103 Non-Final OA 23d Pending Jan 10, 2024
18544911 PATIENT SLING Human Care Hc AB ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Dec 19, 2023
18568315 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A PERMANENT MAGNET FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE, PERMANENT MAGNET AND USE OF A PERMANENT MAGNET Mercedes-Benz Group AG ABRAHAM, JOSE K §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18565196 DISTRIBUTED STRAIN SENSING USING CAPACITOR WITH VARIABLE-RESISTANCE ELECTRODES AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology DAVIS HOLLINGTON, OCTAVIA L 2855 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 29, 2023
18563067 HYBRID AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM FOR DECOUPLED SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT REMOVAL AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology SULLENS, TAVIA L 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 21, 2023
18286244 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FLASH LAMP TREATMENT OF LIQUID STREAMS King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology KURTZ, BENJAMIN M 1779 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2023
18456862 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE PREDICTION WITH ANGULAR DEPENDENT REFLECTIVITY Cgg Services SAS HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 28, 2023
18275040 A METHOD FOR VIRTUAL TESTING OF A HEAD UNIT OF A MOTOR VEHICLE BY A VIRTUAL TEST BENCH AS WELL AS A CORRESPONDING VIRTUAL TEST BENCH Mercedes-Benz Group AG ROSEN, ELIZABETH H 3693 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 31, 2023
18273898 WAX-COATED JUTE FABRIC AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology THOMPSON, CAMIE S 1786 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2023
18269354 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR ENRICHING LITHIUM FROM SEAWATER King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology LE, EMILY M 1793 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 23, 2023
18038566 LIGHT CONTROLLING PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology AYAD, TAMIR 1726 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2023
18320518 VERTICAL FARMING APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS V-MAXX, LLC KLOECKER, KATHERINE ANNE 3642 §103§112 Final Rejection 8d Pending May 19, 2023
18036938 WAVELENGTH-CONVERTING NEAR-INFRARED OPTICAL RECEIVER AND METHOD King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology WOLDEGEORGIS, ERMIAS T 2893 §102 Final Rejection 36d overdue Pending May 15, 2023
18143554 MESSAGING APPROVAL SYSTEM AND METHOD Approved Contact, LLC BAINS, SARJIT S 3623 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 04, 2023
18021241 REAL-TIME CONTROL OF MECHANICAL VALVES USING COMPUTER VISION AND MACHINE LEARNING King Fahd University Of Petroleum And Minerals TRAN, VI N 2117 §103 Non-Final OA 78d overdue Pending Feb 14, 2023
18021067 SEPARATOR INSERT AND SEPARATOR Gea Westfalia Separator Group GmbH LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 13, 2023
18017978 MICRONEEDLE BALLOON CATHETER King Abdullah International Medical Research Center HALL, DEANNA K 3783 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 25, 2023
17923069 UNDERWATER WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology ABULABAN, ABDALLAH 3645 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 03, 2022
17921202 ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR COUPLED WITH UV ADVANCED DISINFECTION PROCESS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology ELLINGTON, MARRIAH C G 1773 §103 Final Rejection 73d overdue Pending Oct 25, 2022
17920433 SEPARATOR HAVING DIRECT DRIVE USING OIL FOR A COOLANT FILM OR COOLANT BATH Gea Mechanical Equipment GmbH LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2022
17916226 CENTRIFUGE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CENTRIFUGE Gea Mechanical Equipment GmbH LIU, SHUYI S 1774 §103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Sep 30, 2022
17595343 DEEP LEARNING BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF ALTERNATIVE POLYADENYLATION SITE King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology BICKHAM, DAWN MARIE 1685 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2021

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