Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 04, 2026

Spencer Fane LLP

Technology areas: Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems • Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering

253 pending office actions • 58 clients • 229 examiners • 102 art units • 0 of 253 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready

Analysis

Spencer Fane LLP manages 14660 career applications in the Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering technology area. The firm has achieved a resolved allowance rate pct of 90.92. Its prosecution history includes an avg office actions per allowance of 2.88.

There are 193 pending office actions currently active. The 90.92 resolved allowance rate pct for its 14660 career applications indicates the firm's success in securing allowances. An avg office actions per allowance of 2.88 provides a benchmark for the examination process in its primary technology area.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Quality Metrics (n=14660 apps, methodology: how we score firms)

90.9%
Allowance Rate
n=14660
+0.56σ
Allowance Rate (norm)
n=14660
2.9
OAs to Allowance
n=11721
-0.32σ
OAs to Allow (norm)
n=11721
938 days
Time to Allowance
n=11721
+3.8pp
Interview Lift
n=14660
24.3%
RCE Rate
n=14660
1.6%
Appeal Rate
n=14660

Rejection Performance (% of received rejections ultimately overcome)

71.7%
§101 Overcome
n=665
84.0%
§102 Overcome
n=4738
84.3%
§103 Overcome
n=6976
86.7%
§112 Overcome
n=4209

Specialization & Scale

B41J, B62M, H04N
Top CPC Subclasses
10%
Top-3 CPC Share
n=14660
19
Practitioners
n=14660
771.6
Apps / Practitioner
n=14660

Portfolio Summary

253
Total Pending OAs
159
Non-Final OAs
85
Final Rejections
9
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 80 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

33
Overdue
4
Due this week
28
Due this month
8
Due in next 60 days
7
Due later

Deadline Fire Line

Every pending office action with a known statutory deadline, placed on a days-until-due axis. Dots left of Today are overdue; the further right, the more runway. Cases that share a deadline window stack vertically. 80 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (33)Due ≤ 7 days (4)Due ≤ 30 days (28)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (7)

Case Difficulty Mix

Difficulty is derived from the rejection statutes on the most recent pending office action. §101-driven and multi-statute cases are graded Hard; §112-only and obviousness-type double-patenting cases are graded Easy; everything else is Medium. "Unknown" means we have not yet parsed a statute for that office action.

137
Hard (54%)
106
Medium (42%)
10
Easy (4%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only10 (4%)
§101 + other22 (9%)
§103 only85 (34%)
§102 only12 (5%)
§112 only9 (4%)
Double-patenting only1 (0%)
Double-patenting + other9 (4%)
Multi-statute (no §101)105 (42%)

Industry Mix

How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.

33
Life Sciences
13% of docket
7
Information Tech
3% of docket
7
Communications
3% of docket
17
Semiconductors
7% of docket
112
Mechanical / Eng
44% of docket
77
Business / Other
30% of docket

Time-on-OA Estimate

Manual office-action response work runs about 10 hours per case. The time-saved bands below show what IP Author's prosecution pipeline typically delivers — a conservative 20% on the low end, 35% in the middle, 50% on the high end.

2,530 h
Manual time on pending OAs
506 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
886 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
22.1 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 4 63.8% +32.2%
VERA, ELISA H 3 72.2% +26.5%
KIM, KEVIN Y 3 78.2% +15.9%
SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 3 57.1% +14.5%
TAN, OLIVER E 2 73.2% +10.1%
STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 2 54.4% +26.1%
LADONI, AHOORA 2 5.0% +11.0%
HSU, RYAN 2 56.6% +17.4%
COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 2 57.8% +38.9%
NIEVES, NELSON J 2 75.3% +16.6%

Hard Cases (137)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
17947426 SOLID-STATE REFRIGERATION APPARATUS PETTITT, JOHN F 169d overdue
18429114 REFILLABLE MASTIC CARTRIDGE, DISPENSER, FILLING STATION AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MASTIC CARTRIDGE, A DISPENSER AND A FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS CARTRIDGE AND CONNECTOR FOR A CARTRIDGE GRAY, PAUL J 141d overdue
19000182 ROTARY POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE DOUNIS, LAERT 103d overdue
17982782 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE MEDANI, MOHAMED 49d overdue
18741603 ORDER SUPPORTING METHOD, ORDER SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LADONI, AHOORA 46d overdue
18132023 PARTIAL GAMBLE FEATURE FOR A WAGERING GAME HSU, RYAN 46d overdue
17700935 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 42d overdue
18248437 LASER PROCESSING DEVICE VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 35d overdue

Interview Candidates (25)

Cases in front of an examiner whose interview lift is 10 percentage points or more — i.e. interviewed cases historically resolve more favorably than non-interviewed ones. The top 8 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18741603 ORDER SUPPORTING METHOD, ORDER SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM LADONI, AHOORA 46d overdue
18132023 PARTIAL GAMBLE FEATURE FOR A WAGERING GAME HSU, RYAN 46d overdue
17952077 TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 45d overdue
18818680 STIRRING DEVICE, FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING FIBER STRUCTURE VERA, ELISA H 10d overdue
17214427 ROULETTE STYLE BETTING STRUCTURE PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 7d
18136525 PURCHASE OFFERS AT A GAMING DEVICE IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT BASED ON PLAYER STATUS PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 14d
17953218 GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE GAME MODES PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 27d
18392326 SHIFTING DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, DRIVE UNIT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE TAN, OLIVER E 56d

Client Portfolio (58 clients)

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
371518
374611
37636
36735
37724
37834
36114
36693
36623
17483

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
19431866 COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. BOBISH, CHRISTOPHER S 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 23, 2025
19375559 METHOD FOR MONITORING SEAMING TOOLS Ferrum Packaging AG SMITH, JACOB A 3731 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2025
19474206 DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. HOLMAN, JOHN D 3667 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 10, 2025
19335973 FAN UNIT AND OUTDOOR UNIT Daikin Industries, Ltd. SEHN, MICHAEL L 3745 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2025
19157721 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 19, 2025
19291837 VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VIDEO PROCESSING PROGRAM Yamaha Corporation KIYABU, KARIN A 2626 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 06, 2025
19279149 APPARATUSES AND METHODS FOR SEGREGATING TISSUE SAMPLES FOR MULTIPLE DIAGNOSTIC MODALITIES Virchow Medical, Inc. WRIGHT, PATRICIA KATHRYN §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 24, 2025
19276431 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Daikin Industries, Ltd. FREAY, CHARLES GRANT 3746 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 22, 2025
19148673 UNIT Jatco Ltd. FLUHART, STACEY A 3655 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 16, 2025
19258339 System and Method for Auto-Provisioning AI-Based Dialog Service Nextiva, Inc. PHAM, KHANH B 2166 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 02, 2025
19144818 COSMETIC APPLICATOR Geka GmbH STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 3772 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 30, 2025
19253399 ROTARY COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. BOGUE, JESSE SAMUEL 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 27, 2025
19141455 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WORK SITE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR WORK SITE Komatsu Ltd. SHAFI, MUHAMMAD 3666 §101§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 20, 2025
19132396 VISUAL SIGNAL GENERATION METHOD AND VEHICLE Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. GIRMA, FEKADESELASS 2689 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 23, 2025
19215957 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING CONSOLIDATED TRAINING, HEARTBEAT VALIDATION AND ERROR MINIMIZATION APPROACH TO AI AGENTS Affle (India) Limited BROWN, ANTHONY D §101 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19216241 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATING MODELS WITH COORDINATORS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AGENTS IN A MARKETPLACE ENVIRONMENT Affle (India) Limited LADONI, AHOORA §101§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19216096 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING FRAUD THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AGENT TESTING Affle (India) Limited IDOWU, OLUGBENGA O §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19216206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING PERSONALIZED MACHINE LEARNING (ML)/ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) MODELS AND DATA Affle (India) Limited SAVENKOV, VADIM §101§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 22, 2025
19209270 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CATEGORIZING PERSONAL INFORMATION INTO RELEVANT CATEGORIES CORRESPONDING TO SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AGENTS IN A PRIVACY AND AD-SENSITIVE MANNER Affle (India) Limited ANDERSON, MICHAEL D §102 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2025
19209196 COLLABORATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT (AI) AGENT SYSTEMS WITH COORDINATORS/RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SHARED APPLICATIONS AND METHODS THEREOF Affle (India) Limited TOUGHIRY, ARYAN D 3626 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2025
19209213 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OWNERSHIP AND BIOMETRIC-BASED AUTHENTICATION THROUGH AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT AGENT Affle (India) Limited LAKHIA, VIRAL S §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 15, 2025
19209250 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTING RESPONSES/RECOMMENDATIONS AND GENERATING ENHANCED DECISIONS THROUGH RESOURCE SHARING BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENT (AI) AGENTS Affle 3I Limited, India CAO, PHUONG THAO 2164 §103§112 Final Rejection 22d Pending May 15, 2025
19127295 HEIGHT GUIDE FOR A CUTTING SYSTEM, CUTTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING THE HEIGHT OF SUCH A CUTTING SYSTEM Zürn Harvesting GmbH & Co. Kg SMITH-STEWART, DEMETRA R 3661 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 05, 2025
19183977 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation FORTUNA, JOSE A §112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19183980 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation MINSKEY, JACOB T §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 21, 2025
19181456 FLOAT Eddy Pump Corporation DAVIS, RICHARD G §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 17, 2025
19173877 Wagering Game Tournament For Distributed Gaming Device Networks Igt HSU, RYAN §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 09, 2025
19171407 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation VERA, ELISA H §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2025
19169659 TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACOUSTIC MODEL Yamaha Corporation VO, HUYEN X §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 03, 2025
19090041 ROTATING ELECTRIC MACHINE, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION DEVICE Daikin Industries, Ltd. GONZALEZ QUINONES, JOSE A §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 25, 2025
19088592 MAGNETIC CIRCUIT COMPONENT, AIR BLOWER, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATING DEVICE Daikin Industries, Ltd. JOHNSON, ERIC §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19087702 PRINTING SYSTEM AND IMAGING DATA STORAGE PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation CHELST, SHLOMIT ESTHER §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19087681 LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation UHLENHAKE, JASON S §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 24, 2025
19084263 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR PRESSURE MANAGEMENT OF A LIQUID CARBON DIOXIDE RECEIVING FACILITY Kraken Technology Holdings, LLC CAHILL, JESSICA MARIE 3753 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2025
19112990 CAPLESS FUEL FILLER ASSEMBLY Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. ALLEN, JEFFREY R 3733 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Mar 19, 2025
19077076 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Seiko Epson Corporation MORENO HERNANDEZ, JERZI H §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19078136 HEAT EXCHANGER Daikin Industries, Ltd. RUBY, TRAVIS C §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 12, 2025
19076848 GEAR PUMP OR GEAR MOTOR Daikin Industries, Ltd. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2025
19067243 MOUNTING DEVICE Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. YAZBACK, MAHER 1735 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2025
19060618 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Daikin Industries, Ltd. CHEN, BIAO §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 21, 2025
19057574 X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE Ishida Co., Ltd. TOOHEY, RICHARD ORLANDO §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 19, 2025
19048716 MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND AN ELECTROMAGNETIC ROTARY DRIVE Levitronix GmbH TRUONG, THOMAS §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 07, 2025
19044563 SIDE RAIL ASSEMBLY AND METHODS OF USE Sizewise Rentals, LLC MATTHEWS, MADISON ROSE 3673 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 03, 2025
19043278 HEAT EXCHANGER Daikin Industries, Ltd. NIEVES, NELSON J §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2025
19040779 SCROLL COMPRESSOR AND REFRIGERATING APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. COMLEY, ALEXANDER BRYANT 3746 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 69d Pending Jan 29, 2025
19040647 EVISCERATION WEIGHING SYSTEM BAADER Food Systems USA, Inc. PARSLEY, DAVID J 3643 §102§103 Non-Final OA 5d overdue Pending Jan 29, 2025
19038236 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Shimano Inc. ALZATEEMEH, HUSSAM ALDEEN 3662 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 27, 2025
19029904 ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC GAMES USING MIXED REALITY HEADSETS Igt WONG, JEFFREY KEITH §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 17, 2025
19020814 HEAT EXCHANGER AND REFRIGERANT CYCLE APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. NIEVES, NELSON J §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 14, 2025
19017873 PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTED OBJECT PRODUCTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation SHENDEROV, ALEXANDER D §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
18993997 CONVENIENTLY REFILLABLE APPLICATOR SYSTEM Geka GmbH WOODHOUSE, SARAH ANN 3772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jan 13, 2025
19018158 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING JOURNEYS FOR ENGAGING USERS IN REAL-TIME Wizrocket Inc. STROUD, CHRISTOPHER 3621 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 13, 2025
19013667 FISHING LINE INFORMATION LEARNING SYSTEM Shimano Inc. JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 08, 2025
18879273 SEAT FRAME FOR VEHICLE Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 27, 2024
18879234 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Logic And Design Co., Ltd. KY, KEVIN 2671 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
19002285 DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, HEAT SOURCE SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. KHUU, HIEN DIEU THI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
19001618 PRINTING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation POLK, SHARON A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2024
19000765 MOLDING CONDITION SETTING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation KIM, YUNJU 1742 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 24, 2024
19000764 PRINTING METHOD AND PRINTING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation KNIEF, THOMAS RAY §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 24, 2024
19000182 ROTARY POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT DEVICE Spherical Rotors Inc. DOUNIS, LAERT 3746 §102§103§112Other Final Rejection 103d overdue Pending Dec 23, 2024
18989267 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR REPLACING A CORE OF DIESEL EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE Diesel Emission Technologies LLC WILENSKY, MOSHE K 3726 §103 Non-Final OA 44d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2024
18985289 PUMP UNIT FOR A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP Levitronix GmbH BERTHEAUD, PETER JOHN 3746 §102§103 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 18, 2024
18875129 WALKING STATE EVALUATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM Imasen Electric Industrial Co.,Ltd. ROBINSON, NICHOLAS A 3798 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 14, 2024
18978362 MODEL DATA CONTROL METHOD AND MODEL DATA CONTROL DEVICE Yamaha Corporation LHYMN, SARAH §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 12, 2024
18965726 Multi-Device Teleconferences Nextiva, Inc. PATEL, YOGESHKUMAR G §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 02, 2024
18964366 GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH NUMERICAL BASIS FOR PRIZES IN REELS Everi Games Inc. KIM, KEVIN Y DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2024
18964402 WIRELESS USER INTERFACE ELEMENTS FOR GAMING DEVICES Igt TORIMIRO, ADETOKUNBO OLUSEGUN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 30, 2024
18961558 SHREDDER AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SHREDDER Seiko Epson Corporation RAHMAN, MD ARIFUR §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18961550 POWDER SUPPLY CONTAINER Seiko Epson Corporation GRUBY, RANDALL A §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 27, 2024
18869760 APPLICATOR WITHOUT BRISTLES OR PROJECTIONS Geka GmbH TO, HOLLY T 3772 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18959753 COLOR PRINTER AND SOLVING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation FEGGINS, KRISTAL J §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 26, 2024
18952075 DEFIBRATING APPARATUS AND FIBER BODY MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation VERA, ELISA H §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 19, 2024
18949504 ARTICULATING BOLSTER AND METHODS OF USE Sizewise Rentals LLC ORTIZ, ADAM C 3673 §102§103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Nov 15, 2024
18948188 SUSPENSION OF LIVE SPORTING EVENT INFORMATION BASED ON ACTIVE SPORTS WAGER Igt YEN, JASON TAHAI 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947014 COMPUTER, OPERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING OPERATION PROGRAM Seiko Epson Corporation TITCOMB, WILLIAM D §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18948161 AI BASED CRYPTOCURRENCY IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT Igt PANDYA, SUNIT 3715 §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947017 LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS AND PRINT HEAD Seiko Epson Corporation KNIEF, THOMAS RAY §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18948153 AI BASED RESOURCE CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT Igt GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18947015 METHOD OF DETERMINING STATE OF PRINT HEAD, HEAD UNIT, AND LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation LEBRON, JANNELLE M §102§103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 14, 2024
18942830 PRINTING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PRINTING PROGRAM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTED MATTER Seiko Epson Corporation VO, QUANG N §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 11, 2024
18863793 WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. ELARABI, TAREK A 3671 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 07, 2024
18862091 DISPENSING SYSTEM, DISPENSING OUTLET AND CARTRIDGE Medmix Switzerland AG MELARAGNO, MICHAEL 3754 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 31, 2024
18861707 CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD Komatsu Ltd. CHALHOUB, JEFFREY ROBERT 3663 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18931257 MAGNETIC LEVITATION DEVICE AND A CENTRIFUGAL PUMP Levitronix GmbH SECK, AHMED F §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 30, 2024
18924701 AUTO LEVELING LOW PROFILE PATIENT SUPPORT APPARATUS Sizewise Rentals, LLC ADEBOYEJO, IFEOLU A 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924031 REFLECTIVE MEMBER, PLANAR LIGHT SOURCE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE Nichia Corporation SONG, ZHENG B 2875 §103 Final Rejection 71d Pending Oct 23, 2024
18924363 System and Method of Automated Communications via Verticalization Nextiva, Inc. KHANAL, SANDARVA 2453 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 23, 2024
18923062 Mobile Device Input for Electronic Gaming Machines Igt GARNER, WERNER G §112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 22, 2024
18921682 DECORATED ARTICLE AND FISHING ROD Shimano Inc. MACCRATE, NICOLE PAIGE 3642 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 21, 2024
18920902 DOOR FLASHING SYSTEM FOR SHIPPING CONTAINERS Safe Box Steel Structures Inc. ELOSHWAY, NIKI MARINA 3736 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 20, 2024
18702035 WORK MACHINE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. PANDE, ASHUTOSH §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 17, 2024
18857321 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ABNORMALITY IN INDUSTRIAL MACHINE Komatsu Industries Corporation SHECHTMAN, SEAN P §101 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 16, 2024
18903626 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. PECHE, JORGE O 3656 §102§103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Oct 01, 2024
18853099 MIXER FOR MIXING AT LEAST TWO MATERIALS AND MIXING AND DISPENSING ASSEMBLY Medmix Switzerland AG ZADEH, BOB 3754 §102 Non-Final OA 41d Pending Sep 30, 2024
18853104 MIXER FOR MIXING AND DISPENSING AT LEAST TWO COMPONENTS Medmix Switzerland AG STRANSKY, KATRINA MARIE §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 30, 2024
18900159 COMPRESSOR Daikin Industries, Ltd. DAVIS, MARY ALICE 3746 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 27, 2024
18896882 SLIM DISPLAY PANEL WITH ACCENT LIGHTING Everi Games Inc. ANGELES, JOSE 3715 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 25, 2024
18849164 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Fairy Devices Inc. SHAH, UTPAL D §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18849191 EARTHWORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. DANG, TINH §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 20, 2024
18888023 ENHANCED PERSONALIZED GESTURE INPUTS AT AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE Igt PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 17, 2024
18884210 PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation BARNES, TED W §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 13, 2024
18883924 STATE DETERMINATION DEVICE, MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM, FREEZING SYSTEM, FAN SYSTEM, AND STATE DETERMINATION METHOD Daikin Industries, Ltd. COOK, CORTEZ M §101§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 12, 2024
18821808 AUDIO PROCESSING METHOD, AUDIO PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Yamaha Corporation ZHU, RICHARD Z 2654 §103 Final Rejection 16d Pending Aug 30, 2024
18821581 SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SOUND SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SOUND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Yamaha Corporation ZHU, QIN 2691 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 30, 2024
18818680 STIRRING DEVICE, FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING FIBER STRUCTURE Seiko Epson Corporation VERA, ELISA H 1748 §103 Final Rejection 10d overdue Pending Aug 29, 2024
18818681 CRUSHED PIECE SUPPLY DEVICE AND FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation CALANDRA, ANTHONY J 1748 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 29, 2024
18840107 REACTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PYROLYSIS OF CARBONACEOUS WASTE IN A FLUIDIZED BED OF PARTICULATE MATERIAL SUSCEPTIBLE TO INDUCTIVE HEATING Deeptech Recycling Limited PILCHER, JONATHAN L 1772 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 21, 2024
18798440 MODIFYING A GAME FEATURE BASED ON A CRYPTOGRAPHIC TOKEN Igt GRANT, MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER 3715 §101§102 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 08, 2024
18786696 LIQUID EJECTION APPARATUS, LIQUID EJECTION HEAD, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING LIQUID EJECTION HEAD Seiko Epson Corporation ZIMMERMANN, JOHN P 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 29, 2024
18784664 SPRAY NOZZLE Medmix Switzerland AG BOECKMANN, JASON J 3752 §103 Final Rejection 62d Pending Jul 25, 2024
18783471 LIQUID-ABSORBING BODY AND LIQUID-ABSORBING DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation WHIPKEY, TARA NOELLE 1781 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 25, 2024
18781754 DATA COLLECTION FREQUENCY DETERMINATION DEVICE AND DATA COLLECTION FREQUENCY DETERMINATION METHOD Daikin Industries, Ltd. ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI §101§102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 23, 2024
18777171 COLLECTION DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, COLLECTION DEVICE, AND SPATIAL SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. SLOWIK, ELIZABETH J 3662 §103 Final Rejection 5d overdue Pending Jul 18, 2024
18728032 RELAY DEVICE, AIR-CONDITIONING RELATED SYSTEM, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Daikin Industries, Ltd. AZAD, MD ABUL K §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 10, 2024
18766714 FIBER STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation MALEKZADEH, SEYED MASOUD 1754 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Jul 09, 2024
18726891 POSITIONING DEVICE AND MOUNTING DEVICE USING SAME Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. BESLER, CHRISTOPHER JAMES §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 05, 2024
18726631 TRAVEL DRIVING APPARATUS Komatsu Ltd. BELLINGER, JASON R 3615 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 03, 2024
18754961 SLOT GAME BLOCKCHAIN Igt HALL, SHAUNA-KAY N 3715 §103§112 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jun 26, 2024
18754291 FANTASY GAMEPAY WITHIN A GAMBLING BASED METAVERSE Igt LARSEN, CARL VICTOR 3715 §103 Final Rejection 19d Pending Jun 26, 2024
18745978 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SHREDDING OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES Metastable Materials Private Limited PRESSLEY, PAUL DEREK 3725 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 17, 2024
18744159 HEADBOARD AND BED FRAME ASSEMBLY Silk & Snow Inc. NEWTON, JASON TODD 3673 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 14, 2024
18741603 ORDER SUPPORTING METHOD, ORDER SUPPORTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Asics Corporation LADONI, AHOORA 3689 §101§103 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Jun 12, 2024
18717797 WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. HINCAPIE SERNA, GUSTAVO A 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 13d Pending Jun 07, 2024
18716983 COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. CAMPERO MIRAMONTE, MARIO RICARDO 2649 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18717383 UNIT, TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODULE, AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. ZEC, FILIP 3763 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 06, 2024
18675214 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOLDED OBJECT Seiko Epson Corporation EVERETT, CHRISTOPHER E §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18676290 AIR TREATMENT DEVICE Daikin Industries, Ltd. SARANTAKOS, KAYLA ROSE §103 Non-Final OA — Pending May 28, 2024
18673418 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation RUSSELL, STEPHEN MATTHEW 1748 §103 Final Rejection — Pending May 24, 2024
18668533 SUBMERSIBLE PUMP Sulzer Management AG JARIWALA, CHIRAG 3746 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 20, 2024
18663022 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Nichia Corporation BODNAR, JOHN A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending May 13, 2024
18705290 AUTOINJECTOR Medmix Switzerland AG SHAH, NILAY J §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 26, 2024
18646871 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT Seiko Epson Corporation TSUI, YUNG-SHENG M 1684 §112 Final Rejection 56d overdue Pending Apr 26, 2024
18704861 AUTOINJECTOR Medmix Switzerland AG NORTH, ISABELLA SARAH HYO SO 3783 §102§103 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2024
18645070 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED ESTATE ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANCE Cadence Final Document Services Ltd. UBER, NATHAN C 3626 §101§103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 24, 2024
18703687 AUTOINJECTOR Medmix Switzerland AG PONTON, JAMES D §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 22, 2024
18637247 SHAFT SEAL STRUCTURE, COMPRESSOR, AND REFRIGERATION APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. EDWARDS, LOREN C 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Apr 16, 2024
18633611 SCANNING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCANNING PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OUTPUT MATTER Seiko Epson Corporation ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE 2666 §103Other Final Rejection 12d Pending Apr 12, 2024
18699462 WORK MACHINE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. BRYANT, CHRISTIAN THOMAS §101§102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 08, 2024
18628535 LINE GUIDE MECHANISM FOR SPINNING REEL Shimano Inc. JEFFERSON, TIFFANY DOMONIQUE 3654 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 4d overdue Pending Apr 05, 2024
18619251 DEFIBRATION DEVICE Seiko Epson Corporation IBEKWE, DARLINGTON NDUKA 3725 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Mar 28, 2024
18616241 LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation VAN KREUNINGEN, KYRA MELOR 2853 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 26, 2024
18276436 POSITION DETECTION SYSTEM Asterisk, Inc. NIRJHAR, NASIM NAZRUL 2896 §103 Non-Final OA 30d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2024
18609678 OLEFIN POLYMERIZATION CATALYST COMPONENTS CONTAINING DIGLYCIDYLESTER COMPONENTS AND ITS USE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING HIGH ISOTACTICITY AT HIGH MELT FLOW RATE Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. MCCAIG, BRIAN A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 19, 2024
18608693 CONTROL SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. SCHULT, ALLEN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 18, 2024
18607119 COMPRESSOR, REFRIGERATION APPARATUS, AND REFRIGERATING MACHINE OIL Daikin Industries, Ltd. SINGH, DAPINDER 3746 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 15, 2024
18601704 LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHT-EMITTING MODULE Nichia Corporation CHOI, CALVIN Y 2812 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 11, 2024
18597519 PROCESS FOR MAKING A SOLID CATALYST COMPONENT FOR ETHYLENE POLYMERIZATION AND CO-POLYMERIZATION WITH HIGH ACTIVITY AND IMPROVED REACTOR OPERABILITY Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. GREGORIO, GUINEVER S §103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 06, 2024
18594061 CUTTING DEVICE AND CUTTING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation CROSBY JR, RICHARD D 3724 §103 Final Rejection 20d Pending Mar 04, 2024
18687810 PLANT AND PROCESS FOR SEPARATING AMMONIA AND CARBON DIOXIDE CONTAINING WASTEWATER STREAM TO CONCENTRATED AQUEOUS AMMONIA SOLUTION AND PURIFIED WASTEWATER STREAM Sulzer Management AG ALI, WAQAAS A §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Feb 28, 2024
18685279 SOFTWARE UPDATING SYSTEM, WORKING MACHINE, AND SOFTWARE UPDATING METHOD Komatsu Ltd. HURUY, FEVEN HABTEMARIAM 2191 §103§112 Final Rejection 32d overdue Pending Feb 21, 2024
18429114 REFILLABLE MASTIC CARTRIDGE, DISPENSER, FILLING STATION AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A MASTIC CARTRIDGE, A DISPENSER AND A FILLING STATION, AS WELL AS CARTRIDGE AND CONNECTOR FOR A CARTRIDGE Medmix Switzerland AG GRAY, PAUL J 3753 §102§112 Final Rejection 141d overdue Pending Jan 31, 2024
18427917 MOLDING MATERIAL Seiko Epson Corporation WOLLSCHLAGER, JEFFREY MICHAEL §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Jan 31, 2024
18579974 WORK MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. JONES, GORDON A 3763 §103 Final Rejection 28d Pending Jan 17, 2024
18574890 SEMICONDUCTOR LASER ELEMENT Nichia Corporation MENEFEE, JAMES A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 28, 2023
18396443 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BASE PORTION FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Nichia Corporation VAN ROY, TOD THOMAS §102§103Other Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 26, 2023
18392326 SHIFTING DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, DRIVE UNIT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, CONTROL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. TAN, OLIVER E 3669 §103 Final Rejection 56d Pending Dec 21, 2023
18572215 COATING EVALUATION DEVICE AND COATING EVALUATION METHOD Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. SCHNASE, PAUL DANIEL 2877 §103§112 Final Rejection 9d overdue Pending Dec 20, 2023
18542371 AIR CONDITIONER, AIR-CONDITIONING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. SIDDIQUEE, TAMEEM 2116 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 12d Pending Dec 15, 2023
18538181 CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT, AND PURIFICATION EQUIPMENT Daikin Industries, Ltd. ALAM, ROKEYA SHAWALI 2118 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 13, 2023
18535885 DRIVE UNIT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. STABLEY, MICHAEL R 3611 §103 Final Rejection 15d overdue Pending Dec 11, 2023
18535872 COMPONENT FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLYING SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. ENGLISH, JAMES A 3614 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 11, 2023
18533228 CONSTRUCTION INSPECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. HISHAM, MOSTOFA AHMED 2857 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 08, 2023
18524672 DISC BRAKE CALIPER Shimano Inc. RASHID, MAHBUBUR 3616 §103 Final Rejection 29d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18522160 INTEGRATION OF NETWORK-CONNECTED WAGERING GAMES WITH REAL WORLD TABLE GAMES Igt SHAH, MILAP 3715 §103§112 Final Rejection 34d Pending Nov 28, 2023
18519965 ULTRAVIOLET RAY RADIATION APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. CLEVELAND, TIMOTHY C 1774 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 27, 2023
18518030 AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM Daikin Industries, Ltd. COMINGS, DANIEL C 3763 §103§112 Non-Final OA 14d Pending Nov 22, 2023
18515253 LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE Nichia Corporation MENEFEE, JAMES A §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 20, 2023
18512121 SOUND GENERATION METHOD AND SOUND GENERATION DEVICE USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Yamaha Corporation SCHREIBER, CHRISTINA MARIE §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18512133 MUSICAL SCORE CREATION DEVICE, TRAINING DEVICE, MUSICAL SCORE CREATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHOD Yamaha Corporation GILLESPIE, NICOLE KATHLEEN §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Nov 17, 2023
18513504 MANUFACTURING METHOD OF OPTICAL MEMBER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Nichia Corporation YAP, DOUGLAS ANTHONY 2899 §103§112 Non-Final OA 16d Pending Nov 17, 2023
18510321 EDUCTOR Levitronix GmbH SORKIN, DAVID L 1774 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 15, 2023
18499787 SECURE PROVISION OF PLAYER INFORMATION TO A VIDEO LOTTERY TERMINAL SITE CONTROLLER Igt KIM, KEVIN Y 3715 §103 Non-Final OA 82d Pending Nov 01, 2023
18384312 SHAFT MEMBER FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, HUB FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, WHEEL AXLE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE, AND DETECTION DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. VILLALUNA, ERIKA J 2852 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 26, 2023
18381106 DETERMINATION DEVICE UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI FAYE, MAMADOU 2884 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2023
18380521 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CREATION OF FEE AGREEMENTS FOR TIMEKEEPING AND BILLING FOR PROFESSIONALS AND CONSULTANTS Fulcrum Global Technologies Inc. KWONG, CHO YIU 3693 §101 Non-Final OA 55d Pending Oct 16, 2023
18285956 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Medmix Switzerland AG NG, HENRY 3741 §101§102§103§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18285992 DRUG DELIVERY DEVICE Medmix Switzerland AG ULSH, DUNG T 3783 §102§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 06, 2023
18376674 WAFER SCALE ENHANCED GAIN ELECTRON BOMBARDED CMOS IMAGER Elbit Systems Of America, LLC GUNBERG, EDWIN C 2884 §103 Non-Final OA 29d Pending Oct 04, 2023
18477901 METHOD FOR PREPARING CATALYST COMPONENT FOR POLYMERIZATION OF POLYOLEFIN WITHOUT THE USE OF INTERNAL ELECTRON DONORS Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. LALISSE, REMY FREDERIC 1732 §102§112Other Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 29, 2023
18372948 SHOE SOLE Shimano Inc. PRANGE, SHARON M 3732 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 21d Pending Sep 26, 2023
18473337 MOLDING MATERIAL Seiko Epson Corporation REUTHER, ARRIE L 1764 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18473335 MOLDING MATERIAL Seiko Epson Corporation REUTHER, ARRIE L 1764 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18473339 MOLDING MATERIAL Seiko Epson Corporation KOLB, KATARZYNA I 1767 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 25, 2023
18472119 SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SOUND GENERATION METHOD USING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Yamaha Corporation SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT §102§103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 21, 2023
18466028 SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS Seiko Epson Corporation UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1700 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 13, 2023
18463059 SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Yamaha Corporation SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 07, 2023
18462329 SURFACE INTEGRATED SPEAKERS IN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE Igt ELISCA, PIERRE E 3715 §101§103 Non-Final OA 9d overdue Pending Sep 06, 2023
18462113 MILLIMETER WAVE ADVANCED THREAT DETECTION SYSTEM NETWORK Tlc Millimeter Wave Products, Inc. RIDDER, CLAYTON PAUL 3646 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 83d Pending Sep 06, 2023
18548991 CHEMICAL SOLUTION SYNTHESIS DEVICE Toray Engineering Co., Ltd. YOUNG, NATASHA E §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 05, 2023
18548392 LASER MACHINING DEVICE AND NOZZLE UNIT FOR LASER MACHINING DEVICE Komatsu Industries Corporation KANG, EDWIN G 3741 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 30, 2023
18547946 LAMINATE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER FORMATION METHOD Yasojima Proceed Co., Ltd. TADAYYON ESLAMI, TABASSOM 1718 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Aug 25, 2023
18455236 CATALYSTS COMPONENT AND PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYPROPYLENE HAVING HIGH MELT FLOW RATE WITH HIGH ISOTACTICITY Formosa Plastics Corporation, U.S.A. KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1738 §102§103 Non-Final OA 27d Pending Aug 24, 2023
18446793 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. SHOHATEE, IBRAHIM NAGI 2857 §103 Non-Final OA 22d Pending Aug 09, 2023
35521691 Impeller for centrifugal pump Levitronix GmbH GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL 2964 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
35521698 Centrifugal pump Levitronix GmbH GHIGLIOTTY TORRES, EIDIOL 2964 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jul 13, 2023
18220525 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. GLADE, ZACHARY EDWARD FREW 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 3d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18220511 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. NGUYEN, LILLIAN T 3655 §112 Non-Final OA 1d overdue Pending Jul 11, 2023
18349202 CUSHIONING MATERIAL Seiko Epson Corporation WORRELL, KEVIN 1789 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 29d Pending Jul 10, 2023
18348313 METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PATTERNED BASE MEMBER, PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING LASER ELEMENT Nichia Corporation COSGROVE, JAYSON D 1737 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 06, 2023
18346282 PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD Seiko Epson Corporation VALENCIA, ALEJANDRO 2853 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Jul 03, 2023
18269285 CUSHIONING MEMBER AND SOLE FOR SHOE Asics Corporation TAUFIQ, FARAH N 1754 §103 Final Rejection 43d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18258905 WORK MACHINE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. ALGEHAIM, MOHAMED A 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 112d overdue Pending Jun 22, 2023
18267778 COSMETIC APPLICATOR Geka GmbH STEITZ, RACHEL RUNNING 3772 §103§112 Non-Final OA — Pending Jun 15, 2023
18206875 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. BEAN, JARED C 3669 §103 Final Rejection 40d Pending Jun 07, 2023
18205425 ROTARY FILTER SYSTEM, A ROTARY FILTER DEVICE AND A SEPARATION SYSTEM Levitronix GmbH MENON, KRISHNAN S 1777 §102§112 Final Rejection 70d Pending Jun 02, 2023
18203464 FISHING REEL AND ATTACHMENT/DETACHMENT UNIT IN FISHING REEL Shimano Inc. SOTO, HENRIX 3654 §103§112 Final Rejection 14d Pending May 30, 2023
18325624 System and Method for Lowering the Associated Carbon Emissions of Data Centers Through Power Generated by Low, Neutral, and/or Negative Carbon Intensity Hydrogen Kraken Technology Holdings, LLC ANTHONY, JOSEPH DAVID 1764 §103§112DP Non-Final OA — Pending May 30, 2023
18197639 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE COMPONENT, AND HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE DRIVE UNIT Shimano Inc. KHUU, IRENE C 3664 §103 Non-Final OA 21d Pending May 15, 2023
18137195 DEVICE FOR TANGENTIAL FLOW FILTRATION OF A FLUID Levitronix GmbH FITZSIMMONS, ALLISON G 1773 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 20, 2023
18136525 PURCHASE OFFERS AT A GAMING DEVICE IN A CASINO ENVIRONMENT BASED ON PLAYER STATUS Igt PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection 14d Pending Apr 19, 2023
18032444 NAP ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM The University of Electro-Communications DECASTRO, ARIANA JOY LACAY 3791 §102§103 Non-Final OA 20d Pending Apr 18, 2023
18136021 HUB ASSEMBLY FOR HUMAN POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. WILHELM, TIMOTHY 3614 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 18, 2023
18134867 BICYCLE COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Shimano Inc. BOEHLER, ANNE MARIE M 3611 §103DP Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 14, 2023
18248403 LASER PROCESSING DEVICE Komatsu Ntc Ltd. VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 3761 §103Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
18248437 LASER PROCESSING DEVICE Komatsu Ntc Ltd. VELASQUEZ SANCHEZ, CHANCIE ISABELLE 3761 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA 35d overdue Pending Apr 10, 2023
18132221 SHOE Shimano Inc. NUNNERY, GRADY ALEXANDER 3732 §102 Non-Final OA — Pending Apr 07, 2023
18132023 PARTIAL GAMBLE FEATURE FOR A WAGERING GAME Igt HSU, RYAN 3715 §101 Final Rejection 46d overdue Pending Apr 07, 2023
18029887 IMPROVED STATIC MIXING TIP Medmix Switzerland AG INSLER, ELIZABETH 1774 §102§103 Final Rejection 13d Pending Mar 31, 2023
18127228 BICYCLE DRIVE SYSTEM, BICYCLE DRIVE UNIT, AND BICYCLE BATTERY UNIT Shimano Inc. PARIHAR, SUCHIN 2851 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2023
18191192 LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME Nichia Corporation GUPTA, RAJ R 2893 §102§103 Non-Final OA — Pending Mar 28, 2023
18126300 PUMPING ARRANGEMENT Sulzer Management AG STIMPERT, PHILIP EARL 3783 §103 Non-Final OA 111d overdue Pending Mar 24, 2023
18187731 INJECTION MOLDING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Seiko Epson Corporation LIANG, SHIBIN 1741 §103 Final Rejection 5d Pending Mar 22, 2023
18187568 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING TRAINING BASED ON BEHAVIOR DATA Safety Holdings, Inc. SAINT-VIL, EDDY 3715 §101 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 21, 2023
18025591 CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS Wool Research Organization Of New Zealand Incorporated LAU, JONATHAN S 1693 §103DP Final Rejection — Pending Mar 09, 2023
18115601 PARTITIONING MEMBER FOR TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENTS, TOTAL HEAT EXCHANGE ELEMENT, AND VENTILATION APPARATUS Daicel Corporation ALVARE, PAUL 3763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Feb 28, 2023
18087478 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZATION OF GAMING DEVICE NETWORK Igt GARNER, WERNER G 3715 §101 Final Rejection 16d Pending Dec 22, 2022
18087512 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR WAGERING GAME SET MANAGEMENT Igt KIM, KEVIN Y 3715 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Dec 22, 2022
18086587 GAME SET MODIFICATION BASED ON SYSTEM RESTRICTIONS Igt MOSSER, ROBERT E 3715 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA 53d Pending Dec 21, 2022
18085915 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE AND AIR-PRESSURE ADJUSTING DEVICE Shimano Inc. MUSTAFA, IMRAN K 3668 §103 Non-Final OA 15d overdue Pending Dec 21, 2022
18075612 ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. STANLEY, TYLER JAY 3611 §103 Non-Final OA 12d Pending Dec 06, 2022
18059429 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHAPED ARTICLE AND BINDER Seiko Epson Corporation NERANGIS, VICKEY M 1763 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Nov 29, 2022
18058887 METHOD FOR PRODUCING SHAPED ARTICLE AND BINDER Seiko Epson Corporation SALVATORE, LYNDA 1789 §112DP Final Rejection — Pending Nov 28, 2022
17982782 CONTROL DEVICE FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE Shimano Inc. MEDANI, MOHAMED 3611 §102§103 Non-Final OA 49d overdue Pending Nov 08, 2022
18047989 OPTICAL MEMBER AND LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE Nichia Corporation TAN, DAVE 2897 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Oct 19, 2022
17919403 ADJUSTABLE DUMBBELL Ollivier, Joal LETTERMAN, CATRINA A 3784 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Oct 17, 2022
17953218 GAMING MACHINE AND METHOD WITH MULTIPLE GAME MODES Everi Games Inc. PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 §101§103 Final Rejection 27d Pending Sep 26, 2022
17952077 TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, PERFORMANCE AGENT ADJUSTMENT METHOD, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, TRAINED MODEL ESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM, AND ESTIMATION PROGRAM Yamaha Corporation SCOLES, PHILIP GRANT 2837 §103 Final Rejection 45d overdue Pending Sep 23, 2022
17950697 REPRODUCTION CONTROL METHOD, REPRODUCTION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Yamaha Corporation UHLIR, CHRISTOPHER J 3619 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Sep 22, 2022
17947426 SOLID-STATE REFRIGERATION APPARATUS Daikin Industries, Ltd. PETTITT, JOHN F 3763 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 169d overdue Pending Sep 19, 2022
17902643 COOLING MODULE USING SOLID REFRIGERANT AND COOLING SYSTEM USING SOLID REFRIGERANT Daikin Industries, Ltd. SULLENS, TAVIA L 3700 §102§103 Final Rejection — Pending Sep 02, 2022
17821346 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A CONDITION PROMPTING AN UPDATE TO AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE DRIVING MODEL Kache.Ai FITZHARRIS, KATHERINE MARIE 3665 §103 Non-Final OA 28d Pending Aug 22, 2022
17833401 BICYCLE COMPONENT, NON-CONTACT CHARGING SYSTEM AND NON-CONTACT CHARGING METHOD Shimano Inc. ALCORN III, GEORGE A 3662 §102§103 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending Jun 06, 2022
17735633 HOT WATER SUPPLY DEVICE Daikin Industries, Ltd. DEEAN, DEEPAK A 3762 §103 Non-Final OA 2d overdue Pending May 03, 2022
17766956 KEYED CONNECTORS FOR MEDICAMENT DELIVERY DEVICES Haselmeier AG LALONDE, ALEXANDRA ELIZABETH 3783 §112 Final Rejection — Pending Apr 06, 2022
17700935 HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE Shimano Inc. GENTILE, ALEXANDER VINCENT 3664 §102§103§112 Final Rejection 42d overdue Pending Mar 22, 2022
17761470 METHOD OF FORMING A DEVICE OF COMPOSITE MATERIAL, A PATTERN, A DEVICE Adultimum AG ROBITAILLE, JOHN P 1743 §103§112 Non-Final OA 6d Pending Mar 17, 2022
17435242 MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE AND MAGNETIC BEARING DEVICE Daikin Industries, Ltd. TRAN, VI N 2117 §112 Non-Final OA — Pending Aug 31, 2021
17426672 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING WORK MACHINE Komatsu Ltd. SANTOS, AARRON EDUARDO 3663 §103 Non-Final OA 104d overdue Pending Jul 29, 2021
17214427 ROULETTE STYLE BETTING STRUCTURE Igt PINHEIRO, JASON PAUL 3715 §101 Final Rejection 7d Pending Mar 26, 2021
17125920 SUPPORT SURFACE OVERLAY WITH VACUUM ENCLOSURE AND METHOD OF OPERATION Raye'S, Inc. Dba Sizewise Manufacturing GEDEON, DEBORAH TALITHA 3673 §103 Non-Final OA — Pending Dec 17, 2020
16761314 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REVERSIBLY IMMOBILISING BIOMOLECULES Hombrechtikon Systems Engineering AG HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA 1796 §103§112 Final Rejection — Pending May 04, 2020
16645741 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISK-SHAPED GLASS SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN GLASS SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LIGHT-GUIDING PLATE Hoya Corporation PHAM, THOMAS T 1713 §103 Final Rejection — Pending Mar 09, 2020
16624534 LIQUID DISTRIBUTOR FOR A SEPARATION DEVICE COMPRISING A SCREEN MADE OF A CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIAL Sgl Carbon SE HOBSON, STEPHEN 1776 §103 Final Rejection 33d Pending Dec 19, 2019

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