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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.

41 pending office actions • 17 clients

Portfolio Summary

41
Total Pending OAs
10
Final Rejections
31
Non-Final OAs

Client Portfolio (17 clients)

Client (Assignee)Pending OAs
Fei Company 12
Thermo Finnigan LLC 6
Dionex Corporation 3
Dionex Softron GmbH 3
Dionex Softron GmbH 2
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH 2
Fei Company 2
Thermo Finnigan LLC 2
Thermo ONIX Limited 1
Thermo EGS Gauging LLC 1
Highchem S.R.O. 1
Thermo Environmental Instruments LLC 1
Dionex Softron 1
Fei Corporation 1
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC 1
Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH 1
Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleClientExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
18913786 Untitled Dionex Softron GmbH CREARY, LATRELL ANTHONY 2613 Non-Final OA
18813223 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CALIBRATING DETECTORS IN A DETECTOR ARRAY Thermo ONIX Limited KIKNADZE, IRAKLI 2884 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2024
18812779 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING CALIBRATIONS OF DETECTORS IN A DETECTOR ARRAY Thermo EGS Gauging LLC TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 Non-Final OA Aug 22, 2024
18737638 INSTRUMENT AGNOSTIC TEMPLATE SYSTEM FOR DATA COLLECTION Dionex Corporation PYO, MONICA M 2161 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18716746 MULTI-DIMENSIONAL SPECTROMETER CALIBRATION Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH BOLOGNA, DOMINIC JOSEPH 2877 Non-Final OA Jun 05, 2024
18664479 FLEXIBLE EXTRACT, TRANSFORM, AND LOAD (ETL) PROCESS Highchem S.R.O. ADAMS, CHARLES D 2152 Non-Final OA May 15, 2024
18656163 CLASSIFYING MICROSCOPIC COMPONENTS OF PHYSICAL SAMPLES Fei Company TRAN, DUY ANH 2674 Non-Final OA May 06, 2024
18654306 ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONNECTION CABLE FOR CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPES Fei Company PATEL, AMOL H 2847 Non-Final OA May 03, 2024
18622554 SAMPLE PREPARATION WITH NON-UNIFORM DOSE Fei Company SMYTH, ANDREW P 2878 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2024
18596260 DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A PISTON PUMP UNIT FOR LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY Dionex Softron GmbH NICHOLS, CHARLES W 3783 Non-Final OA Mar 05, 2024
18595124 HEATING ASSEMBLY FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM Fei Company VANORE, DAVID A 2878 Non-Final OA Mar 04, 2024
18419454 MASS SPECTROMETER AND DATA ACQUISITION METHODS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ANALYTE IONS Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH VANORE, DAVID A 2878 Non-Final OA Jan 22, 2024
18391947 COMPOSITIONAL MAPPING EMPLOYING VARIABLE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM PARAMETERS FOR IMAGING AND ENERGY-DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY Fei Company CHANG, HANWAY 2878 Non-Final OA Dec 21, 2023
18530809 AUTOMATIC POSITIONING OF AN ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION EMITTER Thermo Finnigan LLC OSENBAUGH-STEWART, ELIZA W 2881 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2023
18512815 CARBON CONTAINING PRECURSORS FOR BEAM-INDUCED DEPOSITION Fei Company CROWELL, ANNA M 1716 Non-Final OA Nov 17, 2023
18499777 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING CONCENTRATION OF A COMPONENT OF A SAMPLE FLUID Thermo Environmental Instruments LLC NIA, FATEMEH ESFANDIARI 2855 Non-Final OA Nov 01, 2023
18494037 HOLDING MECHANISM Dionex Softron PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 Non-Final OA Oct 25, 2023
18477251 METHOD OF AUTOMATED DATA ACQUISITION FOR A TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE Fei Company CHOI, JAMES J 2878 Non-Final OA Sep 28, 2023
18455356 TWO FREQUENCY ION TRAP PERFORMANCE Thermo Finnigan LLC CHOI, JAMES J 2878 Non-Final OA Aug 24, 2023
18454298 APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY AND TEMPORARILY SORTING IONS USING RF TRAVELLING WAVES Thermo Finnigan LLC SMITH, DAVID E 2881 Non-Final OA Aug 23, 2023
18453978 DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST MICROANALYSIS USING ENERGY LOSS SPECTROMETERS Fei Company KALISZEWSKI, ALINA ROSE 2881 Final Rejection Aug 22, 2023
18452308 INTELLIGENT MAINTENANCE FOR SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS Thermo Finnigan LLC CORDERO, LINA M 2857 Non-Final OA Aug 18, 2023
18448430 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING A SPECIMEN Fei Company TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023
18355956 METHOD OF EXAMINING A SAMPLE USING A CHARGED PARTICLE MICROSCOPE Fei Company STOFFA, WYATT A 2881 Final Rejection Jul 20, 2023
18351270 COLLISION CELL WITH ENHANCED ION BEAM FOCUSING AND TRANSMISSION Thermo Finnigan LLC SMITH, DAVID E 2881 Final Rejection Jul 12, 2023
18327833 ROTARY FOR ROTARY SHEAR VALVE Dionex Softron GmbH SINGER, DAVID L 2855 Final Rejection Jun 01, 2023
18195711 CONTAINER LID Fei Corporation PAGAN, JAVIER A 3735 Non-Final OA May 10, 2023
18251934 Removable Ion Source Capable Of Axial Or Cross Beam Ionization Thermo Finnigan LLC CHOI, JAMES J 2878 Final Rejection May 05, 2023
18251853 MAGNET POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR ION SOURCE Thermo Finnigan LLC MASKELL, MICHAEL P 2878 Non-Final OA May 04, 2023
18128223 Method and system for analyzing three-dimensional features Fei Company MCCORMACK, JASON L 2881 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2023
18178156 METHOD OF PREPARING A SAMPLE FOR TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM) ANALYSIS Fei Company TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 Final Rejection Mar 03, 2023
18167979 ELECTROLYTIC ELUENT GENERATORS Dionex Corporation CONTRERAS, CIEL P 1794 Non-Final OA Feb 13, 2023
18154703 Plug units, particularly for HPLC, connection system and corresponding use Dionex Softron GmbH HUANG, RYAN 1777 Final Rejection Jan 13, 2023
18068769 POLE PIECE INCORPORATING OPTICAL CAVITY FOR IMPROVED PHASE-CONTRAST IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPE IMAGING Fei Company LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 Final Rejection Dec 20, 2022
18067711 METHOD FOR THE SEPARATION OF ANIONIC, CATIONIC, NEUTRAL AND ZWITTERIONIC ARSENIC SPECIES Dionex Corporation PEO, JONATHAN M 1779 Final Rejection Dec 18, 2022
18077399 Nano and Microscale Patterned Surfaces for Centering a Droplet Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC TURK, NEIL N 1798 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2022
17778805 REMOTE MONITORING, TROUBLESHOOTING AND SERVICE SCHEDULING OF ANALYTICAL APPARATUSES Thermo Finnigan LLC LAKHANI, ANDREW C 3629 Non-Final OA May 20, 2022
17658345 ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbH LOGIE, MICHAEL J 2881 Final Rejection Apr 07, 2022
17580880 VALVE ASSEMBLY Dionex Softron GmbH REID, MICHAEL ROBERT 3753 Non-Final OA Jan 21, 2022
17364796 AUTOMATED PEAK AND BASELINE GENERATION FOR CHROMATOGRAM DATA Fei Company FONSECA LOPEZ, FRANCINI ALVARENGA 1685 Non-Final OA Jun 30, 2021
17217747 WIDE FIELD-OF-VIEW CHARGED PARTICLE FILTER Thermo Electron Scientific Instruments LLC TANDY, LAURA ELOISE 2881 Non-Final OA Mar 30, 2021

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