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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Altria Client Services LLC

58 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

58
Total Pending OAs
25
Final Rejections
33
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19189547 CUT AND SEAL METHOD AND APPARATUS RUSHING-TUCKER, CHINYERE J 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 25, 2025
19188307 SLIDE MEASURING SYSTEM FOR FILLING POUCHES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD IGBOKWE, NICHOLAS E 3731 Non-Final OA Apr 24, 2025
18975031 TAMP-AND-STIR APPARATUS AND PROCESS THEREFOR PALMER, LUCAS E A 3731 Non-Final OA Dec 10, 2024
18959984 CONTAINER WITH FLEXIBLE WALL LOCKING MECHANISM PAL, PRINCE 3735 Non-Final OA Nov 26, 2024
18958409 TRAY WITH BASE, DOME AND BRIM ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 3736 Non-Final OA Nov 25, 2024
18828309 ROTATABLE DRUM AND METHOD AND SYSTEM USING THE SAME FOR THE AUTOMATED PRODUCTION OF E-VAPOR DEVICES GROSS, CARSON 1746 Non-Final OA Sep 09, 2024
18808394 METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUSES, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR VALIDATING ENCODED INFORMATION HAYLES, ASHFORD S 3627 Non-Final OA Aug 19, 2024
18790276 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING SEMICONDUCTOR HEATERS JENNISON, BRIAN W 3761 Non-Final OA Jul 31, 2024
18774196 POWER SUPPLY SECTION CONFIGURATION FOR AN ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Non-Final OA Jul 16, 2024
18736680 ADHESIVE FREE TOBACCO PRODUCT TIP ASSEMBLY EFTA, ALEX B 1745 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18650362 MANUFACTURING A FLUID PERMEABLE HEATER ASSEMBLY WITH CAP TRINH, MINH N 3729 Non-Final OA Apr 30, 2024
18647773 AT LEAST ONE FIRST SECTION OF E-VAPING DEVICE INCLUDING POWER SUPPLY AND GROUNDING CONNECTION HYEON, HAE M 2831 Non-Final OA Apr 26, 2024
18620414 SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING A LIQUID AEROSOL VO, TU A 3785 Final Rejection Mar 28, 2024
18620319 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES BELAY, DILNESSA B 3761 Final Rejection Mar 28, 2024
18608007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AGE VERIFICATION WELCH, DAVID T 2613 Final Rejection Mar 18, 2024
18604716 MULTI-CHAMBERED CONTAINER ISLAM, SANJIDUL 3736 Non-Final OA Mar 14, 2024
18588258 AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM TANINGCO, MARCUS H 2884 Non-Final OA Feb 27, 2024
18581955 CONTROLLED-RELEASE NICOTINE CHEWING GUM PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 Final Rejection Feb 20, 2024
18431377 REFILLABLE AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 Final Rejection Feb 02, 2024
18426722 CAPSULES, HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES, AND METHODS OF GENERATING AN AEROSOL YAARY, ERIC 1755 Final Rejection Jan 30, 2024
18423483 CAPSULES, HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES, AND METHODS OF GENERATING AN AEROSOL NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Final Rejection Jan 26, 2024
18538654 SUSCEPTOR FOR USE WITH AN INDUCTIVELY HEATED AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE OR SYSTEM DODSON, JUSTIN C 3761 Final Rejection Dec 13, 2023
18534105 ORAL PRODUCT YAARY, ERIC 1755 Non-Final OA Dec 08, 2023
18519413 TIP DEVICE FOR ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE YAARY, ERIC 1755 Non-Final OA Nov 27, 2023
18505449 TOBACCO PLANTS EXHIBITING ALTERED PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING KALLIS, RUSSELL 1663 Non-Final OA Nov 09, 2023
18480639 COMPRESSIBLE ROD FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 Non-Final OA Oct 04, 2023
18474597 POLYMER-LAMINATED METAL LID LAWLER, JOHN VINCENT 1787 Final Rejection Sep 26, 2023
18360408 HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES INCLUDING INTRA-DRAW HEATER CONTROL, AND METHODS OF CONTROLLING A HEATER SAAVEDRA, EMILIO J 2117 Final Rejection Jul 27, 2023
18349477 VAPORIZER FOR VAPORIZING A CONSTITUENT OF A PLANT MATERIAL BUGG, PAIGE KATHLEEN 3785 Final Rejection Jul 10, 2023
18328146 LOW IGNITION PROPENSITY CIGARETTE PAPER AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF YAARY, ERIC 1755 Non-Final OA Jun 02, 2023
18318196 AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH ELECTRODES RALIS, STEPHEN J 3992 Final Rejection May 16, 2023
18295038 ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE, BATTERY SECTION, AND CHARGER NGUYEN, PHUONG T 3761 Non-Final OA Apr 03, 2023
18181969 AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEMS WITH OVERHEATING PREVENTION KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 Final Rejection Mar 10, 2023
18180319 CIGARETTE WRAPPER WITH NOVEL PATTERN FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 Non-Final OA Mar 08, 2023
18159282 SILICONE SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCT NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Final Rejection Jan 25, 2023
18158160 CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE IDENTIFICATION RESISTANCE DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 Final Rejection Jan 23, 2023
18158369 CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH IDENTIFICATION INDUCTOR KIM, PAUL D 3729 Non-Final OA Jan 23, 2023
18067947 NICOTINE POD ASSEMBLIES AND NICOTINE E-VAPING DEVICES WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 Non-Final OA Dec 19, 2022
17781797 Compositions and Methods for Producing Tobacco Plants and Products Having Altered Alkaloid Levels KALLIS, RUSSELL 1663 Final Rejection Dec 12, 2022
17981973 CAPSULES HAVING ELECTRICAL CONTACT PADS WITH SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES AND HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME TOICH, SARA KATHERINE 3785 Final Rejection Nov 07, 2022
18053149 ELECTRICAL CONTACT PADS WITH SURFACE DISCONTINUITIES AND POWER-RECEIVING UNITS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME LOPEZ PAGAN, CARLOS EMILIO 2834 Non-Final OA Nov 07, 2022
17947436 HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES AND CAPSULES DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2022
17947372 CAPSULE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK 1747 Non-Final OA Sep 19, 2022
17947395 HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES WITH CAPSULE REUSE DETECTION KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 Final Rejection Sep 19, 2022
17939428 LABEL FOR PACK NORDMEYER, PATRICIA L 1788 Final Rejection Sep 07, 2022
17872394 METHOD OF FORMING FILTER WITH INTERSTICES FOR E-VAPING DEVICE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Final Rejection Jul 25, 2022
17794642 HYBRID HNB AND E-CIG DEVICE FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 Final Rejection Jul 22, 2022
17838719 METHOD OF MAKING E-VAPING SECTION WITH FLOW RESTRICTOR TO PROVIDE DESIRED RESISTANCE-TO-DRAW (RTD) YAARY, ERIC 1755 Final Rejection Jun 13, 2022
17740460 METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICES FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 Non-Final OA May 10, 2022
17706930 VAPORIZER ASSEMBLY FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 Non-Final OA Mar 29, 2022
17537899 INKS, COATINGS AND ADHESIVES AS CARRIERS FOR TAGGANTS FOR TOBACCO PRODUCT AUTHENTICATION AND COMPONENT DETECTION FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 Non-Final OA Nov 30, 2021
17479260 HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES WITH CAPSULE AUTHENTICATION KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 Non-Final OA Sep 20, 2021
17320932 CONTAINER WITH PUSH-AND-SLIDE LOCKING MECHANISM HOPPMANN, JOHN MARTIN 3733 Final Rejection May 14, 2021
17223800 CONTROLLED-RELEASE NICOTINE CHEWING GUM PHAN, DOAN THI-THUC 1613 Final Rejection Apr 06, 2021
17086735 LID WITH INTEGRATED STORAGE BALDRIGHI, ERIC C 3733 Final Rejection Nov 02, 2020
16929386 NON-NICOTINE ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE INCLUDING A RESERVOIR ASSEMBLY SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 Non-Final OA Jul 15, 2020
16826739 ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE WITH VISIBLE LIQUID CONTAINER KHLOK, BONITA 3761 Non-Final OA Mar 23, 2020
16670199 BOX-IN-BOX PACKAGE NEWAY, BLAINE GIRMA 3735 Non-Final OA Oct 31, 2019

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