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Last updated: April 19, 2026

Japan Tobacco Inc.

46 pending office actions

Portfolio Summary

46
Total Pending OAs
10
Final Rejections
36
Non-Final OAs

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatusFiled
19208138 TERMINAL EQUIPMENT, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM MISHLER, ROBIN J 2628 Non-Final OA May 14, 2025
19010273 PACKAGING AND PACKAGING PRODUCTION METHOD ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO 3736 Non-Final OA Jan 06, 2025
18945551 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ROD-LIKE ITEM, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ROD-LIKE DEVICE WITTENSCHLAEGER, THOMAS M 3731 Final Rejection Nov 13, 2024
18810602 NICOTIANA PLANT BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE 1663 Non-Final OA Aug 21, 2024
18736577 POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE LEE, PETE T 2848 Non-Final OA Jun 07, 2024
18407944 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CORUM JR, WILLIAM A 2433 Final Rejection Jan 09, 2024
18408241 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM CORUM JR, WILLIAM A 2433 Non-Final OA Jan 09, 2024
18540184 AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18540342 FLAVORING-LOADED COMPONENT FOR TOBACCO PRODUCT AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 Non-Final OA Dec 14, 2023
18530277 CONTROLLER FOR INHALATION APPARATUS DYE, ROBERT C 3619 Non-Final OA Dec 06, 2023
18527724 FLAVOR SOURCE-CONTAINING ROD COMPRISING CAP MEMBER AT TIP END WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 Non-Final OA Dec 04, 2023
18521520 FLAVOR MOLDED ARTICLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, TOBACCO MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TOBACCO PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY 1747 Non-Final OA Nov 28, 2023
18502036 POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE EGOAVIL, GUILLERMO J 2847 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2023
18502048 CIRCUIT UNIT FOR AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, AND AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE ORTEGA, JOSEPH 2834 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2023
18502030 POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE SREEVATSA, SREEYA 2838 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2023
18502043 POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE CHEN, PATRICK C 2842 Non-Final OA Nov 05, 2023
18493147 TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2023
18493519 TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2023
18493182 TOBACCO COMPOSITION CONTAINING SATURATED FATTY ACID ADDITIVE DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 Non-Final OA Oct 24, 2023
18265747 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM WILDER, ANDREW H 3627 Final Rejection Oct 24, 2023
18492393 SMOKING SYSTEM, DEVICE KIT, CONSUMABLE, COMBINED ARTICLE, AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING SENSATION OF REACHING TERMINAL END AND PREDICTIVE SENSATION OF REACHING TERMINAL END BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN 1755 Non-Final OA Oct 23, 2023
18491105 FLAVOR SUCTION APPARATUS AND SMOKING SYSTEM VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 Non-Final OA Oct 20, 2023
18490633 AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 Non-Final OA Oct 19, 2023
18489468 FLAVOR INHALER AND FLAVOR INHALER MANUFACTURING METHOD SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA 1741 Non-Final OA Oct 18, 2023
18480288 FLAVOR SUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA 1741 Non-Final OA Oct 03, 2023
18478550 HEAT-NOT-BURN FLAVOR INHALATION ARTICLE AND HEAT-NOT-BURN FLAVOR INHALATION PRODUCT EFTA, ALEX B 1745 Non-Final OA Sep 29, 2023
18466684 FLAVOR INHALER WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 Non-Final OA Sep 13, 2023
18233105 HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023
18233168 HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023
18233137 NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO STICK BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 Non-Final OA Aug 11, 2023
18335687 DIHYDROOXADIAZINONE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF CHAO, ALLEN 1622 Non-Final OA Jun 15, 2023
18327531 FLAVOR INHALER KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 Non-Final OA Jun 01, 2023
17788916 Acylsulfamide Compound and Pharmaceutical Use Therefor ANDERSON, REBECCA L 1626 Non-Final OA May 24, 2023
18124389 TETRAHYDROBENZOFURODIAZEPINONE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF KIFLE, BRUCK 1624 Final Rejection Mar 21, 2023
17796606 TREATMENT OR PREVENTION METHOD FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE BASQUILL, SEAN M 1614 Final Rejection Feb 21, 2023
18062437 INHALER DEVICE, DISPLAY DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM ZHANG, TINA 3785 Final Rejection Dec 06, 2022
17639552 THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC METHOD FOR DIABETES USING COMBINATION MEDICINE BAKSHI, PANCHAM 1623 Non-Final OA Oct 12, 2022
17602103 FUSED TRICYCLIC COMPOUND AND MEDICINAL USE THEREOF KOSAR, ANDREW D 1625 Non-Final OA Aug 08, 2022
17880679 INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 Non-Final OA Aug 04, 2022
17668808 CYLINDRICAL HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 Non-Final OA Feb 10, 2022
17527712 TOBACCO ROD FOR FLAVOR INHALER BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 Final Rejection Nov 16, 2021
17503052 HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT WITH HEATER-INSERTION CAVITY KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1700 Non-Final OA Oct 15, 2021
17371850 IN VITRO EVALUATION METHOD FOR RISK OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH SMOKING OR INHALATION CLOW, LORI A 1687 Final Rejection Jul 09, 2021
17268129 CORE BODY TEMPERATURE REDUCING AGENT, FOOD PRODUCT, AND SLEEP IMPROVING AGENT GHALI, ISIS A D 1611 Final Rejection Feb 12, 2021
17085617 ROLLING PAPER FOR NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE SMOKING PRODUCT, NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE SMOKING PRODUCT, AND ELECTRIC-HEATING-TYPE SMOKING SYSTEM KRINKER, YANA B 1755 Final Rejection Oct 30, 2020
16668968 POWER SUPPLY UNIT FOR AEROSOL INHALER, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF THE SAME NGUYEN, SONNY V 1755 Non-Final OA Oct 30, 2019

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