Japan Tobacco Inc.

Portfolio Summary

38

Total Pending OAs

28

Non-Final OAs

10

Final Rejections

0

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

13

Overdue

2

Due this week

12

Due this month

6

Due in next 60 days

4

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. 37 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

Overdue (13)Due ≤ 7 days (2)Due ≤ 30 days (12)Due ≤ 60 days (6)Due later (4)

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.

1

Hard (3%)

32

Medium (84%)

1

Easy (3%)

4

Unknown (11%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	1 (3%)
§103 only	30 (79%)
§102 only	2 (5%)
§112 only	1 (3%)
No statute on record	4 (11%)

Industry Mix

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

31

Life Sciences

82% of docket

3

Information Tech

8% of docket

0

Communications

0% of docket

2

Semiconductors

5% of docket

2

Mechanical / Eng

5% of docket

0

Business / Other

0% 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.

380 h

Manual time on pending OAs

76 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

133 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

3.3 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	3	65.2%	+18.7%
CORUM JR, WILLIAM A	2	75.3%	+29.3%
YAARY, ERIC	2	73.9%	+2.6%
SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA	2	73.7%	+9.9%
BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	2	40.0%	+22.4%
KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	2	55.4%	+15.6%
ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO	1	60.8%	+35.5%
ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE	1	64.3%	+100.0%
LEE, PETE T	1	75.0%	+10.5%
DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL	1	46.5%	+48.9%

Hard Cases (1)

Multi-statute / §101-driven matters, or cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate under 30%. The top 1 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #	Title	Examiner	Due in
18265747	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM	WILDER, ANDREW H	60d overdue

Interview Candidates (13)

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 #	Title	Examiner	Due in
17527712	TOBACCO ROD FOR FLAVOR INHALER	BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	67d overdue
17880679	INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	58d overdue
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	31d overdue
18327531	FLAVOR INHALER	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	8d overdue
18736577	POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	LEE, PETE T	2d overdue
18407944	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM	CORUM JR, WILLIAM A	7d
18233137	NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO STICK	BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	12d
17503052	HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT WITH HEATER-INSERTION CAVITY	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	12d

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1755	9
1747	8
1663	2
2433	2
1741	2
1700	2
3736	1
2848	1
1629	1
2842	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
19010273	PACKAGING AND PACKAGING PRODUCTION METHOD	ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO	3736	§103	Non-Final OA	57d	Pending	Jan 06, 2025
18810602	NICOTIANA PLANT BODY AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME	ORDAZ, CHRISTIAN JOSE	1663	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Aug 21, 2024
18736577	POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	LEE, PETE T	2848	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jun 07, 2024
18408241	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM	CORUM JR, WILLIAM A	2433	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Jan 09, 2024
18407944	INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AEROSOL GENERATION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM	CORUM JR, WILLIAM A	2433	§103	Final Rejection	7d	Pending	Jan 09, 2024
18566623	6-AMINOPYRAZOLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF	DAHLIN, HEATHER RAQUEL	1629	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	Dec 01, 2023
18521520	FLAVOR MOLDED ARTICLE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR, TOBACCO MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD, AND TOBACCO PRODUCT PRODUCTION METHOD	JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	27d	Pending	Nov 28, 2023
18502043	POWER SUPPLY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE	CHEN, PATRICK C	2842	§103	Non-Final OA	19d	Pending	Nov 05, 2023
18496310	NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO AND ELECTRICALLY-HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT	YAARY, ERIC	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Oct 27, 2023
18495178	PAPER FILTER FOR FLAVOR INHALATION PRODUCT	SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	46d	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18265747	INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM	WILDER, ANDREW H	3627	§101	Final Rejection	60d overdue	Pending	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	Other	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Oct 24, 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	§103	Non-Final OA	31d overdue	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18493400	FLAVOR INHALER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING FLAVOR INHALER	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18493182	TOBACCO COMPOSITION CONTAINING SATURATED FATTY ACID ADDITIVE	DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	9d overdue	Pending	Oct 24, 2023
18493248	NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING FLAVOR INHALATION ARTICLE AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM	LE, TOBEY CHOU	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	56d	Pending	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	§112	Non-Final OA	23d	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18489468	FLAVOR INHALER AND FLAVOR INHALER MANUFACTURING METHOD	SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18487129	AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM	CAIN, ZACHARY ANDREW	2116	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Oct 16, 2023
18481662	INHALATION DEVICE	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	76d	Pending	Oct 05, 2023
18480288	FLAVOR SUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME	SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA	1741	§102	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18478501	NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR SUCTION ARTICLE AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR SUCTION PRODUCT	KRINKER, YANA B	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	54d	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18478550	HEAT-NOT-BURN FLAVOR INHALATION ARTICLE AND HEAT-NOT-BURN FLAVOR INHALATION PRODUCT	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18478901	NON-COMBUSTION HEATING TYPE FLAVOR INHALER	WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH	1749	§103	Non-Final OA	71d	Pending	Sep 29, 2023
18233211	HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO PRODUCT AND HEAT-NOT-BURN TOBACCO STICK	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	1755	§103	Final Rejection	78d overdue	Pending	Aug 11, 2023
18233137	NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO PRODUCT AND NON-COMBUSTION-HEATING-TYPE TOBACCO STICK	BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Aug 11, 2023
18335687	DIHYDROOXADIAZINONE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF	CHAO, ALLEN	1622	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jun 15, 2023
18327531	FLAVOR INHALER	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§102	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Jun 01, 2023
18325630	FLAVOR INHALER	YAARY, ERIC	1755	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	May 30, 2023
18124389	TETRAHYDROBENZOFURODIAZEPINONE COMPOUND AND PHARMACEUTICAL USE THEREOF	KIFLE, BRUCK	1624	—	Final Rejection	66d overdue	Pending	Mar 21, 2023
17796606	TREATMENT OR PREVENTION METHOD FOR CHRONIC HEART FAILURE	BASQUILL, SEAN M	1614	§103	Final Rejection	2d overdue	Pending	Feb 21, 2023
18074069	GENUS NICOTIANA F1 HYBRID AND USE THEREOF	KRUSE, DAVID H	1663	§103	Final Rejection	99d overdue	Pending	Dec 02, 2022
17639552	THERAPEUTIC OR PROPHYLACTIC METHOD FOR DIABETES USING COMBINATION MEDICINE	BAKSHI, PANCHAM	1623	Other	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Oct 12, 2022
17880679	INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, AND PROGRAM	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	Other	Non-Final OA	58d overdue	Pending	Aug 04, 2022
17527712	TOBACCO ROD FOR FLAVOR INHALER	BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	1755	§103	Final Rejection	67d overdue	Pending	Nov 16, 2021
17503052	HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT WITH HEATER-INSERTION CAVITY	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Oct 15, 2021
17268129	CORE BODY TEMPERATURE REDUCING AGENT, FOOD PRODUCT, AND SLEEP IMPROVING AGENT	GHALI, ISIS A D	1611	§103	Final Rejection	66d overdue	Pending	Feb 12, 2021
17161458	FLAVORANT-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND FLAVORANT-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	1747	§103	Final Rejection	61d	Pending	Jan 28, 2021