Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Technology area: Chemistry & Materials
14 pending office actions • 9 art units • 12 examiners • 0 of 14 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 49 patents granted in the last 365 days
Juul Labs Inc. has 14 pending office actions in the Chemistry & Materials technology area. These 14 actions are distributed across 8 distinct art units and 12 distinct examiners. Daniel Edward Vakili is the busiest examiner, currently overseeing 2 pending office actions. The 2 pending actions with the busiest examiner represent a portion of the 14 pending office actions. The 12 distinct examiners for 14 pending office actions suggest a decentralized prosecution strategy. This requires adapting to 12 different examiner perspectives across 8 distinct art units. The 8 distinct art units indicate a variety of technical focuses within the portfolio. With 12 distinct examiners involved, the 14 pending office actions are subject to a range of individual examination styles.
Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.
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. 6 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.
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.
| Bucket | Cases |
|---|---|
| §103 only | 5 (36%) |
| Double-patenting + other | 1 (7%) |
| Multi-statute (no §101) | 8 (57%) |
How the docket's pending cases split across USPTO tech-center bands.
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.
| Examiner | Apps on this docket | Allow rate | Interview lift |
|---|---|---|---|
| HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 2 | 69.8% | +36.5% |
| NGUYEN, SONNY V | 2 | 36.5% | +27.2% |
| SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 1 | 76.9% | +17.0% |
| RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | 1 | 72.4% | +19.6% |
| VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1 | 62.4% | +20.9% |
| DINH, PHUONG K | 1 | 87.3% | +9.0% |
| VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD | 1 | 64.7% | +13.5% |
| MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1 | 23.7% | +9.5% |
| EFTA, ALEX B | 1 | 59.8% | +25.3% |
| CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1 | 26.9% | +8.2% |
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 # | Title | Examiner | Due in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17725415 | Encased Battery Cell of a Vaporizer Device | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 6d |
| 18244816 | VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 33d |
| 18226557 | Cartridges for Vaporizer Devices | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 53d |
| 19028329 | VAPORIZER CONTROLS | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | — |
| 18980398 | CARTRIDGE FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — |
| 18515788 | PUFF SENSING AND POWER CIRCUITRY FOR VAPORIZER DEVICES | DINH, PHUONG K | — |
| 18453766 | MULTIPLE HEATING ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 17991476 | ONE-PIECE SHELL FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18244817 | Securely Attaching Cartridges for Vaporizer Devices | VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD | 8d overdue |
| 17736008 | VAPORIZER DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 23d |
| 18244816 | VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 33d |
| 19028329 | VAPORIZER CONTROLS | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | — |
| 19029856 | VAPORIZER POWER SYSTEM | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | — |
| 18980398 | CARTRIDGE FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | — |
| 18453766 | MULTIPLE HEATING ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | — |
| 18161244 | Mass Output Controlled Vaporizer | EFTA, ALEX B | — |
| Art Unit | Apps |
|---|---|
| 1755 | 3 |
| 1796 | 2 |
| 1747 | 2 |
| 2876 | 1 |
| 1742 | 1 |
| 2831 | 1 |
| 1745 | 1 |
| 1798 | 1 |
| 3785 | 1 |
| App # | Title | Examiner | Art Unit | Statutes | Status | Due in | AI | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19028329 | VAPORIZER CONTROLS | SAVUSDIPHOL, PAULTEP | 2876 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 19029856 | VAPORIZER POWER SYSTEM | RIVERA-PEREZ, CARLOS O | — | §103Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 17, 2025 |
| 18980398 | CARTRIDGE FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | VARGOT, MATHIEU D | 1742 | §103§112Other | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Dec 13, 2024 |
| 18515788 | PUFF SENSING AND POWER CIRCUITRY FOR VAPORIZER DEVICES | DINH, PHUONG K | 2831 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2023 |
| 18244816 | VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | 33d | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18244817 | Securely Attaching Cartridges for Vaporizer Devices | VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD | 1747 | §103DP | Final Rejection | 8d overdue | Pending | Sep 11, 2023 |
| 18453766 | MULTIPLE HEATING ELEMENTS WITH SEPARATE VAPORIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE | HYUN, PAUL SANG HWA | 1796 | §102§103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Aug 22, 2023 |
| 18226557 | Cartridges for Vaporizer Devices | MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL | 1755 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 53d | Pending | Jul 26, 2023 |
| 18161244 | Mass Output Controlled Vaporizer | EFTA, ALEX B | 1745 | §103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Jan 30, 2023 |
| 17991476 | ONE-PIECE SHELL FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 1755 | §103§112 | Final Rejection | — | Pending | Nov 21, 2022 |
| 17736008 | VAPORIZER DEVICE | NGUYEN, SONNY V | 1755 | §103 | Final Rejection | 23d | Pending | May 03, 2022 |
| 17725415 | Encased Battery Cell of a Vaporizer Device | CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER | 1747 | §102§103 | Final Rejection | 6d | Pending | Apr 20, 2022 |
| 17719014 | Vaporizer Device Microfluidic Systems and Apparatuses | KASS, BENJAMIN JOSEPH | 1798 | §102§103 | Non-Final OA | — | Pending | Apr 12, 2022 |
| 15605890 | CONTROL OF AN ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER | WOLFF, ARIELLE R | 3785 | §103 | Non-Final OA | 23d overdue | Pending | May 25, 2017 |
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