Last updated: May 29, 2026

Kt&G Corporation

84 pending office actions • 24 art units • 46 examiners • 0 of 84 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 128 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

Total Pending OAs

Non-Final OAs

Final Rejections

Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 82 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

Overdue

Due this week

Due this month

Due in next 60 days

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

Overdue (34)Due ≤ 7 days (3)Due ≤ 30 days (30)Due ≤ 60 days (8)Due later (7)

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.

Hard (2%)

Medium (90%)

Easy (4%)

Unknown (4%)

Rejection Statute Mix

Bucket	Cases
§101 only	2 (2%)
§103 only	69 (82%)
§102 only	7 (8%)
§112 only	3 (4%)
No statute on record	3 (4%)

Industry Mix

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

Life Sciences

85% of docket

Information Tech

5% of docket

Communications

2% of docket

Semiconductors

2% of docket

Mechanical / Eng

6% of docket

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.

840 h

Manual time on pending OAs

168 h

Time saved (low, 20%)

294 h

Time saved (mid, 35%)

7.3 wks

FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

Examiner	Apps on this docket	Allow rate	Interview lift
EFTA, ALEX B	5	59.1%	+25.8%
KESSIE, JENNIFER A	4	64.1%	+24.9%
FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY	4	69.6%	+5.6%
NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	4	65.2%	+18.7%
DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ	4	42.9%	+80.0%
CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	4	25.6%	+5.8%
WILL, KATHERINE A	3	66.5%	+20.7%
KRINKER, YANA B	3	57.9%	+33.5%
MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	3	19.1%	+5.4%
MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	3	60.4%	+37.4%

Hard Cases (9)

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
18008525	SIDESTREAM SMOKE REMOVING DEVICE INCLUDING HEPA FILTER	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	81d overdue
18033712	METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING DESIGN INFORMATION OF TOBACCO-RELATED ARTICLE	OUSSIR, EL MEHDI	50d overdue
17918352	SIDESTREAM SMOKE DEVICE AND CONTROL METOD THEREOF	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	43d overdue
17791469	ULTRASONIC-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	2d overdue
17913039	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY TO HEATER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF	SPARKS, RUSSELL E	9d
18276707	SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	15d
17801336	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	26d
18009153	TOBACCO ROD, AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS USED THEREWITH	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	28d

Interview Candidates (26)

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
17281338	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	79d overdue
18279511	TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING NATURAL FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	60d overdue
18283139	TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	56d overdue
18285468	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	37d overdue
18284823	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	35d overdue
18284461	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	19d overdue
17777517	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	10d overdue
18024232	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	3d overdue

Top Art Units

Art Unit	Apps
1747	34
1755	22
1745	5
1748	2
1741	2
2627	1
2499	1
1615	1
3736	1
1744	1

Pending Office Actions

App #	Title	Examiner	Art Unit	Statutes	Status	Due in	AI	Filed
18278993	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING VIRTUAL SMOKE IMAGE	YODICHKAS, ANEETA	2627	§102	Non-Final OA	1d overdue	Pending	Jan 21, 2025
18954742	APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATION	BAYOU, YONAS A	2499	§103	Non-Final OA	46d	Pending	Nov 21, 2024
18640463	METHOD OF PREPARING POUCH FILLING MATERIAL USING BINDER	SASAN, ARADHANA	1615	Other	Non-Final OA	46d overdue	Pending	Apr 19, 2024
18683011	PACKAGING FOR ACCOMMODATING AEROSOL DELIVERING ARTICLE	ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO	3736	§103	Non-Final OA	70d	Pending	Feb 12, 2024
18570859	LYOCELL MATERIAL WITH CONTROLLED WHITENESS BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TREATMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF	SONG, INJA	1744	§103	Non-Final OA	23d overdue	Pending	Dec 15, 2023
18567879	BRAIN STIMULATION DEVICE AND BRAIN STIMULATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	FAIRCHILD, MALLIKA DIPAYAN	3792	§103	Final Rejection	29d	Pending	Dec 07, 2023
18566147	AEROSOL DEVICE INCLUDING DRIVING CIRCUIT FOR MEASURING SIGNAL SUPPLIED TO VIBRATOR	ZHANG, JUE	2838	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Dec 01, 2023
18565947	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING TEMPERATURE SENSOR	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	69d	Pending	Nov 30, 2023
18290518	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	CORDRAY, DENNIS R	1748	§102	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Nov 14, 2023
18289843	FILTER FOR CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE INCLUDING THE SAME	MAYES, DIONNE WALLS	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Nov 07, 2023
18289695	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING PUFF RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND PUFF RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOF	FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT	2115	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Nov 06, 2023
18289616	SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	CORDRAY, DENNIS R	1748	§103	Non-Final OA	6d	Pending	Nov 06, 2023
18289318	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	WILL, KATHERINE A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Nov 02, 2023
18288470	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	YAARY, ERIC	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18288520	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	WILL, KATHERINE A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Oct 26, 2023
18287983	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING SAME	NNABUGWU, HANNAH CHINWE	1747	§102	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18287990	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING SAME	WILL, KATHERINE A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	13d	Pending	Oct 23, 2023
18287414	SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME	FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	16d	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18287380	SOUND-GENERATING FLAVORING SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME	SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY	1755	§103	Final Rejection	56d	Pending	Oct 18, 2023
18286741	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE	DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Oct 12, 2023
18285419	TOBACCO MATERIAL INCLUDING FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE TOBACCO MATERIAL	JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY	1747	Other	Non-Final OA	8d overdue	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18285468	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	37d overdue	Pending	Oct 03, 2023
18284730	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18284821	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	39d	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18284818	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18284733	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18284823	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	1747	§112	Non-Final OA	35d overdue	Pending	Sep 28, 2023
18284479	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	KRINKER, YANA B	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18284469	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH	1749	§102	Non-Final OA	34d	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18284461	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	KESSIE, JENNIFER A	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	19d overdue	Pending	Sep 27, 2023
18283139	TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	56d overdue	Pending	Sep 20, 2023
18279511	TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING NATURAL FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME	EFTA, ALEX B	1745	§103	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Aug 30, 2023
18276707	SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Aug 10, 2023
18275530	HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	SPARKS, RUSSELL E	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Aug 02, 2023
18273862	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE	ROBINSON, TERRELL M	2614	§103	Non-Final OA	15d overdue	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18273866	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE	CHUNG, MONG-SHUNE	2118	§112	Final Rejection	61d	Pending	Jul 24, 2023
18273438	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	1747	§103	Final Rejection	1d overdue	Pending	Jul 20, 2023
18271274	HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	RHUE, ABIGAIL H	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Jul 07, 2023
18271095	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE	ANDERSON, SCOTT C	3694	§103	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Jul 06, 2023
18270783	METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AUTHENTICATING USER	NGUY, CHI D	2435	§103	Non-Final OA	88d overdue	Pending	Jul 03, 2023
18269181	HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	75d	Pending	Jun 22, 2023
18037162	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF	SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	7d	Pending	May 16, 2023
18035652	SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REDUCED TOBACCO SMELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	May 05, 2023
18034923	AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE	MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK	1747	§103	Final Rejection	8d overdue	Pending	May 02, 2023
18033687	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF	FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L	2857	§103	Non-Final OA	22d	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18033712	METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING DESIGN INFORMATION OF TOBACCO-RELATED ARTICLE	OUSSIR, EL MEHDI	3699	§101	Non-Final OA	50d overdue	Pending	Apr 25, 2023
18033449	WOVEN FABRIC FILTER INCLUDING FLAVORED SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME	JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Apr 24, 2023
18032857	METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE	KRINKER, YANA B	1755	§103	Final Rejection	15d	Pending	Apr 20, 2023
18031259	AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE	DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	8d	Pending	Apr 11, 2023
18031082	CIGARETTE WRAPPER USING NANOCELLULOSE FILM	VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Apr 10, 2023
18030578	COOLING FILTER AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME	BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Apr 06, 2023
18027159	INHALER	DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	12d	Pending	Mar 20, 2023
17913039	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY TO HEATER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF	SPARKS, RUSSELL E	1755	§101	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Mar 09, 2023
17928061	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME	SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA	1741	§103	Non-Final OA	14d	Pending	Mar 02, 2023
18024232	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	1747	§103	Final Rejection	3d overdue	Pending	Mar 01, 2023
18042151	CIGARETTE PAPER FOR CIGAR AND HEATING TYPE SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME	DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Feb 17, 2023
18021732	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME	BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH	1755	§102	Final Rejection	—	Pending	Feb 16, 2023
17927594	NICOTINE INHALER WITH FIRST AND SECOND LIQUID STORAGE PARTS	MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	15d	Pending	Feb 09, 2023
18017020	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	MULLEN, MICHAEL PATRICK	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	16d overdue	Pending	Jan 19, 2023
18009130	AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGES	DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	69d	Pending	Dec 08, 2022
18009153	TOBACCO ROD, AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS USED THEREWITH	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Dec 08, 2022
17789879	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE BASED ON ULTRASOUND VIBRATION AND METHOD THEREOF	DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	29d	Pending	Dec 08, 2022
18008833	AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS INCLUDING FLAVORED CARTRIDGE	DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI	1755	§103	Final Rejection	3d overdue	Pending	Dec 07, 2022
18001003	SIDESTREAM SMOKE REMOVING DEVICE INCLUDING PLASMA ION FILTER	DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	163d overdue	Pending	Dec 07, 2022
18008525	SIDESTREAM SMOKE REMOVING DEVICE INCLUDING HEPA FILTER	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	1747	§103	Final Rejection	81d overdue	Pending	Dec 06, 2022
17928516	QPT GENE ENGINEERED PLANT CELL AND USING METHOD OF THE SAME	STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE	1663	§103	Non-Final OA	49d overdue	Pending	Nov 29, 2022
17928258	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1747	§102	Non-Final OA	60d overdue	Pending	Nov 28, 2022
17281338	CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	79d overdue	Pending	Oct 31, 2022
17909880	FILTER, AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME, AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE FILTER	VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD	1747	§103	Final Rejection	54d	Pending	Oct 27, 2022
17918352	SIDESTREAM SMOKE DEVICE AND CONTROL METOD THEREOF	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	1747	§103	Final Rejection	43d overdue	Pending	Oct 12, 2022
17801336	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Aug 22, 2022
17799885	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	1755	§103	Final Rejection	28d	Pending	Aug 15, 2022
17798734	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	LE, TOBEY CHOU	1747	Other	Non-Final OA	26d	Pending	Aug 10, 2022
17797942	INDUCTION HEATING-TYPE AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	NGUYEN, PHU HOANG	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	28d	Pending	Aug 05, 2022
17797914	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE	LE, TOBEY CHOU	1747	§103	Final Rejection	9d overdue	Pending	Aug 05, 2022
17793239	AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING A SEALING MEMBER	FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY	1747	§103	Final Rejection	33d	Pending	Jul 15, 2022
17791469	ULTRASONIC-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF	MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL	1755	§103	Non-Final OA	2d overdue	Pending	Jul 07, 2022
17787863	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM	FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	9d	Pending	Jun 21, 2022
17777517	AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME	MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN	1747	§103	Final Rejection	10d overdue	Pending	May 17, 2022
17776080	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING VIBRATOR AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME	WOODWARD, VALERIE LYNN	3785	§112	Non-Final OA	30d overdue	Pending	May 11, 2022
17767198	CELLULOSE ACETATE TOW, FILTER INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE FILTER	FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY	1747	§103	Non-Final OA	20d	Pending	Apr 07, 2022
17628791	AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE	KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K	1700	§103	Final Rejection	8d	Pending	Jan 20, 2022
17609299	COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING INFLAMMATION, ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA, CONTAINING VERONICASTRUM SIBIRICUM L. PENNELL AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND USE THEREOF	PURDY, KYLE A	1611	§102	Final Rejection	4d overdue	Pending	Nov 05, 2021
17431358	FLAVOR CONTAINING SHEET COMPRISING MODIFIED CELLULOSE AND SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME	KRINKER, YANA B	1755	§103	Final Rejection	14d	Pending	Aug 16, 2021

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