Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

KT&G Corporation

157 pending office actions • 23 art units • 62 examiners • 0 of 157 (0%) have an AI response strategy ready • 129 patents granted in the last 365 days

Portfolio Summary

157
Total Pending OAs
103
Non-Final OAs
46
Final Rejections
8
Advisory / Quayle

Response Deadline Pressure

Based on the USPTO statutory response window for each pending office action. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date; the rest are excluded from the tile counts.

12
Overdue
0
Due this week
6
Due this month
3
Due in next 60 days
3
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. 24 of the docket's apps have a known mailing date.

-30dToday30d60d90d120d
Overdue (12)Due ≤ 30 days (6)Due ≤ 60 days (3)Due later (3)

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.

52
Hard (33%)
102
Medium (65%)
3
Easy (2%)
0
Unknown (0%)

Rejection Statute Mix

BucketCases
§101 only1 (1%)
§101 + other5 (3%)
§103 only83 (53%)
§102 only10 (6%)
§112 only2 (1%)
Double-patenting only1 (1%)
Double-patenting + other9 (6%)
Multi-statute (no §101)46 (29%)

Industry Mix

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

105
Life Sciences
67% of docket
3
Information Tech
2% of docket
0
Communications
0% of docket
2
Semiconductors
1% of docket
8
Mechanical / Eng
5% of docket
39
Business / Other
25% 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.

1,570 h
Manual time on pending OAs
314 h
Time saved (low, 20%)
550 h
Time saved (mid, 35%)
13.7 wks
FTE-weeks freed (mid)

Top Examiners on this docket

ExaminerApps on this docketAllow rateInterview lift
DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 11 48.7% +20.8%
NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 10 65.7% +19.4%
KESSIE, JENNIFER A 10 64.5% +22.2%
SPARKS, RUSSELL E 9 63.1% +15.4%
DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 8 30.0% +52.4%
LE, TOBEY CHOU 6 30.3% +59.0%
VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 6 67.9% +14.4%
MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 5 20.8% +4.1%
DYE, ROBERT C 4 63.4% +11.3%
GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 4 82.9% +16.6%

Quick Wins (2)

Cases in front of an examiner with an allow rate of 80%+ where the difficulty is Easy or Medium. The top 2 ordered by deadline are shown.

App #TitleExaminerDue in
18576456 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE WITH FULL BRIDGE DRIVING CIRCUIT GRAY, LINDA LAMEY
18276992 AERSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GRAY, LINDA LAMEY

Hard Cases (57)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
18033712 METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING DESIGN INFORMATION OF TOBACCO-RELATED ARTICLE OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 50d overdue
18035652 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REDUCED TOBACCO SMELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 16d overdue
17609299 COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING INFLAMMATION, ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA, CONTAINING VERONICASTRUM SIBIRICUM L. PENNELL AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT, AND USE THEREOF PURDY, KYLE A 4d overdue
17791469 ULTRASONIC-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 2d overdue
18276707 SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 15d
17793239 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING A SEALING MEMBER FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY 33d
18009130 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGES DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 69d
18269181 HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 75d

Interview Candidates (68)

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 #TitleExaminerDue in
17281338 CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 79d overdue
18285468 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 37d overdue
18284461 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 19d overdue
18035652 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REDUCED TOBACCO SMELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 16d overdue
18008833 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS INCLUDING FLAVORED CARTRIDGE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 3d overdue
18275530 HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SPARKS, RUSSELL E 2d overdue
18031259 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 8d
17798734 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE LE, TOBEY CHOU 26d

Top Art Units

Art UnitApps
1747 43
1755 40
1749 9
1745 4
3991 3
1700 3
1741 2
3619 2
3761 2
2499 1

Pending Office Actions

App #TitleExaminerArt UnitStatutesStatusDue inAIFiled
18954742 APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING USER AUTHENTICATION BAYOU, YONAS A 2499 §103Other Final Rejection 46d Pending Nov 21, 2024
18818968 PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR NICOTINE POUCH, NICOTINE POUCH INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME PIZIALI, ANDREW T §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 29, 2024
18671513 WEARABLE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING SMOKING EFFECT SIRCAR, ALISHA JITENDRA 3792 §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 22, 2024
18667236 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING HEATER YAARY, ERIC §103 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18667240 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE SPARKS, RUSSELL E §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 17, 2024
18709371 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE DYE, ROBERT C §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending May 10, 2024
18705858 DEVICE FOR GENERATING AEROSOL NGUYEN, PHU HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 29, 2024
18705048 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18647017 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING AEROSOL GENERATING ROD, AND AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE AEROSOL GENERATING ROD MANUFACTURED BY THE METHOD AND DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 26, 2024
18703275 CIGARETTE AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING AEROSOL WITH THE SAME SMITH, KATELYN WHATLEY §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 19, 2024
18699768 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE PHAM, VU PHI §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 09, 2024
18629210 AEROSOL GENERATING MATERIAL DISCHARGE ASSEMBLY, CARTRIDGE, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 08, 2024
18627606 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING SOUND LE, TOBEY CHOU §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 05, 2024
18698286 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE GRAY, LINDA LAMEY §102§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18698266 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF WILL, KATHERINE A §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18698324 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE SPARKS, RUSSELL E §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 03, 2024
18697944 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18698007 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE GRAY, LINDA LAMEY §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 02, 2024
18697560 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 01, 2024
18696326 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 27, 2024
18695299 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18695291 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF DYE, ROBERT C §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18695289 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 25, 2024
18694924 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 22, 2024
18692101 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE FELTON, MICHAEL J §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 14, 2024
18599739 CIGARETTE AND AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE FOR CIGARETTE MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 08, 2024
18591738 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOLS AND METHOD FOR CLEANING THE SAME DYE, ROBERT C §101§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Feb 29, 2024
18580795 CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME WILLIAMS, CEDRICK S §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18580871 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SPARKS, RUSSELL E §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 19, 2024
18416006 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE HEATER AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE HEATER OCANA ORTIZ, JULIO EMANUEL 1755 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 18, 2024
18413788 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 4100 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18579746 POUCH, VAPORIZER COMPRISING THE POUCH, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE POUCH SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18413962 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE YAARY, ERIC §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 16, 2024
18410418 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 11, 2024
18577959 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE KUMAR, SRILAKSHMI K 1748 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18577863 HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL FOR AEROSOL GENERATOR, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND AEROSOL GENERATOR COMPRISING SAME HEAT INSULATION MATERIAL FOR AEROSOL GENERATOR SPARKS, RUSSELL E §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 09, 2024
18407263 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS 1749 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
18406287 HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME PAUDEL, PRADEEP 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 08, 2024
17641691 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING LIQUID COMPOSITION AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA 1741 §102§103Other Non-Final OA Pending Jan 05, 2024
18576456 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE WITH FULL BRIDGE DRIVING CIRCUIT GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 3991 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Jan 04, 2024
18402932 HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME JUENGST, BRENDON THOMAS 1749 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 03, 2024
18392411 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 21, 2023
18570859 LYOCELL MATERIAL WITH CONTROLLED WHITENESS BY HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TREATMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF SONG, INJA 1744 §103 Final Rejection 23d overdue Pending Dec 15, 2023
18569472 CHARGING DEVICE FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME BERHANU, SAMUEL §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18569537 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE, AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 12, 2023
18568978 ACCESSORY FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME EFTA, ALEX B 1745 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 11, 2023
18568553 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING CONCENTRATOR BIEGER, VIRGINIA RUTH 1755 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 08, 2023
18567901 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR DETECTING USER'S INHALATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF LE, TOBEY CHOU 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567894 FLAVORED SHEET WITH IMPROVED SURFACE ROUGHNESS, SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME LE, TOBEY CHOU 1747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18567958 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE WITH DRIVING CIRCUIT MATCHING THE IMPEDANCE OF ULTRASONIC VIBRATOR DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 3619 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 07, 2023
18529054 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 §102§103§112Other Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18567164 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18567062 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §102§103DP Non-Final OA Pending Dec 05, 2023
18566709 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY 1747 §112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18566909 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18566834 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING A VAPORIZER VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 04, 2023
18566450 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18566316 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING POWER SUPPLY WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Dec 01, 2023
18565947 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING TEMPERATURE SENSOR KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 69d Pending Nov 30, 2023
18565117 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR REDUCING ODOR OF MAINSTREAM SMOKE LOUIE, PHILIP Y 1755 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18565416 SMOKING MATERIAL FOR SMOKING WITH SMOKE OR ORAL SMOKING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18565388 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING PUFF COMPENSATION AND METHOD THEREOF EFTA, ALEX B 1745 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 29, 2023
18564934 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE BASED ON ULTRASONIC VIBRATION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 28, 2023
18564397 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 1749 §101§102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 27, 2023
18563441 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563650 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATER MODULE CHOU, JIMMY §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563698 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD HAILE, BENYAM 2835 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18563416 VAPORIZER FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME KHLOK, BONITA §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2023
18562967 HEATING ASSEMBLY AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18563144 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND MEDIUM RECEIVING ROD KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 21, 2023
18563136 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 21, 2023
18562552 AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF DYE, ROBERT C 3619 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 20, 2023
18561879 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 17, 2023
18561143 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING INHALATION ABILITY STATE SCHNEIDER, THOMAS FRANK 1749 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 15, 2023
18290534 POWDER INHALATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF ZHANG, TINA 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 14, 2023
18290253 HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME PAIK, SANG YEOP 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2023
18290111 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 09, 2023
18289933 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AUXILIARY DEVICE ON BASIS OF HEART RATE INFORMATION OF USER DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 08, 2023
18289812 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 07, 2023
18289695 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING PUFF RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND PUFF RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOF FARINA, MICHAEL VINCENT 2115 §103 Final Rejection 22d Pending Nov 06, 2023
18289236 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR SENSING AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME MCKANE, ELIZABETH L 3991 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2023
18289336 VAPORIZER AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §102 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 02, 2023
18289312 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME OGG, DAVID EARL 2119 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 02, 2023
18288894 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAVING PUFF RECOGNITION FUNCTION AND PUFF RECOGNITION METHOD THEREOF JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 30, 2023
18288526 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 26, 2023
18288470 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE YAARY, ERIC 1755 §103 Final Rejection 34d Pending Oct 26, 2023
18286945 AEROSOL GENERATION PRODUCT WITH LOW IGNITION PROPENSITY DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18286929 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CHARGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME KOUSAR, SADIA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 13, 2023
18285979 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING MAGNETIC SENSOR NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 06, 2023
18285618 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 04, 2023
18285615 HEATER ASSEMBLY FOR AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Oct 04, 2023
18285468 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Final Rejection 37d overdue Pending Oct 03, 2023
18284336 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF MITCHUM, DREW JOSEPH §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18284461 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 19d overdue Pending Sep 27, 2023
18284453 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING USER INPUT DURING BATTERY CHARGING JORDAN, RONNIE KIRBY 1747 §101§102§103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 27, 2023
18284044 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 25, 2023
18283381 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 21, 2023
18282641 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED FLAVOR PERSISTENCE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF NGUYEN, SONNY V 1700 §102§103§112DP Non-Final OA Pending Sep 18, 2023
18281525 FLAVORING SHEET WITH ENHANCED FLAVOR HOLDING AMOUNT AND FLAVOR RETENTION AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME SZEWCZYK, CYNTHIA 1741 §103 Final Rejection Pending Sep 11, 2023
18280647 POWER SUPPLY DEVICE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME FRANKLIN, JAMARA ALZAIDA §102 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18280643 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF VAKILI, DANIEL EDWARD 1747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 06, 2023
18280184 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE HAUPT, KRISTY A §103 Non-Final OA Pending Sep 01, 2023
18279511 TOBACCO MATERIAL COMPRISING NATURAL FLAVOR MATERIAL AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME EFTA, ALEX B 1745 §103Other Final Rejection 60d overdue Pending Aug 30, 2023
18278926 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED TOBACCO FLAVOR AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 25, 2023
18277937 INHALER LEDERER, SARAH B 3785 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 18, 2023
18277267 FLAVOR SHEET HAVING IMPROVED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES, SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING SAME, AND METHODS OF PRODUCING FLAVOR SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE WEILER, NICHOLAS JOSEPH 1749 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 15, 2023
18276976 TOBACCO MEDIUM AND AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276992 AERSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF GRAY, LINDA LAMEY 1745 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 11, 2023
18276707 SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 1755 §103 Final Rejection 15d Pending Aug 10, 2023
18275852 SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME KESSIE, JENNIFER A 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 04, 2023
18275530 HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Aug 02, 2023
18272248 SMOKING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM MOORE, STEPHANIE LYNN 1747 §102 Final Rejection Pending Jul 13, 2023
18272206 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE BUCKMAN, JEFFREY ALAN 1755 DP Non-Final OA Pending Jul 13, 2023
18271095 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE ANDERSON, SCOTT C 3694 §101§103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Jul 06, 2023
18269181 HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §102§103§112 Non-Final OA 75d Pending Jun 22, 2023
18268817 HEATING STRUCTURE, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING HEATING STRUCTURE, AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING HEATING STRUCTURE ISKRA, JOSEPH W 3761 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 21, 2023
18265548 INSULATING MATERIAL FOR AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jun 06, 2023
18036440 LASER-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103DPOther Non-Final OA Pending May 11, 2023
18035652 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH REDUCED TOBACCO SMELL AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103§112 Final Rejection 16d overdue Pending May 05, 2023
18033902 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMBUSTIBLE HEAT SOURCE FOR SMOKING ARTICLE AND SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING COMBUSTIBLE HEAT SOURCE NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 26, 2023
18033714 PAPER TUBE INCLUDING FLAVORED SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Apr 25, 2023
18033712 METHOD AND SERVER FOR MANAGING DESIGN INFORMATION OF TOBACCO-RELATED ARTICLE OUSSIR, EL MEHDI 3699 §101 Final Rejection 50d overdue Pending Apr 25, 2023
18033737 NOVEL FLAVORING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT COMPOSITION, AND PRODUCT COMPRISING SAME CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §112DP Non-Final OA Pending Apr 25, 2023
18032857 METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SHEET FOR SMOKING ARTICLE KRINKER, YANA B 1755 §103 Non-Final OA 15d Pending Apr 20, 2023
18032484 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Apr 18, 2023
18031259 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Final Rejection 8d Pending Apr 11, 2023
18022960 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF KORANG-BEHESHTI, YOSSEF 2857 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Feb 23, 2023
18020166 CARTRIDGE CONTAINING MENTHOL AND FLAVORING AGENT AND AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME PHAM, VU PHI 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Feb 07, 2023
18015935 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE SPARKS, RUSSELL E 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Jan 12, 2023
18011418 AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF DEZENDORF, MORGAN FAITH 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 19, 2022
18009130 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF CARTRIDGES DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103§112 Final Rejection 69d Pending Dec 08, 2022
18009280 MULTI-CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 08, 2022
18008833 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS INCLUDING FLAVORED CARTRIDGE DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Final Rejection 3d overdue Pending Dec 07, 2022
18008800 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING A TEMPERATURE CONTROL BUTTON OF HEATER AND AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE USED THEREWITH DELACRUZ, MADELEINE PAULINA 1755 §103§112 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
18008811 AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF HEATERS AND AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE USED TOGETHER THEREWITH DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 07, 2022
17928790 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING PERFORMANCE AND FLAVOR PERSISTENCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 30, 2022
17928516 QPT GENE ENGINEERED PLANT CELL AND USING METHOD OF THE SAME STOCKDALE, JESSICA NICOLE 1663 §103 Final Rejection 49d overdue Pending Nov 29, 2022
17928549 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING PERFORMANCE AND FLAVOR PERSISTENCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME LE, TOBEY CHOU 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 29, 2022
17999805 ELECTRONIC SMOKELESS TOBACCO TO WHICH FLAVORING SHEET IS APPLIED NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Nov 23, 2022
17927305 TOBACCO ROD, AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE USED THEREWITH DIYAN, OLUWATOSIN OLUWATUMININ 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 22, 2022
17925681 LASER-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND HEATING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103DP Non-Final OA Pending Nov 16, 2022
17281338 CARTRIDGE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME NGUYEN, PHU HOANG 1747 §103 Non-Final OA 79d overdue Pending Oct 31, 2022
17919864 PLANAR HEATING ELEMENT FOR GENERATING AEROSOL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE COMPRISING THE SAME DAVISON, CHARLOTTE INKERI 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 19, 2022
17917841 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL GENERATING METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING FREQUENCY OF CURRENT FLOWING THROUGH COIL MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 07, 2022
17917170 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE LE, TOBEY CHOU 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Oct 05, 2022
17798734 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE LE, TOBEY CHOU 1747 §102§103DP Final Rejection 26d Pending Aug 10, 2022
17793239 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING A SEALING MEMBER FULTON, MICHAEL TIMOTHY 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA 33d Pending Jul 15, 2022
17791469 ULTRASONIC-BASED AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF MARTIN, JOHN MITCHELL 1755 §103 Final Rejection 2d overdue Pending Jul 07, 2022
17791042 METHOD OF FLAVORING AND AGING SMOKING MATERIAL AND SMOKING ARTICLE MANUFACTURED USING THE SAME UTECH, BENJAMIN L 1700 §103 Final Rejection Pending Jul 06, 2022
17775342 HEATER ASSEMBLY AND AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME MILLS JR., JOE E 3761 §103 Final Rejection Pending May 09, 2022
17628355 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POWER MODE THEREOF FELTON, MICHAEL J 1747 §103§112 Non-Final OA Pending Mar 10, 2022
17595168 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Nov 10, 2021
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§103 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
17431352 FLAVOR CONTAINING SHEET COMPRISING LM-PECTIN FOR SMOKING ARTICLES AND SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME NGUYEN, SONNY V 1755 §103 Non-Final OA Pending Aug 16, 2021
17252058 CIGARETTE CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Dec 14, 2020
16976973 CIGARETTE AND AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE FOR CIGARETTE WILL, KATHERINE A 1747 §103 Final Rejection Pending Aug 31, 2020

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