Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: CULBERT, COURTNEY GUENTHER

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1747

This examiner grants 26% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

25.6%
Allow Rate
-39.4% vs TC avg
92
Total Applications
+5.8%
Interview Lift
1342
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0%
§101 Eligibility
5.8%
§102 Novelty
91.3%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19351657 VAPORIZER DEVICE Non-Final OA Shenzhen Yibo Technology, Co., LTD
17996858 AEROSOLISABLE FORMULATION Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17785253 AN ARTICLE FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM AND AN ARTICLE FOR USE IN A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17780232 NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF HEATING AN AEROSOL-GENERATING MATERIAL Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17780147 ELECTRONIC AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
18009153 TOBACCO ROD, AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND AEROSOL GENERATING APPARATUS USED THEREWITH Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
18008525 SIDESTREAM SMOKE REMOVING DEVICE INCLUDING HEPA FILTER Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
17918352 SIDESTREAM SMOKE DEVICE AND CONTROL METOD THEREOF Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
17801336 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
17161458 FLAVORANT-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS AND FLAVORANT-CONTAINING SHEET MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection Japan Tobacco Inc.
18012304 Aerosol-Generating Substrate Comprising Granulated Flavoured Particles Final Rejection JT International SA
17926671 DRUM CONVEYOR AND METHOD TO ROTATE ROD-SHAPED ARTICLES Non-Final OA PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
17790856 TAGGANT DETECTION AND REJECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17785861 A FORMULATION FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17614947 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING A HEATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17414067 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH LIGHT HOLLOW SEGMENT Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17725415 Encased Battery Cell of a Vaporizer Device Non-Final OA JUUL Labs, Inc.
18786046 VAPORIZIER DEVICE Final Rejection MMA TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
17697072 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Final Rejection Imperial Tobacco Limited
17780791 Roll-Your-Own Cigarette Paper Comprising An Adhesive Strip of Low Grammage Non-Final OA Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
18087995 VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND DIVERGING VAPORIZATION MODULE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17699438 BAKED ITEM, METHOD FOR PREPARING BAKED ITEM, AND MICROWAVE HEATING METHOD FOR BAKED ITEM Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18004330 ORAL DISPENSER FOR LIQUIDS, IN PARTICULAR FOR LIQUIDS CONTAINING NICOTINE OR CANNABIS Final Rejection Aptar Radolfzell GmbH
17776936 METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONICAL FILTER BODY Final Rejection VAUEN Adolf Eckert GmbH & Co. KG
17620637 VAPORIZER DEVICE WITH IMPROVED WICK SATURATION Final Rejection Pax Labs, Inc.
17462677 AEROSOL GENERATING PRODUCT Non-Final OA KUNMING CELLULOSE FIBERS CO., LTD.
17351155 VAPORIZER PROFILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MANAGING VAPORIZER PROFILES Non-Final OA The Green Labs Group Inc.
17057605 COOLING FILTER ROD, APPLICATION THEREOF AND CIGARETTE Non-Final OA CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.

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