Listed by the USPTO as FELTON, MICHAEL J
Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1700 1747 1755 1791
This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases
FELTON, MICHAEL J has 503 resolved cases in Tech Center 1700 and art unit 1700. The allowance rate is 59.6%, while the interview lift is 14.5%. The median time to allowance is 1708 days. These figures describe a substantial examination record with a moderate allowance outcome and a long median path to allowance.
The listed companies are Philip Morris International Inc., Nicoventures Trading Limited, and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. The listed firms are OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P., Burr & Forman LLP (Primary Customer Number), and Harness, Dickey & Pierce-Altria. For practitioners, the profile supports planning around extended prosecution timelines and treating interviews as a potentially useful, though not dominant, component of response strategy.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19676089 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOL FROM AN AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM AND ARTICLE OF AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Nicoventures Trading Limited |
| 19670798 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOL FROM AN AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM AND ARTICLE OF AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Nicoventures Trading Limited |
| 19670854 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOL FROM AN AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM AND ARTICLE OF AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Nicoventures Trading Limited |
| 19670723 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING AEROSOL FROM AN AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM AND ARTICLE OF AEROSOLIZABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Nicoventures Trading Limited |
| 18577916 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME | Non-Final OA | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 18577895 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME | Non-Final OA | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 18550869 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH COMPRESSED ELASTOMERIC SEAL | Final Rejection | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 17905299 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH FEEDBACK CONTROL OF TRANSDUCER | Final Rejection | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 17782776 | SHEET OF A MATERIAL CONTAINING ALKALOIDS | Non-Final OA | PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. |
| 17419468 | AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE HAVING ROD COMPRISING TOBACCO MATERIAL WITH FORMED FLUID PASSAGEWAYS | Final Rejection | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 17418928 | LIQUID NICOTINE FORMULATION COMPRISING WATER-IMMISCIBLE SOLVENTS | Final Rejection | Philip Morris Products S.A. |
| 16932413 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING A HEATING ELEMENT OF AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A. |
| 17672882 | CIGARETTES AND CIGARETTE FILTERS INCLUDING ACTIVATED CARBON FOR REMOVING NITRIC OXIDE | Final Rejection | Philip Morris USA Inc. |
| 17551745 | COLLOIDAL PLANT POWDER/EXTRACT ENCAPSULATION WITH PECTIN-PROTEIN COACERVATE GELS | Final Rejection | Philip Morris USA Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy59.6% of resolved applications examined by Michael J Felton were allowed (503 resolved cases), compared with 40.4% across Art Unit 1700 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +14.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Michael J Felton took 1,708 days on average from filing to allowance.
Michael J Felton examines applications in Art Unit 1700 in Tech Center 1700 (Chemistry & Materials).
