Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: LE, TOBEY CHOU

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1700 1747

This examiner grants 30% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

30.3%
Allow Rate
-34.7% vs TC avg
75
Total Applications
+59.0%
Interview Lift
1201
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 33 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.6%
§102 Novelty
51.8%
§103 Obviousness
17.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18286015 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING A WRAPPER WITH AN OVERLAPPING REGION Final Rejection PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
17998167 AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE WITH INDUCTION COIL WITH MOVABLE THIRD CONTACT Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17905746 AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM HAVING AN AIR INGRESS ZONE Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17904883 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE INCLUDING NOVEL SUBSTRATE AND UPSTREAM ELEMENT Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17786514 AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE WITH NITROGEN-CONTAINING NUCLEOPHILIC COMPOUND Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
18062319 DISPLAY DEVICE, INHALER DEVICE, DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Japan Tobacco Inc.
18420496 AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
18571460 AN AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
18006647 AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
18003014 DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INCLUSION THEREIN Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17758485 ELECTRONIC AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17593061 VAPOR PROVISION SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING METHOD Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
18351441 VAPORIZATION ASSEMBLY, VAPORIZER, AND ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE Final Rejection SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17933605 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND VAPORIZER THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17822218 ELECTRONIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE, ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY, ATOMIZATION ELEMENT AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR Final Rejection SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
17857365 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND VAPORIZER THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18627606 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE CAPABLE OF OUTPUTTING SOUND Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
18567901 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE FOR DETECTING USER'S INHALATION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
18567894 FLAVORED SHEET WITH IMPROVED SURFACE ROUGHNESS, SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
17928549 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED COOLING PERFORMANCE AND FLAVOR PERSISTENCE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
17917170 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
17798734 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
17904357 VAPOR PROVISION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nicoventrues Trading LImited

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