Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1755 1798

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.9%
Allow Rate
-7.1% vs TC avg
85
Total Applications
+25.5%
Interview Lift
1255
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 38 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
18.1%
§102 Novelty
62.0%
§103 Obviousness
13.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18257783 AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17787892 POPULATION OF PARTICLES FOR USE IN A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17756512 METHOD OF MAKING AN AMORPHOUS SOLID FOR USE WITHIN A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17769550 AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17437850 AEROSOL GENERATION Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17058455 AEROSOL GENERATION Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
19198890 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERNAL HEATING ELEMENT Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
18853210 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERNAL HEATING ELEMENT Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17905024 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED CONFIGURATION Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17779287 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH THICK PAPER Non-Final OA PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
17773812 AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE OR SYSTEM Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17636214 TEMPERATURE DETECTION IN PERIPHERALLY HEATED AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17615240 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE COMPRISING AN AEROSOL-COOLING ELEMENT WITH AN ELONGATED PROTRUSION Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17611387 AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM AND A THERMAL OUTPUT ELEMENT FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Philip Morris Products S.A.
17413315 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH VENTILATED HOLLOW SEGMENT Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
18275139 Heating Assembly for an Aerosol Generating Device Non-Final OA JT International SA
17627012 NICOTINE MATERIALS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
17601644 SMOKING ARTICLE Non-Final OA British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
17685101 SMOKING SUBSTITUTE APPARATUS Final Rejection Imperial Tobacco Limited
17754672 ARTICLE Non-Final OA RAI Strategic Holdings Inc.
17767738 AEROSOLIZABLE MATERIAL Non-Final OA RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc
17800631 High-Density Multilayer Reconstituted Plant Sheet Non-Final OA Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
18183357 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND HEATING ELEMENT, VAPORIZATION CORE, AND VAPORIZER THEREOF Non-Final OA SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18175871 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND VAPORIZATION CORE THEREOF Non-Final OA Hainan Moore Brothers Technology Co., Ltd.
18176141 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND VAPORIZATION CORE THEREOF, POROUS BODY, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF POROUS BODY Non-Final OA Hainan Moore Brothers Technology Co., Ltd.
18312066 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH INSULATING MATERIAL Final Rejection N2B LIMITED
18307524 SMOKING CAPSULE WITH PAPER COVERING Final Rejection N2B LIMITED
17910998 METHOD OF PRODUCING HOMOGENEOUS SHEETS OF NICOTINE-FREE VEGETABLE FIBERS Non-Final OA COMAS - COSTRUZIONI MACCHINE SPECIALI - S.P.A.
17276125 Production and Plant for the Production of Reconstituted Tobacco Final Rejection Comas - Costruzioni Macchine Speciali - S.p.A.
17774852 VAPE PEN AND VAPING FLUID DELIVERY CONTAINER PROTECTION DEVICE AND DECORATIVE COVER Non-Final OA Vitamin Leaf LLC

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