Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1755 1798

This examiner grants 58% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

57.5%
Allow Rate
-7.5% vs TC avg
88
Total Applications
+22.8%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 40 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.1%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
93.4%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18040747 AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICE AND CONSUMABLE THEREFOR Non-Final OA 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
17767710 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17437850 AEROSOL GENERATION Final Rejection NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17058455 AEROSOL GENERATION Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
18287380 SOUND-GENERATING FLAVORING SHEET AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
18495178 PAPER FILTER FOR FLAVOR INHALATION PRODUCT Non-Final OA JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
18031287 Smoking Article and Method for Manufacturing a Smoking Article Final Rejection JT International SA
18030417 Aerosol Generation 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
18853210 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERNAL HEATING ELEMENT Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
17779287 AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH THICK PAPER Non-Final OA 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.
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
18175871 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND VAPORIZATION CORE THEREOF 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
17774852 VAPE PEN AND VAPING FLUID DELIVERY CONTAINER PROTECTION DEVICE AND DECORATIVE COVER Non-Final OA Vitamin Leaf LLC
17276125 Production and Plant for the Production of Reconstituted Tobacco Final Rejection Comas - Costruzioni Macchine Speciali - S.p.A.

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