Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: SZUMIGALSKI, NICOLE ASHLEY

Tech Center 1700 • Art Units: 1747 1755 1798

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

54.5%
Allow Rate
-10.5% vs TC avg
97
Total Applications
+20.5%
Interview Lift
1261
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 44 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.2%
§101 Eligibility
16.6%
§102 Novelty
66.2%
§103 Obviousness
13.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19198890 AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING AN INTERNAL HEATING ELEMENT Final Rejection Philip Morris Products S.A.
18029814 POWER SELECTION FOR AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES Non-Final OA PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
17773812 AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT FOR USE IN AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE OR SYSTEM 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.
18623322 TOBACCO SHEET FOR NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALER, AND NON-COMBUSTION HEATING-TYPE FLAVOR INHALATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Japan Tobacco Inc.
18484004 AEROSOL GENERATOR AND FLAVOR ASPIRATOR Non-Final OA Japan Tobacco Inc.
18257783 AEROSOL GENERATING SYSTEM Non-Final OA NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
17787892 POPULATION OF PARTICLES FOR USE IN A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17756512 METHOD OF MAKING AN AMORPHOUS SOLID FOR USE WITHIN A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Nicoventures Trading Limited
17769550 AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17058455 AEROSOL GENERATION Final Rejection Nicoventures Trading Limited
17627012 NICOTINE MATERIALS, METHODS OF MAKING SAME, AND USES THEREOF Final Rejection The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18183357 ELECTRONIC VAPORIZATION DEVICE AND HEATING ELEMENT, VAPORIZATION CORE, AND VAPORIZER THEREOF Final Rejection SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
18566909 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA KT&G CORPORATION
17800631 High-Density Multilayer Reconstituted Plant Sheet Final Rejection Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.

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