Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17134680 | CIGARETTE ROLLING MACHINE | December 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17254758 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | December 2020 | July 2024 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16970251 | Method and System For Producing of Reconstituted Vegetable Films | December 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17115835 | AEROSOL-GENERATING APPARATUS, THERMAL DISTRIBUTION CASING, AND RELATED METHODS | December 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 2 | No | No |
| 17095306 | SMOKING ARTICLE | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074008 | TOBACCO GRANULES AND METHOD OF PRODUCING TOBACCO GRANULES | October 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 54 | 6 | 0 | No | No |
| 16982382 | METHOD AND TOOL FOR PRODUCING A PLASTIC CONTAINER, PARTICULARLY A FUEL CONTAINER, BY INTERNAL PRESSURE FORMING | October 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 48 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17045534 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTING | October 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 2 | No | No |
| 17043019 | OPENING-CLOSING ASSEMBLY FOR TOBACCO HEATER | September 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17040793 | INHALER WITH COMPOSITE POROUS SUPPORT ELEMENT | September 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17040216 | INHALER WITH APERATURED POROUS SUPPORT ELEMENT | September 2020 | November 2023 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17040220 | INHALER WITH VORTEX CAPSULE CAVITY | September 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17002592 | HASHISH CIGARETTE PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE | August 2020 | March 2025 | Abandon | 54 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16999298 | SUBSTITUTE SMOKING CONSUMABLE | August 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16999740 | BLOW MOLDED PART INCLUDING COMPRESSION MOLDED ELEMENT | August 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16967837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FOLDING A WEB OF MATERIAL | August 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16941873 | PORTABLE VAPORIZER | July 2020 | July 2024 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16963921 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING PLASTIC PRODUCTS | July 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16961040 | A Mouthpiece Assembly for an Inhalation Device including a Replaceable Substrate Component, and a Replaceable Substrate Component therefor | July 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 57 | 3 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16924327 | Mouthpiece Device | July 2020 | November 2023 | Abandon | 40 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16917629 | APPARATUS COMBINING A GLASS CONTAINER WITH A GLASS WATER PIPE | June 2020 | May 2024 | Allow | 47 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16958390 | AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING A BIMETALLIC ELEMENT | June 2020 | August 2023 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16958190 | INHALER WITH VORTEX TUNNEL | June 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15733272 | ELECTRONIC AEROSOL PROVISION SYSTEM | June 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16772700 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | June 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16868862 | INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED POD | May 2020 | March 2023 | Abandon | 35 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16760370 | AEROSOLIZABLE GEL | April 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 50 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16759441 | AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE | April 2020 | February 2025 | Allow | 58 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16845561 | METHOD OF MOUNTING TOBACCO LEAVES FOR HEATED TOBACCO PRODUCT | April 2020 | April 2024 | Allow | 48 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16754502 | VAPOUR PROVISION SYSTEMS | April 2020 | October 2023 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 16647437 | ULTRASONIC ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | March 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16644786 | EVAPORATION DEVICES CONTAINING PLANT MATERIAL | March 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 53 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16643035 | Reconstituted Plant With Plant Extract For Devices That Heat Tobacco Without Burning It | February 2020 | March 2025 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16797369 | CARTRIDGE FOR VAPORIZER | February 2020 | September 2023 | Abandon | 43 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16639021 | AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME | February 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 35 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16775265 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE DISPLAY METHOD, AND INDICATOR LIGHT GROUP | January 2020 | February 2024 | Abandon | 49 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16746998 | ELECTRONIC ATOMIZING DEVICE | January 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16616755 | AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE HAVING CIGARETTE INSERTION DETECTION FUNCTION AND METHOD | November 2019 | April 2023 | Abandon | 41 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16614269 | METHOD OF MAKING A TOBACCO EXTRACT | November 2019 | February 2025 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16614274 | METHOD OF MAKING A TOBACCO EXTRACT | November 2019 | April 2023 | Allow | 41 | 5 | 1 | No | No |
| 16674721 | Cartridges for Vaporizer Devices | November 2019 | July 2023 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16661882 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REFILLING AN ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE | October 2019 | August 2023 | Abandon | 46 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16607545 | HUMIDIFICATION IN A BUILD MATERIAL RECOVERY SYSTEM | October 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16596113 | HEATING ELEMENT | October 2019 | September 2023 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16595511 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE AND ATOMIZER THEREOF | October 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 54 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16592219 | INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATING DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF INHALATION COMPONENT GENERATING DEVICE | October 2019 | January 2023 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16574890 | METHOD FOR FERMENTING TOBACCO | September 2019 | October 2023 | Allow | 49 | 8 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16568003 | ORAL PRODUCT WITH CELLULOSIC FLAVOR STABILIZER | September 2019 | February 2025 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16540378 | NICOTINE E-VAPING SECTION, AND NICOTINE E-VAPING DEVICE INCLUDING NICOTINE E-VAPING SECTION | August 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 56 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16537784 | CHARGING CONTROL FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | August 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 56 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 16520148 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING AND CONTROLLING CONSUMABLE MEDIA DOSING INFORMATION | July 2019 | March 2023 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16516621 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE WITH CLAMSHELL HOLDER FOR CARTRIDGE | July 2019 | May 2024 | Allow | 58 | 5 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16515637 | AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE WITH CONSUMABLE CARTRIDGE | July 2019 | April 2024 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 16458555 | E-VAPOR DEVICE INCLUDING PUNCTURE DEVICE AND SEALED PACKET OF PRE-VAPOR FORMULATION | July 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16444379 | PORTABLE VAPORIZER | June 2019 | July 2023 | Abandon | 49 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 16337291 | ULTRASONIC ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE ATOMIZER | March 2019 | June 2023 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 16353404 | CARTRIDGE HAVING AN INTERNAL SURFACE SUSCEPTOR MATERIAL | March 2019 | October 2024 | Allow | 60 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16297317 | OVEN FOR PREFORMS | March 2019 | November 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16266106 | VAPORIZATION DEVICE HAVING A WICK AND COIL ASSEMBLY | February 2019 | May 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 11 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 16249863 | Conical Shaped Device Used in Heating and Inhalation of Organic Leafy Materials | January 2019 | November 2023 | Abandon | 58 | 11 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 16245022 | VAPING DEVICE WITH INSERT | January 2019 | February 2023 | Allow | 49 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16306828 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | December 2018 | January 2023 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16184322 | CARTRIDGE FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM | November 2018 | December 2024 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16099320 | CAPSULE FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY PRODUCT | November 2018 | April 2024 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16098148 | CUTTING AND ARRANGING RODS FOR TOBACCO INDUSTRY PRODUCTS | November 2018 | April 2023 | Allow | 53 | 5 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16091777 | HYBRID AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A HYBRID AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT | October 2018 | April 2023 | Allow | 54 | 6 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 16090901 | SHISHA CONSUMABLE ARTICLE | October 2018 | October 2023 | Allow | 60 | 9 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
| 16090684 | SHISHA DEVICE FOR HEATING A SUBSTRATE WITHOUT COMBUSTION | October 2018 | April 2023 | Allow | 55 | 7 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 15768857 | MACHINE FOR PRODUCING SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL ARTICLES | April 2018 | August 2023 | Allow | 60 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15768280 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MOVING TUBULAR BODIES | April 2018 | April 2024 | Allow | 60 | 7 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 15762405 | Reconstituted Tobacco For Devices That Heat Tobacco Without Burning It | March 2018 | October 2023 | Allow | 60 | 6 | 1 | No | No |
| 15903659 | CARTRIDGE WITH MOUNT FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING ELEMENT IN AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM | February 2018 | March 2022 | Allow | 49 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15524987 | Squeezing-Roll Granulator, Granulating System Comprising Same, And Use Of The Squeezing-Roll Granulator | May 2017 | December 2023 | Allow | 60 | 8 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14912863 | SMOKING ARTICLE FOR A WATER-PIPE | February 2016 | June 2018 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14974199 | HOOKAH SYSTEM | December 2015 | August 2018 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 14960122 | WATERPIPE AND PORTIONS THEREOF OR ACCESSORIES THEREFOR | December 2015 | April 2018 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14946167 | SMOKELESS TOBACCO PASTILLE AND INJECTION MOLDING PROCESS FOR FORMING SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS | November 2015 | August 2024 | Abandon | 60 | 6 | 1 | No | Yes |
| 14785590 | CONTAINER | October 2015 | July 2024 | Allow | 60 | 13 | 1 | Yes | Yes |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SPARKS, RUSSELL E.
With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 21.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner SPARKS, RUSSELL E works in Art Unit 1755 and has examined 78 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 49 months.
Examiner SPARKS, RUSSELL E's allowance rate of 80.8% places them in the 53% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by SPARKS, RUSSELL E receive 4.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 96% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SPARKS, RUSSELL E is 49 months. This places the examiner in the 8% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SPARKS, RUSSELL E. This interview benefit is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 16.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 15% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 23.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 120.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 62.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 70.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 42.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 6% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 41.3% of allowed cases (in the 98% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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