Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19277535 | HEATING PAD AND SYSTEM | July 2025 | December 2025 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 19260281 | Control Method and Apparatus for Energy Storage Heat Exchange Electric Water Heater | July 2025 | August 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19073990 | HEATING SYSTEM AND METHODS | March 2025 | January 2026 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 19068926 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THERMAL ENERGY STORAGE | March 2025 | November 2025 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18868968 | AN ELECTRICAL FLUID HEATER | November 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18786409 | SELF-REGULATING FAR-INFRARED CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE PLANAR ELECTROTHERMAL MATERIAL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR | July 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18757219 | Enhanced Dispenser Control | June 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18743073 | LIGHTNING PROTECTIVE AND ELECTRIC HEATING PORCELAIN TILE AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF | June 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18604706 | HIGH VELOCITY PLASMA TORCH AND METHOD | March 2024 | May 2024 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18689340 | HOT AIR HANDHELD DEVICE | March 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18594557 | PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER | March 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18440536 | SUBLIMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18400127 | STRAW CUP | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397307 | ELEMENT FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING DISABLING MECHANISM | December 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523693 | ELECTRIC BRAKING RESISTOR-BASED HEAT GENERATOR FOR PROCESS FLUIDS AND EMULSIONS | November 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 18514308 | ADDITIVE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18506549 | ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE HAVING FORMULATION LEVEL INDICATOR | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18503485 | METHOD OR FORMING ELONGATED ARRAY WITH HEATING ELEMENTS THAT BOW CONCENTRICALLY OUTWARD FROM RADIAL CENTERLINE | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502368 | MEDICAL TUBING | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18501587 | E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18481500 | COMBINED CARTRIDGE FOR ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480866 | E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH INTERNAL INFRARED SENSOR | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477967 | E-VAPING DEVICE INCLUDING E-VAPING CASE WITH SLIDING MECHANISM FOR INITIATING VAPOR GENERATION | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468935 | VAPORISER ASSEMBLY FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466367 | VAPORIZER ASSEMBLY FOR E-VAPING DEVICE | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18243948 | HEATING ELEMENTS FORMED FROM A SHEET OF A MATERIAL AND INPUTS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ATOMIZERS | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18243381 | PTC HEATER | September 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18240131 | HEAT LAMP | August 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18449645 | Thermal pretreatment method and equipment for organic solid waste based on forced hot air convection | August 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18229623 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18356773 | MATERIAL, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR ELECTRICALLY SHIELDING HEATED COMPONENTS | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354826 | METHODS TO ADD MENTHOL, BOTANIC MATERIALS, AND/OR NON-BOTANIC MATERIALS TO A CARTRIDGE, AND/OR AN ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CARTRIDGE | July 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354100 | MULTIPLE DISPERSION GENERATOR E-VAPING DEVICE | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18222570 | BEDDING CLIMATE CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD TO OPERATE THEREOF THAT CREATES A HEAT TRANSFER EFFECT | July 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18350852 | POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR TEMPERATURE REGULATION OF HOME APPLIANCES | July 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344127 | AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE WITH MULTIPLE HEATERS | June 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332329 | LOW-EMISSIONS HEATING, COOLING AND HOT WATER SYSTEM | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322717 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH SEPARATE CAPSULE AND VAPORIZER | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18322277 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM HAVING VARIABLE AIRFLOW | May 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18200308 | DEVICE FOR CREATING AND DISTRIBUTING VAPORIZED SCENT | May 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18312377 | NON-COMBUSTIBLE VAPING ELEMENT WITH TOBACCO INSERT | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18251661 | FLUX-CORED WIRE | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310410 | HEATER CONTROL CIRCUITRY FOR VAPORIZER DEVICE | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310229 | AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE HAVING A LIQUID INDICATOR | May 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18295398 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH MOTOR | April 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181444 | ARTICLE FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIAL | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179004 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM COMPRISING A MESH SUSCEPTOR | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178787 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH PUMP | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18162330 | HEART RATE MONITOR FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18096912 | INDUCTION-BASED AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073429 | COFFEE OR MILK MACHINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SUCH A MACHINE | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18057277 | ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925708 | HEATER | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17986296 | ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER | November 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 23 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 18054855 | Device for Additive Manufacturing of a Workpiece | November 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17923258 | TRANSFERRING VISCOUS MATERIALS | November 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17973329 | COOKING APPLIANCE | October 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952658 | TWO-WIRE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | September 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17951927 | DEVICE FOR TWISTING PIECES OF DOUGH | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17906516 | BEVERAGE DISPENSER CONNECTOR, BEVERAGE PRODUCTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BEVERAGE PRODUCTION | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17906530 | PUMP COVER FOR A HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE | September 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17911521 | HEATING ELEMENT | September 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17942772 | PLASMA FIRED STEAM GENERATOR SYSTEM | September 2022 | March 2024 | Abandon | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17902152 | CARTRIDGE FOR E-VAPING DEVICE WITH OPEN-MICROCHANNELS | September 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17901199 | HEATING ARRAY WITH HEATING ELEMENTS ARRANGED IN ELONGATED ARRAY | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889114 | OPTICAL SENSORS FOR MEASURING PROPERTIES OF CONSUMABLE PARTS IN A SEMICONDUCTOR PLASMA PROCESSING CHAMBER | August 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816439 | DISPENSING SYSTEM | August 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17795889 | PEF COOKING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR APPLYING PEF PULSES | July 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17814819 | DRINKWARE WITH ACTIVE TEMPERATURE CONTROL | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872333 | E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH INTERNAL CONDUCTIVE ELEMENT | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17794752 | AN ELECTRIC BOILER | July 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17759214 | WELDING MACHINE | July 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 35 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17814035 | ATOMIZATION COMPONENT, ATOMIZER, AND ELECTRONIC ATOMIZATION DEVICE | July 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 39 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17809499 | SUBLIMATION SYSTEMS AND RELATED METHODS | June 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17852234 | PORTABLE HEATER WITH CERAMIC SUBSTRATE | June 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807169 | WAX MELTING POT | June 2022 | December 2023 | Abandon | 18 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17785293 | Aerosol Generation Device Power System | June 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17840020 | COOKING APPLIANCE | June 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17839835 | FLOW HEATER FOR AUTOMOBILES | June 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837200 | CARTRIDGE FOR PUMP-OPERATED AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM | June 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17780528 | ELECTRODE HEATING UNIT AND DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROTECTING ELECTRICAL SHORT THEREFOR | May 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826857 | Direct-Heating Type Heater | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17824134 | E-VAPING CARTRIDGE AND DEVICE | May 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17779353 | Device for producing hot liquid | May 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17734488 | E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER | May 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17730465 | E-VAPING DEVICE CARTRIDGE WITH INTERNAL INFRARED SENSOR | April 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17771398 | SPIRAL-PUMP FOR TREATING FOOD ITEMS | April 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17720341 | HEAT EXCHANGER WITH THICK-FILM RESISTOR | April 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17720235 | HEAT SOURCE DEVICE, SUBSTRATE SUPPORT DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING FACILITY | April 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17717548 | ADDITIVE ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE | April 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17767680 | Device and method for cleaning grinders | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17766026 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL FOR A FOOD BAKING APPARATUS | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17697257 | DYNAMIC EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT OF COMBINED HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM, AND WORKING METHOD THEREOF | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17683337 | Enhanced Heating System | February 2022 | June 2022 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17669720 | VAPORIZER ASSEMBLY FOR E-VAPING DEVICE | February 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17592993 | TANKLESS WATER HEATER WITH A HIGH-ACCURACY RESPONSE-CURVE FLOWMETER | February 2022 | May 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17630603 | METHOD FOR REDUCING MAGNETIC FIELD EMISSION FOR HEATED SEATS AND OTHER APPLICATIONS | January 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17624215 | PLANT AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING PUREE AND/OR JUICE STARTING FROM A FOOD PRODUCT OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN | December 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17646618 | ARTICLE FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIAL | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17558836 | Heating System And Method Of Heating For An Inhaler Device | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CAMPBELL, THOR S.
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, 41.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner CAMPBELL, THOR S works in Art Unit 3761 and has examined 755 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.
Examiner CAMPBELL, THOR S's allowance rate of 86.1% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by CAMPBELL, THOR S receive 1.38 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CAMPBELL, THOR S is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CAMPBELL, THOR S. This interview benefit is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 45.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 44.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 69.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 15.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 24.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.2% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 73% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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