USPTO Art Unit 1747 Prosecution Statistics

Art Unit Information

Art Unit: 1747
Group: 1740
Tech Center: 1700
Total Cases: 8,334
Last Active: October 2025

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19362115Aerosol Device and Method for Moving ConsumableOctober 2025March 2026Allow510NoNo
19318612MOUTHPIECE ASSEMBLY AND VAPORIZER APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH MOUTHPIECE ASSEMBLYSeptember 2025January 2026Allow401YesNo
19239799ELECTRONIC VAPOR PROVISION DEVICEJune 2025November 2025Allow510NoNo
19196116Vaping Device with Integrated Smoke NeutralizationMay 2025November 2025Allow721YesNo
19053781VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEFebruary 2025August 2025Allow610YesNo
19030656VAPING SYSTEMJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1120NoNo
19030705VAPING SYSTEMJanuary 2025March 2026Allow1420NoNo
19023933VAPORIZER PODSJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18852533AN EXTENDED NIP PRESS APPARATUSSeptember 2024March 2025Allow501NoNo
18899887VAPING SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18895963METHODS FOR DELIVERING A MICELLIZED LIQUID FORMULA TO AN INDIVIDUALSeptember 2024February 2025Allow510YesNo
18821803LEAK-RESISTANT VAPORIZER DEVICEAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18813480SMOKING ARTICLEAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18806449INTERCONNECTED ACTIVE INGREDIENT CONTAINING POUCHESAugust 2024September 2025Abandon1320NoNo
18798455CIGAR HOLDERAugust 2024February 2025Allow610YesNo
18779713VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18779732VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18779689VAPORIZER CARTRIDGEJuly 2024September 2024Allow200NoNo
18765591ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND, COMPOSITION INCLUDING SAME, ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1310NoNo
18762475Cartridges for Vaporizer DevicesJuly 2024January 2026Allow1800NoNo
18756370CAPSULES WITH INTEGRATED MOUTHPIECES, HEAT-NOT-BURN (HNB) AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICES, AND METHODS OF GENERATING AN AEROSOLJune 2024October 2025Allow1611NoNo
18732670INTELLIGENT TEMPERATURE-CONTROLLED HOOKAH SETJune 2024March 2025Allow1020NoNo
18732490LEAK-RESISTANT VAPORIZER DEVICEJune 2024February 2026Allow2010NoNo
18678616QUICK CONNECT ADAPTER AND ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER HAVING A CERAMIC HEATING ELEMENT HAVING A QUICK CONNECT ADAPTERMay 2024September 2025Allow1610NoNo
18669647CASTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A CAST SHEET OF A MATERIAL CONTAINING ALKALOIDSMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18662163PRE-ROLL OIL INFUSION APPARATUSMay 2024September 2024Allow410NoNo
18647856Method of Producing Tobacco MousseApril 2024October 2025Allow1720NoNo
18641767MOIST BOTANICAL POUCH PROCESSING AND MOIST ORAL BOTANICAL POUCH PRODUCTSApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18639546AEROSOL PRESSURIZED DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURE AND USE OF THE SAMEApril 2024August 2024Allow410YesNo
18634569Cartridge Cigarette FilterApril 2024October 2025Allow1821YesNo
18616622CONTROL DEVICE FOR AEROSOL INHALATION DEVICE AND AEROSOL INHALATION DEVICEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18606395AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE AND AEROSOL-DELIVERY SYSTEMMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18602337COMPOSITION FOR SMOKELESS TOBACCO AND ORALLY DISSOLVABLE FILM-TYPE SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPRISING SAMEMarch 2024September 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18601588ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM WITH INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL HEATERMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18597492TOBACCO-CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLEMarch 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18592024APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIALFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1920NoNo
18588537RECEPTACLE SECTIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1520NoNo
18444986SMOKING ARTICLE AND METHODFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18444803DEVICE FOR REMOVING STEMS IN A CIGARETTE MAKING PROCESS AND A METHOD FOR REMOVING THE STEMSFebruary 2024March 2024Allow100NoNo
18439178ELECTRONIC VAPOUR PROVISION SYSTEMFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010YesNo
18427573DOUBLE SIDED ASHTRAYJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18426014Devices for Vaporization of a SubstanceJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1720YesNo
18422616HOT WIRE ANEMOMETER AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT, PUFF DETECTION AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE TRACKINGJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18418738HOT WIRE ANEMOMETER AIR FLOW MEASUREMENT, PUFF DETECTION AND AMBIENT TEMPERATURE TRACKINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18413950INDUCTIVELY HEATABLE TOBACCO PRODUCTJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18411727METHOD OF MAKING CIRCUIT WITH BYPASS LINE THAT BYPASSES INTERNAL CIRCUITRYJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18403433NICOTINE CONTAINING SHEETJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18396974PRE-ROLL FILLING SYSTEMDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18395624SMOKING DEVICE CARTRIDGE AND SUPPORT MEMBERDecember 2023May 2024Allow510NoNo
18395106CIGARETTES AND THEIR CONSTRUCTIONDecember 2023March 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18545700NICOTINE AND BINDER CONTAINING SHEETDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18543202HEAT CONDUCTING SUBSTRATE FOR ELECTRICALLY HEATED AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICEDecember 2023December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18534830AUTOMATIC CIGARETTE INJECTION MACHINEDecember 2023July 2025Abandon1911NoNo
18533778ORAL POUCH PRODUCTDecember 2023July 2025Allow2020NoNo
18521993FIBER CELL STRUCTURE EXPANSION PROCESSNovember 2023September 2025Abandon2130YesNo
18511113AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE AND AEROSOL-DELIVERY SYSTEMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18509204SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A CLOSING MACHINENovember 2023March 2024Allow410NoNo
18504740HEATER FOR AN AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMATION THEREOFNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18501513DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING UNWANTED OBJECTS FROM CUT TOBACCO IN A CUT TOBACCO PRODUCTION LINENovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18496484SMOKING ARTICLE WITH HEAT TRANSFER COMPONENTOctober 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18383571AUTOMATIC LIQUID REPLENISHMENT TANKOctober 2023September 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18492098Method and Apparatus for Supporting Breakable Capsule in a Conical Smoking ApparatusOctober 2023March 2025Allow1711YesNo
18381340AEROSOL FORMER FOR BIODEGRADABLE HEAT-NOT-BURN AND E-CIGARETTES WITH RELATED SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2023July 2024Allow911NoNo
18487272CAPSULE CLUSTERS FOR ORAL CONSUMPTIONOctober 2023January 2026Allow2720YesNo
18486966ELECTRONIC CIGARETTEOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510YesNo
18484517METHOD OF MAKING DEVICE WITH CHAMBERS CONFIGURED TO ACCEPT CONSUMABLEOctober 2023March 2026Allow2920NoNo
18377571SMOKING PIPEOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18475660DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE OPERATION OF AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE WHICH PROCESSES PRODUCTS IN THE TOBACCO INDUSTRYSeptember 2023May 2025Allow1910NoNo
18474978SPLIT AIRFLOW SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GUIDING AN AIRFLOW INSIDE AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEMSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1811YesNo
18551929APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ALIGNING ROD-SHAPED AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLESSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2900NoNo
18283357Aerosol Generation Device and Method for Controlling Such an Aerosol Generation DeviceSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2900NoNo
18470579VAPE DEVICESeptember 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18469365TOBACCO-CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLESeptember 2023March 2024Allow610NoNo
18467828ELECTRONIC VAPOR PROVISION DEVICE WITH VARIABLE POWER SUPPLYSeptember 2023February 2026Abandon2940NoNo
18458423AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE WITH INTERNAL SUSCEPTORAugust 2023September 2025Allow2511YesNo
18457905CIGAR ASHTRAY SYSTEM WITH COOLINGAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18450492HARM-REDUCING CIGARETTE FILTER, PREPARATION METHOND AND APPLICATION THEREOFAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18450325VAPORIZING DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2901YesNo
18448763COMPACT CIGARETTE MANUFACTURING MACHINEAugust 2023November 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18447696NICOTINE AND CELLULOSE CONTAINING SHEETAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18228801WATER SMOKING PIPE DEVICE AND KITAugust 2023May 2024Allow910NoNo
18363638PRE-ROLL OIL INFUSION APPARATUSAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18362543ARTICLE INCLUDING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR USE IN AN ELECTRICALLY HEATED SMOKING SYSTEMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3000NoNo
18262990A NON-COMBUSTIBLE AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3000NoNo
18359277MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MAKING A CONTINUOUS TUBULAR ELEMENT WITH FILLING HAVING A SPACER AND/OR FILTER FUNCTIONJuly 2023August 2025Allow2520NoNo
18273391RECOVERING NICOTINE FROM TOBACCO CURINGJuly 2023March 2026Allow3201NoNo
18355037Cocoa Wrapper For Smoking ArticlesJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020NoNo
18349341CIGAR HOLDERSJuly 2023March 2024Abandon801NoNo
18349568TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18348786AIR INTAKE ASSEMBLYJuly 2023March 2024Allow810NoNo
18344887ELECTRONIC-CIGARETTE VAPORIZATION COMPONENT AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTEJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18345522METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A CRIMPED WEBJune 2023June 2025Allow2411YesNo
18344279CONTROLLED RELEASE MENTHOLATED TOBACCO BEADSJune 2023January 2025Allow1910NoNo
18214977CIGAR TOBACCO STRIPS AND A METHOD FOR PACKAGING THE SAMEJune 2023March 2026Allow3340YesNo
18214963CIGAR TOBACCO STRIPS AND A METHOD FOR PACKAGING THE SAMEJune 2023June 2024Allow1210NoNo
18259260CLOSED HEAT-NOT-BURN CIGARETTEJune 2023January 2026Allow3100NoNo
18340105TOBACCO SMOKE FILTER AND METHOD OF PRODUCTIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3100NoNo
18339287CARTRIDGE, POUCH AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF POUCH FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIALJune 2023October 2024Allow1611NoNo
18339221QUICK CONNECT ADAPTER AND ELECTRONIC VAPORIZER HAVING A CERAMIC HEATING ELEMENT HAVING A QUICK CONNECT ADAPTERJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18338275ATOMIZER FOR ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE, AND CARTRIDGE AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING THE SAMEJune 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 1747.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
362
Examiner Affirmed
280
(77.3%)
Examiner Reversed
82
(22.7%)
Reversal Percentile
9.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 22.7% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
850
Allowed After Appeal Filing
202
(23.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
648
(76.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
14.1%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 23.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Art Unit 1747 - Prosecution Statistics Summary

Executive Summary

Art Unit 1747 is part of Group 1740 in Technology Center 1700. This art unit has examined 8,334 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 57.5%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Comparative Analysis

Art Unit 1747's allowance rate of 57.5% places it in the 13% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly lower allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.

Prosecution Patterns

Applications in Art Unit 1747 receive an average of 2.37 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 82% percentile). The median prosecution time is 39 months (in the 16% percentile).

Strategic Considerations

When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:

  • The art unit's allowance rate suggests a more challenging examination environment compared to the USPTO average.
  • With more office actions than average, plan for multiple rounds of prosecution.
  • The median prosecution time is longer than average and should be factored into your continuation and client communication strategies.
  • Review individual examiner statistics within this art unit to identify examiners with particularly favorable or challenging prosecution patterns.

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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