Patents Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
  • Patent number: 11883586
    Abstract: A component of an electronic vapor provision device with a reservoir for storing source liquid, an atomizer for vaporizing source liquid from the reservoir and delivering vapor into an air flow path through the device, and an electrical power supply for providing electrical power to the atomizer comprises an absorbent element to collect source liquid escaped from the reservoir and located so as to be upstream of the atomizer with respect to an air flow direction along the air flow path when the component is assembled into the electronic vapor provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Rory Fraser, Howard Rothwell, Marina Trani, Carolyn Garnett
  • Patent number: 11883587
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device and a substrate tablet for use with an inductively-heated aerosol delivery device are provided. The aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, a mouthpiece portion located proximate the housing, a resonant transmitter located in the control body, a control component configured to drive the resonant transmitter, and a substrate tablet receivable in the device. The substrate tablet may comprise a granular substrate material and a susceptor component, the substrate material and the susceptor component may be configured to be formed together, and the susceptor component may be configured to be heated by the resonant transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Billy T. Conner, Karen H. Cleckley, Thaddeus Jackson, Cortney Rasheen Jackson
  • Patent number: 11883527
    Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use and methods for preparing such products. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may comprise an active ingredient in an amount of 10 weight percent or less, a sugar alcohol, and a gum, such that the product is in the form of a pastille. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may comprise an active ingredient in an amount of about 10 weight percent or less, a sugar substitute, and a sugar alcohol syrup, such that the product is in the form of a lozenge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Ronald K. Hutchens, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
  • Patent number: 11878113
    Abstract: A vapor provision system includes an inhaler component and a base unit, wherein the inhaler component includes a thermal store; and the base unit includes a receiving zone for receiving the inhaler component; and a source of energy for heating the thermal store in the inhaler component when the inhaler component is located in the receiving zone such that heat from the heated thermal store is used to vaporize at least a portion of a vapor precursor material to form a vapor for inhalation by a user when the inhaler component is removed from the receiving zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Hepworth, Patrick Moloney, Walid Abi Aoun
  • Patent number: 11872231
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a composition configured for oral use, the composition including a filler in an amount of at least 20% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition, and at least one active ingredient including one or more botanical materials, stimulants, amino acids, vitamins, antioxidants, cannabinoids, pharmaceutical agents, or a combination thereof. The composition further includes a salt and at least one sweetener. The composition has a moisture content of at least about 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Keller, Ronald K. Hutchens, Thomas H. Poole, Nicolas von Cosmos, Anthony Richard Gerardi, Chris J. Grimes, Steven Lee Alderman, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11871795
    Abstract: Described is an aerosol provision device for generating aerosol to be inhaled by a user from a plurality of discrete aerosol generating areas each containing an aerosol generating component, the aerosol provision device including a mouthpiece from which a user inhales generated aerosol during use; a first flow pathway arranged to pass through a first aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece; and a second flow pathway arranged to pass through a second aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece, wherein the first and second flow pathways are each provided with a flow restriction member configured to vary the flow of air through the respective flow pathways based on the presence of an aerosol generating component in the respective aerosol generating areas in the device and/or a parameter associated with the respective aerosol generating component in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Connor Bruton, Anna Azzopardi, Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Colin Dickens, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Lisa Harvey, Kevin David Blick
  • Patent number: 11872341
    Abstract: A cartridge for a vapor provision system including the cartridge and a control unit, wherein the cartridge includes a housing part having a mouthpiece end and an interface end, wherein the mouthpiece end includes a vapor outlet for the cartridge and the interface end includes an interface for coupling the cartridge to a control unit; an air channel extending from an air inlet in the housing part to the vapor outlet; a reservoir within the housing part containing liquid for vaporization, wherein an end of the reservoir at the interface end of the housing part is sealed by a resilient plug, wherein the reservoir includes a dividing wall between a first reservoir region on a side of the dividing wall facing the mouth piece end of the housing part and a second reservoir region on a side of the dividing wall facing the interface end of the housing part, wherein the dividing wall includes at least one fluid communication opening to provide fluid communication between the first reservoir region and the second reserv
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Simpson, Terry Lee Angell
  • Patent number: 11865246
    Abstract: Presented are apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium. An apparatus including a container holding a liquid, a heater for volatizing the liquid, and a plurality of discrete material elements is used. The liquid held in the container is volatized. At least one of a vapor and an aerosol formed by the volatized liquid is passed through one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements. One or more constituents of the one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements is thereby entrained in the at least one of a vapor and an aerosol to produce the inhalable medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard Hepworth, Dominic Woodcock, Joseph Sutton, Sharon Goodall
  • Patent number: 11864588
    Abstract: Described is an aerosol provision system including a device part and a removable cartridge part, wherein the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use; and wherein the device part includes a heater; and the cartridge part includes a reservoir for source liquid and a vaporization surface arranged to be in fluid communication with the reservoir for source liquid, wherein the vaporization surface is brought into thermal communication with the heater when the cartridge part is coupled to the device part for use such that the vaporization surface is heated when the heater is activated to cause vaporization of at least a portion of source liquid in fluid communication with the vaporization surface. There has also been described a cartridge part, a device part, and a method of producing a vapor for inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Moloney, Colin Dickens
  • Patent number: 11871321
    Abstract: The present disclosure teaches provision of a method and a portable electronic device. The method includes receiving, via a wireless communication interface capable of supporting paired interaction, a data packet from an aerosol provision device via a wireless communication network. The data packet contains information relating to at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device. An identity of the aerosol provision device is determined based at least in part on the at least one physical characteristic of the aerosol provision device and an aspect of a user interface is changed based on the determined identity of the aerosol provision device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Darryl Baker, Robert Kersey, Patrick Moloney
  • Patent number: 11865248
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerosol delivery device including an air inlet a flavoring reservoir arranged to provide release of flavoring material to air passing therethrough; and an aerosol forming member arranged to provide an aerosol in air, wherein the aerosol forming member includes a heating element and an aerosol outlet wherein the air inlet, the flavoring reservoir, the aerosol forming member and the aerosol outlet are arranged in fluid communication in that order; wherein the flavoring reservoir is in conductive thermal communication with the heating element and wherein the flavoring reservoir is arranged at least partially about, or at least partially surrounding, the aerosol forming member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Helmut Buchberger
  • Patent number: D1010921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Jusuek Lee, Jiyoun Kim, Sewon Chung, Kang Min Kim
  • Patent number: D1011608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Jusuek Lee, Jiyoun Kim, Sewon Chung, Kang Min Kim
  • Patent number: D1011609
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Jusuek Lee, Jiyoun Kim, Sewon Chung, Kang Min Kim
  • Patent number: D1011611
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Ali Gallaher, Kang Min Kim, Andy Vernall
  • Patent number: D1011886
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Pankaj C. Patel, Nicholas H. Watson
  • Patent number: D1012357
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Ali Gallaher, Kang Min Kim, Andy Vernall, Jonathon Lister
  • Patent number: D1012360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Ali Gallaher, Kang Min Kim, Andy Vernall, Jonathon Lister
  • Patent number: D1012361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Ali Gallaher, Kang Min Kim, Andy Vernall, Jonathon Lister
  • Patent number: D1013259
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Aller, Ali Gallaher, Kang Min Kim, Andy Vernall, Jonathon Lister