Patents by Inventor Anu Ajithkumar

Anu Ajithkumar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230346001
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate formed of a homogenised plant material, including: between 1 percent by weight and 65 percent by weight of non-tobacco plant particles, on a dry weight basis; between 15 percent by weight and 55 percent by weight of aerosol former, on a dry weight basis; between 5 percent by weight and 10 percent by weight of cellulose ether, on a dry weight basis; and between 5 percent by weight and 50 percent by weight of additional cellulose, on a dry weight basis, in which the additional cellulose is in a form of isolated cellulose and is not derived from the non-tobacco plant particles, and in which a ratio of additional cellulose to cellulose ether in the homogenised plant material is at least 2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Damien DE PALO, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Delphine LANGLET, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Zoe ODOT
  • Publication number: 20230034625
    Abstract: An aerosol-forming substrate is provided, including: a) one or both of cellulose and cellulose derivatives; b) an aerosol-former present in an amount of 20 weight percent to 58 percent on a dry weight basis based on a total amount of the aerosol-forming substrate; c) from 0 weight percent to 5 weight percent of tobacco on a dry weight basis based on the total amount of the aerosol-forming substrate; d) a nitrogen-containing nucleophilic compound; and e) a disaccharide. An aerosol-generating article including a substrate portion containing the aerosol-forming substrate is also provided. An aerosol-generating system is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Damien DE PALO
  • Patent number: 11033048
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: —pulping and refining cellulose fibres to obtain fibres having a mean size per weight comprised between about 0.2 millimetres and about 4 millimetres; —grinding a blend of tobacco of one or more tobacco types to tobacco particles having a mean size per weight comprised between about 0.03 millimetres and about 0.12 millimetres; —Combining the cellulose fibres with the tobacco particles and with a binder to form a slurry; —homogenizing the slurry; —adding asparaginase to the slurry; and—forming the homogenized tobacco material from the slurry, wherein the homogenized tobacco material comprises from about 1 percent and about 5 percent in dry weight basis of the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu Ajithkumar, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Esther Wairimu
  • Publication number: 20210153541
    Abstract: A homogenised botanical material is provided, including a particulate plant material, a content of which is greater than or equal to about 60% by weight, on a dry weight basis; an aerosol former; and a basic pH modifier having a solubility in water of less than or equal to about 0.1 g/100 mL water at 20° C. and 1 atm, the basic pH modifier including one or more basic inorganic salts selected from the group consisting of: alkaline earth metal hydrogen carbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and alkaline earth metal phosphates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG
  • Publication number: 20210000158
    Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol is provided, the article including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate formed of one or more sheets of a homogenised tobacco material, the material being formed of an agglomeration of particles of tobacco material and including between 1 percent and 10 percent by weight of a medium chain triglyceride oil, on a dry weight basis, the oil having a melting point below 18 degrees Celsius and including one or more triglycerides having at least two fatty acid chains with a chain length of between 6 and 12 carbon atoms, and the one or more sheets being selected from reconstituted tobacco sheet and cast leaf. A rod of aerosol-generating substrate, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of making a homogenised tobacco material for an aerosol-generating article are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG
  • Patent number: 10660364
    Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including a rod, the rod including a gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper. The gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material includes one or more plasticisers and at least about 5 percent by weight triethyl citrate on a dry weight basis. The one or more plasticisers may be selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, sugars, and polyhydric alcohols. The sheet of homogenised tobacco material may be crimped or otherwise textured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu Ajithkumar, Irene Chetschik, Jean-Pierre Schaller
  • Publication number: 20200054064
    Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised botanical material comprising particulate plant material, an aerosol former, and a basic pH modifier; and the homogenised botanical material has a particulate plant material content of greater than or equal to about 60% by weight on a dry weight basis and less than or equal to about 90% by weight on a dry weight basis; and the homogenised botanical material has a pH greater than or equal to about 6.0 and less than or equal to about 8.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, DEFOREL Corinne, Gerhard LANG
  • Publication number: 20180049465
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a homogenized tobacco material, said method comprising: pulping and refining cellulose fibres to obtain fibres having a mean size per weight comprised between about 0.2 millimetres and about 4 millimetres; grinding a blend of tobacco of one or more tobacco types to tobacco particles having a mean size per weight comprised between about 0.03 millimetres and about 0.12 millimetres; Combining the cellulose fibres with the tobacco particles and with a binder to form a slurry; homogenizing the slurry; adding asparaginase to the slurry; and—forming the homogenized to—bacco material from the slurry, wherein the homogenized tobacco material comprises from about 1 percent and about 5 percent in dry weight basis of the binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Inventors: Anu Ajithkumar, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg, Esther Wairimu
  • Publication number: 20160213063
    Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including a rod, the rod including a gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material circumscribed by a wrapper. The gathered sheet of homogenised tobacco material includes one or more plasticisers and at least about 5 percent by weight triethyl citrate on a dry weight basis. The one or more plasticisers may be selected from the group consisting of propylene glycol, sugars, and polyhydric alcohols. The sheet of homogenised tobacco material may be crimped or otherwise textured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Irene CHETSCHIK, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
  • Patent number: 8863754
    Abstract: Strands of homogenized tobacco material include at least one aerosol former, An aerosol-generating substrate includes a plurality of those strands of homogenized tobacco material. A smoking article may further include the aerosol-generating substrate. Those strands of homogenized tobacco material preferably have a mass-to-surface-area ratio of at least about 0.09 mg/mm2 and an aerosol former content of between about 12% and about 25% by weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Phillip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Renaud, Jean-Jacques Pladé, Jacques Zuber, Fabien Zuchuat, Anu Ajithkumar, Samuel Bonnely, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg
  • Publication number: 20120006343
    Abstract: Strands of homogenized tobacco material include at least one aerosol former, An aerosol-generating substrate includes a plurality of those strands of homogenized tobacco material. A smoking article may further include the aerosol-generating substrate. Those strands of homogenized tobacco material preferably have a mass-to-surface-area ratio of at least about 0.09 mg/mm2 and an aerosol former content of between about 12% and about 25% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Renaud, Jean-Jacques Pladé, Jacques Zuber, Fabien Zuchuat, Anu Ajithkumar, Samuel Bonnely, Johannes Petrus Maria Pijnenburg