Patents by Inventor Christopher Lord

Christopher Lord 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).

  • Patent number: 11185649
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprises a body and a vaporizer. The body comprises a power cell and a processor, and the vaporizer is releasably connectable to the body. The processor is configured to enter a sleep mode when the vaporizer is connected to the body and the device is inactive for an inactive time. Furthermore, the processor is configured to leave the sleep mode and enter a usable mode when the vaporizer is disconnected from the body then reconnected to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 11129418
    Abstract: An electronic inhalation device comprising a power cell and a computer. The computer comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means. The computer is configured in use to enter a menu mode when a user activates the menu mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 11116254
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system is provided including a pressure drop or air flow sensor for monitoring inhalation by a user through the electronic vapor provision system; and a control unit for detecting the start and end of inhalation based on readings from the sensor. The control unit is configured to monitor the cumulative period of inhalation (Ti) over a predetermined window (Tw); and transfer the electronic vapor provision system to a sleep mode if the cumulative period (Ti) exceeds a predetermined threshold (Th).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Lord, Martin Mullin
  • Publication number: 20210274845
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein one or more gaps are provided between the heater and the heater support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 11111127
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method, system and apparatus for refilling a reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with liquid from a dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott, Stephen J. McDonald, Thomas S. Sudlow, David Jones, Christopher Lord
  • Publication number: 20210244087
    Abstract: An elongated smoking article is described that comprises a cylindrical smoking body with a combustible material and a hollow bore filter element downstream to the cylindrical smoking body. The hollow bore filter element comprises a first base area facing the smoking body and a second base area opposite the first base area and a hollow bore extending from the first base area to the second base area. The elongated smoking article further comprises a filter membrane that is arranged between the smoking body and the hollow bore filter, that comprises at least one filter aperture aligned with the hollow bore, that is configured for filtering particles emitted by the heated smoking body, that is permeable for vapor emitted by the heated smoking body and has an effective size between 0.5 ?m and 1.5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Marco Falk, Kate FERRIE, Christopher LORD, Edward Ross SHENTON, Ian STUART
  • Publication number: 20210244083
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to smoking substitute consumables, including an aerosol-forming article comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and a terminal filter element at a downstream axial end of the article/consumable. The terminal filter element may comprise a hollow bore extending from an upstream axial end of the terminal filter element to a downstream axial end of the terminal filter element. The hollow bore may be off-set from the axial centre of the terminal filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher LORD, Kate FERRIE, Edward Ross SHENTON, Nikhil AGGARWAL, Mido ELMY, Peter BESSON, Kim Christian JEPSEN, Samantha MURRAY
  • Publication number: 20210219597
    Abstract: An aerosol-forming article (e.g. a heat-not-burn consumable) comprising an aerosol-forming substrate formed of a plurality of longitudinally-aligned, elongate shreds of plant material, wherein the plant material comprises at least one cannabinoid compound selected from cannabidiol (CBD) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabigerol (CBG) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabinol (CBN) and its derivatives/homologues, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabicyclol (CBL) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabichromene (CBC) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabielsoin (CBE) and its derivatives/homologues, cannabicitran (CBT) and its derivatives/homologues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Kate Ferrie, Edward Ross Shenton, John Williams, Jill Jones, Christopher Lord
  • Publication number: 20210204614
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of smoking tobacco. In particular, the present disclosure relates to smoking substitute systems and particularly, although not exclusively, to a heat-not-burn (HNB) smoking substitute system. Further in particular, the present disclosure relates to a smoking substitute system having at least two different modes of operation. The present disclosure also relates to an improved housing design. The present disclosure further relates to a smoking substitute device with an improved housing design. The present disclosure yet further relates to smoking substitute systems having at least two independent display elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kate Ferrie, Edward Ross SHENTON, Christopher LORD, Med BENYUEZZAR, Jonathan Stephen MARCHBANK, Peter LOMAS, Tom Stephen SUDLOW
  • Patent number: 11039647
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein one or more gaps are provided between the heater and the heater support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 11039643
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein one or more gaps are provided between the heater and the heater support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Publication number: 20210185065
    Abstract: A cybersecurity engine can guide a forensic investigation of a security incident by estimating the utility of investigating events associated with the security incident, selecting a subset of such events based on the estimated utilities, and presenting data associated with the selected events to the investigator. A method for guiding a response to a security incident may include estimating, for each of a plurality of security events associated with the security incident, a utility of investigating the security event. The method may further include selecting a subset of the security events based, at least in part, on the estimated utilities of investigating the security events. The method may further include guiding the response to the security incident by presenting, to a user, data corresponding to the selected security events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher LORD, Benjamin JOHNSON, Doran SMESTAD, Joshua HARTLEY
  • Publication number: 20210130153
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and assembly for refilling a reservoir with liquid dispensed from a dispenser, in particular, but not exclusively, to a system and assembly for the substantially leak-free refilling of the reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with a liquid comprising nicotine from a refill dispenser. The assembly is configured to provide a gas communication pathway through the assembly and physically separate from the liquid communication pathway for venting gas from an end of the assembly proximal the first aperture to an exterior of the assembly responsive to the movement of the assembly to the secured and open configuration, the assembly configured to close the gas communication pathway in the unsecured and closed configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott, Christopher Lord, David Jones, Stephen J. McDonald, Thomas S. Sudlow
  • Patent number: 10988368
    Abstract: A filling system for an electronic cigarette (10) is disclosed in which a nozzle (38) of a liquid dispenser (80) contains a plunger (62) which is biased by a spring (60) into a closed position in which liquid is prevented from flowing through the nozzle (38). In use the nozzle (38) is inserted into an open end (42) of a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic cigarette containing an air tube (32). The plunger (62) engages with the end of the air tube (32) blocking the air tube (32) and opening the liquid flow path through the nozzle (38). The arrangement of the plunger (62) and nozzle (38) is such that operation of the plunger (62) only occurs when the nozzle (38) engaged within a liquid reservoir (32). A membrane (96) can be provided to prevent leakage from the liquid reservoir (34) when the nozzle (38) is disengaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Fontem Holding 1 B.V.
    Inventors: Stefan Biel, Sebastian Senftleben, Thorben Rehders, Neha Daryani, Vaclav Borkovec, Kenneth Scott, Christopher Lord, David Jones, Stephen J. McDonald, Thomas S. Sudlow
  • Publication number: 20210093015
    Abstract: An electronic inhalation device comprising a mouthpiece and a control unit, the control unit comprising a power cell and a computer, where the computer comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means; wherein the device further comprises a transmitter connected to the computer and the computer is configured in use to collect and store use data relating to a user's use of the device in the computer memory and transmit the use data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Inventor: Christopher LORD
  • Patent number: 10938842
    Abstract: A cybersecurity engine can guide a forensic investigation of a security incident by estimating the utility of investigating events associated with the security incident, selecting a subset of such events based on the estimated utilities, and presenting data associated with the selected events to the investigator. A method for guiding a response to a security incident may include estimating, for each of a plurality of security events associated with the security incident, a utility of investigating the security event. The method may further include selecting a subset of the security events based, at least in part, on the estimated utilities of investigating the security events. The method may further include guiding the response to the security incident by presenting, to a user, data corresponding to the selected security events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Carbon Black, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Lord, Benjamin Johnson, Doran Smestad, Joshua Hartley
  • Patent number: 10874149
    Abstract: An electronic inhalation device comprising a mouthpiece and a control unit, the control unit comprising a power cell and a computer, where the computer comprises a computer processor, a memory and an input-output means; wherein the device further comprises a transmitter connected to the computer and the computer is configured in use to collect and store use data relating to a user's use of the device in the computer memory and transmit the use data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Christopher Lord
  • Patent number: 10865095
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system and assembly for refilling a reservoir with liquid dispensed from a dispenser, in particular, but not exclusively, to a system and assembly for the substantially leak-free refilling of the reservoir of a smoking-substitute device with a liquid comprising nicotine from a refill dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventors: Kenneth Scott, Christopher Lord, David Jones, Stephen J. McDonald, Thomas S. Sudlow
  • Publication number: 20200178604
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell, a vaporizer and a liquid store, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein the liquid store comprises a porous material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher LORD
  • Publication number: 20200154767
    Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein the heater is one the inside of the heater support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventor: Christopher LORD