Patents by Inventor Geon Chang LEE

Geon Chang LEE 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: 20240156150
    Abstract: A flavoring sheet with an enhanced flavor holding amount and flavor retention and a smoking article including the same are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, an emulsifier, and a fat-soluble flavoring. The emulsifier may serve as a cross-link between the water-soluble hydrocolloid material and the fat-soluble flavoring and increase a flavor holding amount and flavor retention of the flavoring sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240130419
    Abstract: A flavoring sheet with improved physical properties, a smoking article including the same, and methods of producing the flavoring sheet and the smoking article are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, a flavoring, and a plasticizer. The plasticizer can improve physical properties of the flavoring sheet and thus enhance workability of a process of cutting the flavoring sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240008525
    Abstract: A nicotine sheet and an aerosol-generating article including the same are provided. The nicotine sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a nicotine material which includes a nicotine component and a cellulose-based material which forms a sheet. The nicotine sheet may, when heated, slowly release the nicotine component fixed therein and thus can improve persistence of a tobacco smoke taste of an aerosol-generating article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230413892
    Abstract: A tobacco extract sheet, a method of producing the same, and a smoking article including the same are provided. The tobacco extract sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may be produced from a sheet-producing liquid which includes a first tobacco extract solution, a second tobacco extract solution, and a sheet-forming agent, wherein the first tobacco extract solution may include water as an extraction solvent, and the second tobacco extract solution may include a material other than water as an extraction solvent. The tobacco extract sheet produced in this way may be applied to a smoking article and may significantly improve persistence of a tobacco smoke taste of the smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230292841
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device providing a customized smoking experience and an aerosol-generating article applied thereto are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing which forms an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, and a heater part configured to heat the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to generate an aerosol. Here, the aerosol-generating article may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and an additive accommodation part in which an additive is accommodated, and the heater part may include a user control-type heater configured to heat the additive accommodation part. The user control-type heater may heat the additive accommodation part on the basis of a user input to provide a customized smoking experience according to a user's preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Mi JEOUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230225397
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article with improved cooling performance and flavor persistence and a method of producing the same are provided. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and a cooling part disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate part configured to cool an aerosol formed in the aerosol-forming substrate part, and a sheet-type material may be disposed in a rolled or folded form in the cooling part. Here, the sheet-type material is a material including a flavoring and may serve as a cooling material as well as a flavor expressing material to improve flavor persistence and cooling performance of the aerosol-generating article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20230210163
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article with improved cooling performance and flavor persistence and a method of producing the same are provided. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and a cooling part disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate part and configured to cool an aerosol formed in the aerosol-forming substrate part, and a sheet-type material may be disposed on an inner wall of the cooling part. Here, the sheet-type material is a material including a flavoring and may serve as a cooling material as well as a flavor expressing material to improve cooling performance and flavor persistence of the aerosol-generating article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG