Patents by Inventor Jim Lyons-Hart

Jim Lyons-Hart 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).

  • Smoking article with improved delivery profile
    Patent number: 8240315
    Abstract: A smoking article, which provides lower amounts of total particulate matter in a latter portion of its puff count, includes a cylinder of smoking material, a combustible hollow tube within the cylinder of smoking material, and a heat sink at a downstream end of the hollow tube. The smoking article also includes a filter system attached to the cylinder of smoking material having a sorbent material and at least one downstream segment of filtering material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Raquel M. Olegario, Mike Braunshteyn, Gail Yoss, Jim Lyons-Hart
  • Smoking article with improved delivery profile
    Publication number: 20070186945
    Abstract: A smoking article, which provides lower amounts of total particulate matter in a latter portion of its puff count, includes a cylinder of smoking material, a combustible hollow tube within the cylinder of smoking material, and a heat sink at a downstream end of the hollow tube. The smoking article also includes a filter system attached to the cylinder of smoking material having a sorbent material and at least one downstream segment of filtering material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Publication date: August 16, 2007
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Raquel Olegario, Mike Braunshteyn, Gail Yoss, Jim Lyons-Hart