Patents by Inventor Kenneth Wayne Smith
Kenneth Wayne Smith 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).
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Publication number: 20210360963Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Patent number: 11019842Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2011Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Publication number: 20170111418Abstract: Technologies are described for providing a two-way interactive streaming media experience. For example, streaming media comprising streaming video can be received along with overlay control data and a web overlay. The web overlay can be composited on top of the streaming video according to timing information in the overlay control data. Users can interact with the web overlay (e.g., select buttons or perform other actions). Indications of user interactions can be provided to a server environment and updated streaming media, new web overlays, and/or new web content can be received as a result.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bruce F.M. Warren, Jacqueline Nicole Montplaisir, Karlo Reyes, Corey Harrison Smith, Daniel Brunner, Richard Jonathon Charles Winn, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Derrick Vaughan Houger, Nicholas Jordan Holman, Matthew Agee McMillan, Mary Gov
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Patent number: 8486266Abstract: A waste treatment method includes the concentration of selected strains of bacteria in a selected medium in the presence of nutrients and water, under aerobic conditions. This concentrated batch is discharged for downstream applications in wastewater remediation. A cultivation chamber having inlet ports and a circular vent port allows for adequate air introduction and heat release. Aeration is achieved by recirculation of the fluid medium from the top of the apparatus through a pipe that runs the length of the inner wall and is specially configured at the top to minimize cell damage. Fluid can be routed tangentially in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The conical bottom has an orifice allowing for recirculation of the fluid medium tangentially to the sidewalls. Upon completion of batch cultivation, the medium and bacteria are discharged for downstream applications in wastewater remediation of paper mill, chemical plant, oil refinery, and other industrial effluents.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 16, 2013Assignee: Environmental Business Specialists, LLCInventors: Michael Harvey Foster, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Bronwyn Duos, Elizabeth Claire Guidotti
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Patent number: 8282826Abstract: A waste treatment method includes the concentration of selected strains of bacteria in a selected medium in the presence of nutrients and water, under aerobic conditions. This concentrated batch is discharged for downstream applications in wastewater remediation. A cultivation chamber having inlet ports and a circular vent port allows for adequate air introduction and heat release. Aeration is achieved by recirculation of the fluid medium from the top of the apparatus through a pipe that runs the length of the inner wall and is specially configured at the top to minimize cell damage. Fluid can be routed tangentially in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The conical bottom has an orifice allowing for recirculation of the fluid medium tangentially to the sidewalls. Upon completion of the batch cultivation, the medium and bacteria are discharged for downstream applications in wastewater remediation of paper mill, chemical plant, oil refinery, and other industrial effluents.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: October 9, 2012Assignee: Environmental Business Specialists, LLCInventors: Michael Harvey Foster, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Bronwyn Duos, Elizabeth Claire Guidotti
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Patent number: 8052873Abstract: A waste treatment method includes the concentration of selected strains of bacteria in a selected medium in the presence of nutrients and water, under aerobic conditions. This concentrated batch is thereafter discharged for downstream applications in wastewater remediation. The present invention employs a cultivation chamber having inlet ports and a circular vent port that allows for adequate air introduction and heat release. Aeration is achieved by recirculation of the fluid medium from the top of the apparatus through a pipe that runs the length of the inner wall and is specially configured at the top to minimize cell damage. Fluid can be routed tangentially in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions within the chamber. The conical bottom also has an orifice allowing for recirculation of the fluid medium tangentially to the sidewalls.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2008Date of Patent: November 8, 2011Assignee: Environmental Business Specialists, LLCInventors: Michael Harvey Foster, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Bronwyn Duos, Elizabeth Claire Guidotti
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Publication number: 20110232658Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2011Publication date: September 29, 2011Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Patent number: 7984719Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2010Date of Patent: July 26, 2011Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Publication number: 20110023896Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Patent number: 7836895Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2003Date of Patent: November 23, 2010Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Patent number: 7793665Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2006Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Publication number: 20040261807Abstract: A filtered cigarette possesses at least one breakable capsule in its filter element. The filter element can possess a central cavity extending from the cigarette tobacco rod towards the middle of the filter element. The central cavity may be defined by an inner filter portion. The inner filter portion can be surrounded by an outer filter portion comprised of filter tow material that is generally permeable to the smoke generated by the cigarette. At least one breakable capsule is disposed in the central cavity of the filter element. The breakable capsules are spherical in shape, and are composed of a gelatin outer shell that encloses a payload of triglycerides and flavoring agents. The breakable capsules are adapted to rupture in response to pressure applied by the smoker to the outside region of the filter element.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2003Publication date: December 30, 2004Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, Kenneth Wayne Smith, Vernon Brent Barnes
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Patent number: 6695924Abstract: A method for improving the flavor and aroma characters of a smoking article is provided. A mixture consisting essentially of a reducing sugar and optionally a hydroxide of an alkali metal is subjected to heat treatment for a time and under conditions sufficient to produce a flavorful composition. The flavorful composition is then applied to tobacco leaves or cut filler made thereof, and smoking articles are prepared from the tobacco leaves or cut filler.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2000Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, Luis Mayan Dominguez, Chi-Kuen Shu, Elwood Lee Williams, Jr., Kenneth Wayne Smith, William Monroe Coleman, III
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Patent number: 6440223Abstract: This invention provides a method for improving the flavor and aroma properties in a smoking article. A high fructose corn syrup, ammonium hydroxide and diammonium phosphate are reacted with each other for a time and under conditions sufficient to provide a heat activatable flavorant-generating composition, which comprises 2-deoxy 2-amino glucose. The composition is incorporated into a component of said smoking article without heat treatment. The resultant smoking articles, when smoked, exhibit highly desirable flavor and aroma properties.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2000Date of Patent: August 27, 2002Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Inventors: Michael Francis Dube, William Monroe Coleman, III, Luis Mayan Dominguez, Kenneth Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 6286392Abstract: A hitch cover for the hitch tube of a vehicle includes a bottle opener. One illustrated hitch tube cover includes a wire form attached thereto for being inserted into the hitch tube and securing a face plate across the open end of the hitch tube. A lock or pin extends through the conventional hitch tube openings, passing through the wire form to prevent removal of the hitch cover. Also illustrated are face plates which have the bottle opener as an integral part thereof or an insert formed as a part of the face plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2000Date of Patent: September 11, 2001Assignee: Bergamot IncorporatedInventor: Kenneth Wayne Smith
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Patent number: 5798757Abstract: The system of the present invention comprises a development system having an Expression Builder for assisting a user with creating an expression. With full syntax checking enabled, the user builds an expression in "token" mode. As the user enters each token element, the system attempts to validate the expression and, if the expression is valid, displays the result. If the expression is incomplete or invalid, however, the system displays a message explaining what is needed. The Expression Builder of the present invention employs placeholders or "proxies" for representing elements in an expression which should be replaced before the expression is valid. The expression is dynamically adjusted during user editing as required to maintain expression validity. In this manner, the user is provided with in situ assistance in constructing syntactically-correct expressions.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1995Date of Patent: August 25, 1998Assignee: Borland International, Inc.Inventor: Kenneth Wayne Smith