Patents by Inventor Miles Richard Hawley

Miles Richard Hawley 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).

  • Tiered hinge-lid pack of smoking articles
    Patent number: 7886900
    Abstract: A hinge-lid pack of smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises: a box portion; a lid portion hinged to the box portion; and at least two longitudinally offset tiers of smoking articles mounted in the box portion. Each of the at least two tiers comprises a separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In one embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of substantially the same length and the upper ends and the lower ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another. In another embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of different length and the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Jacques Weiss, Philippe Bourgoin, Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Miles Richard Hawley, Matthew Rees
  • Scoop
    Patent number: D426430
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hedwige-Clara Theophiel Verherbrugghen, Raf Gustaaf Alfons DeGeyter, Miles Richard Hawley, Stephen Anthony Sayers, Antony Haston