Patents by Inventor Robert Francis Kovar

Robert Francis Kovar 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).

  • Pressurized cigarette packages and methods
    Patent number: 8118161
    Abstract: A cigarette or other tobacco product package may be constructed with a sealed outer overwrap. The overwrap may be multi-layered and configured to contain an internal pressure higher than an ambient external air pressure. The multilayer overwrap may be assembled to a cigarette or other tobacco product pack in two or more layers adhered together during assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Stephen K. Guerrera, Edward Joseph Goldman, David J. Smith, Malcolm E. Taylor, Robert Francis Kovar
  • PRESSURIZED CIGARETTE PACKAGES AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20110042249
    Abstract: A cigarette or other tobacco product package may be constructed with a sealed outer overwrap. The overwrap may be multi-layered and configured to contain an internal pressure higher than an ambient external air pressure. The multilayer overwrap may be assembled to a cigarette or other tobacco product pack in two or more layers adhered together during assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Applicant: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Stephen K. Guerrera, Edward Joseph Goldman, David J. Smith, Malcolm E. Taylor, Robert Francis Kovar
  • Formed in situ separator for a battery
    Patent number: 6656630
    Abstract: A battery including a polar solvent transportive, ionically conductive separator formed directly on an electrode is prepared by applying a coating composition containing a polymer or gel dispersed in a polar solvent directly to the electrode surface and solidifying materials in the coating composition to form a separator membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Firestone Reichert, Bernice Shou-Hua Chang, Kevin Keough, Andrew C. Harvey, Robert Francis Kovar, Thomas M. Tiano
  • Formed in situ separator for a battery
    Publication number: 20010012580
    Abstract: A battery including a polar solvent transportive, ionically conductive separator formed directly on an electrode is prepared by applying a coating composition containing a polymer or gel dispersed in a polar solvent directly to the electrode surface and solidifying materials in the coating composition to form a separator membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Samuel Firestone Reichert, Bernice Shou-Hua Chang, Kevin Keough, Andrew C. Harvey, Robert Francis Kovar, Thomas M. Tiano
  • Formed in situ separator for a battery
    Patent number: 6203941
    Abstract: A battery including a polar solvent transportive, ionically conductive separator formed directly on an electrode is prepared by applying a coating composition containing a polymer or gel dispersed in a polar solvent directly to the electrode surface and solidifying materials in the coating composition to form a separator membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Eveready Battery Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel Firestone Reichert, Bernice Shou-Hua Chang, Kevin Keough, Andrew C. Harvey, Robert Francis Kovar, Thomas M. Tiano