Patents Assigned to British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
  • Aerosol generating material and devices including the same
    Patent number: 10271578
    Abstract: There is provided a device for generating an inhalable aerosol and/or gas, the device comprising an aerosol generating material (3) having an integrated electrical resistance heating element (2), so that the aerosol generating material may be heated in direct contact with the electrical resistance heating element, wherein the aerosol generating material is provided as a unitary structure and/or coating which may be heated to generate multiple deliveries of an inhalable aerosol and/or gas. There is also provided a method for fabricating the device. There is also provided the use of the device and the use of the aerosol generating material, to generate an inhalable aerosol and/or gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Edward John, Jason Symonds, Walid Abi Aoun
  • Pack of tobacco industry products
    Patent number: 10266336
    Abstract: Pack (27) having a group of tobacco industry products wrapped in a laminate (2) to form a bundle (22). The pack has a base (28) containing the bundle, and a lid (30) mounted to the base for rotation between open and closed positions. The laminate has an outer layer (3) having a first cut (5) that defines an outer layer region bounded by said first cut and, an inner layer (4) having a second cut (6) that defines an inner layer region bounded by said second cut. A part of the outer layer region is attached to an inside surface of the lid such that, as the lid is rotated into its open position, the inner and outer layer regions are lifted causing the inner and outer layers to delaminate in a peripheral region (15) between the first and second cuts and an opening (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Gary Fallon, Paul Gibson
  • Smoking article filters
    Patent number: 10264816
    Abstract: The present invention relates to improvements in filters for use in smoking articles such as cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos. The improvements, particularly but not exclusively, relate to filter capabilities and to the manufacture of such filters. In one example, a filter for a smoking article comprises a first fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier in the range 7 to 9 and a second fibrous filter material having an average fiber denier of below 7. The application also describes a filter for a smoking article comprising various other filter arrangements including absorbent and/or adsorbent materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: David Lewis, Andrew Davis, John Richardson, John Major, John Sampson
  • Apparatus and method for making a smoking article
    Patent number: 10264814
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a smoking article, the smoking article having a rod of smoke able material (15) and a cylindrically wrapped layer of sheet material, comprises a holder (3) for holding sheet material, an embossing unit (8) configured to emboss sheet material drawn from the holder and an assembling station (14) for assembling the smoking article, configured to receive embossed sheet material from the embossing unit and to wrap the embossing sheet material at least partially around a part of the smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Karl Kaljura, Sanjeev Sharma
  • Tobacco treatment
    Patent number: 10264813
    Abstract: A process is provided for the treatment of tobacco. The process comprises securing the tobacco within a moisture-retaining material and exposing the tobacco material to an ambient processing temperature of above 55° C., with the tobacco having a packing density of at least 200 kg/m3 on a dry matter weight base at the start of the process and a moisture content of between about 10% and 23%. The treated tobacco may have desirable organoleptic properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Denis Benjak, Pedro Field, Alcindo Glesse, Matthias Link
  • Tabacco extract, preparation thereof
    Patent number: 10258077
    Abstract: A process is provided for the preparation and/or treatment of a tobacco extract. The process comprises the treatment of a tobacco extract by centrifugation and microfiltration so that it is suitable for administration to a human.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Sally Bell, Sharon Goodall
  • Transgenic plants having altered lignin density
    Patent number: 10240164
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of modulating the density of lignin in a test plant compared to the corresponding lignin density in a wild-type plant cultured under the same conditions, the method comprising modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, wherein modulation of the concentration and/or activity of the polypeptide modulates lignin density in the test plant. The present invention further relates to the use of a genetic construct which is capable of modulating the concentration and/or activity of a polypeptide encoded by a core circadian clock gene, for modulating the density of lignin in a plant, wherein the genetic construct encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence substantially as set out in SEQ ID No's: 2 or 4, or a functional variant or fragment thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Juan Pablo Sanchez Tamburrino, Kieron Edwards, Maria Eriksson
  • Capsule formation
    Patent number: 10238141
    Abstract: A capsule forming apparatus comprising a plurality of outputs configured to output capsule materials, a tank for housing a first capsule material and being configured to supply the first capsule material to the outputs and at least one conduit being configured to convey a second capsule material to the outputs. A method for forming capsules is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Robert Seon Whiffen
  • Apparatus and method for making a smoking article
    Patent number: 10231478
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a smoking article, the smoking article having a rod of smoke able material (15) and a cylindrically wrapped layer of sheet material, comprises a holder (3) for holding sheet material, an embossing unit (8) configured to emboss sheet material drawn from the holder and an assembling station (14) for assembling the smoking article, configured to receive embossed sheet material from the embossing unit and to wrap the embossed sheet material at least partially around a part of the smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Karl Kaljura, Sanjeev Sharma
  • Package
    Patent number: 10233004
    Abstract: The invention relates to packaging for tobacco industry products and, particularly but not exclusively, to packages including a label having a tab. A barrier material encloses one or more tobacco industry products and has a region which, in use, forms an aperture over which is positioned the label. The tab at least partially overlies the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Smoke filtration
    Patent number: 10194687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel (3), (such as a xerogel, aerogel or cryogel), a filter (2) for a smoking article comprising a carbonaceous dried gel and the use of a carbonaceous dried gel for the filtration of smoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Branton, Ferdi Schuth, Manfred Schwickardi, Julia Schwickardi
  • Packaging machine and method
    Patent number: 10179668
    Abstract: A method and machine for packaging smoking articles or other tobacco industry products in which the products and packaging may be transported from selected product supply systems and packaging material supply systems selectively along a plurality of alternative transport routes through the machine through a series of workstations arranged to incorporate batches of smoking products selectively in different packaging materials according to the transport route selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Anthony Bray, Gary Fallon, Roger Beck
  • Powder for delivery to the oral cavity
    Patent number: 10172901
    Abstract: A powder for delivery to the oral cavity of a user is disclosed. The powder includes at least two populations of particles. A first population of particles includes a stimulant, and a second population of particles includes a flavorant. Also described is a cartridge containing the powder for use in an inhaler device and inhaler device containing the powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfred Spencer, Andrew Frith, Tom Woodman, Jeremy Phillips
  • Feed unit
    Patent number: 10138073
    Abstract: A feed unit, for example for feeding components to smoking article assembly apparatus, has a guide member (14) and a plurality of pushers (21) arranged to push components (2) along a path defined by the guide member (14) for output from the feed unit. The guide member (14) is arranged to separate the components (2) into separate streams (63, 64) according to their orientation. The stream (63) of non-correctly oriented components (2) comprises a channel that is helically rotated to orientate correctly said components (2). Both streams (63, 64) converge downstream said helical section to achieve a single flow of components (2) of similar orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Kie Seon Park, Martin Fuller, Geoffrey Vernon, Andrew Cleall, James Stembridge, Thomas Grunfeld
  • Smoking article
    Patent number: 10136671
    Abstract: A smoking article comprises a first part, a second part movable relative to the first part. At least one of the first or second parts comprises a section of sheet material wrapped around one or more rod articles, wherein the section of sheet material comprises a circumferentially leading edge and/or a trailing edge. The circumferentially leading edge and/or a trailing edge is angled to a longitudinal axis of the smoking article. The section of the first part or second part comprising the angled edge is configured to be rotatable relative to the other of the first or second part, the relative rotational position of the first and second parts configured to control a property of the smoking article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Karl Kaljura, Philip Russell Fawcus, Stuart Dunlop, Adrian Mordue, Nick Harding, Ian Dunckley
  • ARTICLE FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING SMOKABLE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20180325173
    Abstract: Disclosed is an article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a mass of smokable material. An exterior of the article has a length (L), a width (W) perpendicular to the length (L), and a depth (D) perpendicular to each of the length (L) and the width (W). The length (L) is greater than or equal to the width (W), and the width (W) is greater than the depth (D).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Thomas P. BLANDINO, Andrew P. WILKE, James J. FRATER, Benjamin J. PAPROCKI, Duane A. KAUFMAN, Raymond J. ROBEY, John Miller
  • Cutting apparatus for use in the tobacco industry
    Patent number: 10117455
    Abstract: A rotary shear cutting apparatus to cut discrete non-rectangular portions from a web of smoking article sheet material, comprises a first rotary carrier provided with a first cutting edge and a second rotary carrier provided with a second cutting edge, wherein said first and second cutting edges are configured to cooperate during rotation of said first and second rotary carriers to cut a non-rectangular portion from the web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Frank Beckmann, Winfried Böttcher, Andrew Bray, Gary Fallon
  • Tobacco material and treatment thereof
    Patent number: 10111457
    Abstract: A tobacco material and a process for the treatment of tobacco are provided. The process comprises securing the tobacco material within a moisture-retaining material and exposing the tobacco material to an ambient processing temperature of at least about 45° C., with the tobacco having a packing density of at least 200 kg/m3 on a dry matter weight base at the start of the process and a moisture content of between about 10% and 15.5%. The treated tobacco material has an aerobic plate count of up to about 1000 CFU/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Denis Benjak, Pedro Field, Alcindo Glesse, Matthias Link
  • Package for smoking articles
    Patent number: 10104910
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a package for smoking articles comprising a container portion (2) and a lid (3) hingedly connected to the container portion (2) about a hinge line (5). The container portion (2) has an inner frame (19) and an outer frame (18). The lid (3) includes an end portion (15) and a lid wall (12) extending from the end portion (15) that overlaps a container wall (6) of the container portion (2) when closed, the container wall (6) having a locking element (27) that locates over a corresponding locking part (35) on the lid wall (12) and a recess (24) formed in the inner frame (19) extending from an upper edge (20) of the inner frame (19). In one embodiment, a lower edge (25) of the recess (24) is spaced further from the upper edge (20) of the container wall (6) than the locking element (27). In another embodiment, the recess (24) extends into the second container wall (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventor: Steven Holford
  • Aerosol generator
    Patent number: D843052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: David Hillary Powell, Matthew Peter Tidnam, Rowan Stephen Williams, Neil Martin Baron, Graham Potts, Kok Chian Leong