Patents Assigned to G+ (S.A.R.L.)
  • NON-HEATING TYPE SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING SEMI-SOLID MEDIUM PART
    Publication number: 20240365847
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a non-heating type smoking article comprising: a semi-solid medium part; a paper tube part; and a filter part, wherein the semi-solid medium part is a semi-solid phase which contains nicotine and an aerosol-generating material and is formed through a semi-solidifying agent, and an aerosol-generating system comprising the same. The non-heating type smoking article can effectively migrate nicotine without loss of nicotine by comprising the semi-solid medium part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giho SON, Wonyoung KO, Hyung Jin BAE
  • WEARABLE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240366152
    Abstract: A wearable device includes a housing, a biometric information obtainer that is provided on one surface of the housing and obtains biometric information of a user, a functional material cartridge that is accommodated in the housing and stores a functional material, a mouthpiece connected to the functional material cartridge and configured to discharge the functional material, and a controller that provides a recommendation on inhalation of a functional material based on the biometric information obtained by the biometric information obtainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Paul Joon SUNWOO, Min Kyu KIM, Soung Ho JU
  • AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20240365844
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article includes a segment, wherein the segment includes a capsule and a medium surrounding the capsule, and the capsule includes a core including a basic substance, and a shell surrounding the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Tae KIM, Sang Won CHOI
  • MEDIUM SEGMENT, AEROSOL-GENERATING ARTICLE, AND SYSTEM COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20240365848
    Abstract: A medium segment may be a medium segment for an aerosol generating article and may include a medium, an exothermic wrapper including a heat source and surrounding the medium, and a thermal insulating wrapper surrounding the exothermic wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonyoung KO, Hyung Jin BAE, Giho SON
  • SMOKING ARTICLE COMPRISING NOVEL FLAVORING AGENT
    Publication number: 20240365845
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smoking article including a novel flavoring agent, and more particularly, to a smoking article including a flavoring agent, which is a novel compound that includes a moiety derived from a sugar compound and a moiety derived from a flavoring compound in a basic backbone and is pyrolyzed into a lactone compound, a sugar compound, and a flavoring compound upon pyrolysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changgook LEE, Dong Hyun KIM, Ho Rim SONG, Geon Chang LEE
  • AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20240365860
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a housing, a cartridge insertable into the housing and configured to store at least one liquid, an actuator provided on one side of the cartridge in the housing and configured to push the liquid out of the cartridge, and an article insertion portion provided on the other side of the cartridge and configured such that the aerosol generating article is insertable thereinto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wooseok CHUNG, Ji Seob WOO, Jae Sang LEE, Chang Hoon LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG
  • CONTROL PROFILE MANAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20240365879
    Abstract: According to an example. to manage a control profile. it is possible to receive a control profile from a first electronic device of at least one seller. store the control profile. and transmit a target control profile selected by a target user from among a plurality of stored control profiles to a second electronic device of the target user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yong Joon JANG
  • AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20240365880
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater configured to heat an aerosol generating article, a gas sensor configured to sense a concentration of a particular gas, and a controller configured to control a supply of power to the heater, wherein the controller is configured to determine any one temperature profile from among a plurality of temperature profiles on the basis of a sensing value of the gas sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Bum KWON, Hun II LIM, Dong Sung KIM, Yong Hwan KIM, Seok Su JANG
  • CIGARETTE WRAPPER USING NANOCELLULOSE FILM
    Publication number: 20240365842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cigarette wrapper including a nanocellulose film, a smoking article comprising the same, and a method for manufacturing the cigarette wrapper including a nanocellulose film. Through this, there is an advantage in that it is possible to minimize the generation of paper smell and steaming smell of paper-type cigarette paper used in the past, to reduce the smoker's displeasure, and to further improve the satisfaction of smoking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungmin MOON, Donghyun LEE, Ikjang CHOI
  • COOLING FILTER AND SMOKING ARTICLE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240365854
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a cooling filter and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, to a cooling filter having a tubular shape with a hollow formed inside, and a main body portion, in which a coating layer is formed on a surface of the hollow, and the coating layer includes alkaline metal chloride, and a smoking article including the same. By using the filter, a smoking article with an effective cooling function and improved tobacco taste and long-lasting smoke flavor may be provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min-Hee HWANG, Kyoung Hwan OH, Moon Won KIM, Yongmi JUNG, Man Seok SEO
  • WALLPAPER COMPOSITION AND WALLPAPER FROM WHICH FLAVOR INGREDIENTS ARE RELEASED BY HEAT
    Publication number: 20240368840
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel flavoring agent and a product including the same, and more particularly, to a flavoring agent, that is a compound in which a moiety derived from a flavoring compound is represented by Formula 1 and which is decomposed into a lactone compound and a flavoring compound upon thermal decomposition, to a composition including the flavoring agent, and to a product including the flavoring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventor: Changgook LEE
  • Development of optimized recombinant expression construct
    Patent number: 12134776
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to development of a eukaryotic cell expression vector satisfying optimized conditions for gene therapies and DNA vaccines. As a result of replacing the full HCMV regulatory and transcribed region including the immediate early (IE) gene intron A of the HCMV Towne strain and the same region of various HCMV strains at the pVAX1 promoter region and comparing the difference in gene expression efficiency for the different HCMV strains, the eukaryotic cell expression vector of the present disclosure could increase the expression of various genes by about 50-150% as compared to the HCMV Towne strain. Through this, pHP3 was developed as a vector exhibiting high expression in eukaryotic cells, and it can be usefully used for gene therapies or DNA vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: G&P BIOSCIENCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Hyun Ho, Su Jin Park
  • Aerosol generating device
    Patent number: 12133557
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol-generating device which includes a power converter for supplying an alternating power to an induction coil, and controls switching elements in the power converter to change an operation mode of a power converter based on a temperature profile such that the power converter operates in a full bridge mode in a preheating section and operates in a half bridge mode in a smoking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jaemin Lee, Sang Kyu Park, Hyung Seok Lee, Soung Ho Ju
  • Switchgear with overmolded dielectric material
    Patent number: 12136529
    Abstract: A switchgear apparatus configured for operation at voltages up to 72.5 kV includes a vacuum interrupter assembly including a vacuum bottle having an upper portion and a lower potion, a sleeve surrounding the vacuum bottle, a dielectric material surrounding the sleeve, a first terminal electrically coupled to the upper portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly, and an interchange coupled to a lower portion of the vacuum interrupter assembly. The dielectric material is molded around the sleeve and around at least a portion of the first terminal or the interchange. The sleeve may be molded around the vacuum bottle or pre-formed and slid around the vacuum bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: G & W ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Elhanafi A. Shamseldin, Janet Ache, Blair S. Kerr, Nenad Uzelac
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIRTUAL SMOKE
    Publication number: 20240358083
    Abstract: The following embodiments relate to a method of controlling an electronic device to implement virtual smoke in a virtual display device. The method of controlling an electronic device according to an embodiment includes predicting a virtual smoke implementation timepoint based on a smoking pattern learned using a pressure sensor and a button included in the electronic device; adjusting a volume and concentration of virtual smoke based on the learned smoking pattern; and transmitting a control signal including the virtual smoke implementation timepoint and the volume and concentration of virtual smoke to a device for displaying a virtual image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minseok JEONG, Jae Hyun Kim, Tae Young CHUNG
  • WEARABLE DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING SMOKING EFFECT
    Publication number: 20240359008
    Abstract: A wearable device for providing a smoking effect is provided. The wearable device includes a first stimulus member disposed in a position corresponding to a first region of a user and configured to provide electrical stimulation and a second stimulus member disposed in a position corresponding to a second region of the user and configured to provide sound stimulation, wherein the first stimulus member or the second stimulus member is configured to provide a stimulus signal that induces an alertness state capable of implementing a smoking effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu Kim
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OUTPUTTING IMAGE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY OR AUGMENTED REALITY
    Publication number: 20240358081
    Abstract: According to an embodiment, in order to provide a virtual reality (VR) image to a user, an electronic device may receive state information from an aerosol generating device, generate a target image corresponding to the state information, and output the target image through a display of the electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeongyong AHN, Sohee YOO, Seonbong LEE, Junhui LEE
  • BIODEGRADABLE FILM FOR CIGARETTE PACKAGING
    Publication number: 20240360285
    Abstract: Provided is a biodegradable film for cigarette packaging, the film including a first film layer applied such that one surface thereof faces a cigarette product, a third film layer applied such that one surface thereof is exposed to the outside, and a second film layer positioned between the first film layer and the third film layer. In the biodegradable film, the first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer are each formed with different compositions, and at least one of the first film layer, the second film layer and the third film layer includes a biodegradable material. The biodegradable film has a biodegradation rate of 90% or more after 60 days, and has an outer surface kinetic friction coefficient of 0.3 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyoung Hwan OH, Soo Ho KIM, Man Seok SEO, Min Hee HWANG
  • Induction heating type aerosol generating device capable of changing an operation mode of a power converter
    Patent number: 12127597
    Abstract: Disclosed is an aerosol-generating device which includes a power converter for supplying an alternating power to an induction coil, and controls switching elements in the power converter to change an operation mode of a power converter based on a temperature profile such that the power converter operates in a full bridge mode in a preheating section and operates in a half bridge mode in a smoking section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jaemin Lee, Sang Kyu Park, Hyung Seok Lee, Soung Ho Ju
  • HEATING STRUCTURE AND AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20240349796
    Abstract: A heating structure includes a wick having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and an outer surface between the first side and the second side, wherein the wick may include a plurality of dimples formed on the outer surface and not penetrating through the third side, and a coil wound along the outer surface between the first side and the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wonkyeong LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Paul Joon SUNWOO