Patents Assigned to Japan Tobacco Inc.
  • Patent number: 11659807
    Abstract: In order to provide tobacco resistant to a virus, tobacco in accordance with the present invention is arranged such that: (i) a translation initiation factor eIF(iso)4E protein which is non-functional with respect to a virus is produced or (ii) expression of a translation initiation factor eIF(iso)4E gene is suppressed; and (a) a translation initiation factor eIF4E2 protein, which is non-functional with respect to a virus, is produced or (b) expression of a translation initiation factor eIF4E2 gene is suppressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yoshimitsu Takakura, Akira Shinjo, Hisashi Udagawa, Kazuharu Koga
  • Patent number: 11658500
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol generation source; and a charger including an information input part, and configured to be able to supply one of a first charging voltage and a second charging voltage lower than the first charging voltage to the power supply, based on an input value which is input from the information input part. A fixed value which is predetermined as one input value can be input to the information input part, and the fixed value is a value for supplying the second charging voltage to the power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akao
  • Publication number: 20230148671
    Abstract: A smoking system includes a consumable containing a smokable substance and a device that includes a chamber receiving the consumable and heats and atomizes the smokable substance of the consumable received in the chamber. The chamber includes an opening through which the consumable is inserted and a holding unit that holds the consumable. The holding unit includes a first pressing unit which presses a part of the consumable. The consumable includes a first portion having a first hardness and a second portion having a second hardness, in which the second portion is a different portion from the first portion in the insertion direction of the consumable. When the consumable is positioned at the desired position in the chamber, the consumable is positioned such that at least a part of the first portion is pressed against the first pressing unit, while at the same time, at least a part of the second portion is pressed against the first pressing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Manabu YAMADA, Yasunobu INOUE, Tateki SUMII
  • Patent number: 11643417
    Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having a Pim-1 inhibitory activity. The present invention provides a compound of Formula [I] or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a pharmaceutical composition containing the same, and a pharmaceutical use thereof, and the like. wherein each symbol is as defined in the description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Masafumi Inoue, Yosuke Ogoshi, Takayuki Furukawa, Takuya Machida, Ikuo Mitani, Kazuhito Harada, Yuichi Nakagawa, Nobutaka Yamaoka
  • Patent number: 11638447
    Abstract: A battery unit is installed in a flavor inhaler with an atomizing unit that atomizes an aerosol-generating material according to a puffing action of inhaling air through an air passage leading from an air inlet to an air outlet. The battery unit includes a battery, an electronic component configured to control the atomizing unit, and a housing configured to accommodate the battery and the electronic component. The electronic component is located in a predetermined portion of the battery unit. The predetermined portion includes a water detection member configured to detect water that enters the predetermined portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao
  • Patent number: 11633555
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katayama, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11632988
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus comprises: a power source; a load configured to have a resistance value that varies according to a temperature and generate an aerosol by atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source when supplied with power from the power source; a sensor configured to include a resistor connected in series to the load and output a measurement value that is a current value of a current flowing through the resistor or a voltage value of a voltage applied to the resistor; and a control unit configured to control power supply from the power source to the load and receive output from the sensor, wherein the resistor has a resistance value that is set such that responsiveness of a change in the measurement value to a change in a temperature of the resistance value belongs to a prescribed range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao, Kazuma Mizuguchi, Masayuki Tsuji, Hajime Fujita
  • Patent number: 11633557
    Abstract: A non-combustion type flavor inhaler comprising: an atomizer atomizing an aerosol source without burning; and a controller controlling a power output to the atomizer, wherein the controller is configured to start supply of a power output to the atomizer before start of a user's puffing action, and is configured to stop supply of a power output to the atomizer during a user's puffing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Kazuhiko Katayama, Akihiko Suzuki, Manabu Takeuchi, Takuma Nakano, Manabu Yamada
  • Patent number: 11632982
    Abstract: A paper for smoking articles containing cellulose fibers, and being made by adding cellulose nanofibers and filler particles serving as an absorbent or a catalyst, wherein primary particles of the filler particles have an average particle diameter of 1 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yoshimura, Masato Miyauchi
  • Publication number: 20230120622
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides a tobacco plant having a low alkaloid content. In the tobacco plant, a function of a gene encoding aspartate oxidase AO2 is suppressed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Takanori TAKEUCHI, Masao ARAI, Hisashi UDAGAWA, Hiroshi MAGOME, Ryo NISHIGUCHI, Yoshimitsu TAKAKURA
  • Patent number: 11627763
    Abstract: An aerosol generating apparatus comprises: a power source; a load configured to have an electric resistance value that varies according to a temperature and atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source when supplied with power from the power source; a sensor configured to output a measurement value corresponding to a current value of a current flowing through the load; and a control unit configured to control power supply from the power source to the load and perform a determination operation for determining that there is an abnormality if the measurement value becomes smaller than a threshold value within a determination period, on a time axis, in a feeding sequence during which power is supplied from the power source to the load, wherein the control unit adjusts a length of the determination period based on the measurement value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Manabu Yamada, Takeshi Akao, Kazuma Mizuguchi, Hajime Fujita
  • Publication number: 20230114675
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a plurality of display units for displaying a remaining capacity of a battery; and a control unit that performs control to change a display mode of all of the plurality of display units in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery is larger than a first remaining capacity to present a change of the remaining capacity of the battery within a range larger than the first remaining capacity, to change a display mode of at least one display unit among the plurality of display units to a first display mode in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery becomes less than or equal to the first remaining capacity, and to change the display mode of the at least one display unit to a second display mode in a case where the remaining capacity of the battery becomes less than or equal to a second remaining capacity lower than the first remaining capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230109789
    Abstract: An is an aerosol generating device which is capable of generating an aerosol at an appropriate timing includes: a power source which supplies power in order to atomize an aerosol source and/or heat a flavor source; a sensor which outputs a measurement value for controlling the power supplied; and a controller which controls the power supplied on the basis of the measurement value. The controller controls a power supply amount from the power source to be a first value when the measured value is equal to or larger than a first threshold and smaller than a second threshold larger than the first threshold, and the power supply amount to be larger than the first value when the measured value is equal to or larger than the second threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma NAKANO, Manabu YAMADA, Hajime Fujita
  • Publication number: 20230112615
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including multiple display elements arranged in a row to display a state of an apparatus during operation of the apparatus, and a controller that, when an error has occurred in the apparatus, executes control to display the occurrence of the error with the multiple display elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230107955
    Abstract: The present invention provides an inhalation device with which it is possible to improve usability and promote users' safety and satisfaction with the inhalation device. An inhalation device according to the present invention is provided with a first member and a second member which is configured to be capable of being attached to and detached from the first member. This inhalation device includes: an active functional part which is provided to the first member; a passive functional part which is provided to the second member and which is capable of changing the state thereof according to the working of the active functional part; a sensor part which is provided to the first member and which detects a changed state of the passive functional part; and a control part which, on the basis of the detected state, determines whether the second member has been attached to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Takashi FUJIKI, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Ryo YOSHIDA, Manabu YAMADA
  • Publication number: 20230103974
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a storage chamber storing an aerosol source, a heating chamber configured to heat the aerosol source, and an accommodation portion accommodating a flavor source therein. The heating chamber accommodates at least a part of a holding portion configured to transport the aerosol source stored in the storage chamber to the heating chamber and hold the aerosol source in the heating chamber, and at least a part of a first load configured to heat the aerosol source held by the holding portion to vaporize and/or atomize the aerosol source. The aerosol source and the flavor source each contain menthol. The aerosol generation device further comprises an aerosol flow path connecting the heating chamber and the accommodation chamber, and configured to transport the aerosol source vaporized and/or atomized by the first load in the heating chamber to the accommodation chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Yutaka KAIHATSU, Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Takuma NAKANO
  • Publication number: 20230105963
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of displays, and a controller. The displays are configured to, when an apparatus is performing an operation, display a state of the apparatus. The controller is configured to, in response to an error occurring in the apparatus, display an indication of occurrence of the error on the displays in a manner that causes a first subset and a second subset of the displays to turn on, and that causes a third subset of the displays to turn off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230106570
    Abstract: A display device includes a plurality of displays, and a controller. The displays are configured to, when an apparatus is performing an operation, display a state of the apparatus. The controller is configured to, in response to an error occurring in the apparatus, display an indication of occurrence of the error on the displays in a manner that causes all or a subset of the displays to turn on for a predetermined period of time and then turn off for a predetermined period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventors: Ryo YOSHIDA, Tatsunari AOYAMA, Hiroshi KAWANAGO, Toru NAGAHAMA, Takashi FUJIKI
  • Publication number: 20230107381
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an F1 hybrid plant or a portion thereof, and use of the F1 hybrid plant or a portion thereof. The F1 hybrid plant of the present invention is an F1 hybrid plant between Nicotiana umbratica and Nicotiana tomentosa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Shun YAMAUCHI
  • Publication number: 20230095903
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol generation device includes a notification unit and a controller. The controller is configured to execute flavor information acquisition processing of acquiring information on whether an aerosol source and a flavor source contain menthol respectively. The controller is configured execute the flavor information acquisition processing when at least one of a change from a state in which a first load is not connected to a first connector to a state in which the first load is connected to the first connector and a change from a state in which the second load is not capable of heating the flavor source to a state in which the second load is capable of heating the flavor source is detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka KAIHATSU, Hirofumi FUJIKURA, Takuma NAKANO, Keiji MARUBASHI, Ikuo FUJINAGA, Hajime FUJITA