Patents Assigned to LOFT LABS, LLC
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Publication number: 20250350320Abstract: An apparatus for near field communication (NFC) reading includes an outer body and a power source disposed within the outer body, wherein the power source is configured to provide electric power. The apparatus also includes a processing circuit connected to the power source to provide power to the processing circuit, wherein the processing circuit is configured to receive identification data from an external device, transmit the identification data to a remote server communicatively connected to the apparatus, and generate an external response for the external device based on the identification data. Further, the apparatus includes a display communicatively connected to the processing circuit, wherein the display is configured to information from processing circuit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: November 13, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Jeff Chagnon
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Publication number: 20250348567Abstract: An apparatus for biometric access control is disclosed. The apparatus includes an outer body configured to house a plurality of internal components and a power source disposed within the outer body, wherein the power source is configured to provide power. Additionally, the apparatus includes a biometric sensor connected to the power source, wherein the biometric sensor is configured to receive biometric data associated with a user and a processing circuit communicatively connected to the biometric sensor. The processing circuit is configured to send identification data to an external device, receive an external response generated by the external device based on the identification data, and activate the biometric sensor based on the external response received from the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: November 13, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Jeff Chagnon
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Publication number: 20250329207Abstract: An apparatus and method for an oral nicotine dispensing system. The apparatus includes storing a plurality of a pods in a magazine within a body, receiving a fingerprint scan from a user via a fingerprint scanner coupled to the body, authenticating the fingerprint scan, de-activating a locking mechanism to allow access to at least a pod upon successful authentication of the fingerprint scan, and dispensing, using at least a drive mechanism, the at least a pod from the magazine through an opening of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2024Publication date: October 23, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Jeff Chagnon, Sylvere Azoulai, Kylie Halperin, Christopher Russell
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Patent number: 12419351Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2025Date of Patent: September 23, 2025Assignee: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20250232017Abstract: An apparatus for preventing youth access and counterfeit aerosol delivery, comprising a cartridge, wherein the cartridge includes at least one reservoir configured to store an aerosolizable material, an aerosol delivery mechanism configured to generate aerosol using the aerosolizable material stored in the at least one reservoir, and an electrical interface having a resistor associated with a unique identifier, and a device having at least a sensor and a processing circuit configured to detect a sensed datum pertaining to a user using the at least a sensor, read the unique identifier associated with the resistor upon an electrical connection of the cartridge and the device through the electrical interface, validate the sensed datum and the unique identifier, and activate the aerosol delivery mechanism of the cartridge as a function of a positive validation of the sensed datum and the unique identifier.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: LOFT LABS, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Kylie Halperin, Xuedan Long, Kristine Bunker Moore, Cole Constantineau, Kyle Rawding, Sylvere Azoulai
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Publication number: 20250194677Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2025Publication date: June 19, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20250131393Abstract: A system for initiating a recycling program of consumer electronic devices, wherein the system includes a collection device configured to collect a plurality of consumer electronic devices from users, a processing unit located within a permitted facility, communicatively connected to the collection device, wherein the processing unit is configured to disassemble each consumer electronic device of the plurality of consumer electronic devices into a plurality of base components through an electronic device disassembling process, wherein the plurality of base components includes a plurality of plastic components and at least a battery component, process the plurality of base components, wherein processing the plurality of base components includes disintegrating the plurality of plastic components into a plurality of granules and decomposing the at least one battery component into a plurality of electrochemical materials, and generate a recycled output using the processed plurality of base components.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2024Publication date: April 24, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Frederic Levy
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Publication number: 20250094743Abstract: An apparatus for unique identification of an object using near-field communication (NFC), the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive object manufacture data associated with a first object containing an NFC tag, generate a unique identifier as a function of the object manufacture data, assign the unique identifier to the NFC tag of the first object using an NFC reader at an initial time, obtain first identification data containing the unique identifier when the NFC reader communicates with the NFC tag of the first object at a time subsequent to the initial time, aggregate the first identification data with second identification data associated with a second object using a data aggregator, determine an object action datum as a function of the aggregated identification data, and transmit the object action datum to the NFC reader.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventor: Martin Steinbauer
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Publication number: 20240428265Abstract: An apparatus and method for calculating comparison coefficients for dissimilar datasets is disclosed. The method includes receiving, using at least a processor, a plurality of successor carbon data relating to one or more successor components of a successor device. The method further includes receiving, using the at least a processor, a plurality of initial carbon data relating to one or more initial components of an initial device. The method includes generating, using the at least a processor, a comparison coefficient as a function of the successor device and the initial device, wherein the comparison coefficient compensates for a usage capacity of the initial device compared to the successor device. The method includes displaying, using the at least a processor and a graphical user interface, a carbon report as a function of the plurality of successor carbon data, the plurality of initial carbon data, and the comparison coefficient.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2024Publication date: December 26, 2024Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventor: Martin Steinbauer
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Patent number: 12161160Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Patent number: 12159183Abstract: An apparatus for unique identification of an object using near-field communication (NFC), the apparatus includes at least a processor and a memory, wherein the memory contains instructions configuring the at least a processor to receive object manufacture data associated with a first object containing an NFC tag, generate a unique identifier as a function of the object manufacture data, assign the unique identifier to the NFC tag of the first object using an NFC reader at an initial time, obtain first identification data containing the unique identifier when the NFC reader communicates with the NFC tag of the first object at a time subsequent to the initial time, aggregate the first identification data with second identification data associated with a second object using a data aggregator, determine an object action datum as a function of the aggregated identification data, and transmit the object action datum to the NFC reader.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Loft Labs, LLCInventor: Martin Steinbauer
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Publication number: 20240373921Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20240373920Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20240373919Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: November 14, 2024Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20240365866Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: 1) a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device, 2) a heating chamber including a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material, 3) a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece, 4) a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and including a well for retaining the heating element and interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the well for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the well, and 5) a cap insertable at the second end for retaining the seal within the storage compartmentType: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Patent number: 12121060Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Patent number: 12121059Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device; a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material; a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece; a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and having interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the heating element for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: Loft Labs, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan
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Publication number: 20240217724Abstract: An apparatus and method for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes a biodegradable outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit comprising an aerosol generation mechanism, a channel on top of the aerosolizable material reservoir, an absorption pad encasing the channel, and a support feature on either side of the channel on top of the reservoir. The method includes using a processing unit of the apparatus to configure the control circuit after determining a device usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2024Publication date: July 4, 2024Applicant: LOFT LABS, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Kylie Halperin, Maia Stoicovici, Frederic Levy, Sylvere Azoulai
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Publication number: 20240190641Abstract: An apparatus for aerosol delivery, wherein the apparatus includes an outer body, a power source, an aerosolizable material reservoir, a control circuit containing an aerosol generation mechanism, and a processing circuit configured to send identification data associated with the apparatus to an external device, receive an external response from the external devices, wherein the external response is generated as a function of the identification data by the external device, modify an internal state of the processing circuit as a function of the external response, determine a device usability as a function of the modified internal state, and configure the control circuit as a function of the device usability.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Applicant: LOFT LABS, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Kylie Halperin, Maia Stoicovici, Frederic Levy, Sylvere Azoulai
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Patent number: 12004564Abstract: A vaporizer cartridge includes: 1) a body including a storage compartment configured to hold a vaporizable material, the body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the body having a mouthpiece positioned at the first end and the second end being configured for insertion into a receptacle of the vaporizer device, 2) a heating chamber including a heating element configured to vaporize the vaporizable material, 3) a vapor tube extending between the heating element and the mouthpiece, 4) a seal insertable at the second end within the storage compartment of the body, the seal configured to retain the vaporizable material within the storage compartment and including a well for retaining the heating element and interior surfaces inclined from a distal end of the seal toward the well for funneling the flow of the vaporizable material within the storage compartment towards the well, and 5) a cap insertable at the second end for retaining the seal within the storage compartment.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: LOFT LABS, LLCInventors: Martin Steinbauer, Andrew Ryan