Patents Examined by Dennis R. Cordray
  • Modular tobacco industry product
    Patent number: 11576426
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modular tobacco industry product (6). The modular tobacco industry product comprises a first rod (9) comprising a first smokeable material and a hollow channel (8), and a second rod (7) comprising a second smokeable material. The hollow channel is configured to receive the second rod, the second rod being insertable into the hollow channel by a consumer. The present invention also relates to a kit for assembling a modular tobacco industry product, a rod of smokeable material configured to be inserted into a hollow channel of a first rod, and a package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: David Rushforth, Paul Blachford
  • Article for use with an apparatus for heating an aerosol generating agent
    Patent number: 11571527
    Abstract: An article for use with an apparatus for heating aerosol generating agent to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol generating agent, the article including a support layer having a first surface, wherein at least a portion of the first surface is rough and an aerosol generating agent on the portion of the first surface that is rough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Kaveh Ghanouni, Richard Hepworth, Walid Abi Aoun, Karl Kaljura, Thomas David Leah, Shasa Harris
  • Simulated cigarette
    Patent number: 11553732
    Abstract: A simulated cigarette having an elongated hollow cylinder and having a cavity there within, with a cylindrical wick disposed in the cavity, the wick having a radial clearance and longitudinal clearance with respect to the cavity for allowing the wick to freely slide along a longitudinal direction of the cavity. The simulated cigarette having a fan assembly disposed in the cavity adjacent wick and in an alternate embodiment having a flexible filter affixed to an end of the hollow cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Harmless Products, LLC
    Inventors: Nossen K. Levilev, Chaim Levilev
  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 11540560
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Nicotine pouch product
    Patent number: 11540557
    Abstract: A nicotine pouched product is disclosed, the nicotine pouched product having a pouch composition and a pouch membrane enclosing the pouch composition, the pouch composition including at least one water-insoluble fiber, water in an amount of at least 15% by weight of the composition, and nicotine, wherein the pouch membrane comprises further nicotine in an amount of at least 15% by weight of a total content of nicotine in the pouched product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: My Ly Lao Stahl, Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen, Bine Hare Jakobsen
  • Smoking article
    Patent number: 11528933
    Abstract: In one aspect an aerosol-generating device comprising a smoking article and a heat source is described. The smoking article includes a smokable material and a cooling agent, the smokable material including a tobacco component. The heat source is disposed to heat, but not burn the smokable material in use. The cooling agent comprises a compound or a combination of compounds according to either of the following formulae, racemates, enantiomers and salts thereof (I, II).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: NICO VENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Pablo Javier Ballesteros Gomez, Jeremy Phillips, Mark Forster, Hans-Josef Chadjim
  • Tissue paper product and tissue paper product package
    Patent number: 11473246
    Abstract: A moisturizing tissue product that can be packaged in the same way as a non-moisturizing tissue product. With this tissue paper product, in which a web obtained by folding and laminating in a pop-up configuration a plurality of sheets of tissue paper containing a moisturizing agent is stored in a rectangular-shaped paper box having an outlet on an upper surface thereof, the problem of the tissue paper is solved by this tissue paper product in which the number of plies is 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuta Yasui
  • Hookah assembly and components of the hookah assembly
    Patent number: 11470876
    Abstract: A hookah or hookah assembly preferably having a lid including one or more sealing members that seal and releasably lock the lid to a liquid retaining tank such that when lid is connected to the liquid retaining tank the lid and liquid retaining tank can be moved as a unit by gripping any portion of the lid or the tank. The hookah preferably includes one or more openings that allow vapor to be exhausted through one or more openings formed in the lid. The hookah preferably includes a seal operably connected to a lower surface of the lid and engages an upper and horizontally extending surface of the liquid retaining tank. The hookah may include a down stem which has an integral diffuser configured to significantly reduce the operational noise level of the hookah while significantly reducing the number of openings necessary in the diffuser to achieve quite operation of the hookah.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Alexander Zouev
  • Tissue paper product and tissue paper product package
    Patent number: 11459166
    Abstract: A moisturizing tissue product that can be packaged in the same way as a non-moisturizing tissue product. With this tissue paper product in which a web obtained by folding and laminating in a pop-up configuration a plurality of sheets of tissue paper containing a moisturizing agent is stored in a rectangular-shaped paper box having an outlet on an upper surface thereof, the problem of the tissue paper is solved by this tissue paper product in which the number of plies is 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: DAIO PAPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shuta Yasui
  • Method for manufacturing paper, device for manufacturing additive for manufacturing paper, and device for manufacturing paper
    Patent number: 11459702
    Abstract: Provided are a method for manufacturing paper with which it is possible to easily manufacture paper wherein water-filterability and yield are excellent and hydrophilia is suppressed without using a cationic polymer or silica, a device for manufacturing an additive for manufacturing paper, and a device for manufacturing paper. The method for manufacturing paper is a method having a reactant generating step for generating a reactant by subjecting an acrylamide polymer to a Hoffman elimination reaction, and a supply step for supplying the reactant to a paper machine within 24 hours of the start of the Hoffman elimination reaction. The acrylamide polymer preferably includes an acrylamide polymer having a intrinsic viscosity of 12.5-28 dl/g and anionization of 0.3 meq/g or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: KURITA WATER INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventor: Jiayi Chen
  • Hookah bowl
    Patent number: 11445748
    Abstract: A hookah bowl. The hookah bowl includes a bowl with a lower stem disposed on a bottom surface of the bowl. The lower stem secures the bowl to an upper end of a reservoir of a hookah pipe. The bowl also has a central receiver disposed upwardly from a center portion of the bowl which is in fluid communication with the reservoir. The central receiver receives a smoking material, such as tobacco. The bowl further includes a ring around a circumference of the central receiver which receives a heating material, such as charcoal. The bowl has a collar disposed upwardly from an outer perimeter of the bowl which can reflect heat towards the central receiver. The hookah bowl can be used to efficiently heat a smoking material while containing consumed materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Raid Hilala
  • Apparatus and method for processing wood fibers
    Patent number: 11421382
    Abstract: A refining member including a refining body with a refining surface including first and second refiner bars separated by first and second refiner grooves. The first and second refiner bars extend from respective first and second radially inward positions to respective first and second radially outward positions. The first and second refiner bars have a respective first and second height extending upward from a floor of a respective, adjacent first or second refiner groove. The second height is a minimum height of the second refiner bars and is spaced apart from the second radially inward position, with the second height being at least about 0.35 mm less than the first height. The first refiner bars are adapted to refine wood fibers and the second refiner bars are adapted to break up fiber bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
    Inventor: Dwight Edward Anderson
  • Tobacco mousse
    Patent number: 11412774
    Abstract: A foam includes a tobacco ingredient containing agent and/or an inhalable agent, an aerosol forming agent, a foam stabilizing agent, and a foam forming agent. In one embodiment, a weight of the tobacco ingredient containing agent and/or the inhalable agent is 0.1-33 wt.-% of a weight of the foam, and a weight of the aerosol forming agent is 10-80 wt. % of the weight of the foam. In another embodiment, the foam forming agent is a non-protein contain polysaccharide and a weight of the foam forming agent is less than 20 wt.-% of the foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Plattner, Takashi Hasegawa
  • Filter element for tobacco products, the filter element having a capsule containing a liquid medium comprising at least one surfactant as core material
    Patent number: 11406128
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a filter element for use in a tobacco article, the filter element having at least one filter body and at least one capsule with a liquid medium as core material, wherein the liquid medium of the core material contains at least one surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: REEMTSMA CIGARETTENFABRIKEN GMBH
    Inventor: Lars Elster
  • Oral pouched product
    Patent number: 11399562
    Abstract: An oral pouched product is disclosed, the oral pouched product includes a saliva permeable pouch, a pouch composition, the pouch composition includes heat-treated fibers, nicotine, water in an amount of less than 65% by weight of the pouch composition, and at least one sugar alcohol. Also, a method for manufacturing an oral pouched product is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: NCP NextGen A/S
    Inventors: My Ly Lao Stahl, Heidi Ziegler Bruun, Bruno Provstgaard Nielsen, Jesper Neergaard, Bine Hare Jakobsen
  • Spiral insert with flavor releasing mechanisms
    Patent number: 11395508
    Abstract: An insert system for use with a smokable (e.g., such as a pre-rolled or empty cone) including an internal spiral and cutout for securing one or more flavor releasing mechanisms (e.g., flavored “click balls”) and for use with a smokable item (e.g., a pre-roll cone, an empty cone, a pre-rolled or hand-rolled cigarette, etc.) is provided. The insert system is formed by rolling a section of suitable material to form an elongate member with internal volume with a transverse partition. The transverse partition includes a cutout to receive and secure a flavor releasing mechanism therein. The insert system may then be coupled with a smokable to serve as the smokable's mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Jawid Wahidi
  • Smokable cone insert including flavor releasing mechanisms
    Patent number: 11395509
    Abstract: An insert for use with a smokable (e.g., such as a pre-rolled or empty cone) with one or more internal cavities for securing flavor releasing mechanism(s) (e.g., flavored “click balls”) is provided. The insert with internal cavities may be provided as a standalone item for use in pre-rolling and/or hand rolling a cone or cigarette. The insert may include a section of smokable material such as paper including a horizontal aperture and vertical fold lines towards one end. The fold lines may be folded back and forth to form an accordion shaped cavity into which the flavor releasing mechanisms may be inserted and held secure. The insert may then be rolled into a tubular shape and coupled with a smokable to serve as the smokable's mouthpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Jawid Wahidi
  • Cannabis wrapper for smoking articles
    Patent number: 11388925
    Abstract: A wrapping material for a smoking article is formed from a web that includes extracted pieces of cannabis combined with web building fibers. The web has a basis weight of from about 20 gsm to about 80 gsm and a permeability of from about 10 Coresta to about 100 Coresta. The wrapping material has a natural cannabis smell and taste. The wrapping material is tobacco and nicotine free and can be used as a carrier for flavorings or aerosol delivery compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
    Inventors: Cedric Rousseau, Jerome Accou, Arthur Gouth, Laurent Gombert
  • Nicotine ion pair formulation neutralized with CO2 and process therefor
    Patent number: 11388924
    Abstract: Nicotine ion pair formulations neutralized with CO2 are disclosed herein. The nicotine ion pair formulations have the general formula C10H14N2H+CO2Sol?, wherein C10H14N2 is nicotine and Sol is a solvent. A process of preparing the nicotine ion pair formulations neutralized with CO2. is also disclosed herein. An e-liquid comprising a nicotine ion pair formulation neutralized with CO2 and the use of the e-liquid in a vaporization device are further disclosed herein. Finally, a vaporization device charged with an e-liquid comprising a nicotine ion pair formulation neutralized with CO2 is disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: 10150703 CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Laura Teresa Chaparro Leal, Gérald J. Zagury
  • Elongated tubular articles from wet-laid webs
    Patent number: 11390996
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to elongated tubular members that include at least one layer comprising a cellulose ester. In some cases, the cellulose ester may be in the form of staple fibers. The layer may be formed via a wet-laid fiber web that may also include cellulose fibers. The elongated tubular members may be suitable for use with food and/or beverage items as, for example, drinking straws or other similar items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen