Patents Examined by Jennifer A Kessie
  • Patent number: 11957165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates an oral pouched nicotine product comprising a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch of a packaging material enclosing the filling material, said filling material comprising: —particles having a sphericity from 0.7 to 1.0, such as from 0.8 to 1.0, and a diameter from 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm, said particles comprising: (i) a core having an outer surface, said core comprising a material selected from the group consisting of cellulose, starch, polyalcohol, sugar and any combinations thereof, (ii) a first coating comprising a saliva-soluble binder and a nicotine source, said first coating being applied on at least part of the outer surface of said core, wherein said particles are provided in an amount within the range of from 50 wt % to 100 wt %, such as from 50 wt % to 90 wt %, based on the total weight of said filling material, and—optionally a tobacco material within the range of from 0.05 wt % to 10 wt %, based on the total weight of the filling material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SWEDISH MATCH NORTH EUROPE AB
    Inventor: Mårten Kindvall
  • Patent number: 11957156
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a sheet including a homogenized material containing alkaloids, said method comprising: —forming a mixture comprising a reducing sugar and particles of a material containing alkaloids; —extruding the mixture; —adding water to the extruded mixture to form a slurry; and —casting the slurry into a sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Marine Jarriault, Celine Lesuffleur, Alain Sciboz
  • Patent number: 11937629
    Abstract: An apparatus arranged to heat smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The apparatus includes a housing, the housing having a first opening at a first end through which a consumable article containing smokable material can be removably inserted into the apparatus; at least one heater arrangement arranged within the housing for heating smokable material within the consumable article when in use and a hollow chamber between the first opening and the at least one heater arrangement. The hollow chamber surrounds at least a portion of the consumable article when the consumable article is inserted into the device and an inner wall of the chamber and the at least a portion of the consumable article define an air gap there between. Hot vapors that escape the consumable article in use can condense on the inner wall of the hollow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mitchel Thorsen
  • Patent number: 11930852
    Abstract: An atomization generating device includes a main body and a cartridge having an exterior housing and a bottom base. The exterior housing includes an opening at a lower portion, an air outlet at a top portion, and an open hole at a side wall. The bottom base is mounted at the opening of the lower portion of the exterior housing. An upper portion of the bottom base is provided with an atomizing core connected with the air outlet through a vapor channel. An upper portion of the main body includes a receiving chamber for receiving the cartridge. The receiving chamber includes an air inlet corresponding to the open hole. The bottom base includes an air guiding channel for guiding an external air into the atomizing core. An end of the air guiding channel is connected with the atomizing core, another end is connected with the air inlet and the open hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN INNOKIN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhichang Wang, Rongbo Wang
  • Patent number: 11918039
    Abstract: Described is a hookah device. The hookah device includes a unique hookah head and consumable pod. The hookah head includes a bowl portion with a pod recess formed therein to receive a consumable pod. An electronic heating mechanism is positioned within the hookah head for heating the consumable pod. An air pathway is formed through the hookah head to introduce air into the consumable pod and direct smoke from the consumable pod into a hookah body. The consumable pod is similarly formed to fit within the hookah head. Further, the consumable pod includes a pod inlet and pod outlet for directing air through the pod and through the hookah device for inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: ADALSIA LIMITED
    Inventors: Artyom Khachatryan, Mikhail Broyan, John Michael Elam, Alexander Gilbert, Jackson Hedden, Frank Tyneski
  • Patent number: 11896047
    Abstract: A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and a binder, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Deforel, Judith Waller, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11896046
    Abstract: A sheet is provided, including a fibrous material, one or more nicotine salts, and sugar, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Deforel, Judith Waller, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11882867
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides aerosol generating substrates and aerosol source members comprising aerosol generating substrates, as well as methods of manufacturing thereof. In an example implementation, an aerosol generating substrate may comprise a fibrous filler material, an aerosol forming material, and a plurality of heat conducting constituents, wherein the substrate is formed as a sheet, and wherein the heat conducting constituents are part of the sheet. The heat conducting constituents may be incorporated within the sheet, or may be formed on a surface of the sheet. In another example implementation, an aerosol source member may comprise a substrate portion formed of a collection of intermingled pieces cut from an aerosol substrate sheet. In addition, or alternatively, a substrate portion may be formed of a series of overlapping layers of an aerosol substrate sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Andries Sebastian, Stephen Benson Sears, Billy Tyrone Conner, Rajesh Sur, S. Keith Cole, Thaddeus Jackson, Timothy Frederick Thomas, Paul E. Braxton, Curtis Foster Doe, Vahid Hejazi, Kathryn Lynn Wilberding
  • Patent number: 11882881
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an atomization device and an electronic cigarette with the same. The atomization device includes a sleeving tube, a liquid storage cavity, and a liquid injection structure. A liquid injection opening is defined in one end of the sleeving tube, and both of the liquid injection opening and the air discharging opening communicate with the liquid storage cavity. The liquid injection structure includes a liquid injection tube, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member. The liquid injection tube runs through the sleeving tube, and a liquid inlet is formed in a side wall of the liquid injection tube. The first sealing member is arranged on one end of the liquid injection tube corresponding to the liquid storage cavity; and the second sealing member is arranged on an outer side of the liquid injection tube and seals the air discharging opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yisong Wei, Xing Shi
  • Patent number: 11871784
    Abstract: A vapor generator assembly for an e-vaping device may include a reservoir configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation, a vaporizer assembly configured to heat pre-vapor formulation drawn from the reservoir to form a vapor, and an air intake assembly configured to direct ambient air into the vaporizer assembly. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an air inlet that extends at least partially around an outer surface of the vapor generator assembly. The air inlet may be an arcuate air inlet or an annular air inlet. The air intake assembly may at least partially define an inlet channel extending from the air inlet into an interior of the vapor generator assembly to at least partially establish fluid communication between the arcuate air inlet and the vaporizer assembly. The inlet channel may extend coaxially in relation to a longitudinal axis of the vapor generator assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Eric Hawes, Raymond W. Lau, Mik Dahl, Jon Jarantilla, Galen Salvador, Jose Jesus Paolo Montalvan, Jeroen Kok
  • Patent number: 11849755
    Abstract: A stem screening and conditioning device includes a roller, a thermal insulation cover, a spiral feeding device, a compressed-air cleaning device, a steam tube, a discharge hole, and a waste hole. A stem screening and conditioning method for the stem screening and conditioning device is also provided. The present disclosure realizes the complete separation of normal-size and undersized stems under the premise of full moisture absorption, thereby improving the refinement and homogenization level of stem conditioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO YUNNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ze Liu, Zeyu Wang, Yuanzhen Zhou, Xuefeng Zhu, Tiansheng Dai
  • Patent number: 11819056
    Abstract: The method includes first defining chambers within a housing, the chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber, providing at least one aligning element within the housing, the at least one aligning element being configured to align a first consumable and a second consumable in a fixed orientation within the first chamber and the second chamber, respectively; and configuring a mouthpiece to be selectively connected to the housing on a first side of the chambers in at least a first position or a second position, the first position aligning an inlet opening of the mouthpiece to direct at least one first airflow in a first direction through the first chamber while circumventing the second chamber, the second position aligning the inlet opening to direct the at least one first airflow in the first direction through the second chamber while circumventing the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Tony Reevell
  • Patent number: 11805803
    Abstract: A flavor-containing sheet for a smoking article, the sheet comprising a thickening polysaccharide, a flavor, an emulsifier, and a filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Sugyo, Yasuo Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11793237
    Abstract: A method of controlling a heater of a nicotine e-vapor device includes detecting, from a removable pod included in the nicotine e-vapor device, power information indicating a first power level and a second power level; and supplying power to the heater based on the detected power information by determining a first amount of power based on the first power level, supplying the first amount of power to the heater during a first operation mode of the heater, determining a second amount of power based on the second power level, and supplying the second amount of power to the heater during a second operation mode of the heater, the second amount of power being higher than the first amount of power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Niall Gallagher, William Wykeham, Raymond W. Lau, Eric Hawes, Terry Bache, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Jarrett Keen
  • Patent number: 11758937
    Abstract: A sheet is provided including a cellulosic material including cellulose powder, a weight ratio of cellulose powder to total cellulosic material in the sheet on a dry weight basis being greater than about 1:2; and one or more nicotine salts, at least about 20% by weight of the one or more nicotine salts being monoprotic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Deforel, Judith Waller, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11744276
    Abstract: A method of making a nicotine containing sheet is provided, including steps of combining a source of nicotine salt having a cellulose content of less than about 5% by weight on a dry weight basis with a separate source of fibrous material having a nicotine salt content of less than about 5% by weight on a dry weight basis to form a mixture; and drying the mixture to form a sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Corinne Deforel, Judith Waller, Gerard Zuber
  • Patent number: 11730189
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cigarette filter. In particular, the present invention relates to a new cigarette filter, in which materials of natural origin are used that have not been applied in this special field before. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cigarette filter, which can be used for absorbing the toxic components of cigarette smoke, and lowering the tissue damage triggered by cigarette smoke on the respiratory organs, the cardiovascular system and the mucosa. Especially the present invention relates to a cigarette filter containing alginate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: OPTIFILTER RESEARCH ZRT.
    Inventor: Tibor Szarvas
  • Patent number: 11696368
    Abstract: The cartridge includes a storage compartment configured to contain a liquid, the storage compartment having a first portion and a second portion connected to one another by a liquid channel. The cartridge includes an airflow passage passing between the first portion and the second portion of the storage compartment, and an aerosol-generating element that is fluid permeable and is positioned between the first portion and the second portion of the storage compartment, the aerosol-generating element having a first side and a second side that oppose each other, the first side of the aerosol-generating element forming part of the airflow passage and the second side of the aerosol-generating element being in contact with the liquid from the second portion of the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Guillaume Frederick
  • Patent number: 11690396
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inhalable composition, suitable for use in an electronic cigarette device, comprising at least 1 g/L of nicotine and at least 2 g/L of carbon dioxide dissolved or dispersed in a solvent comprising glycerol and water, wherein the molar ratio of carbon dioxide to nicotine is at least 0.1:1; wherein glycerol is present in an amount of at least 40% by weight, based on the total weight of the inhalable composition; wherein water is present in an amount of 1-20% by weight, based on the total weight of the inhalable composition; and wherein propylene glycol, when present, is present in an amount of no more than 10% by weight, based on the total weight of the inhalable composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Zanoprima Lifesciences Limited
    Inventors: Ashok S. Narasimhan, Raymond McCague, Nicholas Hyde, William Jackson
  • Patent number: 11690400
    Abstract: An apparatus to automatically ignite herbs in a water pipe. The apparatus includes a cap dimensioned to engage a bowl piece of a water pipe and provide a restricted air path to the bowl. A pressure sensor within the cap senses a pressure change response to air being drawn through the air path. Responsive to a signal from the sensor a controller drives an igniter to ignite the herb within the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: E-Cone LLC
    Inventors: Seth Abal-Sadeq, Allen Amirpanah