Patents Examined by Katherine A Will
  • Patent number: 12349724
    Abstract: Vaporizer pods for use with a vaporizer configured to generate vapor from dry herbs, and the vaporizer pods comprising reconstituted tobacco and very low THC reconstituted cannabis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: CABBACIS LLC
    Inventor: Joseph Pandolfino
  • Patent number: 12349725
    Abstract: A heat not burn consumable (1) is provided. The consumable includes a tubular vapour generating member (7) defining a channel therethrough. At least an active portion of the vapour generating member is configured to be heated by a heater to produce vapour. The tubular vapour generating member has an inlet to the channel at a first end of the consumable, the first end of the consumable being for cooperation with a heating device. The active portion of the vapour generating member has a sidewall which has a thickness greater than 0.1 mm. This allows for rapid and consistent heating of the vapour generating member. The active portion comprises an amount of an active substance which is between 0.0001 milligrams per mm{circumflex over (?)}2 and 0.02 milligrams per mm{circumflex over (?)}2 of said internal surface area. The vapour generating member has an overall length which is greater than 50% of a total length of the consumable. This may allow for efficient manufacture of the consumable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED
    Inventors: Kate Ferrie, Edward Ross Shenton
  • Patent number: 12326794
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a connector. The connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to an electronic smoking article. The electronic smoking article includes a heating element to heat a tobacco product. The electronic smoking article includes a battery. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the heating element and battery. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Paul A. Brinkley, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur, John Darnell
  • Patent number: 12317926
    Abstract: A cartomizer of an electronic vaping device includes a heater circuit which is located adjacent an air passage thereof. The heater circuit includes an electrically resistive heater in electrical communication with a secondary coil. A wick extends across the air passage. The wick is configured to draw pre-vapor formulation from a reservoir toward the heater. The heater is configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation to a temperature sufficient to vaporize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor. The cartomizer is connectable to a power supply component which includes a power source in electrical communication with a primary coil. The power supply component is configured to induce sufficient voltage in the secondary coil of the heater circuit such that the secondary coil is configured to heat the heater and vaporize the pre-vapor formulation when the primary coil is powered by the power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Edmond J. Cadieux, Douglas A. Burton, Patrick J. Cobler, Barry S. Smith, Peter Lipowicz, Kai Cao
  • Patent number: 12319483
    Abstract: An oral sachet designed to be placed in a users mouth, the oral sachet. The oral sachet includes permeable paper that does not contain fiberglass. The permeable paper forms a pouch that includes a top seal arranged at first end of the pouch, a bottom seal arranged at a second end of the pouch opposite from the first end, a vertical seal that extends from the top seal to the bottom seal, and a cavity located between the top seal and the bottom seal. Granular contents, including at least one granular or powdered component, are arranged within the cavity of the permeable-paper pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: PRO-DIP, LLC
    Inventor: Peter St. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 12295420
    Abstract: An aerosol generating system includes a holder generating aerosol by heating a cigarette, and a cradle having an inner space into which the holder is inserted, wherein the holder is electrically connected to the cradle to be moveable in the inner space of the cradle. The aerosol generating system includes a controller and a heater for heating an aerosol generating material, wherein the controller predicts insertion of the cigarette into the holder and preheats the heater in advance based on a prediction result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hun Il Lim, Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han, Jang Uk Lee, Jung Ho Han, Jin Young Yoon, Young Lea Kim, Ji Soo Jang, Wang Seop Lim, Moon Bong Lee, Soung Ho Ju, Du Jin Park, Seong Won Yoon
  • Patent number: 12295421
    Abstract: A vaping system includes: (a) a disposable vaping device that includes the following non user-replaceable items: (i) a heating element; (ii) a rechargeable battery, and (iii) a liquid reservoir that provides liquid to the heating element; and (b) an automatic liquid filling device, including (i) a first aperture or port configured to receive a liquid bottle or container containing atomisable liquid; (ii) a second aperture or port configured to receive the vaping device; (iii) an electronic liquid level sensing sub-system; (iv) a liquid filling sub-system configured to pump liquid from the liquid bottle or container to the liquid reservoir in the vaping device and (v) a battery charging sub-system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: AYR LTD.
    Inventors: Ian Murison, Stephen Jackson, Hadyn Van Der Berg, Ryan Cocking, Luv Sheth, Tom O'Callaghan
  • Patent number: 12285043
    Abstract: An intelligent temperature-controlled hookah set includes a hookah body, a bottom of the hookah body is provided with a water tank, a top of the hookah body is provided with a tobacco bowl, the water tank is inserted with a smoke pipe extending upward, a bottom of the tobacco bowl defines a through hole connected to an upper end opening of the smoke pipe, the hookah body is provided with a three-dimensional electric heating component therein configured to heat the tobacco bowl, and the hookah body is provided with a temperature sensor therein configured to monitor a temperature of the tobacco bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Inventor: Hao Lu
  • Patent number: 12274294
    Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating apparatus including a cigarette insertion portion into which a cigarette is insertable; and a vaporizer configured to heat a liquid composition to generate aerosol and discharge the generated aerosol toward the inserted cigarette such that the generated aerosol passes through the cigarette inserted into the cigarette insertion portion, and a cradle for receiving the aerosol generating apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Ho Han, Hun Il Lim, Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han, Jin Young Yoon, Young Lea Kim, Jang Uk Lee, Ji Soo Jang, Wang Seop Lim, Moon Bong Lee, Soung Ho Ju, Du Jin Park, Seong Won Yoon
  • Patent number: 12268246
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including: a cartomizer including a cartridge configured to store an aerosol generating material and an atomizer configured to vaporize the aerosol generating material; at least one pair of electrodes arranged in positions contacting one side of the cartridge; and a sensor configured to measure capacitance of the electrodes to detect a remaining amount of the aerosol generating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hun Il Lim, Tae Hun Kim, Hyung Jin Jung, Jae Sung Choi, Jung Ho Han
  • Patent number: 12262734
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system, which include a composite heat source, are provided. An aerosol generating article includes: a first portion including a composite heat source; a second portion adjacent to the first portion and including at least one of an aerosol generating material and a tobacco material; a third portion including a cooling material; and a fourth portion including a filter material, wherein the first portion, the second portion, the third portion, and the fourth portion are sequentially arranged along a longitudinal direction of the aerosol generating article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Mi Jeoung, Sung Jong Ki, Young Joong Kim, In Su Park, John Tae Lee, Sun Hwan Jung
  • Patent number: 12256775
    Abstract: A vaping device including a water chamber for filtering smoke or vapor prior to inhalation of the smoke or vapor. The device including a replaceable vaporization module with a vaporization chamber that contains a substance to be heated or burned. The device including an air flow chamber, herein the air flow chamber connects the vaporization chamber, wherein the air flow chamber is configured to provide a tunnel between an upper edge and a lower edge of the air flow chamber, for passage of air/vapor from an air/vapor entry port to a filtered air exit port for air/vapor at the water chamber, in a snake like manner; wherein the air/vapor entry port is located at a point where the vaporization chamber is joined to the water chamber. Also disclosed is a vaping system, including a device body and a plurality of interchangeable vaporization modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventor: Richard Yao Tien Huang
  • Patent number: 12232542
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an aerosol delivery device and a holder for use with a removable substrate cartridge. In one implementation, the holder may include a main body and a sleeve. The main body may define a receiving portion configured to receive at least a portion of a cartridge, and an aerosol passage extending from the receiving portion, through the main body, and through a first end thereof. The sleeve may comprise a substantially solid sleeve wall disposed around at least a portion of the main body and may be configured to slide relative to the main body to and from an open position, wherein the distal end of the sleeve is positioned proximate the receiving portion of the main body, and a use position, wherein the distal end is positioned away from the receiving portion of the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Thaddeus Jackson, Billy T. Conner, Edmond Strother Smith, III, Karen Cleckley, Keri Meggan Cox, Steven Lee Worm
  • Patent number: 12225927
    Abstract: A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The cartridge has a housing defining a chamber and a pouch containing smokable material. The pouch is located within the chamber. At least part of the pouch is made of porous material for permitting aerosol or volatilized material generated within the pouch to pass out of the pouch from within the pouch. There is also provided a pouch having a first wall and a second wall. The pouch contains smokable material between the first wall and the second wall. A method of manufacturing a pouch is also disclosed in which the first wall is attached to the second wall with smokable material between the first wall and second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Joseph Sutton, Dominic Woodcock, Darren Seymour, Hitesh Vallabh, Neil Litten, Harpal Singh, Ahmad Bitar, David Russell
  • Patent number: 12220522
    Abstract: There is disclosed an aerosol delivery system comprising: an aerosol-generating device (12) comprising: —a device housing having an open-ended heating chamber configured to receive a carrier cartridge (14); —a heater element (24) disposed within the heating chamber (22) and configured to receive at least a first end of a carrier cartridge (14), said heating element operable to heat a carrier substrate of a carrier unit of said carrier cartridge (14) to cause release of an aerosol-forming precursor therefrom to generate an aerosol when gas is passed through the carrier cartridge (14); and—a carrier cartridge comprising a carrier unit (34), said carrier unit comprising a carrier substrate configured to hold an aerosol-forming precursor comprising a nicotine-containing and/or flavoured fluid, gel, wax, or powder. Also disclosed are a carrier cartridge (14), carrier unit (34), methods of manufacturing one or more components of said system, and a kit-of-parts for assembling the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: IMPERIAL TOBACCO LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Lord, Kenneth Scott, Tom Sudlow, David Jones, Stephen McDonald
  • Patent number: 12220523
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to customization of various physical attributes of an e-cigarette to a user's preference(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Fontem Ventures B.V.
    Inventor: Christopher Myles
  • Patent number: 12207680
    Abstract: A water pipe is provided with an integrated lighter receptacle to reliably retain a handheld lighter in a convenient location. The water pipe includes a basin with a chamber pipe extending upwardly from the basin and a bowl configured to hold a smoking material. The lighter receptacle is proximate to the basin and retains the handheld lighter in position proximate the bowl so that smoking material in the bowl can be ignited when necessary during a smoking use. The interior of the lighter receptacle is sized to receive a portion of the handheld lighter. Thus, the additional equipment used when smoking with a water pipe are not misplaced or lost during smoking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Howard Franklin
  • Patent number: 12201144
    Abstract: A hookah device (202) which attaches to a hookah (246). The hookah device (202) comprises a plurality of ultrasonic mist generator devices (201) for generating a mist for inhalation by a user. The hookah device (202) comprises a driver device (202) which controls the mist generator devices (201) to maximize the efficiency of mist generation by the mist generator devices (201) and optimize mist output from the hookah device (202).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Shaheen Innovations Holding Limited
    Inventors: Mohammed Alshaiba Saleh Ghannam Almazrouei, Sajid Bhatti, Jeff Machovec, Clement Lamoureux, Imad Lahoud
  • Patent number: 12178255
    Abstract: An atomizer for an electronic cigarette is provided. The atomizer comprises a liquid cartridge device with a liquid outlet, atomization cotton, and an ultrasonic atomization piece. The middle of the atomization cotton abuts against a central area of the ultrasonic atomization piece by means of a spring to form an atomization zone. An end portion of the atomization cotton is pressed against the bottom of the liquid cartridge device and covers the liquid outlet. An atomization cavity is provided between the ultrasonic atomization piece and the bottom of the liquid cartridge device. An atomization cavity gas inlet and an atomization cavity gas outlet are provided at the top of the atomization cavity. The atomization cavity gas inlet (501) and the liquid outlet (321) are staggered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA TOBACCO HUNAN INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfu Liu, Kejun Zhong, Xiaoyi Guo, Wei Huang, Xinqiang Yin, Jianhua Yi, Chaoxiang Huang, Yongquan Zhou
  • Patent number: 12178237
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides protein-enriched, tobacco-containing products, suitable for use as oral formulations. Products of the present disclosure typically include at least one tobacco material (e.g., a particulate tobacco material or a tobacco-derived extract), at least one protein-enriched material (e.g., a tobacco-derived protein-enriched material), and at least one sugar alcohol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: John-Paul Mua, Gong Chen, Thaddeus Jude Jackson, Anthony Richard Gerardi, Kyle Ford, Barry Smith Fagg, Melissa Ann Clark