Patents by Inventor Alexander J. Gould
Alexander J. Gould has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11951249Abstract: An apparatus for vaporizing a concentrate and/or a non-concentrate material is provided. The apparatus can include a housing, a reservoir, a vessel, and a heating element. The reservoir can be coupled to a lid of the apparatus and configured to hold the concentrate. The vessel can be disposed at least partially inside of the housing and can be configured to receive the reservoir when the lid of the apparatus is in a closed position with respect to the housing. The heating element can be configured to generate heat for heating the vessel, thereby vaporizing the concentrate in the reservoir to form an aerosol. Coupling the reservoir to the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the concentrate while decoupling the reservoir from the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the non-concentrate material. Related methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.Inventors: Alexander J. Gould, Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Kevin Lomeli
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Patent number: 11857718Abstract: On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Alexander J. Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Esteban Leon Duque, Kevin Lomeli, James Monsees, Matthew J. Taschner
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Publication number: 20220248755Abstract: Vaporizers having a thermal wick are provided. A thermal wick may include a combination of an electrically insulating porous wicking material surrounding, enclosing, covering or embedded within a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material has a thermal conductance greater than that of the porous wicking material. The thermal wick reduces the viscosity of vaporizable material by transferring heat throughout the wick and warming the vaporizable material and providing a high void volume. The thermal wick allows for substantially higher total particulate masses of vaporizable material than traditional wicks.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Esteban Leon Duque, Ariel Atkins, James Monsees, Alexander J. Gould
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Publication number: 20220023556Abstract: Deformable valves and atomizer designs for a vaporizer (e.g., electronic cigarette). The vaporizer may be used for vaporization of liquid and/or organic material. The vaporizer may enable enhanced flow control of fluid and may generate high quality and quantity of vapor efficiently. In some instances, flow path of the vaporizer may allow bulk fluid flow, e.g., in contrast to capillary flow, to deliver fluid to a vicinity of the vaporizer. In some instances, the vaporizer may utilize improved atomizer designs for vaporizing devices, where said designs can be configured optionally, with various embodiments of a breath-modulating deformable valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2021Publication date: January 27, 2022Inventors: Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Alexander J. Gould, Carlos Schuler, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Publication number: 20210369985Abstract: On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: December 2, 2021Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Alexander J. Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Esteban Leon Duque, Kevin Lomeli, James Monsees, Matthew J. Taschner
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Patent number: 11154669Abstract: Deformable valves and atomizer designs for a vaporizer (e.g., electronic cigarette). The vaporizer may be used for vaporization of liquid and/or organic material. The vaporizer may enable enhanced flow control of fluid and may generate high quality and quantity of vapor efficiently. In some instances, flow path of the vaporizer may allow bulk fluid flow, e.g., in contrast to capillary flow, to deliver fluid to a vicinity of the vaporizer. In some instances, the vaporizer may utilize improved atomizer designs for vaporizing devices, where said designs can be configured optionally, with various embodiments of a breath-modulating deformable valve.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2016Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Alexander J. Gould, Carlos Schuler, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen
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Patent number: 11129414Abstract: Vaporizers having a thermal wick are provided. A thermal wick may include a combination of an electrically insulating porous wicking material surrounding, enclosing, covering or embedded within a thermally conductive material. The thermally conductive material has a thermal conductance greater than that of the porous wicking material. The thermal wick reduces the viscosity of vaporizable material by transferring heat throughout the wick and warming the vaporizable material and providing a high void volume. The thermal wick allows for substantially higher total particulate masses of vaporizable material than traditional wicks.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Alexander J. Gould, Esteban Leon Duque, James Monsees
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Publication number: 20210112874Abstract: Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Alexander J. Gould
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Patent number: 10905167Abstract: On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Steven Christensen, Esteban Leon Duque, Alexander J. Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Kevin Lomeli, James Monsees, Matthew J. Taschner
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Patent number: 10835416Abstract: A comfortable insert comprises a retention structure sized for placement under the eyelids and along at least a portion of conjunctival sac of the upper and lower lids of the eye. The retention structure resists deflection when placed in the conjunctival sac of the eye and to guide the insert along the sac when the eye moves. The retention structure can be configured in many ways to provide the resistance to deflection and may comprise a hoop strength so as to urge the retention structure outward and inhibit movement of the retention structure toward the cornea. The insert may move rotationally with deflection along the conjunctival sac, and may comprise a retention structure having a cross sectional dimension sized to fit within folds of the conjunctiva. The insert may comprise a release mechanism and therapeutic agent to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: ForSight Vision5, Inc.Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, K. Angela Macfarlane, Janelle Chang, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, Douglas Sutton, Alexander J. Gould
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Publication number: 20200352249Abstract: Vaporizers and vaporizer systems, which can include a device in communication with a vaporizer, can include one or more features related to control of functions and/or features of the vaporizer, identification of a cartridge and/or a vaporizable material in the cartridge, data exchange (either one-way or two-way) between a cartridge and a vaporizer with which the cartridge is engaged, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: November 12, 2020Inventors: Nicholas Achtien, Raffi Aghapekian, Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Brandon Cheung, Gal A. Cohen, Alexander J. Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Jacob Honig, Chelsea Kania, James Monsees, Roxolana Wacyk, Chenyue Xing, Casey Yost
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Publication number: 20200297948Abstract: An apparatus for vaporizing a concentrate and/or a non-concentrate material is provided. The apparatus can include a housing, a reservoir, a vessel, and a heating element. The reservoir can be coupled to a lid of the apparatus and configured to hold the concentrate. The vessel can be disposed at least partially inside of the housing and can be configured to receive the reservoir when the lid of the apparatus is in a closed position with respect to the housing. The heating element can be configured to generate heat for heating the vessel, thereby vaporizing the concentrate in the reservoir to form an aerosol. Coupling the reservoir to the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the concentrate while decoupling the reservoir from the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the non-concentrate material. Related methods are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2020Publication date: September 24, 2020Inventors: Alexander J. Gould, Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Kevin Lomeli
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Patent number: 10779574Abstract: Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Alexander J. Gould
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Patent number: 10729179Abstract: Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Juul Labs, Inc.Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Alexander J. Gould
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Publication number: 20200163378Abstract: On-demand, hand-held vaporizer that operates primarily by convection. The vaporizer is configured to permit very rapid (e.g., within a few seconds) heating of air drawn through an oven chamber to a predetermined or selectable vaporizing temperature to vaporize a material (e.g., loose leaf plant material, etc.) that is held in the oven chamber. The vaporizer provides efficient transfer of air being heated as well as rapid delivery of vaporizable material to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 28, 2020Inventors: Matthew J. Taschner, Alexander J. Gould, Nicholas J. Hatton, Esteban Leon Duque, Ariel Atkins, James Monsees, Adam Bowen, Kevin Lomeli
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Patent number: 10617834Abstract: An apparatus for vaporizing a concentrate and/or a non-concentrate material is provided. The apparatus can include a housing, a reservoir, a vessel, and a heating element. The reservoir can be coupled to a lid of the apparatus and configured to hold the concentrate. The vessel can be disposed at least partially inside of the housing and can be configured to receive the reservoir when the lid of the apparatus is in a closed position with respect to the housing. The heating element can be configured to generate heat for heating the vessel, thereby vaporizing the concentrate in the reservoir to form an aerosol. Coupling the reservoir to the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the concentrate while decoupling the reservoir from the lid of the apparatus can enable the apparatus to be used for vaporizing the non-concentrate material. Related methods are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: PAX Labs, Inc.Inventors: Alexander J. Gould, Adam Bowen, Ariel Atkins, Kevin Lomeli
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Publication number: 20200107585Abstract: A vaporizer device includes a cartridge having a reservoir that holds a vaporizable material and an atomizer chamber that includes a heating element. The heating element can heat the vaporizable material. The heating element can include two rigid portions that are spaced apart by a span that defines a capillary gap. The capillary gap can draw the vaporizable material from the reservoir to a heater region to be vaporized.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: April 9, 2020Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Steven Christensen, Alexander J. Gould, Bryan White
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Publication number: 20200038240Abstract: A comfortable insert comprises a retention structure sized for placement under the eyelids and along at least a portion of conjunctival sac of the upper and lower lids of the eye. The retention structure resists deflection when placed in the conjunctival sac of the eye and to guide the insert along the sac when the eye moves. The retention structure can be configured in many ways to provide the resistance to deflection and may comprise a hoop strength so as to urge the retention structure outward and inhibit movement of the retention structure toward the cornea. The insert may move rotationally with deflection along the conjunctival sac, and may comprise a retention structure having a cross sectional dimension sized to fit within folds of the conjunctiva. The insert may comprise a release mechanism and therapeutic agent to release therapeutic amounts of the therapeutic agent for an extended time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2019Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventors: Eugene de Juan, Jr., Yair Alster, Cary J. Reich, K. Angela Macfarlane, Janelle Chang, Stephen Boyd, David Sierra, Jose D. Alejandro, Douglas Sutton, Alexander J. Gould
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Patent number: D894481Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.Inventor: Alexander J. Gould
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Patent number: D1004840Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: Pax Labs, Inc.Inventor: Alexander J. Gould