Patents by Inventor Anna Azzopardi

Anna Azzopardi 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).

  • Publication number: 20260130961
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral product, a process for producing the oral product, as well as to uses of said oral product. The oral product includes L-theanine, ginseng and lemon balm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Anna AZZOPARDI, Jason ADAMSON, Charlotte CADDICK, Olivia O'SHEA, Deborah SMITH, Aideen DALY, Jessica MUSHONGANONO
  • Publication number: 20260130846
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral product, a process for producing the oral product, as well as to uses of said oral product. The oral product is solid and in chewable form comprising a combination of active ingredients, wherein the combination comprises: (i) caffeine; (ii) a combination of B vitamins comprising at least vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9 and vitamin B12; and (iii) L-theanine; at least one binding agent; and at least one bulking agent selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol, or a sugar, or a combination of at least one sugar alcohol and at least one sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Anna AZZOPARDI, Jason ADAMSON, Charlotte CADDICK, Olivia O'SHEA, Anthony GERARDI, Kristen SPIELBAUER, Matthew LAMPE, Shuvechhya ARYAL
  • Publication number: 20260130920
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral product, a process for producing the oral product, as well as to uses of said oral product. The oral product comprises a combination of active ingredients, wherein the combination comprises: caffeine; a combination of B vitamins comprising at least vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, and vitamin B7; and L-theanine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Anna AZZOPARDI, Jason ADAMSON, Charlotte CADDICK, Olivia O'SHEA, Deborah SMITH, Aideen DALY, Jessica MUSHONGANONO
  • Publication number: 20260115133
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an oral product, a process for producing the oral product, as well as to uses of said oral product. The oral product is a solid in chewable form comprising a combination of active ingredients, wherein the combination of active ingredients comprises: L-theanine; ginseng; lemon balm; and the product includes at least one binding agent; and at least one bulking agent selected from the group consisting of a sugar alcohol, or a sugar, or a combination of at least one sugar alcohol and at least one sugar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Inventors: Anna AZZOPARDI, Jason ADAMSON, Charlotte CADDICK, Olivia O'SHEA, Anthony GERARDI, Kristen SPIELBAUER, Matthew LAMPE, Shuvechhya ARYAL
  • Publication number: 20250374964
    Abstract: A system including an article containing smokable material; and an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material is disclosed. A method of heating a smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material also is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi
  • Publication number: 20250288004
    Abstract: An article for generating an inhalable medium using an irradiative light source. The article includes smokable material including at least two regions having a different composition from each other. The article is arranged such that the at least two regions of smokable material can be heated by light emitted by an irradiative light source of an apparatus with which the article can be engaged in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2025
    Publication date: September 18, 2025
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi, Paul Frobisher
  • Patent number: 12389946
    Abstract: A system including an article containing smokable material; and an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material is disclosed. A method of heating a smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material also is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi
  • Patent number: 12357031
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol from a plurality of aerosol generating areas each configured to receive an aerosol precursor material can include a power source for providing power to a first atomizing element configured to generate aerosol from a first aerosol precursor material present in a first aerosol generating area and to a second atomizing element configured to generate aerosol from a second aerosol precursor material present in a second aerosol generating area; and power distribution circuitry configured to distribute power between the first atomizing element and the second atomizing element based on at least one parameter of the aerosol precursor material currently present in the first aerosol generating areas and the second aerosol generating area, respectively, wherein the at least one parameter is at least one of a presence of a first aerosol generating component including the first aerosol precursor material in the first aerosol generating area or a presence of a second aeroso
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: Nicoventures Trading Limited
    Inventors: Connor Bruton, Colin Dickens, Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Kevin David Blick, Lisa Harvey, Anna Azzopardi
  • Publication number: 20250221448
    Abstract: A method of generating an aerosol comprising protonated nicotine, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a nicotine formulation comprising nicotine as free base; (ii) providing a carbon dioxide source capable of providing carbon dioxide in situ; (iii) vaporizing or aerosolizing the nicotine formulation; (iv) providing carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source, and (v) contacting the carbon dioxide with the vaporized or aerosolized nicotine formulation to thereby protonate nicotine free base and generate an aerosol comprising protonated nicotine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Connor BRUTON, Anna AZZOPARDI, Peter CLAYTON
  • Publication number: 20250176624
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating an inhalable medium is provided. The apparatus includes a first receptacle configured to receive a first substrate, wherein the first substrate is a solid or a gel, and a second receptacle configured to receive a second substrate, wherein the second substrate is a solid or a gel. The apparatus further includes a first heater arranged to heat the first substrate in use and a second heater arranged to heat the second substrate in use. The apparatus further includes a housing defining a flow path including the first receptacle and the second receptacle, where the flow path is arranged such that, in use, heated products produced by heating the first substrate received in the first receptacle pass through the second receptacle to produce the inhalable medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Anna AZZOPARDI, Alfred SPENCER
  • Patent number: 12262747
    Abstract: An article for generating an inhalable medium using an irradiative light source. The article includes smokable material including at least two regions having a different composition from each other. The article is arranged such that the at least two regions of smokable material can be heated by light emitted by an irradiative light source of an apparatus with which the article can be engaged in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi, Paul Frobisher
  • Patent number: 12232522
    Abstract: A method of generating an aerosol comprising protonated nicotine, the method comprising the steps of: (i) providing a nicotine formulation comprising nicotine as free base; (ii) providing a carbon dioxide source capable of providing carbon dioxide in situ; (iii) vaporizing or aerosolizing the nicotine formulation; (iv) providing carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide source, and (v) contacting the carbon dioxide with the vaporized or aerosolized nicotine formulation to thereby protonate nicotine free base and generate an aerosol comprising protonated nicotine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Connor Bruton, Anna Azzopardi, Peter Clayton
  • Publication number: 20240341366
    Abstract: There is provided a delivery system for a metabolic modulator comprising: a sensor component configured to determine a metabolic state of a user; a delivery component configured to deliver a metabolic modulator; and a controller configured to receive information relating to the metabolic state of the user and to control delivery of the metabolic modulator in response thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Harry GREEN, Anna AZZOPARDI
  • Patent number: 12114694
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol for user inhalation can include a first aerosol generating area and a second aerosol generating area each for receiving an aerosol precursor material; a mouthpiece from which a user inhales generated aerosol during use, wherein the mouthpiece comprises first and second mouthpiece openings; a first pathway extending from the first aerosol generating area to the first mouthpiece opening for transporting a first aerosol generated from the aerosol precursor material in the first aerosol generating area; and a second pathway extending from the second aerosol generating area chamber to the second mouthpiece opening for transporting a second aerosol generated from the aerosol precursor material in the second aerosol generating area, wherein the first and second pathways are physically isolated from one another to prevent mixing of the first and second aerosols as the first and second aerosols are transported along the respective pathways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Connor Bruton, Colin Dickens, Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Kevin David Blick, Anna Azzopardi, Richard Hepworth, Lisa Harvey
  • Patent number: 12108790
    Abstract: An aerosol delivery device including a power supply; a vaporizer arranged to selectively receive power from the power supply to generate an aerosol from an aerosol precursor material for user inhalation; and a first electrical interface arranged to provide an electrical connection between the aerosol delivery device and a second aerosol delivery device so as to at least one of: supply power to or receive power from the second aerosol delivery device, or supply control signals to or receive control signals from the second aerosol delivery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Kevin David Blick, Julie Jenson Bennett, Connor Bruton, Anna Azzopardi
  • Patent number: 11937638
    Abstract: In combination, an article containing smokable material and an apparatus for volatilizing at least one component of the smokable material. The article is engageable with the apparatus and disengageable from the apparatus. The smokable material is a layer on at least one surface of the article. The apparatus includes comprises an irradiative light source for generating light. The article and the apparatus are arranged such that the irradiative light source and the smokable material overlap radially of the apparatus when the article is engaged with the apparatus. The irradiative light source is configured to emit light radially of the apparatus so as to impinge upon the smokable material on the at least one surface of the article to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alfred Vincent Spencer, Anna Azzopardi
  • Publication number: 20240023624
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol from a plurality of aerosol generating areas each configured to receive an aerosol precursor material can include a power source for providing power to a first atomizing element configured to generate aerosol from a first aerosol precursor material present in a first aerosol generating area and to a second atomizing element configured to generate aerosol from a second aerosol precursor material present in a second aerosol generating area; and power distribution circuitry configured to distribute power between the first atomizing element and the second atomizing element based on at least one parameter of the aerosol precursor material currently present in the first aerosol generating areas and the second aerosol generating area, respectively, wherein the at least one parameter is at least one of a presence of a first aerosol generating component including the first aerosol precursor material in the first aerosol generating area or a presence of a second aeroso
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Connor BRUTON, Colin DICKENS, Patrick MOLONEY, Anton KORUS, Alfred Vincent SPENCER, Kevin David BLICK, Lisa HARVEY, Anna AZZOPARDI
  • Patent number: 11871795
    Abstract: Described is an aerosol provision device for generating aerosol to be inhaled by a user from a plurality of discrete aerosol generating areas each containing an aerosol generating component, the aerosol provision device including a mouthpiece from which a user inhales generated aerosol during use; a first flow pathway arranged to pass through a first aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece; and a second flow pathway arranged to pass through a second aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece, wherein the first and second flow pathways are each provided with a flow restriction member configured to vary the flow of air through the respective flow pathways based on the presence of an aerosol generating component in the respective aerosol generating areas in the device and/or a parameter associated with the respective aerosol generating component in the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Connor Bruton, Anna Azzopardi, Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Colin Dickens, Alfred Vincent Spencer, Lisa Harvey, Kevin David Blick
  • Publication number: 20240008531
    Abstract: An aerosol provision device for generating aerosol from a first aerosol generating material and a second aerosol generating material is described. The device can include a first user input mechanism for controlling a first aerosol generator configured to generate aerosol from the first aerosol generating material and a second user input mechanism for controlling a second aerosol generator configured to generate aerosol from the second aerosol generating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventor: Anna AZZOPARDI
  • Publication number: 20230404162
    Abstract: Described is an aerosol provision device for generating aerosol to be inhaled by a user from a plurality of discrete aerosol generating areas each containing an aerosol generating component, the aerosol provision device including a mouthpiece from which a user inhales generated aerosol during use; a first flow pathway arranged to pass through a first aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece; and a second flow pathway arranged to pass through a second aerosol generating area and fluidly connected to the mouthpiece, wherein the first and second flow pathways are each provided with a flow restriction member configured to vary the flow of air through the respective flow pathways based on the presence of an aerosol generating component in the respective aerosol generating areas in the device and/or a parameter associated with the respective aerosol generating component in the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Connor BRUTON, Anna AZZOPARDI, Patrick MOLONEY, Anton KORUS, Colin DICKENS, Alfred Vincent SPENCER, Lisa HARVEY, Kevin David BLICK