Patents by Inventor Christopher COULSON

Christopher COULSON 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).

  • Patent number: 11805809
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article including a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the aerosol-generating system further including a rupturing portion forming part of the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating system being configured to allow relative sliding movement between the rupturing portion and the at least one frangible barrier to rupture the at least one frangible barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Patent number: 11513782
    Abstract: A multi-stage computing framework may allow development, in an unrestricted computing region, of one or more computing resources that are transferred to, and deployed in, a restricted computing region. The computing framework may include a development module and a transfer module. The development module may allow development of the computing resources in the unrestricted computing region, for example including stages such as a resource creation, linting, scanning, validation, packaging and requesting of the transfer. The transfer module may allow management of the transfer of the computing resources from the unrestricted computing region to the restricted computing region, for example including stages such as control, transfer request queueing, performance of the transfer, transfer notification and transfer visualization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Brian Landry, Arun Nagaraja Donti, Christopher Coulson Milbert, Cullen Timothy Frye, Philip Joseph Nolan
  • Publication number: 20210219614
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including: an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device and including a medicament source; a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and at least one piercing element disposed on a wall of the aerosol-generating article, the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source being moveable relative to the at least one piercing element, and the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Patent number: 10994085
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article includes a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The aerosol-generating system also includes at least one piercing element disposed on one of the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-generating article, the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Publication number: 20210052834
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article including a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the aerosol-generating system further including a rupturing portion forming part of the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating system being configured to allow relative sliding movement between the rupturing portion and the at least one frangible barrier to rupture the at least one frangible barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Patent number: 10850051
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article including a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the aerosol-generating system further including a rupturing portion forming part of the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating system being configured to allow relative sliding movement between the rupturing portion and the at least one frangible barrier to rupture the at least one frangible barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Patent number: 10806873
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; an aerosol-generating article, including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and at least one resilient member provided in the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article and being resiliently biased against the heater element, wherein at least one of the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source contacts the at least one resilient member, and the aerosol-generating system is configured to heat the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source of the aerosol-generating article so that the medicament source has a higher temperature than that of the volatile delivery enhancing compound source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Patent number: 10786007
    Abstract: An aerosol-forming article is provided, including an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet; a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source disposed between the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet, and a moveable portion moveable between an open position in which the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source are in fluid communication with both the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet, and a closed position in which each of the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source is in communication with only one or none of the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Patent number: 10750785
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; an aerosol-generating article including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; a bimetallic strip provided in the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the bimetallic strip including a first end in thermal contact with the heater element and a second end in thermal contact with the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the bimetallic strip being configured so that heating the first end of the bimetallic strip above a predetermined temperature results in displacement of the first end of the bimetallic strip away from the heater element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan Hogwood, Stuart Michael Ruan Jones, John Antony Stephenson, David Edington, Christopher Coulson
  • Publication number: 20180289905
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device, the aerosol-generating article including a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the aerosol-generating system further including a rupturing portion forming part of the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the aerosol-generating system being configured to allow relative sliding movement between the rupturing portion and the at least one frangible barrier to rupture the at least one frangible barrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Publication number: 20180104425
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; an aerosol-generating article, including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; and at least one resilient member provided in the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article and being resiliently biased against the heater element, wherein at least one of the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source contacts the at least one resilient member, and the aerosol-generating system is configured to heat the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source of the aerosol-generating article so that the medicament source has a higher temperature than that of the volatile delivery enhancing compound source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Publication number: 20180042304
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element; an aerosol-generating article including a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source; a bimetallic strip provided in the aerosol-generating device or the aerosol-generating article, the bimetallic strip including a first end in thermal contact with the heater element and a second end in thermal contact with the volatile delivery enhancing compound source, the bimetallic strip being configured so that heating the first end of the bimetallic strip above a predetermined temperature results in displacement of the first end of the bimetallic strip away from the heater element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Publication number: 20180042305
    Abstract: An aerosol-forming article is provided, including an airflow inlet and an airflow outlet; a medicament source and a volatile delivery enhancing compound source disposed between the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet, and a moveable portion moveable between an open position in which the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source are in fluid communication with both the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet, and a closed position in which each of the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source is in communication with only one or none of the airflow inlet and the airflow outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON
  • Publication number: 20180043113
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system is provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heater element, and an aerosol-generating article configured to engage with the aerosol-generating device. The aerosol-generating article includes a medicament source, a volatile delivery enhancing compound source, and at least one frangible barrier sealing the medicament source and the volatile delivery enhancing compound source. The aerosol-generating system also includes at least one piercing element disposed on one of the aerosol-generating device and the aerosol-generating article, the at least one piercing element being configured to pierce the at least one frangible barrier when activated by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Jonathan HOGWOOD, Stuart Michael Ruan JONES, John Antony STEPHENSON, David EDINGTON, Christopher COULSON