Patents by Inventor Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny

Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny 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).

  • Smoking article with movable vapour release component
    Patent number: 9549572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article having a movable vapour release portion to allow the vapour release portion to be isolated from, or exposed to, a smoke pathway. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such smoking articles. In particular, there is provided a smoking article comprising a first segment, a second segment, and an aerosol generating substrate coupled to the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments comprises a vapour release portion, whereby the first and second segments are movable relative to each other from a first configuration to a second configuration, whereby in the first configuration the vapour release portion is substantially isolated from an airflow pathway and in the second configuration the vapour release portion is exposed to the airflow pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ahmet Dincer, Jerome Uthurry, Alen Kadiric, Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny
  • SMOKING ARTICLE WITH MOVABLE VAPOUR RELEASE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20140299142
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a smoking article having a movable vapour release portion to allow the vapour release portion to be isolated from, or exposed to, a smoke pathway. The invention also relates to a method of manufacturing such smoking articles. In particular, there is provided a smoking article comprising a first segment, a second segment, and an aerosol generating substrate coupled to the first and second segments. At least one of the first and second segments comprises a vapour release portion, whereby the first and second segments are movable relative to each other from a first configuration to a second configuration, whereby in the first configuration the vapour release portion is substantially isolated from an airflow pathway and in the second configuration the vapour release portion is exposed to the airflow pathway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventors: Ahmet Dincer, Jerome Uthurry, Alen Kadiric, Chrystele Houphouet-Boigny