Patents by Inventor Craig T. Demarest
Craig T. Demarest 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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Publication number: 20220170210Abstract: A method of making a package including forming a moisture barrier coated paper material that includes a moisture barrier coated paper material including a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating, the first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating applied over a first side of the base substrate, the first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating providing a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material, the first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating providing heat and pressure sealability capabilities to the paper material, cutting a packaging blank from the paper material; folding the packaging blank into the package, and sealing the package by providing heat and pressure to overlapped portions of the paper material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Andries D. SEBASTIAN, Craig T. DEMAREST, Percy D. PHILLIPS, Michael F. DAVIS, Pankaj C. PATEL
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Patent number: 11268245Abstract: Provided herein is a cigarette pack formed of a moisture barrier coated paper material. The paper material includes a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating provide a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating also provide heat and pressure sealability capabilities to the paper material.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries D. Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Percy D. Phillips, Michael F. Davis, Pankaj C. Patel
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Patent number: 11197496Abstract: A smoking article is disclosed herein. The smoking article includes a shell defining an interior space, a consumable substance within the interior space, a heat source effective to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the shell, and a label attached to at least a portion of the shell. The label includes a base film, a cover film, and a temperature dependent material disposed between the base film and the cover film. The temperature dependent material is configured to transition between a first appearance and a second appearance responsive to the increase of the temperature of at least a portion of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Jarkko Tuominen, Annukka Kokkonen, Antti Sunnari, Sanna Uusitalo, Olli-Heikki Huttunen
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Publication number: 20210235751Abstract: A package that may be employed to store a tobacco-containing material is provided. The package may include a container including a body portion and a cover configured to engage the body portion. The body portion may define an internal space therein configured to receive a product. An internal surface of one or both of the body portion and the cover may include a wood liner. The wood liner may be a wood veneer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2021Publication date: August 5, 2021Inventors: Ercilia Hernandez Garcia, Percy D. Phillips, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James William Rogers, Craig T. Demarest
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Publication number: 20190322443Abstract: Provided herein is a cigarette pack formed of a moisture barrier coated paper material. The paper material includes a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating provide a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating also provide heat and pressure sealability capabilities to the paper material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2019Publication date: October 24, 2019Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Andries D. SEBASTIAN, Craig T. DEMAREST, Percy D. PHILLIPS, Michael F. DAVIS, Pankaj C. PATEL
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Patent number: 10384862Abstract: Provided herein is a cigarette pack formed of a moisture barrier coated paper material. The paper material includes a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating provide a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating also provide heat and pressure sealability capabilities to the paper material.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2015Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Andries D. Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Percy D. Phillips, Michael F. Davis, Pankaj C. Patel
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Publication number: 20190208812Abstract: A smoking article is disclosed herein. The smoking article includes a shell defining an interior space, a consumable substance within the interior space, a heat source effective to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the shell, and a label attached to at least a portion of the shell. The label includes a base film, a cover film, and a temperature dependent material disposed between the base film and the cover film. The temperature dependent material is configured to transition between a first appearance and a second appearance responsive to the increase of the temperature of at least a portion of the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2018Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Jarkko Tuominen, Annukka Kokkonen, Antti Sunnari, Sanna Uusitalo, Olli-Heikki Huttunen
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Patent number: 10194691Abstract: A smoking article is disclosed herein. The smoking article includes a shell defining an interior space, a consumable substance within the interior space, a heat source effective to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the shell, and a label attached to at least a portion of the shell. The label includes a base film, a cover film, and a temperature dependent material disposed between the base film and the cover film. The temperature dependent material is configured to transition between a first appearance and a second appearance responsive to the increase of the temperature of at least a portion of the shell.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Jarkko Tuominen, Annukka Kokkonen, Antti Sunnari, Sanna Uusitalo, Olli-Heikki Huttunen
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Publication number: 20170340008Abstract: A smoking article is disclosed herein. The smoking article includes a shell defining an interior space, a consumable substance within the interior space, a heat source effective to increase the temperature of at least a portion of the shell, and a label attached to at least a portion of the shell. The label includes a base film, a cover film, and a temperature dependent material disposed between the base film and the cover film. The temperature dependent material is configured to transition between a first appearance and a second appearance responsive to the increase of the temperature of at least a portion of the shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2016Publication date: November 30, 2017Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Jarkko Tuominen, Annukka Kokkonen, Antti Sunnari, Sanna Uusitalo, Olli-Heikki Huttunen
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Patent number: 9809372Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2017Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco ProductsInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
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Publication number: 20170172200Abstract: A method of incorporating a flavor material into combination with a tobacco product is described herein. The method may include accessing a flavor delivery insert of a flavor additive accessory, associating the flavor delivery insert with at least one of the tobacco product and a package containing the tobacco product, and actively or passively releasing the flavor material from the flavor delivery insert such that the flavor material is incorporated with the tobacco product. Also described herein are flavor delivery inserts, tobacco products having flavor delivery inserts, and flavor additive accessories having flavor delivery inserts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2015Publication date: June 22, 2017Inventors: Samantha S. White, Cynthia Stewart Stokes, Percy D. Phillips, Karter R. Yutzy, Matthew Lampe, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Karen Womble Wallace, Yan Pu, Michael F. Davis, Craig T. Demarest
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Publication number: 20170158407Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2017Publication date: June 8, 2017Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTSInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
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Patent number: 9566605Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTSInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
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Publication number: 20170021994Abstract: Provided herein is a cigarette pack formed of a moisture barrier coated paper material. The paper material includes a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating provide a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2015Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Andries D. Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Percy D. Phillips, Michael F. Davis, Pankaj C. Patel
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Publication number: 20160207688Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTSInventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
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Patent number: D685650Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Mark S. Hatcher, Wesley S. Jones, Craig T. Demarest, Pankaj C. Patel