Patents by Inventor Daniel Verdin Cantrell
Daniel Verdin Cantrell 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: 20180098563Abstract: Provided here is a smokeless tobacco product, comprising a tobacco composition and an encapsulating composition coating the tobacco composition, wherein the encapsulating composition comprises methyl salicylate, and also a method for producing the smokeless tobacco product. Further provided is a tobacco product package, comprising a casing comprising an outer rim, and a removable lid enclosing the outer rim of the casing, wherein the outer rim is coated with a coating layer comprising methyl salicylate, and also a method for producing the tobacco product package.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2017Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventors: Anthony Richard Gerardi, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Barry Smith Fagg, Jeff L. Shear, Alvin Kershman, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
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Publication number: 20170360767Abstract: The invention provides a multi-layered pharmaceutical composition comprising two or more formulations with varying properties. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions provide combinations of different organoleptic properties within the same product. In certain embodiment, these combinations allow for a modified release profile of active ingredients as the user enjoys the pharmaceutical composition. The invention further provides methods for making and using the pharmaceutical composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Donna Walker Duggins, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Daniel Verdin Cantrell
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Patent number: 9775376Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mold, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Joshua D. Morton, Steven D. Hume, Barry Bratcher, Robert Frank Boutin, Thomas Hinkemeyer, Thaddeus J. Jackson
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Patent number: 9763928Abstract: The invention provides a multi-layered pharmaceutical composition comprising two or more formulations with varying properties. In some embodiments, the pharmaceutical compositions provide combinations of different organoleptic properties within the same product. In certain embodiment, these combinations allow for a modified release profile of active ingredients as the user enjoys the pharmaceutical composition. The invention further provides methods for making and using the pharmaceutical composition.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2012Date of Patent: September 19, 2017Assignee: Niconovum USA, Inc.Inventors: Donna Walker Duggins, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Daniel Verdin Cantrell
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Publication number: 20160073676Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a polysaccharide filler component such as polydextrose. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes mixing a tobacco material with a binder and a polysaccharide filler component to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, injection molding the smokeless tobacco mixture, and cooling the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition pastille. The mixing step can include forming a dry blend of the tobacco, filler, and binder components, and combining the dry blend with a viscous liquid component. The injection-molded pastille can provide a dissolvable and lightly chewable product.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2015Publication date: March 17, 2016Inventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Robert Frank Boutin, Thomas Hinkemeyer
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Publication number: 20160044955Abstract: Provided here is a smokeless tobacco product, comprising a tobacco composition and an encapsulating composition coating the tobacco composition, wherein the encapsulating composition comprises methyl salicylate, and also a method for producing the smokeless tobacco product. Further provided is a tobacco product package, comprising a casing comprising an outer rim, and a removable lid enclosing the outer rim of the casing, wherein the outer rim is coated with a coating layer comprising methyl salicylate, and also a method for producing the tobacco product package.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2014Publication date: February 18, 2016Inventors: Anthony Richard Gerardi, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Barry Smith Fagg, Jeff L. Shear, Alvin Kershman, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
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Publication number: 20160015079Abstract: A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a molten smokeless tobacco composition, and cooling the molten smokeless tobacco composition to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2015Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Gong Chen, Matthew William Benford, Thaddeus Jude Jackson
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Patent number: 9204667Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a polysaccharide filler component such as polydextrose. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes mixing a tobacco material with a binder and a polysaccharide filler component to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, injection molding the smokeless tobacco mixture, and cooling the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition pastille. The mixing step can include forming a dry blend of the tobacco, filler, and binder components, and combining the dry blend with a viscous liquid component. The injection-molded pastille can provide a dissolvable and lightly chewable product.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2010Date of Patent: December 8, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Robert Frank Boutin, Thomas Hinkemeyer
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Patent number: 9155321Abstract: A meltable smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material and a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. An associated process is also provided. The process includes melting a lipid having a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C. to form a molten lipid composition, mixing a tobacco material with the molten lipid composition to form a molten smokeless tobacco composition, and cooling the molten smokeless tobacco composition to form a solidified smokeless tobacco composition.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Gong Chen, Thaddeus J. Jackson, Matthew William Benford
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Publication number: 20150274401Abstract: A dispensing system for a tobacco-related product is provided, including a tubular member having a dispensing end, and a heterogeneous tobacco-related product received within the tubular member. A dispensing mechanism is operably engaged with the tubular member, and is configured to direct an amount of the heterogeneous tobacco-related product outwardly of the tubular member through the dispensing end for consumption by a user. An associated method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2014Publication date: October 1, 2015Applicant: R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Jeremy Barrett Mabe, Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Barry Smith Fagg
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Patent number: 9066538Abstract: A method is provided for curing tobacco. The method includes steps of wilting, bruising, aerating, and drying tobacco, where each of the steps is measured in hours or days rather than months. In some aspects, aeration may take two to twelve hours or less. In some aspects, the entire curing method may be completed in 24 hours or less.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2011Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Gong Chen, Michael Francis Dube, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Huamin Gan, Cheryl Cooper Scott, Barry Smith Fagg
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Publication number: 20150122271Abstract: A method of preparing a tobacco material for use in a smoking article is provided, including (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof; (ii) heating the mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated mixture into a smoking article as a smokable material. A smoking article in the form of a cigarette is also provided that includes a tobacco material pre-treated to inhibit reaction of asparagine to form acrylamide in mainstream smoke. Upon smoking, the smoking article is characterized by an acrylamide content of mainstream smoke that is reduced relative to an untreated control smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2014Publication date: May 7, 2015Inventors: Gong Chen, Anthony Richard Gerardi, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Serban C. Moldoveanu, Paul Andrew Brinkley
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Publication number: 20150101627Abstract: A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 25 dry weight percent; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of at least about 40 dry weight percent, the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols being isomalt or erythritol, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Marshall, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Serban C. Moldoveanu
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Patent number: 8991403Abstract: A method of thermally processing a tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof, to form a moist tobacco mixture; (ii) heating the moist tobacco mixture at a temperature of at least about 60° C. to form a heat-treated tobacco mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated tobacco mixture into a tobacco product.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Gong Chen, Anthony Richard Gerardi, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Cheryl Cooper Scott
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Publication number: 20150068545Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the smokeless tobacco product including a dissolvable or meltable base composition admixed with a tobacco material and a botanical material, wherein the botanical material is present in an amount of at least about 0.1% of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product. The botanical material and the smokeless tobacco product can be characterized based on antioxidant content using the ORAC index or the FRAP index. An exemplary product has an ORAC index value of at least about 20 (?mol TE)/g or a FRAP index value of at least about 50 (?mol/Fe2+)/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Serban C. Moldoveanu, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Wayne Allen Scott, Dwayne William Beeson, Daniel Verdin Cantrell
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Publication number: 20150068544Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the smokeless tobacco product including a tobacco material mixed with at least one botanical material, wherein the botanical material comprises at least about 0.1% of the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product. One exemplary product is in the form of a snus product contained within a water-permeable pouch, which includes at least about 50% of a pasteurized and fermented particulate tobacco material, based on the total dry weight of the smokeless tobacco product, and a botanical material in particulate form. The botanical material and the smokeless tobacco product can be characterized based on antioxidant content using the ORAC index or the FRAP index. An exemplary product has an ORAC index value of at least about 50 (?mol TE)/g or a FRAP index value of at least about 80 (?mol/Fe2+)/g.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Serban C. Moldoveanu, Jerry Wayne Marshall, Wayne Allen Scott, Dwayne William Beeson, Daniel Verdin Cantrell
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Patent number: 8944072Abstract: A method of preparing a tobacco material for use in a smoking article is provided, including (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, proline, phenylalanine, valine, arginine, di- and trivalent cations, asparaginase, saccharides, phenolic compounds, reducing agents, compounds having a free thiol group, oxidizing agents, oxidation catalysts, plant extracts, and combinations thereof; (ii) heating the mixture; and (iii) incorporating the heat-treated mixture into a smoking article as a smokable material. A smoking article in the form of a cigarette is also provided that includes a tobacco material pre-treated to inhibit reaction of asparagine to form acrylamide in mainstream smoke. Upon smoking, the smoking article is characterized by an acrylamide content of mainstream smoke that is reduced relative to an untreated control smoking article.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Gong Chen, Anthony Richard Gerardi, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Serban C. Moldoveanu, Paul Andrew Brinkley
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Publication number: 20140190497Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the tobacco product including a water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation, the tobacco formulation including a tobacco material and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed within the tobacco material, the plurality of microcapsules including an outer shell encapsulating an internal payload. The internal payload may include an additive such as water, flavorants, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, buffering agents, fillers, disintegration aids, humectants, antioxidants, oral care ingredients, preservatives, additives derived from herbal or botanical sources, and mixtures thereof. Microencapsulated flavorants include tobacco-containing flavorants, such as tobacco extracts or a particulate tobacco material, sweeteners (e.g., sweeteners containing neotame), and vanillin (optionally in a complexed form).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2014Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Cynthia Stewart Stokes, James Neil Figlar
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Patent number: 8695609Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of the product is provided, the tobacco product including a water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation, the tobacco formulation including a tobacco material and a plurality of microcapsules dispersed within the tobacco material, the plurality of microcapsules including an outer shell encapsulating an internal payload. The internal payload may include an additive such as water, flavorants, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, buffering agents, fillers, disintegration aids, humectants, antioxidants, oral care ingredients, preservatives, additives derived from herbal or botanical sources, and mixtures thereof. Microencapsulated flavorants include tobacco-containing flavorants, such as tobacco extracts or a particulate tobacco material, sweeteners (e.g., sweeteners containing neotame), and vanillin (optionally in a complexed form).Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Michael Francis Dube, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, John-Paul Mua, Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Cynthia Stewart Stokes, James Neil Figlar
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Publication number: 20130263870Abstract: A smokeless tobacco composition configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco composition includes a tobacco material, a sugar alcohol, and a natural gum binder component, wherein the composition is in the form of a pastille. A process for preparing a smokeless tobacco composition pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is also provided. The process includes providing an aqueous mixture comprising a hydrated natural gum binder component, mixing a tobacco material with the aqueous mixture to form a smokeless tobacco mixture, heating the smokeless tobacco mixture, depositing the heated smokeless tobacco mixture into a mould, and curing the smokeless tobacco mixture to form a smokeless tobacco composition pastille.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: October 10, 2013Inventors: Daniel Verdin Cantrell, Joshua D. Morton, Steven D. Hume, Barry Bratcher, Robert Frank Boutin, Thomas Hinkemeyer, Thaddeus J. Jackson