Patents by Inventor Dominic Woodcock
Dominic Woodcock 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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Patent number: 11969546Abstract: A mouthpiece for an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium is disclosed. The mouthpiece defines an aperture extending from a first opening at a first end of the mouthpiece to a second opening at an opposing end of the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is arranged to receive in the aperture through the first opening a flavor element for imparting a flavor to a flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol that passes through the mouthpiece in use. The aperture has a first radial dimension towards the first opening, and a second radial dimension towards the second opening, wherein the second radial dimension is smaller than the first radial dimension.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Dominic Woodcock, Ugurhan Yilmaz
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Publication number: 20240123171Abstract: A mouthpiece for an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium is disclosed. The mouthpiece defines an aperture extending from a first opening at a first end of the mouthpiece to a second opening at an opposing end of the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is arranged to receive in the aperture through the first opening a flavor element for imparting a flavor to a flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol that passes through the mouthpiece in use. The aperture has a first radial dimension towards the first opening, and a second radial dimension towards the second opening, wherein the second radial dimension is smaller than the first radial dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Dominic WOODCOCK, Ugurhan YILMAZ
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Publication number: 20240091465Abstract: Presented are apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium. An apparatus including a container holding a liquid, a heater for volatizing the liquid, and a plurality of discrete material elements is used. The liquid held in the container is volatized. At least one of a vapor and an aerosol formed by the volatized liquid is passed through one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements. One or more constituents of the one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements is thereby entrained in the at least one of a vapor and an aerosol to produce the inhalable medium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Richard HEPWORTH, Dominic WOODCOCK, Joseph SUTTON, Sharon GOODALL
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Patent number: 11865246Abstract: Presented are apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium. An apparatus including a container holding a liquid, a heater for volatizing the liquid, and a plurality of discrete material elements is used. The liquid held in the container is volatized. At least one of a vapor and an aerosol formed by the volatized liquid is passed through one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements. One or more constituents of the one or more of the plurality of discrete material elements is thereby entrained in the at least one of a vapor and an aerosol to produce the inhalable medium.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Richard Hepworth, Dominic Woodcock, Joseph Sutton, Sharon Goodall
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Publication number: 20230354880Abstract: Methods of providing an infused tobacco composition including infusing a starting tobacco composition with volatilized ...components formed by heating a volatile component source, thereby retaining at least some volatile components in the starting tobacco composition. Also infused tobacco compositions, as well as aerosol delivery systems and components for use in aerosol delivery systems, including the infused tobacco compositions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 21, 2021Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Anna STOCHAJ, David BISHOP, Dominic WOODCOCK
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Publication number: 20230337720Abstract: A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The cartridge has a housing defining a chamber and a pouch containing smokable material. The pouch is located within the chamber. At least part of the pouch is made of porous material for permitting aerosol or volatilized material generated within the pouch to pass out of the pouch from within the pouch. There is also provided a pouch having a first wall and a second wall. The pouch contains smokable material between the first wall and the second wall. A method of manufacturing a pouch is also disclosed in which the first wall is attached to the second wall with smokable material between the first wall and second wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Joseph SUTTON, Dominic WOODCOCK, Darren SEYMOUR, Hitesh VALLABH, David RUSSELL, Ahmad BITAR
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Patent number: 11723396Abstract: A cartridge is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The cartridge has a housing defining a chamber and a pouch containing smokable material. The pouch is located within the chamber. At least part of the pouch is made of porous material for permitting aerosol or volatilized material generated within the pouch to pass out of the pouch from within the pouch. There is also provided a pouch having a first wall and a second wall. The pouch contains smokable material between the first wall and the second wall. A method of manufacturing a pouch is also disclosed in which the first wall is attached to the second wall with smokable material between the first wall and second wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventors: Joseph Sutton, Dominic Woodcock, Darren Seymour, Hitesh Vallabh, Neil Litten, Harpal Singh, David Russell, Ahmad Bitar
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Patent number: 11672276Abstract: There is described an aerosol provision article for use with an aerosol provision device for generating an inhalable medium including an aerosol. The aerosol provision article includes a first chamber for containing a first substance that is heatable to generate an aerosol; a conduit that extends through the first chamber, the conduit having an inlet through which aerosol generated from the first substance can enter the conduit and an outlet through which the aerosol can exit the conduit and a second chamber for receiving a second substance, wherein the second chamber is downstream of the outlet of the conduit. The article is arranged such that in use aerosol exiting the outlet of the conduit passes through the second substance received in the second chamber, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the conduit increases at or towards the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) LimitedInventors: Ugurhan Yilmaz, Dominic Woodcock
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Patent number: 11511056Abstract: Apparatus and methods for generating an inhalable medium are disclosed. An apparatus includes a container for holding a liquid, a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container to generate a flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol in use, and a receptacle for receiving material. The receptacle is located adjacent to the heater such that in use, material received in the receptacle is heated by the heater. One or more constituents of material received in the receptacle in use are mixed with the flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol in use to produce the inhalable medium.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2016Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventors: Richard Hepworth, Joseph Sutton, Dominic Woodcock, Sharon Goodall
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Publication number: 20220312828Abstract: An article is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article has a carrier and smokable material arranged on the carrier. The smokable material has a first layer of smokable material and a second layer of smokable material. The first layer of smokable material is located between the carrier and the second layer of smokable material. The smokable material of the first layer of smokable material has a form or chemical composition that differs from the form or chemical composition, respectively, of the smokable material of the second layer of smokable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Joseph SUTTON, Dominic WOODCOCK, Darren SEYMOUR, Hitesh VALLABH, Neil LITTEN, Harpal SINGH, David RUSSELL, Ahmad BITAR
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Patent number: 11439183Abstract: A vapor provision system configured to selectively generate differently-flavored vapors for inhalation by a user and to make use of this ability to provide user feedback. The system includes a first vapor precursor material having a first flavor and a second vapor precursor material having a second, different, flavor one or more vaporizers arranged to generate vapor from a selectable ratio of the first and second vapor precursor materials to provide a vapor with a selectable flavor for normal use; and control circuitry configured to determine if a user notification condition arises for the vapor provision system, such as a low battery warning, and in response to determining a user notification condition has arisen, to control the at least one vaporizer to generate a vapor using a modified ratio of the first and second vapor precursor materials to provide a vapor with a different flavor by way of an indication that a user notification condition has arisen.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventor: Dominic Woodcock
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Publication number: 20220202065Abstract: Heat not burn products comprising an encapsulated aerosol generating agent, the encapsulation having the effect of controlling the release of the agent during use of the heat not burn product. The encapsulation will control the timing of the release of the aerosol generating agent during the use of the heat not burn product, to allow greater control of the puff yield. In the case of some aerosol generating agents, the encapsulation may also increase the stability of the agent and/or prevent its migration within the product.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Dominic Woodcock, James Murphy
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Publication number: 20210307386Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for generating an inhalable medium, the device including a container for holding a liquid; a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container; a first chamber containing a first tobacco composition; a second chamber containing a second tobacco composition; and an outlet; wherein the device is configured such that in use, an inhalable medium passes out of the outlet, the medium including volatilized liquid in the form of a vapor and/or an aerosol and one or more constituents of at least one of the tobacco compositions; and such that the relative fluid flow rate through the first and second chambers changes during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Dominic WOODCOCK, Ugurhan YILMAZ, David BISHOP
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Publication number: 20210307387Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for generating an inhalable medium, the device including a container for holding a liquid; a heater for volatilizing liquid held in the container; a chamber containing a tobacco composition; and an outlet; the arrangement being such that in use, an inhalable medium passes out of the outlet, the medium comprising volatilized liquid in the form of a vapor and/or an aerosol and one or more constituents of the tobacco composition; wherein the tobacco composition comprises a tobacco material and an encapsulated base.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2019Publication date: October 7, 2021Inventors: Dominic WOODCOCK, David BISHOP
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Publication number: 20210282454Abstract: A mouthpiece for an apparatus for generating an inhalable medium is disclosed. The mouthpiece defines an aperture extending from a first opening at a first end of the mouthpiece to a second opening at an opposing end of the mouthpiece. The mouthpiece is arranged to receive in the aperture through the first opening a flavor element for imparting a flavor to a flow of at least one of a vapor and an aerosol that passes through the mouthpiece in use. The aperture has a first radial dimension towards the first opening, and a second radial dimension towards the second opening, wherein the second radial dimension is smaller than the first radial dimension.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Dominic WOODCOCK, Ugurhan YILMAZ
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Patent number: 10863766Abstract: An article is provided for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material. The article has a body of porous aerosol containment material. An annular first body of smokable material is located around the body of porous aerosol containment material. There is also provided apparatus for heating smokable material having a first heater extending along an axis and a second heater spaced from and at least partially surrounding the first heater. A method of manufacturing an article for use with an apparatus is also disclosed in which an assembly having porous aerosol containment material on a first layer of smokable material is provided and rolled so the first layer of smokable material becomes an annular body of smokable material located around the porous aerosol containment material.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Inventors: Joseph Sutton, Dominic Woodcock, Hitesh Vallabh, Neil Litten, Harpal Singh, Darren Seymour, David Russell, Ahmad Bitar
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Publication number: 20200037667Abstract: A vapor provision system configured to selectively generate differently-flavored vapors for inhalation by a user and to make use of this ability to provide user feedback. The system includes a first vapor precursor material having a first flavor and a second vapor precursor material having a second, different, flavor one or more vaporizers arranged to generate vapor from a selectable ratio of the first and second vapor precursor materials to provide a vapor with a selectable flavor for normal use; and control circuitry configured to determine if a user notification condition arises for the vapor provision system, such as a low battery warning, and in response to determining a user notification condition has arisen, to control the at least one vaporizer to generate a vapor using a modified ratio of the first and second vapor precursor materials to provide a vapor with a different flavor by way of an indication that a user notification condition has arisen.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: February 6, 2020Inventor: Dominic WOODCOCK
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Publication number: 20190357596Abstract: A vapor provision system configured to generate vapor with a selectable degree of visibility for inhalation and subsequent exhalation by a user, including a first vapor precursor material for generating a vapor having a first degree of visibility; a second vapor precursor material for generating a vapor having a second degree of visibility, wherein the first degree of visibility is greater than the second degree of visibility such that vapor generated from the second vapor precursor material is less visible than vapor generated from the first vapor precursor material; at least one vaporizer operable to generate vapor from the first vapor precursor material and the second vapor precursor material; and control circuitry configured to control the at least one vaporizer to generate vapor from the first vapor precursor material and the second vapor precursor material in a selectable ratio to provide a vapor having a correspondingly selectable degree of visibility.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2018Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Kevin David BLICK, Alfred Vincent SPENCER, Dominic WOODCOCK
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Patent number: 10470494Abstract: Heat not burn products comprising an encapsulated aerosol generating agent, the encapsulation having the effect of controlling the release of the agent during use of the heat not burn product. The encapsulation will control the timing of the release of the aerosol generating agent during the use of the heat not burn product, to allow greater control of the puff yield. In the case of some aerosol generating agents, the encapsulation may also increase the stability of the agent and/or prevent its migration within the product.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventors: Dominic Woodcock, James Murphy
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Publication number: 20190320718Abstract: There is described an aerosol provision article for use with an aerosol provision device for generating an inhalable medium including an aerosol. The aerosol provision article includes a first chamber for containing a first substance that is heatable to generate an aerosol; a conduit that extends through the first chamber, the conduit having an inlet through which aerosol generated from the first substance can enter the conduit and an outlet through which the aerosol can exit the conduit and a second chamber for receiving a second substance, wherein the second chamber is downstream of the outlet of the conduit. The article is arranged such that in use aerosol exiting the outlet of the conduit passes through the second substance received in the second chamber, and wherein the cross-sectional area of the conduit increases at or towards the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2017Publication date: October 24, 2019Inventors: Ugurhan YILMAZ, Dominic WOODCOCK