Patents by Inventor Don E. Miser

Don E. Miser 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).

  • GRAVURE-PRINTED, BANDED CIGARETTE PAPER
    Publication number: 20140150811
    Abstract: A cigarette and cigarette paper have a plurality of multilayer bands formed by printing a highly viscous aqueous film-forming composition. After heating the composition to lower its viscosity, the bands are applied to the cigarette paper by gravure printing the composition. The composition is quenched and gelatinized by contact with the cool cigarette paper reducing absorption of water by the paper and reducing wrinkling, cockling, and waviness. Multiple gravure printed layers may be used to form the bands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC.
    Inventors: TIMOTHY S. SHERWOOD, Firooz Rasouli, Ping Li, Don E. Miser, Joe Yousef Mohajer, Bruce E. Waymack, Tony A. Phan, Tracy L. Madison, John R. Tilley, Yezdi B. Pithawalla
  • Gravure-printed, banded cigarette paper
    Patent number: 8646463
    Abstract: A cigarette and cigarette paper have a plurality of multilayer bands formed by printing a highly viscous aqueous film-forming composition. After heating the composition to lower its viscosity, the bands are applied to the cigarette paper by gravure printing the composition. The composition is quenched and gelatinized by contact with the cool cigarette paper reducing absorption of water by the paper and reducing wrinkling, cockling, and waviness. Multiple gravure printed layers may be used to form the bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy S. Sherwood, Firooz Rasouli, Ping Li, Don E. Miser, Joe Yousef Mohajer, Bruce E. Waymack, Tony A. Phan, Tracy L. Madison, John R. Tilley, Yezdi B. Pithawalla