Patents by Inventor Elaine K. Round

Elaine K. Round 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).

  • Product use and behavior monitoring instrument
    Patent number: 10856577
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, John Darnell, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Elaine K. Round, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur
  • PRODUCT USE AND BEHAVIOR MONITORING INSTRUMENT
    Publication number: 20190082737
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, John Darnell, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Elaine K. Round, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur