Patents by Inventor F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr.

F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr. 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).

  • Electrical smoking article
    Patent number: 5269327
    Abstract: An article is provided in which a tobacco flavor medium is electrically heated to evolve inhalable tobacco flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. The article has a plurality of charges of the tobacco flavor medium which are heated sequentially to provide individual puffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Mary E. Counts, Bernard C. LaRoy, D. Bruce Losee, Jr., Constance H. Morgan, Ulysses Smith, F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr., Francis V. Utsch
  • Control device for flavor-generating article
    Patent number: 5261424
    Abstract: A control device for electrically heated flavor generators. Sensors detect user lip activity associated with taking a draw and trigger heating of flavor-generating materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1993
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventor: F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr.
  • Flavor generating article
    Patent number: 5060671
    Abstract: An article is provided in which a flavor generating medium is electrically heated to evolve inhalable flavors or other components in vapor or aerosol form. The article has a plurality of charges of the flavor generating medium which are heated sequentially to provide individual puffs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1991
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Mary E. Counts, Bernard C. LaRoy, D. Bruce Losee, Jr., Constance H. Morgan, Ulysses Smith, F. Murphy Sprinkel, Jr., Francis V. Utsch