Patents by Inventor Gerhard Lang
Gerhard Lang 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: 11918026Abstract: An aerosol generating article (10) for use with an aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate (20) an aerosol cooling element (40) and an acid. The article may optionally include one or both of a filter and a support element (30). The aerosol cooling element, the filter, if present, and the support element, if present, are downstream of the aerosol forming substrate. The acid is downstream of the aerosol forming substrate and is positioned to interact with aerosol from the aerosol forming substrate when the aerosol generating article is used with the aerosol generating device. The acid may be in or on one or more of the aerosol cooling element, the filter, and the support element. The acid may selectively remove ammonia from aerosol generated by the article during use.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Gerhard Lang
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Publication number: 20230346001Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate formed of a homogenised plant material, including: between 1 percent by weight and 65 percent by weight of non-tobacco plant particles, on a dry weight basis; between 15 percent by weight and 55 percent by weight of aerosol former, on a dry weight basis; between 5 percent by weight and 10 percent by weight of cellulose ether, on a dry weight basis; and between 5 percent by weight and 50 percent by weight of additional cellulose, on a dry weight basis, in which the additional cellulose is in a form of isolated cellulose and is not derived from the non-tobacco plant particles, and in which a ratio of additional cellulose to cellulose ether in the homogenised plant material is at least 2.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2021Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Damien DE PALO, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Delphine LANGLET, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER, Zoe ODOT
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Publication number: 20230028025Abstract: A method of reducing the amount of matrix-bound NNK in cured tobacco plant material is provided comprising reducing the amount of lignin in the cured tobacco plant material. A further method of reducing the formation of matrix-bound NNK during the curing of tobacco plant material is described comprising reducing the amount of lignin therein prior to curing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Gerhard Lang, Jean-Pierre Schaller, Aline Vuarnoz
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Patent number: 11399563Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate including tobacco and a metal-based sulphide scavenger compound, an amount of a metal component of the sulphide scavenger compound in the aerosol-forming substrate is at least 0.05 percent by weight, based on a total dry weight of the aerosol-forming substrate, and the sulphide scavenger compound is based on a transition metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Gerhard Lang
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Publication number: 20220218016Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including: a homogenised plant material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of eucalyptus particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, a binder, at least 0.04 mg of eucalyptol per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 0.2 mg of eucalyptin per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 0.2 mg of 8-desmethyleucalyptin per gram of the substrate, on a dry weight basis. An aerosol-generating substrate, an aerosol-generating system, an aerosol produced upon heating of an aerosol-generating substrate, and a method of making an aerosol-generating substrate, are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Arno KNORR, Gerhard LANG, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
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Patent number: 11178906Abstract: A wrapper for a heat-not-burn article including an aerosol-forming tobacco substrate is provided, the wrapper including a sulphide scavenger compound, the sulphide scavenger compound being a metal salt, the metal salt being a carbonate, chloride, sulphate, hydroxide, nitrate, malate, acetate, citrate, or bromide, and the sulphide scavenger compound being based on a transition metal.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2017Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Gerhard Lang, Alexandre Malgat, Aline Vuarnoz-Bize
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Publication number: 20210345659Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised plant material including clove particles, an aerosol former, and a binder, the aerosol-generating substrate further including: at least 125 micrograms of eugenol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, at least 125 micrograms of eugenol-acetate per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 1 microgram of beta-caryophyllene per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis. An aerosol-generating system including an aerosol-generating device including a heating element; and the aerosol-generating article is also provided. An aerosol produced upon heating of the aerosol-generating substrate, and a method of making the aerosol-generating substrate are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Daniel ARNDT, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Celine LESUFFLEUR, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
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Publication number: 20210329964Abstract: An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including homogenised plant material formed of particulate plant material, the particulate plant material including between 10 percent and 40 percent by weight clove particles and between 60 percent and 90 percent by weight tobacco particles, based on dry weight of the particulate plant material, and the homogenised plant material further including an aerosol former and a binder. An aerosol-generating system is also provided, including an aerosol-generating device including a heating element; and the aerosol-generating article. A method is also provided for making one or more sheets of the homogenised plant material of aerosol-generating substrate of the aerosol-generating article.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG, Celine LESUFFLEUR, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
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Publication number: 20210153541Abstract: A homogenised botanical material is provided, including a particulate plant material, a content of which is greater than or equal to about 60% by weight, on a dry weight basis; an aerosol former; and a basic pH modifier having a solubility in water of less than or equal to about 0.1 g/100 mL water at 20° C. and 1 atm, the basic pH modifier including one or more basic inorganic salts selected from the group consisting of: alkaline earth metal hydrogen carbonates, alkaline earth metal hydroxides, and alkaline earth metal phosphates.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG
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Patent number: 10992117Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a tool to cut and strip a radiating coaxial cable. The tool comprises first and second jaws, a linkage that couples the first jaw to the second jaw, a cutting blade, and a stripping blade. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the cutting blade to cut and sever the cable at a first point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the stripping blade to cut the jacket of the cable, without severing the cable, at a second point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Karl-Heinz Fackler, Gerhard Lang, Johannes Kelnhofer
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Publication number: 20210000158Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article for producing an inhalable aerosol is provided, the article including a rod of aerosol-generating substrate formed of one or more sheets of a homogenised tobacco material, the material being formed of an agglomeration of particles of tobacco material and including between 1 percent and 10 percent by weight of a medium chain triglyceride oil, on a dry weight basis, the oil having a melting point below 18 degrees Celsius and including one or more triglycerides having at least two fatty acid chains with a chain length of between 6 and 12 carbon atoms, and the one or more sheets being selected from reconstituted tobacco sheet and cast leaf. A rod of aerosol-generating substrate, an aerosol-generating system, and a method of making a homogenised tobacco material for an aerosol-generating article are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2018Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, Corinne DEFOREL, Gerhard LANG
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Publication number: 20200384221Abstract: An aerosol generating article (10) for use with an aerosol generating device includes an aerosol forming substrate (20) aerosol cooling element (40) and an acid. The article may optionally include one or both of a filter and a support element (30). The aerosol cooling element, the filter, if present, and the support element, if present, are downstream of the aerosol forming substrate. The acid is downstream of the aerosol forming substrate and is positioned to interact with aerosol from the aerosol forming substrate when the aerosol generating article is used with the aerosol generating device. The acid may be in or on one or more of the aerosol cooling element, the filter, and the support element. The acid may selectively remove ammonia from aerosol generated by the article during use.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2018Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventor: Gerhard Lang
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Publication number: 20200054064Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate, the aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised botanical material comprising particulate plant material, an aerosol former, and a basic pH modifier; and the homogenised botanical material has a particulate plant material content of greater than or equal to about 60% by weight on a dry weight basis and less than or equal to about 90% by weight on a dry weight basis; and the homogenised botanical material has a pH greater than or equal to about 6.0 and less than or equal to about 8.0.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2018Publication date: February 20, 2020Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Anu AJITHKUMAR, DEFOREL Corinne, Gerhard LANG
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Publication number: 20190200669Abstract: A wrapper for a heat-not-burn article including an aerosol-forming tobacco substrate is provided, the wrapper including a sulphide scavenger compound, the sulphide scavenger compound being a metal salt, the metal salt being a carbonate, chloride, sulphate, hydroxide, nitrate, malate, acetate, citrate, or bromide, and the sulphide scavenger compound being based on a transition metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Gerhard LANG, Alexandre MALGAT, Aline VUARNOZ-BIZE
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Publication number: 20190166904Abstract: A heated aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-forming substrate including tobacco and a metal-based sulphide scavenger compound, an amount of a metal component of the sulphide scavenger compound in the aerosol-forming substrate is at least 0.05 percent by weight, based on a total dry weight of the aerosol-forming substrate, and the sulphide scavenger compound is based on a transition metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2017Publication date: June 6, 2019Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Gerhard LANG
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Publication number: 20180054047Abstract: One embodiment is directed to a tool to cut and strip a radiating coaxial cable. The tool comprises first and second jaws, a linkage that couples the first jaw to the second jaw, a cutting blade, and a stripping blade. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the cutting blade to cut and sever the cable at a first point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. The tool is configured to position at least a portion of the stripping blade to cut the jacket of the cable, without severing the cable, at a second point along the cable when the tool is rotated around the cable while the first jaw and the second jaw are closed around the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2017Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: Karl-Heinz Fackler, Gerhard Lang, Johannes Kelnhofer
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Publication number: 20170238597Abstract: There is provided a method of forming an aerosol-generating substrate, the method including providing a liquid nicotine source containing at least one tobacco-specific nitrosamine; mixing the liquid nicotine source with a solvent and at least one aerosol former to form an aerosol-generating substrate; and irradiating the aerosol-generating substrate with ultraviolet light to reduce an amount of the at least one tobacco-specific nitrosamine. Also provided is a method of forming an aerosol-generating substrate, the method including providing a tobacco slurry containing at least one tobacco-specific nitrosamine; irradiating the tobacco slurry with ultraviolet light to reduce an amount of the at least one tobacco-specific nitrosamine; and drying the tobacco slurry to form an aerosol-generating substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2015Publication date: August 24, 2017Applicant: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Gerhard LANG, Jan Carlos HUFNAGEL
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Publication number: 20160295907Abstract: A method of reducing the amount of matrix-bound NNK in cured tobacco plant material is provided comprising reducing the amount of lignin in the cured tobacco plant material. A further method of reducing the formation of matrix-bound NNK during the curing of tobacco plant material is described comprising reducing the amount of lignin therein prior to curing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2014Publication date: October 13, 2016Inventors: Gerhard Lang, Jean-Pierre Schaller, Aline Vuarnoz
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Publication number: 20160029689Abstract: There is described herein a method of reducing the amount of at least matrix-bound NNK in tobacco material comprising the steps of: (a) providing tobacco material comprising at least matrix-bound NNK; (b) optionally measuring the level of at least matrix-bound NNK in the tobacco material; (c) heating the tobacco material for at least about 30 seconds to a temperature of greater than about 110 degrees Celsius in the presence of a liquid or steam to release at least a portion of the matrix-bound NNK from the insoluble tobacco matrix of the tobacco material; (d) optionally measuring the level of at least matrix-bound NNK in the tobacco material following step (c); (e) optionally comparing the levels of matrix-bound NNK obtained in steps (b) and (d); and (f) identifying tobacco material in which at least matrix-bound NNK has been removed from the tobacco material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: February 4, 2016Inventors: Gerhard Lang, Irfan Gunduz, Aline Vuarnoz-Bize
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Patent number: 8772445Abstract: A compound having the general structure R1, R2, R3 and R4 being selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom (H) and a C1-C20 alkyl, and R5 being a phenyl radical.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2008Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Helmholtz-Zentrum Fuer Ozeanforschung Kiel (Geomar)Inventors: Johannes Imhoff, Zhiguo Yu, Gerhard Lang, Jutta Wiese, Holger Kalthoff, Stefanie Klose