Patents by Inventor Hugh Dermot Roe

Hugh Dermot Roe 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).

  • Smoking article package
    Patent number: 7000761
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soft-cup package (29) for smoking articles wherein the outer wrap material (10) is a paperboard or cardboard material having the ability to collapse along lines of weakening (26, 28) in the side panels (16, 20) as smoking articles are removed from the package (29). The invention also includes further means of collapse along lines of weakening (14.2, 18.2) in the base panel (14.1, 18.1). Retaining means may he provided by a collapsed side panel (20) and a dummy stamp or seal (34) across the top walls of the package (10) to hold captive the remaining exposed smoking articles (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd.
    Inventors: Pierre Radyn Swart, Hugh Dermot Roe
  • Smoking article package
    Publication number: 20040011681
    Abstract: The invention relates to a soft-cup package (29) for smoking articles wherein the outer wrap material (10) is a paperboard or cardboard material having the ability to collapse along lines of weakening (26, 28) in the side panels (16, 20) as smoking articles are removed from the package (29). The invention also includes further means of collapse along lines of weakening (14.2, 18.2) in the base panel (14.1, 18.1). Retaining means may he provided by a collapsed side panel (20) and a dummy stamp or seal (34) across the top walls of the package (10) to hold captive the remaining exposed smoking articles (46).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Pierre Radyn Swart, Hugh Dermot Roe