Patents by Inventor Ick Joong Kim
Ick Joong Kim 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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Publication number: 20240138469Abstract: A smoking article with an improved tobacco flavor and a method of producing the same are provided. The smoking article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a smoking material portion, a filter portion, and a wrapper wrapped around at least a portion of the smoking material portion. Here, a sheet-type material including a plant extract may be applied to the smoking material portion or the wrapper. By expressing a tobacco flavor during smoking, the sheet-type material can improve a tobacco flavor of the smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG
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Publication number: 20240130419Abstract: A flavoring sheet with improved physical properties, a smoking article including the same, and methods of producing the flavoring sheet and the smoking article are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, a flavoring, and a plasticizer. The plasticizer can improve physical properties of the flavoring sheet and thus enhance workability of a process of cutting the flavoring sheet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
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Patent number: 11957164Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane manufacturing step for manufacturing a membrane of a flavor capsule by a membrane manufacturing part that manufactures a membrane; a capsule manufacturing step for manufacturing the flavor capsule using an apparatus for manufacturing a capsule with the membrane manufactured during the membrane manufacturing step and a flavored liquid to be held in the membrane; and a hardening step for hardening the flavor capsule.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong Kim, Ali Jeong Bang, Jung Seop Hwang, Sang Jin Nam, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Publication number: 20240008525Abstract: A nicotine sheet and an aerosol-generating article including the same are provided. The nicotine sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a nicotine material which includes a nicotine component and a cellulose-based material which forms a sheet. The nicotine sheet may, when heated, slowly release the nicotine component fixed therein and thus can improve persistence of a tobacco smoke taste of an aerosol-generating article.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
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Publication number: 20230413892Abstract: A tobacco extract sheet, a method of producing the same, and a smoking article including the same are provided. The tobacco extract sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may be produced from a sheet-producing liquid which includes a first tobacco extract solution, a second tobacco extract solution, and a sheet-forming agent, wherein the first tobacco extract solution may include water as an extraction solvent, and the second tobacco extract solution may include a material other than water as an extraction solvent. The tobacco extract sheet produced in this way may be applied to a smoking article and may significantly improve persistence of a tobacco smoke taste of the smoking article.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
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Publication number: 20230292841Abstract: An aerosol generation device providing a customized smoking experience and an aerosol-generating article applied thereto are provided. The aerosol generation device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a housing which forms an accommodation space for accommodating an aerosol-generating article, and a heater part configured to heat the aerosol-generating article accommodated in the accommodation space to generate an aerosol. Here, the aerosol-generating article may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and an additive accommodation part in which an additive is accommodated, and the heater part may include a user control-type heater configured to heat the additive accommodation part. The user control-type heater may heat the additive accommodation part on the basis of a user input to provide a customized smoking experience according to a user's preferences.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Eun Mi JEOUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Min Hee HWANG
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Publication number: 20230225397Abstract: An aerosol-generating article with improved cooling performance and flavor persistence and a method of producing the same are provided. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and a cooling part disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate part configured to cool an aerosol formed in the aerosol-forming substrate part, and a sheet-type material may be disposed in a rolled or folded form in the cooling part. Here, the sheet-type material is a material including a flavoring and may serve as a cooling material as well as a flavor expressing material to improve flavor persistence and cooling performance of the aerosol-generating article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
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Publication number: 20230210163Abstract: An aerosol-generating article with improved cooling performance and flavor persistence and a method of producing the same are provided. The aerosol-generating article according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include an aerosol-forming substrate part and a cooling part disposed downstream of the aerosol-forming substrate part and configured to cool an aerosol formed in the aerosol-forming substrate part, and a sheet-type material may be disposed on an inner wall of the cooling part. Here, the sheet-type material is a material including a flavoring and may serve as a cooling material as well as a flavor expressing material to improve cooling performance and flavor persistence of the aerosol-generating article.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
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Publication number: 20230172259Abstract: The present invention relates to an aerosol-generating article used together with an aerosol-generating device including a cigarette rod having a cavity segment filled with tobacco granules; and filter rod positioned downstream of the cigarette rod, wherein the cigarette rod includes a flavoring source.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 4, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Chan Min KWON, Ick Joong KIM, Tae Heon KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Jae Hyun KIM, Seung Kyu HAN
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Publication number: 20230136497Abstract: Provided are a fragrance-containing sheet including LM-pectin for smoking articles, which includes moisture, thickening polysaccharide, low methoxyl pectin (LM-pectin), and fragrance, such that a smoking article including the fragrance-containing sheet gives off fragrance consistently during smoking.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Ho Rim SONG
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Publication number: 20230016146Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a smoking article filter having a flavoring agent uniformly distributed in the smoking article filter, which is in a solid state at room temperature and includes at least one natural wax and a flavoring component soaked into the at least one natural wax.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2021Publication date: January 19, 2023Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG
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Publication number: 20220304379Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating article including a triple capsule, and an aerosol generating system using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2020Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Ho Rim SONG
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Publication number: 20220295870Abstract: Provided are: a fragrance-containing sheet for smoking articles, which includes moisture, modified cellulose, and fragrance such that fragrance can be dissolved at room temperature without a heating process; and a smoking article including the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
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Publication number: 20210267270Abstract: A method of manufacturing a triple capsule includes supplying an interior material, an intermediate film material, and an exterior film material; discharging a triple molding body by receiving the interior material, the intermediate film material, and the exterior film material through a nozzle mount and performing coextrusion on the interior material, the intermediate film material, and the exterior film material through a triple nozzle in which a first nozzle discharging the interior material, a second nozzle discharging the intermediate film material, and a third nozzle discharging the exterior film material are arranged concentrically; and forming the triple capsule by circulating a coolant and cooling the triple molding body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: September 2, 2021Applicant: KT&G CORPORATIONInventors: Ick Joong KIM, Ho Rim SONG, Jae Gon LEE
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Publication number: 20210051996Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane tank for storing a membrane; a flavored liquid tank for storing a flavored liquid; and a nozzle to which the membrane is supplied from the membrane tank, to which the flavored liquid is supplied from the flavored liquid tank, and through which the flavored liquid is discharged while being enveloped in the membrane, so as to form the initial shape of a flavor capsule, wherein the membrane tank is equipped with a temperature adjustment unit for lowering the temperature of the membrane tank over time in order to preserve the viscosity of the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2020Publication date: February 25, 2021Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Jung Seop Hwang, Chang Gook Lee, Mi Jeong Bang, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Patent number: 10874135Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane tank for storing a membrane; a flavored liquid tank for storing a flavored liquid; and a nozzle to which the membrane is supplied from the membrane tank, to which the flavored liquid is supplied from the flavored liquid tank, and through which the flavored liquid is discharged while being enveloped in the membrane, so as to form the initial shape of a flavor capsule, wherein the membrane tank is equipped with a temperature adjustment unit for lowering the temperature of the membrane tank over time in order to preserve the viscosity of the membrane.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2016Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: KT & G CorporationInventors: Ick Joong Kim, Jung Seop Hwang, Chang Gook Lee, Mi Jeong Bang, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Publication number: 20200281257Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane manufacturing step for manufacturing a membrane of a flavor capsule by a membrane manufacturing part that manufactures a membrane; a capsule manufacturing step for manufacturing the flavor capsule using an apparatus for manufacturing a capsule with the membrane manufactured during the membrane manufacturing step and a flavored liquid to be held in the membrane; and a hardening step for hardening the flavor capsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: September 10, 2020Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Mi Jeong Bang, Jung Seop Hwang, Sang Jin Nam, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Patent number: 10694777Abstract: A method for manufacturing a flavor capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may comprise: a membrane manufacturing step for manufacturing a membrane of a flavor capsule by a membrane manufacturing part that manufactures a membrane; a capsule manufacturing step for manufacturing the flavor capsule using an apparatus for manufacturing a capsule with the membrane manufactured during the membrane manufacturing step and a flavored liquid to be held in the membrane; and a hardening step for hardening the flavor capsule.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: KT & G CorporationInventors: Ick Joong Kim, Mi Jeong Bang, Jung Seop Hwang, Sang Jin Nam, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Publication number: 20180317541Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a fragrance capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: a membrane tank for storing a membrane; a fragrance liquid tank for storing a fragrance liquid; and a nozzle to which the membrane is supplied from the membrane tank, to which the fragrance liquid is supplied from the fragrance liquid tank, and through which the fragrance liquid is discharged while being enveloped in the membrane, so as to form the initial shape of a fragrance capsule, wherein the membrane tank is equipped with a temperature adjustment unit for lowering the temperature of the membrane tank over time in order to preserve the viscosity of the membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2016Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Jung Seop Hwang, Chang Gook Lee, Mi Jeong Bang, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
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Publication number: 20180092398Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fragrance capsule of tobacco according to an embodiment of this disclosure may comprise: a membrane manufacturing step for manufacturing a membrane of a fragrance capsule by a membrane manufacturing part which manufactures a membrane; a capsule manufacturing step for manufacturing the fragrance capsule using an apparatus for manufacturing a capsule with the membrane manufactured during the membrane manufacturing step and a fragrance liquid to be held in the membrane; and a hardening step for hardening the fragrance capsule.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Mi Jeong Bang, Jung Seop Hwang, Sang Jin Nam, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung