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).

  • Publication number: 20240381915
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel flavoring agent and a product including the same, and more particularly, to a flavoring agent, that is a compound in which a moiety derived from a flavoring compound is represented by Formula 1 and which is decomposed into a lactone compound and a flavoring compound upon thermal decomposition, to a composition including the flavoring agent, and to a product including the flavoring agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changgook LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, In Beom SONG, Ho Rim SONG, Ji Seob WOO, Geon Chang LEE
  • Publication number: 20240381928
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a paper tube including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, relates to a paper tube for smoking articles which includes a flavored sheet, which includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and which is on an inner surface, an outer surface, or both of the paper tube, and to a smoking article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20240373910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a woven fabric filter including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, to a woven fabric filter including a flavored sheet fiber that is a fiber obtained by cutting a flavored sheet and that includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and to a smoking article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eunmi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20240349776
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a smoking article including a novel flavoring agent, and more particularly, to a smoking article including a flavoring agent that is a novel compound which includes a flavoring compound-derived moiety in a basic skeleton, and in which a lactone compound, a sugar compound, and a flavoring compound are decomposed during thermal decomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changgook LEE, Ick Joong KIM, In Beom SONG, Ji Seob WOO, Kyung Bin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240341335
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel flavoring agent, a flavoring agent composition, and an article including the same, and more particularly, to a flavoring agent as a compound that includes a moiety derived from a sugar compound and a moiety derived from a flavoring compound in a basic backbone and is pyrolyzed into a lactone compound, a sugar compound, and a flavoring compound upon pyrolysis, and a composition and an article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Changgook LEE, Geon Chang LEE, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, In Beom SONG, Ho Rim SONG, Ji Seob WOO, Kyung Bin JUNG
  • Patent number: 12096793
    Abstract: Provided are an aerosol generating article and an aerosol generating system using the same. The aerosol generating article includes a first portion containing a mouthpiece portion; and a second portion that is arranged adjacent to the first portion and includes a capsule, wherein the capsule includes a core region, a first shell, and a second shell, and the core region of the capsule includes nicotine and an aerosol generating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Ho Rim Song
  • Publication number: 20240277027
    Abstract: Provided are a flavored sheet with improved surface roughness, a smoking article including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. A method of manufacturing a flavored sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include preparing a sheet composition by mixing a hydrocolloid material, a solvent, a powdered material, and a flavor and drying the prepared sheet composition. The powdered material may improve the surface roughness of the flavored sheet, thereby ultimately enhancing the mixability of the flavored sheet with respect to a cut filler-type tobacco material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240237710
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article includes a first filter segment disposed at the upstream end of the aerosol-generating article, a second filter segment disposed downstream of the first filter segment, and a cavity segment disposed between the first filter segment and the second filter segment, and the cavity segment is filled with medium pulp and flavoring agent pulp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Insu PARK, Chan Min KWON, Ick Joong KIM
  • Publication number: 20240225086
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240206529
    Abstract: A sound-generating flavoring sheet and a smoking article including 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 configured to wrap around at least a portion of the smoking material portion. Here, by a porous flavoring sheet that serves as a sound generating element being applied to at least a portion of the smoking material portion or the wrapper, an improved smoking experience can be provided to the smoker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun MI JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240172788
    Abstract: Provided are a smoking article having improved flavor persistence and a manufacturing method thereof, the smoking article including: a smoking material portion: a filter portion: and a wrapper wrapping at least a portion of the smoking material portion, wherein flavor persistence of the smoking article is improved by applying a flavoring sheet including a hydrocolloid material and flavoring to the wrapper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ick Joong KIM, Geong Cgang LEE, Kyung Bin Jung, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240156150
    Abstract: A flavoring sheet with an enhanced flavor holding amount and flavor retention and a smoking article including the same are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, an emulsifier, and a fat-soluble flavoring. The emulsifier may serve as a cross-link between the water-soluble hydrocolloid material and the fat-soluble flavoring and increase a flavor holding amount and flavor retention of the flavoring sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240138469
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG
  • Publication number: 20240130419
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Geon Chang LEE, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Patent number: 11957164
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ick Joong Kim, Ali Jeong Bang, Jung Seop Hwang, Sang Jin Nam, Jae Gon Lee, Han Joo Chung
  • Publication number: 20240008525
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230413892
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Bin JUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Eun Mi JEOUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230292841
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eun Mi JEOUNG, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20230225397
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20230210163
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Hee HWANG, Ki Jin AHN, Ick Joong KIM, Geon Chang LEE, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG