Patents by Inventor James Arthur Strickland
James Arthur Strickland 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: 8627827Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2011Date of Patent: January 14, 2014Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Publication number: 20140000634Abstract: Some embodiments of a smokeless tobacco system include one or more silicone smokeless tobacco products configured to generally retain their shape during processing, shipping, and consumer handling. In particular embodiments, each silicone smokeless tobacco product can comprise a moist smokeless tobacco in combination with a silicone binder such that the final product has tobacco exposed along an exterior surface and is configured to have material properties providing improved handling, an improved mouth feel, and a satisfying flavor profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: January 2, 2014Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Frank Scott Atchley, James Arthur Strickland
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Patent number: 8556070Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2013Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Publication number: 20130233742Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Patent number: 8469036Abstract: The invention features tobacco compositions and methods of their use and manufacture. Compositions of the invention may be based on a variety of technologies. Technologies include films, tabs, shaped parts, gels, consumable units, insoluble matrices, and hollow shapes. In addition to tobacco, compositions may also contain flavors, colors, and other additives as described herein. Compositions may also be orally disintegrable. Exemplary compositions and methods of their manufacture are described herein.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2004Date of Patent: June 25, 2013Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLCInventors: Scott A. Williams, James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley, Armand J. Desmarais, Tod J. Miller, Cherne W. Johnson, Vernie A. Due
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Patent number: 8458996Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2010Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Patent number: 8387623Abstract: Tobacco articles having tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco articles can provide tobacco to an adult consumer in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to furnish tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. The tobacco can be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2009Date of Patent: March 5, 2013Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLCInventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James Arthur Strickland, James M. Rossman
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Publication number: 20110220133Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2011Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLCInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Patent number: 7918231Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLCInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Patent number: 7913699Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLCInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Publication number: 20110023899Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2010Publication date: February 3, 2011Inventors: JAMES ARTHUR STRICKLAND, FRANK SCOTT ATCHLEY
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Publication number: 20100307113Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2010Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Patent number: 7819124Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Patent number: 7798319Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco CompanyInventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
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Publication number: 20100163062Abstract: Tobacco articles having tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco articles can provide tobacco to an adult consumer in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to furnish tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. The tobacco can be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: July 1, 2010Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James Arthur Strickland, James M. Rossman
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Publication number: 20090126746Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2009Publication date: May 21, 2009Inventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Publication number: 20070186943Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: U. S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Publication number: 20070186944Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: U. S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
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Publication number: 20070186942Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: August 16, 2007Applicant: U. S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
