Patents by Inventor James Demopoulos
James Demopoulos 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: 20240074001Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 11844152Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Publication number: 20230171852Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: June 1, 2023Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 11603223Abstract: A machine for dispensing an aerosol precursor composition for use with aerosol delivery devices. The machine may include a plurality of sources of dispensable, liquid aerosol precursor components. The plurality of sources may differ in the liquid aerosol precursor components being dispensable therefrom. The machine may include a user interface configured to allow a user to select an amount of the liquid aerosol precursor components for dispensing. The machine may also include a dispenser for dispensing the aerosol precursor components in response to the selection made on the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 11589421Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Publication number: 20210137171Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 10945462Abstract: An aerosol delivery device having a detachable power source is provided. A control body may be coupleable with a cartridge to form an aerosol delivery device. The cartridge may contain an aerosol precursor composition and be equipped with a heating element configured to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition. The control body may comprise a housing and a power source detachably coupled to an outer surface of the housing. A control component may be contained within the housing and configured to operate in an active mode in which the control body is coupled with the cartridge. The control component in the active mode may be configured to direct power from the power source to the heating element to activate and vaporize components of the aerosol precursor composition.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Michael F. Davis, Percy D. Phillips, James W. Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos
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Publication number: 20200277110Abstract: A lid for a container for storing a smokeless tobacco product includes a laterally-extending wall having opposing first and second surfaces and defining a periphery. The wall has a central axis extending perpendicularly to the first and second surfaces. A sidewall extends from the second surface substantially parallel to the central axis and about the periphery of the wall, with the wall and the sidewall being formed of a polymeric material. The lid also includes a metallic cladding engaged with the wall so as to extend laterally across the first surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2020Publication date: September 3, 2020Inventors: Pankaj Patel, Margaret Brennan Wilson, James Demopoulos
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Publication number: 20200207490Abstract: A machine for dispensing an aerosol precursor composition for use with aerosol delivery devices. The machine may include a plurality of sources of dispensable, liquid aerosol precursor components. The plurality of sources may differ in the liquid aerosol precursor components being dispensable therefrom. The machine may include a user interface configured to allow a user to select an amount of the liquid aerosol precursor components for dispensing. The machine may also include a dispenser for dispensing the aerosol precursor components in response to the selection made on the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2020Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 10611505Abstract: A machine for dispensing an aerosol precursor composition for use with aerosol delivery devices. The machine may include a plurality of sources of dispensable, liquid aerosol precursor components. The plurality of sources may differ in the liquid aerosol precursor components being dispensable therefrom. The machine may include a user interface configured to allow a user to select an amount of the liquid aerosol precursor components for dispensing. The machine may also include a dispenser for dispensing the aerosol precursor components in response to the selection made on the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: 10080387Abstract: An aerosol delivery device includes a housing and a reservoir having an open end and an opposing closed end. The reservoir includes an aerosol precursor composition therein. The aerosol delivery device also includes an electrical contact in or on the housing. The device further includes a vaporizing unit. The vaporizing unit includes a liquid transport element, a heating element, and an electrical connector. The vaporizing unit is configured to removably engage the open end of the reservoir such that the liquid transport element is in arrangement with the reservoir to transfer the aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the heating element and configured to engage the electrical contact in or on the housing.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2016Date of Patent: September 25, 2018Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Percy D. Phillips, James William Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos, Michael F. Davis, Noah Mark Minskoff
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Patent number: 9936733Abstract: An aerosol delivery device accessory is disclosed. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
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Publication number: 20180084828Abstract: An aerosol delivery device includes a housing and a reservoir having an open end and an opposing closed end. The reservoir includes an aerosol precursor composition therein. The aerosol delivery device also includes an electrical contact in or on the housing. The device further includes a vaporizing unit. The vaporizing unit includes a liquid transport element, a heating element, and an electrical connector. The vaporizing unit is configured to removably engage the open end of the reservoir such that the liquid transport element is in arrangement with the reservoir to transfer the aerosol precursor composition from the reservoir to the heating element and configured to engage the electrical contact in or on the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2016Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Percy D. Phillips, James William Rogers, Lisa E. Brown, James Demopoulos, Michael F. Davis, Noah Mark Minskoff
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Publication number: 20170258133Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an aerosol delivery device accessory. The accessory may include a housing defining a cavity. An electrical power source and a connector may be engaged with a drawer assembly. The drawer assembly may be moveable with respect to the housing between extended and retracted configurations. In the extended configuration an aerosol delivery device may be engaged with the connector. In the retracted configuration the aerosol delivery device may be protected by the housing and recharged by the electrical power source. The drawer assembly may include a storage compartment configured to receive cartridges for the aerosol delivery device. Further, a slider may engage and move a cartridge between recessed and extended positions to store and provide access thereto. A related assembly method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Edward Laut, Steven Wayne Bockmann
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Publication number: 20160325858Abstract: A machine for dispensing an aerosol precursor composition for use with aerosol delivery devices. The machine may include a plurality of sources of dispensable, liquid aerosol precursor components. The plurality of sources may differ in the liquid aerosol precursor components being dispensable therefrom. The machine may include a user interface configured to allow a user to select an amount of the liquid aerosol precursor components for dispensing. The machine may also include a dispenser for dispensing the aerosol precursor components in response to the selection made on the user interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: November 10, 2016Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: D758655Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Keith Freshwater, Benjamin SiƓn Mainwaring, James Demopoulos, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, Frederic Philippe Ampolini, Steven L. Worm, Michael Edward Laut
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Patent number: D775414Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2015Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Frederic Philippe Ampolini, James William Rogers, Bruce Alan Bengtsson, James Demopoulos, Michael Laut, Steven Bockmann
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Patent number: D978664Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: American Snuff Company. LLCInventors: Pankaj Patel, Margaret Brennan Wilson, James Demopoulos
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Patent number: D984889Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: AMERICAN SNUFF COMPANY, LLCInventors: Pankaj Patel, Margaret Brennan Wilson, James Demopoulos, Craig M. Ressler, Nicholas Punzel, Michael K. Basak, Jason W. Ludewig, Walt Pietruch
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Patent number: D1114618Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2023Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: American Snuff Company, LLCInventors: Pankaj Patel, Margaret Brennan Wilson, James Demopoulos