Patents by Inventor James M. Rossman

James M. Rossman 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).

  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 12150476
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • FABRIC HAVING TOBACCO ENTANGLED WITH STRUCTURAL FIBERS
    Publication number: 20230105840
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 11540560
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • TOBACCO COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20210274830
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: James Arthur STRICKLAND, Frank Scott ATCHLEY, James M. ROSSMAN, Armand J. DESMARAIS, Scott A. WILLIAMS, Tod J. MILLER, Cherne W. JOHNSON
  • Tobacco compositions
    Patent number: 10945454
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Armand J. Desmarais, Scott A. Williams, Tod J. Miller, Cherne W. Johnson
  • FABRIC HAVING TOBACCO ENTANGLED WITH STRUCTURAL FIBERS
    Publication number: 20200329762
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott ATCHLEY, James M. ROSSMAN, Munmaya K. MISHRA
  • TOBACCO COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20200329755
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: James A. STRICKLAND, Frank S. ATCHLEY, James M. ROSSMAN, Armand J. DESMARAIS, Scott A. WILLIAMS, Tod J. MILLER, Cherne W. JOHNSON, Vernie A. DUE
  • Tobacco compositions
    Patent number: 10765140
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: James A. Strickland, Frank S. Atchley, James M. Rossman, Armand J. Desmarais, Scott A. Williams, Tod J. Miller, Cherne W. Johnson, Vernie A. Due
  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 10736354
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • FABRIC HAVING TOBACCO ENTANGLED WITH STRUCTURAL FIBERS
    Publication number: 20200046019
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott ATCHLEY, James M. ROSSMAN, Munmaya K. MISHRA
  • Non-tobacco product having polyurethane structural fibers
    Patent number: 10448669
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • TOBACCO COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20190029313
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: James A. STRICKLAND, Frank S. Atchley, James M. Rossman, Armand J. Desmarais, Scott A. Williams, Tod J. Miller, Cherne W. Johnson, Vernie A. Due
  • Tobacco compositions
    Patent number: 10098376
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: James A. Strickland, Frank S. Atchley, James M. Rossman, Armand J. Desmarais, Scott A. Williams, Tod J. Miller, Cherne W. Johnson
  • Fabric Having Tobacco Entangled with Structural Fibers
    Publication number: 20180249759
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 9814261
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Composite smokeless tobacco products, systems, and methods
    Patent number: 9756875
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a polymeric material in intimate contact with the smokeless tobacco and stabilized in conformance to a surface topography of the tobacco's fibrous structures such that the stabilized polymeric material secures the smokeless tobacco together. The smokeless tobacco product has a moisture-permeable porous surface and an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Smokeless tobacco articles
    Patent number: 9427019
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James Arthur Strickland, James M. Rossman
  • Fabric Having Tobacco Entangled with Structural Fibers
    Publication number: 20160066620
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • COMPOSITE SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20150264974
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a polymeric material in intimate contact with the smokeless tobacco and stabilized in conformance to a surface topography of the tobacco's fibrous structures such that the stabilized polymeric material secures the smokeless tobacco together. The smokeless tobacco product has a moisture-permeable porous surface and an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Fabric having tobacco entangled with structural fibers
    Patent number: 9066540
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and structural fibers. The structural fibers forming a network in which the smokeless tobacco is entangled. The structural fibers have a composition different from the smokeless tobacco. The tobacco-entangled fabric can have an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent. In some embodiments, the structural fibers form a nonwoven network. In some embodiments, fibrous structures of the smokeless tobacco are entangled with the structural fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Altria Client Services Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James M. Rossman, Munmaya K. Mishra