Patents by Inventor John Kotrola

John Kotrola 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).

  • PEROXIDES TO LIMIT BIOFILMS AND TOBACCO-SPECIFIC NITROSAMINES
    Publication number: 20190281883
    Abstract: Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: John KOTROLA, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland, Elisabeth Miller, Dongmei Xu
  • Peroxides to limit biofilms and tobacco-specific nitrosamines
    Patent number: 10306915
    Abstract: Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: John Kotrola, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland, Elisabeth Miller, Dongmei Xu
  • Peroxides to Limit Biofilms and Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines
    Publication number: 20150305399
    Abstract: Methods of making reconstituted tobacco include contacting a mixture including tobacco pulp with one or more fluid streams including one or more peroxides (e.g., hydrogen peroxide), recovering one or more fluids from the tobacco pulp mixture, and reusing the recovered fluids in at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step. In some cases, methods provided herein can recover one or more fluids including one or more peroxides, such that the at least one subsequent tobacco pulp contacting step includes contacting tobacco pulp with a fluid including one or more peroxides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: John Kotrola, Ujwala Warek, James Arthur Strickland, Elisabeth Miller, Dongmei Xu