Patents by Inventor Karter R. Yutzy

Karter R. Yutzy 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).

  • Container with a spittoon
    Patent number: 10342743
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • CONTAINER WITH A SPITTOON
    Publication number: 20180263859
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • Container with a spittoon
    Patent number: 9999575
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • FLAVOR ADDITIVE ACCESSORY
    Publication number: 20170172200
    Abstract: A method of incorporating a flavor material into combination with a tobacco product is described herein. The method may include accessing a flavor delivery insert of a flavor additive accessory, associating the flavor delivery insert with at least one of the tobacco product and a package containing the tobacco product, and actively or passively releasing the flavor material from the flavor delivery insert such that the flavor material is incorporated with the tobacco product. Also described herein are flavor delivery inserts, tobacco products having flavor delivery inserts, and flavor additive accessories having flavor delivery inserts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Samantha S. White, Cynthia Stewart Stokes, Percy D. Phillips, Karter R. Yutzy, Matthew Lampe, Nicholas Harrison Watson, Karen Womble Wallace, Yan Pu, Michael F. Davis, Craig T. Demarest
  • CONTAINER WITH A SPITTOON
    Publication number: 20170100308
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • SMOKING ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20170055576
    Abstract: A smoking article is provided and has opposed lighting and mouth ends. A mouth end portion is disposed at the mouth end and a heat generation portion is disposed about the lighting end. An outer wrapping material is wrapped at least about the heat generation portion and extends toward the mouth end portion, to define a cylindrical rod. An aerosol-generating portion is disposed within the outer wrapping material and between the heat generation and mouth end portions. The aerosol-generating portion is configured to generate an aerosol in response to heat received from the heat generation portion. The aerosol-generating and heat generation portions are further configured to cooperate to distribute heat received by the aerosol-generating portion from the heat generation portion, so as to prevent scorching of the outer wrapping material. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Dwayne William Beeson, Billy T. Conner, Evon Llewellyn Crooks, Paul G. Hoertz, Luis Monsalud, John-Paul Mua, Timothy F. Tilley, Stephen Cole, Darrell D. Williams, Samantha S. White, Karen Womble Wallace, Alvaro Gonzalez-Parra, Yan PU, Michael F. Davis, Matthew E. Lampe, Karter R. Yutzy, Nicholas Harrison Watson