Patents by Inventor Katherine Conner

Katherine Conner 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).

  • AEROSOL-GENERATING BEADS, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SAID BEADS, AND COMPOSITIONS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING SAID BEADS
    Publication number: 20260174153
    Abstract: This invention relates to process for preparing beads for use as an aerosol-generating material in an aerosol provision system comprising extruding a mixture to form an extrudate, cutting the extrudate to form beads; and drying the beads at a temperature no higher than 45° C. to reduce their moisture content to no less than about 10% by weight. This invention also relates to the aerosol-generating material comprising at least one said bead, as well as to articles comprising the aerosol-generating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Inventors: Katherine CONNER, Cortney JACKSON, Thaddeus JACKSON, John MUA, Timothy WILLIAMS
  • Changing buoyancy based on combining a liquid with a substrate
    Patent number: 12208922
    Abstract: A technique for varying buoyancy of an apparatus includes providing a substrate configured to produce gas on demand when exposed to a liquid, exposing the substrate to such liquid, and capturing the gas produced by the substrate to increase the buoyancy of the apparatus within a fluid. In some examples, the liquid and the fluid contain the same material, such that gas may be produced using fluid already in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Boston Engineering Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Smithers, David Alfred Simm, Katherine Conner
  • CHANGING ELEVATION BASED ON COMBINING A LIQUID WITH A SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20210061488
    Abstract: A technique for varying buoyancy of an apparatus includes providing a substrate configured to produce gas on demand when exposed to a liquid, exposing the substrate to such liquid, and capturing the gas produced by the substrate to increase the buoyancy of the apparatus within a fluid. In some examples, the liquid and the fluid contain the same material, such that gas may be produced using fluid already in the environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Mark W. Smithers, David Alfred Simm, Katherine Conner