Patents by Inventor Kathryn Wilberding

Kathryn Wilberding 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).

  • Publication number: 20220264932
    Abstract: The disclosure provides liquid aerosol precursor compositions adapted for use in an aerosol delivery device, comprising two or more organic acids. For example, one such composition includes: at least one aerosol former, nicotine, benzoic acid, lactic acid, and levulinic acid, wherein benzoic acid is present in a molar ratio of benzoic acid to nicotine of at least 0.15, wherein lactic acid is present in a molar ratio of lactic acid to nicotine of at least 0.2, and wherein levulinic acid is present in a molar ratio of levulinic acid to nicotine of at least 0.12. The disclosure further provides devices and kits incorporating such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Karen V. Taluskie, James N. Figlar, Michael F. Davis, Kathryn Wilberding, Carolyn Garnett
  • Publication number: 20190289908
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control body, an aerosol delivery device, and a method of operating an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having a housing, an electrical energy source located within the housing, a heating member operatively connected to the electrical energy source, an aerosol source member that includes an inhalable substance medium, and an indexing mechanism coupled to the heating member. The indexing mechanism is configured to move the heating member relative to the aerosol source member so as to sequentially heat one of two or more segments of the aerosol source member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Steve Worm, William Bryan Carr, Timothy Thomas, Kathryn Wilberding, Paul Braxton, Stephen Sears, Rajesh Sur, Billy Conner, Andries Sebastian