Patents by Inventor Keisha Renee Willingham

Keisha Renee Willingham 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).

  • Cigarette comprising dark air-cured tobacco
    Patent number: 8186360
    Abstract: A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Marshall, Susan Marlene Adams, Dwayne William Beeson, Ernest L. Cerny, III, Keisha Renee Willingham
  • CIGARETTE COMPRISING DARK-CURED TOBACCO
    Publication number: 20080245377
    Abstract: A cigarette is provided that includes a rod of smokable material circumscribed by an outer wrapping material and a filter element, which may include an adsorbent material such as activated carbon, attached to one end of the rod of smokable material. The smokable material includes at least about 5 percent by weight of a dark air-cured tobacco, based on the dry weight of the smokable material, blended with additional tobacco materials such as flue-cured tobacco, burley tobacco, Oriental tobacco, Maryland tobacco, and mixtures thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2007
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Marshall, Susan Marlene Adams, Dwayne William Beeson, Ernest L. Cerny, Keisha Renee Willingham