Patents by Inventor Ki Jin AHN

Ki Jin AHN 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).

  • Patent number: 12382985
    Abstract: A smoking material wrapper for wrapping a smoking material portion of a smoking article includes tobacco fibers and at least one vanilla material from among vanillin, ethyl vanillin, and ethyl vanillin glucoside. A smoking article includes a smoking material portion wrapped with the smoking material wrapper; a filter portion wrapped with a filter wrapper, and a tipping wrapper wrapped around the filter portion and at least a partial area of the smoking material portion such that the smoking material portion and the filter portion are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nae Oh Chung, Ki Jin Ahn, Chul Hee Lee, Han Jin Kim, Kwang Ho Cha, Kwang Won Kang
  • Patent number: 12290097
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a smoking article including a tube filter includes preparing a smoking material portion, a first tube filter flavored by a first flavoring liquid, and a mouthpiece flavored by a second flavoring liquid; and combining and packaging the smoking material portion, the first tube filter, and the mouthpiece with a wrapper, wherein the preparing comprises applying the first flavoring liquid inside the first tube filter through a hollow of the first tube filter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Chul Yang, Jong Yeol Kim, Ki Jin Ahn, Bong Su Cheong, Hee Tae Jung
  • Publication number: 20250136353
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaging for accommodating an aerosol delivering article. The packaging includes a base paper; a first coating layer on a top of the base paper; and a second coating layer on a bottom of the base paper, the second coating layer includes a water resistant agent, and the aerosol delivering article includes tobacco granules having a pH of 8 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-jin AHN, Sanghoon LEE, Kyeong Rok JUNG, Young Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20250113857
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to tipping paper including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, is to provide tipping paper for smoking articles and tipping paper including the same. The tipping paper, as tipping paper for smoking articles, includes a flavored sheet that includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20250098736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cigarette filter including lyocell tow including a bundle of lyocell fibers, a moisturizer, and a binder, a smoking article including the cigarette filter, and a method of producing the cigarette filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicants: KT & G CORPORATION, KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Kyengbae MA, Ki Jin AHN, Jin YANG, Bong Su CHEONG, Sunghoon HA, Seung Dong SEO, Jeong Hun LEE, Jong Cheol JEONG, Sang Woo JIN, Yeong Nam HWANG
  • Patent number: 12245628
    Abstract: Provided are an external heating-type aerosol generating device and a cigarette used therein. Because heat energy is easily transferred to the cigarette, a sufficient amount of smoke may be provided to a user in initial puffs so that the user may have a satisfactory smoking experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin Ahn, Soo Ho Kim, Jong Yeol Kim, Chang Jin Park, Jin Chul Yang
  • Publication number: 20250072483
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a paper tube for smoking articles with a flavored sheet, and a smoking article, and more particularly, relates to a paper tube for smoking articles which includes a flavored sheet including a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and to a smoking article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Publication number: 20250057209
    Abstract: There is provided a smoking material wrapper having micropores, wherein when the smoking material wrapper is divided into three regions at equal intervals from an upstream distal end based on the case where the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article, an average porosity is greater as a region becomes closer to a downstream. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the micropores have a pore size of 10 ?m to 50 ?m, and are formed by a perforation method using plasma. The wrapper may maintain functionality as a wrapping material due to low visibility or the like, and may minimize a dilution ratio decreased due to burning of a smoking material unit while maintaining a basic dilution ratio when the smoking material wrapper is applied to a smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Young KO, Yong Mi JUNG, Sung Min MOON, Chang Jin PARK, Hyeon Tae KIM, Ki Jin AHN
  • Publication number: 20240426059
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to paper for controlling moisture in a smoking article, which includes uncoated paper and has a basis weight of 220 grams per square meter (g/m2) to 260 g/m2, and a thickness of 280 micrometers (?m) to 320 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-jin AHN, Sanghoon LEE, Kyeong Rok JUNG, Young Jin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240407430
    Abstract: A cigarette filter which includes lyocell tow made of a plurality of lyocell fibers and a binder configured to bond the lyocell fibers to each other and has a hardness of 85% or higher is provided. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette filter has a hardness of 80% or higher even 5 minutes after 20 parts by weight to 25 parts by weight of water is added thereto based on 100 parts by weight of the lyocell tow. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette filter has a degree of collapse due to moisture of 7% or lower. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the cigarette filter overcomes existing, material-related problems of lyocell tow and has a high hardness and a low degree of collapse due to moisture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicants: KT & G CORPORATION, KOLON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jin Chul YANG, Kyeng Bae MA, Ki Jin AHN, Bong Su CHEONG, Sung Hoon HA, Jong Cheol JEONG, Sang Woo JIN, Jeong Hun LEE, Seung Dong SEO, Yeong Nam HWANG
  • Patent number: 12161149
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wrapper for a non-combustion-type cigarette used in an aerosol generating device, according to an embodiment, includes manufacturing a reconstituted tobacco sheet by mixing a tobacco material and first pulp, and manufacturing a wrapper by mixing the reconstituted tobacco sheet and second pulp. A wrapper for a non-combustion-type cigarette used in an aerosol generating device has a tensile strength of 3.0 kgf/15 mm or greater, and includes at least one of cigar leaf powder, cigar leaf pieces, and cigar leaves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soo Ho Kim, Ki Jin Ahn, Young Rim Han, Jong Yeol Kim, Chang Jin Park
  • Publication number: 20240397998
    Abstract: The present invention provides a smoking product filter and a smoking product comprising same, the filter comprising at least two filter parts, wherein at least one of two or more filter parts includes 2-4 holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: KT & G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sooho KIM, Hyeon Tae KIM, Chang Jin PARK, Ki-jin AHN, Wonyoung KO, Sungmin MOON
  • Publication number: 20240381928
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a paper tube including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, relates to a paper tube for smoking articles which includes a flavored sheet, which includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and which is on an inner surface, an outer surface, or both of the paper tube, and to a smoking article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eun Mi JEOUNG
  • Patent number: 12144368
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an externally heated aerosol generation device and a cigarette that may provide a sufficient amount of atomization to allow a user to have a satisfactory smoking experience even during an initial puff because thermal energy is easily transferred to the cigarette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soo Ho Kim, Chang Jin Park, Man Seok Seo, Ki Jin Ahn, Jong Yeol Kim, Jin Chul Yang
  • Publication number: 20240373910
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a woven fabric filter including a flavored sheet and a smoking article including the same, and more particularly, to a woven fabric filter including a flavored sheet fiber that is a fiber obtained by cutting a flavored sheet and that includes a cellulose-based polymer, a plasticizer, and a flavoring material, and to a smoking article including the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Jin AHN, Dong Hyun KIM, Ick Joong KIM, Kyung Bin JUNG, Eunmi JEOUNG
  • Patent number: 12102119
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article according to an embodiment may include a medium portion, a front end plug disposed to face an upstream end of the medium portion, and a filter portion disposed to face a downstream end of the medium portion, wherein the front end plug includes a channel extending from the upstream end to the downstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jin Chul Yang, Soo Ho Kim, Jong Yeol Kim, Man Seok Seo, Ki Jin Ahn, In Hyeog Oh
  • Publication number: 20240315322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cigarette filter and a method for manufacturing same, and can provide a paper cigarette filter using paper and a cigarette comprising same. A cigarette filter according to one embodiment of the present invention can impart a high degree of smoking satisfaction through high granule stability, and eliminate a burnt taste. Hereinafter, various embodiments related to a cigarette filter and a method for manufacturing same may be possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin AHN, Hyeon Tae KIM, Sun Hwan JUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240284967
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a filter for cigarettes and a method of preparing the filter, and provides a paper filter for cigarettes using paper and a cigarette including the paper filter. The filter for cigarettes provides a high level of satisfaction in smoking through high granular seating stability and eliminates a burnt taste. Various embodiments described herein in relation to the filter for cigarettes and the method of preparing the filter may be applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin AHN, Hyeon Tae KIM, Sun Hwan JUNG, Min Hee HWANG
  • Publication number: 20240268450
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to cigarette paper for a cigar wrapping a smoking article, the cigarette paper including 50 wt % or more of a cigar leaf, in which the smoking article is a heating type smoking article, a smoking article including the cigarette paper for a cigar, and a manufacturing method thereof. The cigarette paper for a cigar has a tensile strength of 120 cN/mm or more so as to be applicable to a heating type smoking article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin AHN, Wonyoung KO, Sungmin MOON, Soo Ho KIM, Hyeon Tae KIM, Chang Jin PARK
  • Publication number: 20240245106
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a filter for cigarettes and a method of preparing the filter, and include a paper filter for cigarettes using paper and a cigarette including the paper filter. The filter for cigarettes provides a high level of satisfaction in smoking through high granular seating stability and eliminates a burnt taste.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Jin AHN, Hyeon Tae KIM, Sun Hwan JUNG, Min Hee HWANG