Patents by Inventor Laya Katina Palmer
Laya Katina Palmer 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).
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Publication number: 20220304921Abstract: The disclosure provides pouched products configured for oral use, including a material within a porous pouch, where the porous pouch has four sides of small dimension, where the porous pouch has four sides of large dimension, and/or wherein the porous pouch has a shape other than square or rectangular, e.g., a rounded shape. The disclosure further provides methods of providing a modified mouthfeel with respect to conventional pouched products by providing pouched product in such sizes and/or shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: David Neil McClanahan, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Ronald K. Hutchens, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
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Publication number: 20220304373Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a water-soluble component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition that includes a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch and has a surface area, wherein the outer water-permeable pouch can include a nonwoven web including fibers, wherein at least a portion of the fibers are selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers in an amount of 20% or greater based on the total weight of the fibers, tobacco-derived viscose, sisal fibers, corn silk fibers, long wood fibers, MCC fibers, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Ronald K. Hutchens, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, David Neil McClanahan, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
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Publication number: 20210169138Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a water-soluble component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition that includes a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch and has a surface area, wherein the outer water-permeable pouch can include a nonwoven web including fibers, wherein at least a portion of the fibers are selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers in an amount of 20% or greater based on the total weight of the fibers, tobacco-derived viscose, sisal fibers, corn silk fibers, long wood fibers, MCC fibers, and combinations thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Ronald K. Hutchens, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, David Neil McClanahan, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
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Publication number: 20210169137Abstract: The disclosure provides pouched products configured for oral use, including a material within a porous pouch, where the porous pouch has four sides of small dimension, where the porous pouch has four sides of large dimension, and/or wherein the porous pouch has a shape other than square or rectangular, e.g., a rounded shape. The disclosure further provides methods of providing a modified mouthfeel with respect to conventional pouched products by providing pouched product in such sizes and/or shapes.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: David Neil McClanahan, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Ronald K. Hutchens, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
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Patent number: 8910781Abstract: A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may comprise a lid and a base. The lid may comprise a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. A sealing member may be provided at the top wall in a channel defined therein. The base may comprise a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. Protrusions may extend from the base sidewalls. The lid may be moveable with respect to the base between a decoupled configuration and a coupled configuration. In the coupled configuration, the upper lip of the base may contact the sealing member of the lid to seal shut a storage compartment defined in the base. Further, the lower lip may engage the protrusions to retain the lid in the coupled configuration. A related method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
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Publication number: 20140197054Abstract: A container configured to hold one or more units of a product is provided. The container may comprise a lid and a base. The lid may comprise a top wall and one or more lid sidewalls extending to a lower lip. A sealing member may be provided at the top wall in a channel defined therein. The base may comprise a bottom wall and one or more base sidewalls extending to an upper lip. Protrusions may extend from the base sidewalls. The lid may be moveable with respect to the base between a decoupled configuration and a coupled configuration. In the coupled configuration, the upper lip of the base may contact the sealing member of the lid to seal shut a storage compartment defined in the base. Further, the lower lip may engage the protrusions to retain the lid in the coupled configuration. A related method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANYInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
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Publication number: 20100294291Abstract: A smokeless tobacco formulation includes particles or pieces of tobacco, and may include other ingredients, such as salts, sweeteners, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, fillers, flavoring agents, disintegration aids, antioxidants, humectants, and preservatives. The moisture content of the particles of the tobacco may vary. Certain smokeless tobacco products have the form of tobacco compositions or formulations that result from casting or otherwise forming a slurry incorporating tobacco material and other components as a film or sheet. Certain smokeless tobacco products have the form of tobacco compositions or formulations that result from pressing, extruding or otherwise forming a mixture incorporating tobacco material and other components into a desired shape. The foregoing tobacco products, as well as snus-type products, can be packaged under conditions of controlled atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2010Publication date: November 25, 2010Inventors: John Howard Robinson, Laya Katina Palmer, Pankaj Patel, John-Paul Mua, Luis Rosete Monsalud, JR.
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Publication number: 20080173317Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation and configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product is provided. The tobacco formulation includes granular tobacco and a buffer comprised of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. An outer packaging material enveloping the pouch is provided and is sealed so as to allow a controlled environment to be maintained within.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: John Howard Robinson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Pankaj Patel, John-Paul Mua, Daniel Verdin Cantrell, James Neil Figlar, Darrell Eugene Holton
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Publication number: 20080099353Abstract: An assembled container for cigarettes possesses an outer body portion that possesses a front wall, a back wall, a right side wall and a left side wall; with each wall outer surface being vertically extending, and generally curved when viewed from the top of the container. The container also possesses an associated outer lid portion. An inner sleeve is positioned within the outer body portion and connected at opposite inner faces of that outer body portion so as to provide a central, vertically extending region whereby the front wall of the outer body portion is connected to the back wall of the outer body portion. The assembled container has the minimum depth in the central, vertically extending region; and the maximum depth being located on each side of that region. The assembled container also has a width that is greater than the maximum depth. As such, the outer container possesses two vertically extending hollow regions or compartments (e.g.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2006Publication date: May 1, 2008Inventors: Heather Noelle Parsons, William Paul Scott, Pankaj Patel, Laya Katina Palmer
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Publication number: 20080029116Abstract: A smokeless tobacco formulation includes particles or pieces of tobacco, and may include other ingredients, such as salts, sweeteners, binders, colorants, pH adjusters, fillers, flavoring agents, disintegration aids, antioxidants, humectants, and preservatives. The moisture content of the particles of the tobacco may vary. Certain smokeless tobacco products have the form of tobacco compositions or formulations that result from casting or otherwise forming a slurry incorporating tobacco material and other components as a film or sheet. Certain smokeless tobacco products have the form of tobacco compositions or formulations that result from pressing, extruding or otherwise forming a mixture incorporating tobacco material and other components into a desired shape. The foregoing tobacco products, as well as snus-type products, can be packaged under conditions of controlled atmosphere.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2006Publication date: February 7, 2008Inventors: John Howard Robinson, Laya Katina Palmer, Pankaj Patel
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Patent number: D594154Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 9, 2009Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Pankaj Patel, Laya Katina Palmer Horton
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Patent number: D595453Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Heather Noélle Parsons, William Paul Scott, Pankaj Patel, Laya Katina Palmer
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Patent number: D608048Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2009Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Heather Noélle Parsons, William Paul Scott, Pankaj Patel, Laya Katina Palmer
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Patent number: D630525Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Pankaj Patel, Laya Katina Palmer Horton
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Patent number: D675516Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2010Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Michael Eromosele Abhulimen, Jonathan David Corwin, Barry Smith Fagg, Pankaj Patel, Jerry Wayne Pipes
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Patent number: D690588Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
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Patent number: D692298Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2011Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Pankaj Patel, Melissa Ann Clark, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, William Travis Lintner
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Patent number: D862230Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison
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Patent number: D862231Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison
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Patent number: D867886Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2017Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Jared Aller, Joseph Dominique, Adam Richardson, Christopher George Palmer, Jeremiah Robert Etchison