Patents by Inventor Luc Amgwerd

Luc Amgwerd 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: 10849356
    Abstract: There is provided a portable extinguisher for extinguishing a single smoking article at a time, the extinguisher including defining a reservoir, a chamber, and an opening configured to receive a smoking article into the chamber, the chamber being sized to receive at least part of the smoking article and being isolated from the reservoir such that there is no fluid communication between the chamber and the reservoir, wherein the reservoir and the chamber are thermally coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic Lavanchy, Laurent Manca, Sergey Krasiev, Samuel Malzach, Luc Amgwerd, Antonino Lanci, Elmar Mock
  • Patent number: 10070665
    Abstract: There is provided a portable extinguisher for extinguishing a single smoking article at a time. The extinguisher includes an outer vessel, an inner sleeve, an opening, and a lid. The opening is sized to receive a single smoking article into the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is within the outer vessel and is at least partially separated from the outer vessel. The inner sleeve includes at least one aperture allowing fluid communication between the inner sleeve and the outer vessel. The lid is for closing the extinguisher. When the lid is closed, escape of fluid from the extinguisher is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic Lavanchy, Laurent Manca, Sergey Krasiev, Samuel Malzach, Luc Amgwerd, Antonino Lanci, Elmar Mock
  • Publication number: 20180184707
    Abstract: There is provided a portable extinguisher for extinguishing a single smoking article at a time, the extinguisher including defining a reservoir, a chamber, and an opening configured to receive a smoking article into the chamber, the chamber being sized to receive at least part of the smoking article and being isolated from the reservoir such that there is no fluid communication between the chamber and the reservoir, wherein the reservoir and the chamber are thermally coupled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.
    Inventors: Frederic LAVANCHY, Laurent MANCA, Sergey KRASIEV, Samuel MALZACH, Luc AMGWERD, Antonino LANCI, Elmar MOCK
  • Patent number: 9156297
    Abstract: Marking device (10) having a housing, a stamp pad (13) and an ink reservoir (15), wherein the ink reservoir (15) has a fluid connection to the stamp pad (13) and the ink reservoir (15) is arranged with the stamp pad (13) in a bottom part (11.1) of the housing. The ink reservoir (15) comprises a reservoir region for accommodating an ink and a zone for accommodating the stamp pad (13), which comprises a plurality of outlet holes. In addition, the ink reservoir (15) comprises a plurality of capillary channels, which extend between the reservoir region and the zone, wherein each capillary channel leads to one of the outlet holes, to provide the fluid connection between ink reservoir (15) and the stamp pad (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Inventors: Luc Amgwerd, Annette Lehmann, Markus Mast, Vincent Vaucher
  • Publication number: 20140090570
    Abstract: Marking device (10) having a housing, a stamp pad (13) and an ink reservoir (15), wherein the ink reservoir (15) has a fluid connection to the stamp pad (13) and the ink reservoir (15) is arranged with the stamp pad (13) in a bottom part (11.1) of the housing. The ink reservoir (15) comprises a reservoir region for accommodating an ink and a zone for accommodating the stamp pad (13), which comprises a plurality of outlet holes. In addition, the ink reservoir (15) comprises a plurality of capillary channels, which extend between the reservoir region and the zone, wherein each capillary channel leads to one of the outlet holes, to provide the fluid connection between ink reservoir (15) and the stamp pad (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Inventors: Luc Amgwerd, Annette Lehmann, Markus Mast, Vincent Vaucher