Patents by Inventor Mark Shane Hatcher
Mark Shane Hatcher 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: 20250026529Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to various packaging devices or arrangements and the blanks configured to form the inner and outer packages that make up the devices. The blanks typically include a plurality of panels that are folded and bonded together to define a compartment when formed into a package. The compartment may be employed to store a consumable product, such as cartridges for an aerosol delivery device. Related methods for forming the blanks into the packages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventor: Mark Shane Hatcher
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Patent number: 12139312Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to various packaging devices or arrangements and the blanks configured to form the inner and outer packages that make up the devices. The blanks typically include a plurality of panels that are folded and bonded together to define a compartment when formed into a package. The compartment may be employed to store a consumable product, such as cartridges for an aerosol delivery device. Related methods for forming the blanks into the packages are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.Inventor: Mark Shane Hatcher
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Publication number: 20220258911Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to various packaging devices or arrangements and the blanks configured to form the inner and outer packages that make up the devices. The blanks typically include a plurality of panels that are folded and bonded together to define a compartment when formed into a package. The compartment may be employed to store a consumable product, such as cartridges for an aerosol delivery device. Related methods for forming the blanks into the packages are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventor: Mark Shane Hatcher
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Patent number: 10562656Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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Publication number: 20180290778Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2018Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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Patent number: 10023339Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2013Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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Publication number: 20140020340Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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Patent number: 8549823Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CopmanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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Publication number: 20110190107Abstract: Methods and machines are provided for forming a five-sided carton of packages of smoking articles. A piece of film material is applied to a plurality of packages of smoking articles such that five sides of the plurality of packages are at least partially covered by the film material, but the sixth side remains uncovered. The film material is applied such that the group of packages is sufficiently tightly bound so that none of the packages may slip free from the carton. The sixth side of the plurality of packages in the carton remains exposed so that tax stamps may be easily applied. The film of material may be applied so that a gap is formed relative to the sixth side.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2011Publication date: August 4, 2011Applicant: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CompanyInventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, Mark Shane Hatcher, Wesley Steven Jones
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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
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Patent number: D1044495Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Jack Holloway, Bo Hu, James Pryor, Mark Shane Hatcher