Patents by Inventor Munmaya K. Mishra

Munmaya K. Mishra 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: 12070058
    Abstract: A smoking article has a burn portion and a mouth portion. The burn portion includes a smoking rod filled with a smokeable filler material formed almost exclusively of cellulose material. The mouth portion includes either a filter portion with or without an interface or a tip with an interface. The mouth end may include an orthonasal property and the interface may store an additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Shaoyong Yu
  • Patent number: 12053014
    Abstract: A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within the coating for the duration of the use of the product. The moist tobacco product is soft and flexible so as to fit comfortably in an oral cavity when placed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, William R. Sweeney, Shensheng Liu, Kenneth A. Newman, Steven J. Hovjacky
  • Publication number: 20240245118
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: San LI, Georgios D. KARLES, Richard JUPE, Gerd KOBAL, Munmaya K. MISHRA
  • Patent number: 12041958
    Abstract: A tobacco-free oral pouch product providing immediate and long lasting flavor release comprises a pouch wrapper and tobacco-free flavor beads contained within the pouch wrapper. The flavor beads comprise at least one of microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and sodium alginate, at least one polymer having a higher solubility in saliva than microcrystalline cellulose, pectin and/or sodium alginate, and at least one flavorant. The pectin and sodium alginate are cross-linked. The tobacco-free flavor beads provide immediate release of the flavorant upon placement of a pouch product in a user's mouth and long lasting release of the flavorant for about 15 minutes to about 80 minutes. The oral pouch product contains only tobacco-free flavor beads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Biao Duan, Daqing Wu, William R. Sweeney
  • Publication number: 20240237697
    Abstract: The capsule includes a matrix with one or more portions of a filler material, the filler material including a cellulose material, the filler material being water-insoluble, the one or more portions defining interstices, a containing structure containing the matrix, and at least one first substance infused within the filler material, the at least one first substance being one of nicotine, at least one first flavorant, a pre-aerosol formulation, a combination thereof, or a sub-combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Danielle CRAWFORD, Dwight David WILLIAMS, Eric HAWES, Terry BACHE, Raymond W. LAU, Shaoyong YU
  • Publication number: 20240215631
    Abstract: Disclosed is a copolymer that includes a repeat unit containing a flavorant-containing pendant and a salt-containing repeating unit. In addition, a comestible, a smoking composition, a smoking article, a smokeless tobacco composition and a heatable or combustible product are provided which incorporate one or more of the flavorant-containing copolymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Philip Morris USA Inc.
    Inventors: Shengsheng LIU, Munmaya K. MISHRA, Peter J. LIPOWICZ, Biao DUAN
  • Publication number: 20240172789
    Abstract: A breakable capsule such as a seamless breakable capsule useful in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco product includes an outer shell formed of a cross-linked agar matrix including at least one filler, and an inner core surrounded by the outer shell which comprises a liquid or gel based composition of a flavorant and/or non-flavorant. The cross-linked agar matrix is reinforced with carboxymethyl cellulose that is dispersed throughout the agar matrix so as to fill empty spaces in the agar matrix and inhibit the composition from passing through the empty spaces of the agar matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Alex JORDAN, Kathryn M. DRAPER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS
  • Publication number: 20240172787
    Abstract: The use of pectins and/or polymers to prevent nicotine oxidation in tobacco containing products is disclosed. These polymers may be naturally occurring anionic polymers or synthetic polymers. These pectins and/or polymers prevent nicotine from oxidizing into cotinine, nicotine-cis-N-oxide, nicotine-trans-N-oxide, and/or nicotine-1,1-di-N-oxide. Molluscicides, algaecides, pesticides, and stabilized nicotine compositions comprising nicotine and pectin, anionic polymers, or combinations thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Jason FLORA, Georgios D. KARLES, Christophe Claude GALOPIN, Diane GEE, John B. PAINE, III, Douglas Antonio FERNANDEZ
  • Patent number: 11974602
    Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: San Li, Georgios D. Karles, Richard Jupe, Gerd Kobal, Munmaya K. Mishra
  • Patent number: 11957153
    Abstract: Disclosed is a copolymer that includes a repeat unit containing a flavorant-containing pendant and a salt-containing repeating unit. In addition, a comestible, a smoking composition, a smoking article, a smokeless tobacco composition and a heatable or combustible product are provided which incorporate one or more of the flavorant-containing copolymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS USA INC.
    Inventors: Shengsheng Liu, Munmaya K. Mishra, Peter J. Lipowicz, Biao Duan
  • Patent number: 11950622
    Abstract: The method includes providing a filler material that is water insoluble, the providing provides the filler material with more than 98% alpha-cellulose, 0.01% to less than 2% ash and a remainder hemicellulose, infusing at least one first consumable within the filler material and inserting a matrix within at least one first containing structure to form a capsule, the matrix including the filler material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Danielle Crawford, Dwight David Williams, Eric Hawes, Terry Bache, Raymond W. Lau, Shaoyong Yu
  • Patent number: 11944114
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes a plurality of orally disintegrable granules. Each granule has a lipid core and at least one layer surrounding the core. The core can also include binders, powdered tobacco carbohydrates, water soluble polymers, flavorants, salts, sweeteners, and combinations thereof. The orally disintegrable granules can provide a pleasing texture and/or flavor experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Frank Scott Atchley
  • Publication number: 20240090568
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Raymond LAU, Zack BLACKMON, Kelli MCKENNA
  • Patent number: 11925201
    Abstract: The use of pectins and/or polymers to prevent nicotine oxidation in tobacco containing products is disclosed. These polymers may be naturally occurring anionic polymers or synthetic polymers. These pectins and/or polymers prevent nicotine from oxidizing into cotinine, nicotine-cis-N-oxide, nicotine-trans-N-oxide, and/or nicotine-1,1-di-N-oxide. Molluscicides, algaecides, pesticides, and stabilized nicotine compositions comprising nicotine and pectin, anionic polymers, or combinations thereof are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Jason Flora, Georgios D. Karles, Christophe Claude Galopin, Diane Gee, John B. Paine, III, Douglas Antonio Fernandez
  • Patent number: 11903412
    Abstract: A breakable capsule such as a seamless breakable capsule useful in a smoking article or a smokeless tobacco product includes an outer shell formed of a cross-linked agar matrix including at least one filler, and an inner core surrounded by the outer shell which comprises a liquid or gel based composition of a flavorant and/or non-flavorant. The cross-linked agar matrix is reinforced with carboxymethyl cellulose that is dispersed throughout the agar matrix so as to fill empty spaces in the agar matrix and inhibit the composition from passing through the empty spaces of the agar matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Alex Jordan, Kathryn M. Draper, Dwight D. Williams
  • Publication number: 20240057221
    Abstract: The method includes establishing a housing defining a first channel, the first channel having a first end and a second end, the first end of the channel being in communication with an air inlet that traverse through the housing, configuring a heater to heat a pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor within the first channel, defining a cavity near the second end of the first channel, and inserting a hydrogel in the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Shaoyong YU, Raymond W. LAU, Pauline MARCQ
  • Patent number: 11864586
    Abstract: A tip device for an electronic vaping device may include a first conduit structure and a second conduit structure. The first conduit structure may be configured to direct a generated vapor through a first conduit. The second conduit structure may be configured to direct an air flow from an ambient environment through a second conduit. The second conduit structure may include an additive material on a surface of the second conduit structure, the additive material including an additive, the additive material configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit. An interposing structure of the first conduit structure and the second conduit structure may physically isolate the additive material from the first conduit, such that the additive material is configured to release the additive into the air flow directed through the second conduit independently of the generated vapor directed through the first conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Raymond Lau, Zack Blackmon, Kelli McKenna
  • Publication number: 20230389596
    Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. MISHRA, Georgios D. KARLES
  • Patent number: 11825566
    Abstract: The e-vaping cartridge includes a first tube extending in a longitudinal direction, the first tube defining a first channel with a first end and a second end, a heater traversing a portion of the first end of the first channel, the heater being configured to heat a pre-vapor formulation to form a vapor, and a hydrogel spaced apart from the second end of the first channel, the hydrogel being a colloidal dispersion including at least one first flavorant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra, Shaoyong Yu, Raymond W. Lau, Pauline Marcq
  • Publication number: 20230354908
    Abstract: A base for an e-vaping device is configured to couple with multiple cartridges configured to generate separate, respective dispersions. The cartridges may include one or more atomizer assemblies or vaporizer assemblies. The base may include multiple connectors electrically coupled to the power supply. The connectors may be configured to couple multiple dispersion generators to a power supply of the base. The base may include control circuitry configured to independently control dispersion generation by dispersion generators coupled to the base. The control circuitry may independently control dispersion generation by the first and second cartridges based on cartridge information accessed through at least one of the first and second connectors. The control circuitry may control dispersion generation by controlling power supplied to the dispersion generators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Ali A. ROSTAMI, Gerd KOBAL, Yezdi PITHAWALLA, David KANE, Christopher S. TUCKER, Peter LIPOWICZ, Jason FLORA, Georgios KARLES, Munmaya K. MISHRA, Catherine BARNES, Richard ARENA