Patents by Inventor Pankaj C. Patel

Pankaj C. Patel 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: 10342743
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • Publication number: 20180263859
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • Patent number: 9999575
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • Patent number: 9809372
    Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Products
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20170158407
    Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20170100308
    Abstract: A container is provided that includes a top cover, a bottom cover, a body portion configured to engage the top cover and the bottom cover to substantially enclose an internal space defined by the body portion, wherein the body portion includes an intermediate wall that divides the internal space into a first compartment and a second compartment, and a spittoon disposed within the second compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Matthew E. Lampe, Pankaj C. Patel, Michael F. Davis, Yan Pu, Karen W. Wallace, Nicholas H. Watson, Samantha S. White, Karter R. Yutzy
  • Patent number: 9566605
    Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20170021994
    Abstract: Provided herein is a cigarette pack formed of a moisture barrier coated paper material. The paper material includes a base substrate, a first polymer coating, a second polymer coating, and a third polymer coating. The first polymer coating, the second polymer coating, and the third polymer coating provide a barrier for moisture and air exchange through the paper material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Andries D. Sebastian, Craig T. Demarest, Percy D. Phillips, Michael F. Davis, Pankaj C. Patel
  • Publication number: 20160207688
    Abstract: Provided herein is a humidity control insert for packages such as cigarette packs. The humidity control insert comprises a porous nonwoven fibrous substrate and a hygroscopic powder material dispersed within the porous nonwoven fibrous substrate. Further provided is a package, such as a cigarette pack, comprising the humidity control insert, wherein the humidity control insert is adapted to release moisture retained therein into an internal air space of the cigarette pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
    Inventors: Andries Don Sebastian, Lisa Brown, Frank Kelley St. Charles, Ercilia B. Hernandez Garcia, Pankaj C. Patel, Craig T. Demarest, Daniel V. Cantrell
  • Publication number: 20130292279
    Abstract: Containers for smokeless tobacco products and other consumer and food products are provided. The containers include a layer of fibrous material, wherein the layer of fibrous material includes a moisture barrier layer imbedded within the layer of fibrous material or carried on an outer surface of the layer of fibrous material as a coating, the moisture barrier layer incorporating at least one of: (i) a triazine-containing compound; (ii) a nano-cellulose material; (iii) a nanoclay material; (iv) a polymer composition comprising one or more of a salt of one or more of myristic, palmitic and stearic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, and a C9-C18 fatty acid complex of a metal ion having an oxidation state of at least three; and (v) an inorganic oxide material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Bruce Bengtsson, Robert J. Pound, Pankaj C. Patel, Andries D. Sebastian
  • Patent number: D685650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, Mark S. Hatcher, Wesley S. Jones, Craig T. Demarest, Pankaj C. Patel