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).

  • TRANSPARENT MOISTURE BARRIER COATINGS FOR CONTAINERS
    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
  • Cigarette carton assembly
    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