Patents by Inventor Rebecca Anne Rogers

Rebecca Anne Rogers 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).

  • Method and apparatus for customizing cigarette packages
    Patent number: 8522515
    Abstract: An apparatus for customizing a cigarette package is provided, wherein the cigarette package is configured to receive a plurality of as-formed cigarettes therein. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed one of a plurality of cigarette packages to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the cigarette package in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Brent Walker Carter, John Larkin Nelson, Rebecca Anne Rogers
  • Cigarette customization apparatus and associated method
    Patent number: 8171941
    Abstract: An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed an as-formed cigarette, from a plurality of as-formed cigarettes, to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the as-formed cigarette in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Brent Walker Carter, John Larkin Nelson, Rebecca Anne Rogers
  • Method and apparatus for customizing cigarette packages
    Publication number: 20100186351
    Abstract: An apparatus for customizing a cigarette package is provided, wherein the cigarette package is configured to receive a plurality of as-formed cigarettes therein. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed one of a plurality of cigarette packages to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the cigarette package in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Brent Walker Carter, John Larkin Nelson, Rebecca Anne Rogers
  • Cigarette Customization Apparatus and Associated Method
    Publication number: 20080202540
    Abstract: An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed an as-formed cigarette, from a plurality of as-formed cigarettes, to a register position. An imprinting unit is configured to interact with the as-formed cigarette in the register position so as to imprint at least one of an alphanumeric character and a graphical character thereon. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Inventors: Brent Walker Carter, John Larkin Nelson, Rebecca Anne Rogers