Patents by Inventor Ronald K. Hutchens

Ronald K. Hutchens 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).

  • Publication number: 20210169806
    Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions and products configured for oral use. For example, a composition is provided that includes a foam containing a lipid and an active agent and/or a flavorant, and a carrier, wherein the foam is adsorbed onto the carrier. Such a foam can be incorporated, e.g., within lozenges and/or pouched oral products. The disclosure further provides an oral product (e.g., a lozenge and/or pouched oral product) including an encapsulated agent, wherein the encapsulated agent is a porous bead with an exterior portion and an interior portion containing a lipid and an active agent and/or a flavorant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald K. Hutchens, Anthony Richard Gerardi, Philip Richard Hunt, Christopher Keller, Thomas H. Poole
  • Publication number: 20210169790
    Abstract: The disclosure provides oral products, the oral products including a fleece material that includes fibers and a releasable component. In some embodiments, oral products as described herein may be in the form of a pouchless product including a fleece material having a releasable component associated therewith, or in the form of a pouched product including a fleece material having a releasable component associated therewith in the form of a pouch, containing a substrate material therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Savannah Johnson, Ronald K. Hutchens, David Neil McClanahan, Pankaj Patel, Travis O'Neal, Dwayne William Beeson, Wesley Steven Jones
  • Publication number: 20210169138
    Abstract: A pouched product adapted for release of a water-soluble component therefrom is provided herein. The pouched product can include an outer water-permeable pouch defining a cavity containing a composition that includes a water-soluble component capable of being released through the water-permeable pouch and has a surface area, wherein the outer water-permeable pouch can include a nonwoven web including fibers, wherein at least a portion of the fibers are selected from the group consisting of polyester fibers in an amount of 20% or greater based on the total weight of the fibers, tobacco-derived viscose, sisal fibers, corn silk fibers, long wood fibers, MCC fibers, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ronald K. Hutchens, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, David Neil McClanahan, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
  • Publication number: 20210169787
    Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use and methods for preparing such products. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may comprise an active ingredient in an amount of 10 weight percent or less, a sugar alcohol, and a gum, such that the product is in the form of a pastille. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may comprise an active ingredient in an amount of about 10 weight percent or less, a sugar substitute, and a sugar alcohol syrup, such that the product is in the form of a lozenge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr., Ronald K. Hutchens, Jeremy Barrett Mabe
  • Publication number: 20210169130
    Abstract: The disclosure provides for oral compositions comprising a clarified tobacco extract and one or more filler components. In another aspect, the disclosure provides methods of preparing a clarified tobacco extract. Such methods can comprise processing a tobacco extract through at least one ultrafiltration step to provide a filtered tobacco extract and passing the filtered tobacco extract through a solution comprising one or more non-molecularly imprinted polymer (NIP) to provide the clarified tobacco extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Dwayne William Beeson, Ronald K. Hutchens, Christopher Keller, Thomas H. Poole, Frank Kelley St. Charles
  • Publication number: 20210169792
    Abstract: Products configured for oral use and methods for preparing such products are provided. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may comprise at least one active ingredient in an amount of 10 weight percent or less, a sugar alcohol, and a gum, such that the product is in the form of a pastille. In some embodiments, oral products described herein may include at least one active ingredient in an amount of about 10 weight percent or less, a sugar substitute, and a sugar alcohol syrup, such that the product is in the form of a lozenge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Darrell Eugene Holton, JR., Ronald K. Hutchens, Jeremy Barrett Mabe, Kristen Ann Spielbauer, Matthew Evan Lampe, Ross Jay Oden, Michael Andrew Zawadzki, Anthony Richard Gerardi
  • Publication number: 20210169137
    Abstract: The disclosure provides pouched products configured for oral use, including a material within a porous pouch, where the porous pouch has four sides of small dimension, where the porous pouch has four sides of large dimension, and/or wherein the porous pouch has a shape other than square or rectangular, e.g., a rounded shape. The disclosure further provides methods of providing a modified mouthfeel with respect to conventional pouched products by providing pouched product in such sizes and/or shapes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: David Neil McClanahan, Dwayne William Beeson, Laya Katina Palmer Horton, Ronald K. Hutchens, Savannah Johnson, Wesley Steven Jones, Travis O'Neal, Pankaj Patel
  • Publication number: 20210068447
    Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, the products including a mixture of a particulate filler, water, one or more organic acids, and one or more flavoring agents, the product having a pH value of less than about 7.0. The products exhibit greater stability over time with respect to whiteness and/or flavor component concentration than products which do not contain one or more organic acids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Keller, Thomas H. Poole, Ronald K. Hutchens, Anthony R. Gerardi
  • Publication number: 20210068446
    Abstract: The disclosure provides products configured for oral use, the products including a mixture of a particulate filler component, a cellulose derivative, water, and one or more flavoring agents. The products exhibit greater stability over time with respect to flavor component concentration than comparative products which do not contain a cellulose derivative.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher Keller, Thomas H. Poole, Ronald K. Hutchens, Anthony R. Gerardi