Patents by Inventor Sarah A. Baxter-Wright

Sarah A. Baxter-Wright 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: 12326794
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a connector. The connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to an electronic smoking article. The electronic smoking article includes a heating element to heat a tobacco product. The electronic smoking article includes a battery. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the heating element and battery. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Paul A. Brinkley, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur, John Darnell
  • Patent number: 10856577
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, John Darnell, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Elaine K. Round, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur
  • Publication number: 20190082737
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a first connector. The first connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a battery element. A second connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to a tank element. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the tank and battery element. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. Alderman, Sarah A. Baxter-Wright, John Darnell, Kyung Soo (Jason) Hong, Paul R. Nelson, Elaine K. Round, Stephen B. Sears, Rajesh Sur
  • Publication number: 20190087302
    Abstract: A product use and behavior instrument includes a housing defining a central compartment therein. A controller is positioned within the central compartment. The controller includes a connector. The connector is configured to operatively and removably couple the product use and behavior instrument to an electronic smoking article. The electronic smoking article includes a heating element to heat a tobacco product. The electronic smoking article includes a battery. A sensor circuit is structured to collect at least one use data characteristic of a smoking action. The smoking action is associated with use of at least one of the heating element and battery. Local memory is structured to store the at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action. A communication interface is structured to communicate the stored at least one use data characteristic of the smoking action to a remote computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Sean Smith, Steven L. ALDERMAN, Paul A. BRINKLEY, Sarah A. BAXTER-WRIGHT, Kyung Soo (Jason) HONG, Paul R. NELSON, Stephen B. SEARS, Rajesh SUR