Patents by Inventor Walid Abi Aoun

Walid Abi Aoun 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: 12256777
    Abstract: An article for use within a non-combustible aerosol provision system includes an aerosol-generating material having a top side, a barrier positioned adjacent to the top side of the aerosol-generating material and at least one passageway defined by the barrier and extending away from the top side of the aerosol-generating material. The at least one passageway is configured to, in use, allow aerosol to escape from the aerosol-generating material and provide a condensation region for the escaping aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Justin Han Yang Chan, Liu Chuan, Caner Yurteri, Colin Dickens, Walid Abi Aoun, John McAughey
  • Patent number: 12257383
    Abstract: An article for use with an apparatus for heating aerosol generating agent to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol generating agent, the article including a support layer having a first surface, wherein at least a portion of the first surface is rough and an aerosol generating agent on the portion of the first surface that is rough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kaveh Ghanouni, Richard Hepworth, Walid Abi Aoun, Karl Kaljura, Thomas David Leah, Shasa Harris
  • Patent number: 12256770
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an amorphous solid, the method including a) forming a slurry including a particulate botanical material, a gelling agent, and an aerosol-former material; b) forming a layer of the slurry; and c) drying the slurry to provide the amorphous solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Walid Abi Aoun
  • Patent number: 12239165
    Abstract: A support for a heater component of an aerosol provision device defines an axis and is configured to engage an end of the heater component to hold the heater component substantially parallel to the axis at a predetermined distance from a coil. The support defines a channel to receive a wire of a temperature sensor, and the channel defines an opening into a space between the heater component and the coil. An aerosol provision device is also described which comprises: a heater component configured to heat aerosol generating material; a first support, wherein the first support defines an axis and is configured to engage a first end of the heater component; a second support, wherein the second support is configured to engage a second end of the heater component; and at least one coil configured to heat the heater component. The first and second supports hold the heater component substantially parallel to the axis at a predetermined distance from the at least one coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Walid Abi Aoun, Richard John Hepworth, Ashley John Sayed, Mitchel Thorsen, Luke James Warren
  • Patent number: 12233203
    Abstract: There is described a cartridge for use with an apparatus for heating aerosol generating material to volatilize at least one component of the aerosol generating material. The cartridge includes a first body defining a first chamber and aerosol generating material is located within the first chamber. The first body includes a first base including a sheet of heat conductive material and has a first outer surface and at least a major portion of the first outer surface is for contacting a first heating surface of a heater of the apparatus for heating the aerosol generating material within the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Gary Fallon, Andrew Bray, Jeonghwan Park, Kav Ghanouni, Richard Hepworth, Walid Abi Aoun, Karl Kaljura
  • Publication number: 20250057205
    Abstract: This application relates to an aerosol-generating composition comprising a plurality of elongate strips of a first aerosol-generating material, wherein each elongate strip of the first aerosol-generating material comprises corrugations and a longitudinal dimension and wherein the corrugations extend transverse to the longitudinal dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Richard HEPWORTH, Kayster MENDONCA, Walid Abi AOUN
  • Publication number: 20250049107
    Abstract: An article (1) comprising aerosol generating material (3), the article (1) being for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device (100), comprising a mouth end (5) and an opposing upstream end (6), the upstream end (6) comprising a heating apparatus receiving region (7) upstream of the aerosol generating material (3), the heating apparatus receiving region (7) being configured to receive an end of a heating apparatus (102) during use; a first wrapper (8) circumscribing the heating apparatus receiving region (7) and at least a portion of the aerosol generating material (3), and a conductor configured to conduct heat from the heating apparatus receiving region (7) to the aerosol generating material (3), during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Keri COX, Thaddeus JACKSON, Billy CONNER, Patrick MOLONEY, Walid Abi AOUN, Catalin BALAN, Juan Esteban Paz JAUREGUI
  • Publication number: 20250049123
    Abstract: A non-combustible aerosol provision device (100) comprising an article receiving section (101); a heating apparatus (102), the heating apparatus (102) comprising a heating element (103), a plug (120) surrounding the heating element (103), and a power source (104) configured to heat the heating element (103), wherein the heating element (102) is located at least partially in the article receiving section (101) and the plug (120) is configured to be at least partially received within a heating apparatus receiving region in an article (1) placed in the article receiving section (101) during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Keri COX, Billy CONNER, Thaddeus JACKSON, Patrick MOLONEY, Walid Abi AOUN, Catalin BALAN, Juan Esteban Paz JAUREGUI
  • Patent number: 12219984
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating amorphous solid comprising an active ingredient, wherein when a sheet of the aerosol-generating amorphous solid having an area of 43.1 mm2 and area density of 90 g/m2 is heated to 230° C. for a period of 3 seconds under a 1.1 L/min airflow, at least 50 wt % of the active ingredient is aerosolized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kav Ghanouni, Jocelyn Benning, Walid Abi Aoun
  • Publication number: 20250031763
    Abstract: A support for a heater component of an aerosol provision device defines an axis and is configured to engage an end of the heater component to hold the heater component substantially parallel to the axis at a predetermined distance from a coil. The support defines a channel to receive a wire of a temperature sensor, and the channel defines an opening into a space between the heater component and the coil. An aerosol provision device is also described which comprises: a heater component configured to heat aerosol generating material; a first support, wherein the first support defines an axis and is configured to engage a first end of the heater component; a second support, wherein the second support is configured to engage a second end of the heater component; and at least one coil configured to heat the heater component. The first and second supports hold the heater component substantially parallel to the axis at a predetermined distance from the at least one coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Walid ABI AOUN, Richard HEPWORTH, Ashley John SAYED, Mitchel THORSEN, Luke James WARREN
  • Patent number: 12178236
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an aerosol generating substrate comprising an aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating material comprises an amorphous solid. The amorphous solid comprises an active ingredient, wherein at least 70 wt % of the active ingredient aerosolised on heating of the aerosol generating material to 370° C. for a ten-second period under a 1.95 L/min airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kav Ghanouni, Jocelyn Benning, Walid Abi Aoun
  • Patent number: 12171260
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating article comprising an aerosolizable material comprising nicotine; a solid basic material; and a wetting agent; wherein in use, the wetting agent is combined with the solid basic material and the aerosolizable material on actuation of a combining mechanism by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Walid Abi Aoun, Sally Bell
  • Publication number: 20240415169
    Abstract: Described herein is an aerosol generating substrate comprising an aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating material comprises an amorphous solid which comprises 1-60 wt % of a gelling agent, 5-80 wt % of an aerosol generating agent and optionally 0.1-60 wt % of at least one active substance and/or flavorant (dry weight basis). The amorphous solid comprises from about 1 wt % to about 15 wt % water, calculated on a wet weight basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Kav GHANOUNI, Jocelyn BENNING, Walid Abi AOUN, John Paul MUA
  • Publication number: 20240407422
    Abstract: Described herein is an aerosol generating assembly comprising an aerosol generating substrate and a heater which is configured to heat but not burn the aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating substrate comprises an aerosol generating material, the aerosol generating material comprising an amorphous solid. The amorphous solid comprises 1-60 wt % of a gelling agent, 0.1-50 wt % of an aerosol generating agent, and 0.1-80 wt % of a flavor, wherein these weights are calculated on a dry weight basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Walid Abi AOUN, Thomas David LEAH
  • Patent number: 12156537
    Abstract: An aerosol generating article for use in an aerosol generating assembly, the aerosol generating article comprising a rod of aerosolizable material circumscribed by a wrapper, wherein the wrapper comprises an aerosol-forming amorphous solid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Walid Abi Aoun, Thomas David Leah
  • Publication number: 20240381924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system, an apparatus for manufacturing an article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system, and a method of manufacturing an article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system. The article comprises an aerosol-generating material segment (20) and a susceptor (25) located therein, wherein first and second ends (26, 27) of the susceptor are located within about 5 mm of the first and second ends of the aerosol-generating material segment, respectively. The method of manufacturing the article comprises: feeding an aerosol-generating material along a feed path; inserting a susceptor into the feed path; gathering the aerosol-generating material around a susceptor to create a rod; and cutting the rod into a segment comprising a susceptor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Richard HEPWORTH, John RICHARDSON, Walid Abi AOUN, Syd TAVERN, Scott PARK, Matthew HODGSON
  • Publication number: 20240373906
    Abstract: An article for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision system, the article including a wrapper with a coating including a combustion retarding salt. Further, methods for manufacturing and uses of said articles are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Walid ABI AOUN, Jose HERNANDEZ SANCHEZ, Matthew HODGSON
  • Publication number: 20240373902
    Abstract: The invention provides an aerosol-generating material comprising: (a) aerosol-former material, (b) a first binder which is guar gum, (c) a second binder which is starch or modified starch, and (d) filler. The invention also provides a method of forming the aerosol-generating material. The invention also provides a consumable for use in a non-combustible aerosol provision device, the consumable comprising an aerosol-generating composition wherein the aerosol generating composition comprises the aerosol-generating material of the invention. The invention also provides a method of generating an aerosol using the non-combustible aerosol provision system and the use of an aerosol-generating composition in a consumable for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Walid ABI AOUN, Jennifer Louise CROSS, Yuanfeng FU, Yunyan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240341344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to aerosol generation for delivery of constituents. derivatives or extracts of cannabis. An aerosol-generating composition is provided comprising a first aerosol-generating material comprising an active substance which is a constituent, derivative or extract of cannabis and a gelling agent, and a second aerosol-generating material comprising a different active substance and a gelling agent. Products including the compositions and methods of preparing the compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Walid ABI AOUN, Oriol STROPHAIR
  • Patent number: 12108786
    Abstract: An aerosol generating substrate comprising an aerosol generating material. The aerosol generating material comprises an amorphous solid which comprises 1-60 wt % of a gelling agent, 5-80 wt % of an aerosol generating agent and optionally 0.1-60 wt % of at least one active substance and/or flavorant (dry weight basis). The amorphous solid comprises from about 1 wt % to about 15 wt % water, calculated on a wet weight basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Kav Ghanouni, Jocelyn Benning, Walid Abi Aoun, John Paul Mua