Patents by Inventor William P. Scott

William P. Scott 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: 9493291
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa Ann Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Publication number: 20150298892
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Jerry Wayne Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa Ann Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Patent number: 9108784
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Publication number: 20140001194
    Abstract: A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a packet received in a dispensing container. The packet may be a blister packet including units of a product received in sealed cavities. The dispensing container may include a top casing and a bottom casing. The upper casing may be pivotably connected to the lower casing such that the upper casing is moveable between a closed position in which access to the packet is substantially blocked, and an open position in which access to the packet is provided. The packet may be supported by a shoulder defined at an inner surface of sidewalls of the lower casing such that a receptacle is formed between the packet and a major wall of the lower casing. A unit of the product released from one of the sealed cavities may be received in the receptacle and dispensed via a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Jerry W. Pipes, William P. Scott, Melissa A. Clark, Wesley S. Jones
  • Patent number: 4375358
    Abstract: Stable, pumpable slurry compositions of finely divided solid carbonaceous material in water are described. The composition includes a gelling agent to provide a supporting gel having a yield stress and a viscosity builder to reduce the bleeding of the supporting gel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1983
    Assignee: Conoco Inc.
    Inventors: Charles J. Swartz, William P. Scott