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Utility
Smoking Device with Heating Profile Based on Puff Volume
12 Oct 23
A method of operating an aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate during a usage session, the device including a power supply to supply power to a heating element to heat the substrate, and a controller, the method including: monitoring a user interaction parameter indicative of use of the device during the session; using the user interaction parameter for controlling temperature of the heating element during the session; monitoring a parameter indicative of aerosol generation during the session; analyzing the monitored parameter to identify a user puff, the user puff defined by a puff start and a puff end; analyzing the monitored parameter during the user puff to calculate a puff volume, the puff volume being a volume of aerosol generated during the user puff; and using the puff volume as the user interaction parameter for controlling temperature of the heater element.
Oleg MIRONOV, Enrico STURA
Filed: 1 Sep 21
Utility
Dry Powder Inhaler with an Adherence Monitor
12 Oct 23
A dry powder inhaler which contains a blister pack, such as a blister strip, is provided.
Darryl COTTON, John DEAMER, Roger CLARKE, Andreas MELINIOTIS, Philip SMITH, Philip SWANBURY, Seth THOMAS
Filed: 17 Nov 20
Utility
Low Hygroscopicity Active Powder Compositions
5 Oct 23
An inhalable powder includes crystalline dry powder particles.
Fabiana Spadaro, Gérard Zuber
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Novel Aerosol-generating Substrate Comprising Thymus Species
5 Oct 23
A heatable aerosol-generating article is provided, including: an aerosol-generating substrate including a homogenised thyme material including at least 2.5 percent by weight of thyme particles on a dry weight basis, an aerosol former, and a binder, at least 400 micrograms of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, and at least 150 micrograms of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate, on a dry weight basis, in which an amount of ursolic acid per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate is at least 2 times an amount of thymol per gram of the aerosol-generating substrate; and at least one hollow tube immediately downstream of the aerosol-generating substrate.
Daniel ARNDT, Prisca CAMPANONI, Jean-Pierre SCHALLER
Filed: 28 Jun 21
Utility
Container with Expandable Spacer for Used and Unused Consumer Goods
5 Oct 23
The container may comprise a box, a lid, at least a first bundle and a second bundle of consumer goods, and an expandable spacer.
Clement BESSO, Digvijay Singh, Julie Polier
Filed: 16 Apr 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device
28 Sep 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for heating an aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: control electronics; and an outer lighting array partially or wholly surrounding an inner lighting array, the control electronics being coupled to the outer and inner lighting arrays and are configured to: i) selectively activate one of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a first predetermined light emission conveying first data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, and ii) selectively activate the other of the outer and inner lighting arrays to generate a second predetermined light emission conveying second data indicative of a state of the aerosol-generating device, in which the first data and the second data are different from one another.
Enrico STURA, Torsten Richard Mathias TINGSTRÖM, Ezequiel VALDEZ ROJAS, Valerio OLIANA
Filed: 27 Jun 22
Utility
Freeze Dried Low Hygroscopicity Active Powder Compositions
28 Sep 23
A method of forming an inhalable powder composition including combining sugar or a sugar alcohol with an active agent and a liquid carrier to form a liquid mixture, and freeze drying the liquid mixture to form crystalline dry composition, and then milling the crystalline dry composition to from crystalline dry powder particles having a particle size of about 5 micrometers or less.
Fabiana Spadaro, Gérard Zuber
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Method to Make a Container for Consumer Goods and Container for Consumer Goods
28 Sep 23
The invention relates to a method of making a container for consumer goods, the method comprising: - forming a first multi-layer (100), the first multi-layer comprising a first cellulose (30) based layer and a first polymeric layer (31); - folding the first multi-layer (100) to form a package (10) comprising a lid portion and a box portion, the box portion and the lid portion being divided by an opening line, the lid portion being hinged to the box portion, the package defining a housing for the consumer goods, wherein the first multi-layer is so folded that the first polymeric layer is provided on an outer side of the first cellulose based layer; - forming an outer wrapper (101), the outer wrapper comprising a second cellulose (40) based layer and a second polymeric (41) layer; - wherein one of the first polymeric layer (31) and second polymeric layer (41) is a moisture barrier layer and the other of the first polymeric layer (31) and second polymeric layer (41) is a heat sealable layer; - wrapping the package with the outer wrapper (101), the outer wrapper covering, at least in part, the opening line, wherein the wrapping is made so that the second polymeric layer (41) is provided on an inner side of the second cellulose based layer (40); - heating the package and the outer wrapper (101), to seal the outer wrapper on the package (10), forming the container.
Ross Lange, Cristian Neagu, Cesare Lorenzetti, Alexander Androsenko
Filed: 1 Jul 21
Utility
Aerosol Generator with Dual Battery Heating Arrangement
28 Sep 23
An aerosol-generating device (100) comprises a first power source (120), an aerosolizer (110) configured to receive power from the first power source and configured to generate aerosol from an aerosol-generating substrate (170), a second power source (130), and a heating circuit (160) configured to receive power from the second power source to heat the first power source.
Riccardo Riva Reggiori, Alexandra Sereda, Serge Lopez, Edward Branham, Matthew Lawrenson
Filed: 19 Jul 21
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Control Circuitry for an Aerosol-generating Device
21 Sep 23
Control circuitry is provided for an aerosol-generating device having a locked state in prohibiting aerosol delivery and an unlocked state permitting aerosol delivery, the circuitry being configured to: receive user-input authentication information from user interface components, to receive the information during multiple time windows, each corresponding to a respective digit of a sequence of digits forming the information, and to attribute user input received via the components during a time window to the digit corresponding to the time window, perform offline authentication of the device based on the information, determine to transition the device from the locked state to the unlocked state based on a successful result of the offline authentication, and interpret multiple signals arising from repeated user operation of a same user interface component during the time window as a coded input signal defining the digit of the sequence to which the time window corresponds.
Gregory Andre CRISTIAN, Christian WAGNER
Filed: 4 Aug 21
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Aerosol-generating Article Having Bridging Element with Reflectance Factor
21 Sep 23
An aerosol-generating article (10) comprising a rod (20) comprising an aerosol-generating substrate (22); a filter (30) in axial alignment with the rod (20); a bridging element (40) comprising a first wrapper (42), the first wrapper circumscribing the rod (20) and the filter and securing the filter to the rod; and a cavity (44) located between the rod and the filter, the cavity (44) being partially delimited by the inner surface of the first wrapper (42) in a first portion of the bridging element (40), wherein the first portion of the bridging element has a reflectance factor of 85 percent or higher.
Alexandre Camus, Yalin Ciftcioglu, Levent Lekili
Filed: 19 Feb 21
Utility
Unit Dose Dry Powder Inhaler
21 Sep 23
The invention provides a unit dose dispenser in the form of a blister containing a dry powder for inhalation.
Andreas MELINIOTIS
Filed: 24 Aug 21
Utility
Pouched Product for Oral Use, Sealing Method, Sealing Device, Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing a Pouched Product for Oral Use
14 Sep 23
Described is a pouched product for oral use with a filling material and a saliva-permeable pouch.
Lotte GIBSON, Jonas LINDBERG
Filed: 20 Oct 21
Utility
Smoking Composition Comprising Flavour Precursor
14 Sep 23
A smoking composition comprises an aerosol-forming substrate and a flavour precursor compound.
Jan Carlos Hufnagel, Anneke Glabasnia, Flavie Aramendy
Filed: 24 Feb 23
Utility
Aerosol Generating Device with Odour Inhibition Assembly
7 Sep 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for an aerosol-generating article including an aerosol-forming substrate, the aerosol-generating device including: a heater configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate; an odour inhibition assembly including at least one chamber configured to receive at least one odour inhibition substrate; and a recess configured to receive the aerosol-generating article, the at least one chamber being isolated from the recess such that air is unable to pass from the chamber to the recess through the aerosol-generating device.
Flavie ARAMENDY, Ricardo CALI, Thomas Philipp SALVADOR
Filed: 5 Jul 21
Utility
Dry Powder Formulations for Inhalation
7 Sep 23
A respirable dry powder including acetylsalicylic acid in particles has a mass median aerodynamic diameter (MMAD) within a range of about 0.5 µm to about 10 µm.
Kambiz YADIDI
Filed: 31 Jan 23
Utility
Smoking Device with Heating Profile Based on Puff Frequency
31 Aug 23
A method of operating an aerosol-generating device for generating aerosol from an aerosol-forming substrate during a usage session is provided, the aerosol-generating device including a power supply arranged to supply power to a heater during the usage session, the method including: using control electronics of the aerosol-generating device to associate a puff applied in the usage session with a corresponding target operating temperature for the heater based on a cumulative puff count of the applied puff in the usage session and on a time interval between the applied puff and an earlier puff applied in the usage session, and for the applied puff, control the supply of power from the power supply in order to adjust a temperature of the heater to the target operating temperature associated with the applied puff.
Fabrice STEFFEN, Enrico STURA, Jerome UTHURRY
Filed: 1 Sep 21
Utility
Aerosol-generating Device Providing Gesture Initiation of a Status Query
17 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device is provided for generating an aerosol during a usage session, the aerosol-generating device including: an indicator system; a motion detector; and a controller; the motion detection unit being configured to detect movement of the device and to identify a first gesture and a second gesture different from the first gesture, in which, in response to the first gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of progress of the usage session, and in which, in response to the second gesture being identified by the motion detector, the controller is further configured to control the indicator system to output a user detectable indication indicative of the number of usage sessions available.
Valerio OLIANA
Filed: 30 Jun 21
Utility
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Unlocking Aerosol-generating Devices
10 Aug 23
An aerosol-generating device (102) comprising a controller comprising one or more processors.
Gregory André Cristian, Andrew McLauchlan
Filed: 23 Jun 21
Utility
Systems, Devices, and Methods for Unlocking Aerosol-generating Devices
10 Aug 23
A method comprising maintaining a database of user accounts and aerosol-generating devices associated with the user accounts.
Rehouven Walter Libine
Filed: 22 Jun 21