156 patents
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Electrically Heated Smoking System with Internal or External Heater
1 Dec 22
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol.
Gerard ZUBER, Olivier GREIM, Julien PLOJOUX, Dani RUSCIO
Filed: 4 Aug 22
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Heater for an electrically heated aerosol generating system
29 Nov 22
An electrically heated aerosol generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes at least one electric heater for heating the aerosol-forming substrate to form the aerosol.
Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
Filed: 4 Jun 18
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Inhibition of Undesired Sensory Effects by the Compound Camphor
17 Nov 22
A smokeless tobacco product or medicinal nicotine product includes nicotine and camphor dissolved in a non-flavored oily carrier.
Gerd KOBAL, Prasad POLUR, Maria GOGOVA, Diana MCKINNEY
Filed: 24 May 22
Utility
Indirectly heated capillary aerosol generator
11 Oct 22
An indirectly heated capillary aerosol generator comprises a capillary tube adapted to form an aerosol when liquid material in the capillary tube is heated to volatilize at least some of the liquid material therein and a thermally conductive material in thermal contact with the capillary tube.
Marc D. Belcastro, Jeffrey A. Swepston
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
High Speed Poucher
6 Oct 22
An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content is provided.
Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Dwight D. WILLIAMS, Jeremy J. STRAIGHT, David J. WEBB, Carl G. MILLER
Filed: 23 Jun 22
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Methods and Systems for Making, Tracking and Authentication of Products
29 Sep 22
Manufactured goods are marked or labeled with a secure unique identifier.
Alain SAGER, Philippe CHATELAIN, Erwan FRADET
Filed: 14 Jun 22
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Producing Pouched Tobacco Product
22 Sep 22
In a method and apparatus for producing a small pouch with a predetermined amount of particulate material therein, a predetermined amount of the particulate material is portioned from a bulk supply and compacted into a single discrete caplet.
Martin T. GARTHAFFNER, Barry S. SMITH
Filed: 3 Jun 22
Utility
Cultured Tobacco Cells As a Matrix for Consumable Products
8 Sep 22
Various embodiments are directed to consumable products incorporating a matrix of cultured tobacco cells.
Alec J. HAYES, Maria SHULLEETA, Jason W. FLORA
Filed: 23 May 22
Utility
Method of forming heating elements that are coupled together to a voltage source
6 Sep 22
A heater for heating an aerosol-forming substrate includes a plurality of elongate heating elements arranged in an elongate array.
Olivier Greim, Felix Fernando, Charles Higgins
Filed: 6 May 19
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Elongate heater for an electrically heated aerosol-generating system
30 Aug 22
An electrically heated aerosol-generating system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate includes a heating element including a first electrically conductive element electrically insulated from a second electrically conductive element by an electrically insulating portion.
Olivier Greim, Julien Plojoux, Dani Ruscio
Filed: 13 May 19
Utility
Electrically heated smoking system with internal or external heater
9 Aug 22
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol.
Gerard Zuber, Olivier Greim, Julien Plojoux, Dani Ruscio
Filed: 1 Mar 16
Utility
Inhibition of undesired sensory effects by the compound camphor
19 Jul 22
A smokeless tobacco product or medicinal nicotine product includes nicotine and camphor dissolved in a non-flavored oily carrier.
Gerd Kobal, Prasad Polur, Maria Gogova, Diana McKinney
Filed: 2 Jan 19
Utility
High speed poucher
12 Jul 22
An apparatus and methods for producing at extremely high production speeds small pouches filled with tobacco or other granular, powdered or solid content.
Martin T. Garthaffner, Dwight D. Williams, Jeremy J. Straight, David J. Webb, Carl G. Miller
Filed: 24 Nov 20
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Method and apparatus for producing pouched tobacco product
12 Jul 22
In a method and apparatus for producing a small pouch with a predetermined amount of particulate material therein, a predetermined amount of the particulate material is portioned from a bulk supply and compacted into a single discrete caplet.
Martin T. Garthaffner, Barry S. Smith
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Methods and systems for making, tracking and authentication of products
5 Jul 22
Manufactured goods are marked or labeled with a secure unique identifier.
Alain Sager, Philippe Chatelain, Erwan Fradet
Filed: 26 May 17
Utility
Moist Tobacco Product and Method of Making
30 Jun 22
A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed.
Munmaya K. MISHRA, William R. SWEENEY, Shensheng LIU, Kenneth A. NEWMAN, Steven J. HOVJACKY
Filed: 21 Mar 22
Utility
Automatic price display control by emulation of electronic cash register price lookup
7 Jun 22
A system and method for distribution of product price and/or sales data in a retail establishment.
William R. Sweeney
Filed: 29 Oct 19
Utility
Vessel Screen Retaining System and Method
2 Jun 22
Certain embodiments include a screen assembly of a vessel, where the screen assembly includes a plurality of fixed elements and a retainer, and the retainer includes a ring, a plurality of wedges disposed about the ring, and a plurality of keyholes at spaced locations about the ring.
Nathaniel HULL, Adam LISBETH, William SAMMLER, John TILLEY
Filed: 10 Dec 21
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Cigarettes and Cigarette Filters Including Activated Carbon for Removing Nitric Oxide
2 Jun 22
Filters and cigarettes include an activated carbon sorbent capable of selectively removing nitric oxide from mainstream tobacco smoke.
Wei-Jun ZHANG, Mark ZHUANG, Shahryar RABIEI, Firooz RASOULI
Filed: 16 Feb 22
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Cultured tobacco cells as a matrix for consumable products
24 May 22
Various embodiments are directed to consumable products incorporating a matrix of cultured tobacco cells.
Alec J. Hayes, Maria Shulleeta, Jason Flora
Filed: 20 Mar 19