156 patents
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Utility
Method and apparatus for identifying, authenticating, tracking and tracing manufactured items
12 Oct 21
A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container.
Patrick Chanez, Alain Sager, Philippe Chatelain, Erwan Fradet
Filed: 8 Jun 17
Utility
Inhibition of sensory irritation during consumption of non-smokeable tobacco products
28 Sep 21
An orally-enjoyable tobacco product includes a portion of smokeless tobacco comprising an active ingredient and either: (1) a collection of tobacco particles at least partially enclosed by a coating comprising a water-soluble non-crosslinked component and a substantially water-insoluble cross-linked component, or (2) a pouch comprising smokeless tobacco enclosed in a water-permeable wrapper.
Gerd Kobal, Justin Heynekamp, Timothy B. Langston, Peter Reeh, Munmaya K. Mishra, Jason W. Flora
Filed: 2 Nov 18
Utility
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14 Sep 21
A method and apparatus for identifying manufactured items in containers, where each container is suitable for containing two or more units, and where the method comprises the steps of: associating each unit with a unique unit identifier, uniquely identifying each unit, allocating two or more units to be contained in each container, uniquely identifying each container, for each container, determining one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container, and storing, in a database, a container identifier for each container, each container identifier being coupled, in the database, to the one or more ranges of unit identifiers of the two or more units allocated to the container.
Patrick Chanez, Alain Sager, Philippe Chatelain, Erwan Fradet
Filed: 17 Mar 09
Utility
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7 Sep 21
A system and method for providing model-based promotion and price computation is described in which promotional offers in the form of promotion information from a manufacturer are combined with price determination parameters from the retailer to calculate a final retail price.
William R. Sweeney
Filed: 18 Aug 14
Utility
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5 Aug 21
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein.
Clement BESSO, Anne WYSS-PETERS, Charles KUERSTEINER
Filed: 23 Apr 21
Utility
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3 Aug 21
Manufactured goods are marked or labelled with a secure unique identifier.
Alain Sager, Philippe Chatelain, Erwan Fradet
Filed: 31 Dec 13
Utility
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8 Jul 21
A process for preparing an orally-enjoyable film of encapsulated plant material includes combining particles of finely divided plant material, a first coating material, and a second coating material, then inducing gelation to form a gel matrix of the particles coated with the first coating material embedded in the second coating material, followed by forming a film from the gel matrix.
Tapashi SENGUPTA, Munmaya K. MISHRA, William R. SWEENEY
Filed: 19 Mar 21
Utility
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6 Jul 21
A merchandising system having a power distribution device associated with a package support system, and a package having a sensory output such as an image display capable of using power, data and/or signals provided from the power distribution device to produce a desired output when the package is associated with the package support system.
William R. Sweeney, Kristen M. Totty, Robert J. Maher
Filed: 27 Dec 17
Utility
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24 Jun 21
An electrically heated smoking system includes a shell and a replaceable mouthpiece.
Michel THORENS, Jean-Marc FLICK, Olivier Yves COCHAND
Filed: 5 Mar 21
Utility
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3 Jun 21
A filter segment for use in a filter of a smoking article includes a substrate loaded with at least one smoke-modifying agent.
Clement BESSO, Charles KUERSTEINER
Filed: 15 Feb 21
Utility
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3 Jun 21
A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix.
Feng GAO, Shalva GEDEVANISHVILI, Shengsheng LIU, Munmaya K. MISHRA, William R. SWEENEY, Randall BAREN, Qinglin LI, Darin COLASSACO, Salem CHOUCHANE
Filed: 11 Feb 21
Utility
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25 May 21
A smoking system includes a capillary wick for holding liquid, at least one air inlet, at least one air outlet and a chamber between the air inlet and air outlet.
Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand, Flavien Dubief
Filed: 27 Jul 16
Utility
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6 May 21
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an aerosol, a power supply for supplying power to the heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the heating element, and an interface for establishing a communications link with a host.
Felix FERNANDO, Fredrik STAHLE, Jean-Pierre CORDEY, Laurent MANCA
Filed: 12 Jan 21
Utility
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27 Apr 21
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein.
Clement Besso, Anne Wyss-Peters, Charles Kuersteiner
Filed: 3 Apr 20
Utility
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6 Apr 21
A vapor generating system includes a mouthpiece housing including an air outlet at a first side of the mouthpiece housing.
Michel Thorens, Jean-Marc Flick, Olivier Yves Cochand
Filed: 22 Mar 18
Utility
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6 Apr 21
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an aerosol, a power supply for supplying power to the heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the heating element, and an interface for establishing a communications link with a host.
Felix Fernando, Fredrik Stahle, Jean-Pierre Cordey, Laurent Manca
Filed: 22 Sep 14
Utility
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23 Mar 21
A process for preparing an orally-enjoyable film of encapsulated plant material includes combining particles of finely divided plant material, a first coating material, and a second coating material, then inducing gelation to form a gel matrix of the particles coated with the first coating material embedded in the second coating material, followed by forming a film from the gel matrix.
Tapashi Sengupta, Munmaya K. Mishra, William R. Sweeney
Filed: 27 Oct 15
Utility
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18 Mar 21
A smoking article includes identification information encoded on the smoking article.
Felix FERNANDO, Jean-Pierre CORDEY
Filed: 1 Dec 20
Utility
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4 Mar 21
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
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16 Feb 21
A filter segment for use in a filter of a smoking article includes a substrate loaded with at least one smoke-modifying agent.
Clement Besso, Charles Kuersteiner
Filed: 27 Feb 19