公开(公告)号：US11304440B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-19

申请号：US16674838

申请日：2019-11-05

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Chengalrayan Kudithipudi ,  Alec J. Hayes ,  Marcos Fernando de Godoy Lusso ,  Jerry Whit Morris

IPC: A24D1/00 ,  C12N15/82 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A24D3/04 ,  A24F40/20

Abstract: This disclosure provides tobacco plants containing a PMT RNAi and tobacco plants having a mutation in PMT, and methods of making and using such plants.

公开(公告)号：US11299743B2

公开(公告)日：2022-04-12

申请号：US16825394

申请日：2020-03-20

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Chengalrayan Kudithipudi ,  Alec J. Hayes ,  Robert Frank Hart, III ,  Yanxin Shen ,  Jesse Frederick ,  Dongmei Xu

IPC: C12N15/82 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A01H1/04 ,  A01H6/82 ,  A01H1/02 ,  A01H1/06 ,  A01H5/12 ,  C12Q1/6895

Abstract: Provided herein are genetic markers and a coding sequence associated with a low- or ultra-low anatabine trait in tobacco.

公开(公告)号：US20220095679A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-31

申请号：US17547621

申请日：2021-12-10

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： San LI ,  Georgios D. KARLES ,  Richard JUPE ,  Gerd KOBAL ,  Munmaya K. MISHRA

IPC: A24F40/40 ,  A61M11/00 ,  A61M15/06 ,  A61M11/04 ,  A24F40/42 ,  A24D3/17 ,  A24D3/04 ,  A24D3/06

Abstract: An electronic smoking article includes a liquid aerosol formulation, a heater operable to at least partially volatilize the liquid aerosol formulation and form an aerosol and a tubular filter segment downstream of the heater. The tubular filter segment is operable to selectively filter aerosol particles and vapors from the aerosol.

公开(公告)号：USD947021S1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-29

申请号：US29691645

申请日：2019-05-17

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Designer： Travis Garthaffner

公开(公告)号：US11267593B2

公开(公告)日：2022-03-08

申请号：US16780048

申请日：2020-02-03

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Travis Martin Garthaffner ,  Jeremy Jay Straight

IPC: B65B3/32 ,  B67C3/26 ,  B67C3/22 ,  B67C3/24 ,  B65B3/00 ,  F04B49/12 ,  B65B65/00 ,  B65B43/60 ,  B65B37/20 ,  A24F40/42 ,  B65B59/00 ,  F04B1/07

Abstract: An apparatus for the automated filling of cartridges of e-vapor devices may include a filling drum configured to receive at least one cartridge of an e-vapor device. The apparatus may additionally include a needle assembly including at least one hypodermic needle. The needle assembly is configured to transition between a lowered state and a raised state. The lowered state is where the hypodermic needle is moved down into the cartridge, while the raised state is where the hypodermic needle is lifted up and away from the cartridge. The apparatus may further include a pump assembly configured to pump a pre-vapor formulation into the cartridge when the needle assembly is in the lowered state. The pump assembly may include a variable amplitude cam system configured to adjust an amount of the pre-vapor formulation for pumping to the cartridge without changing start and stop times for the pumping.

公开(公告)号：US11236349B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16589783

申请日：2019-10-01

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Chengalrayan Kudithipudi ,  Yanxin Shen ,  Dongmei Xu ,  Jesse Frederick ,  Jaemo Yang

IPC: C12N15/82 ,  C07K14/415

Abstract: This disclosure provides a number of sequences involved in axillary bud growth in tobacco, methods of using such sequences, tobacco plants carrying modifications to such sequences or transgenes of such sequences, and tobacco products made from tobacco leaf harvested from such plants.

公开(公告)号：US20220016361A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929507

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Robert C. Lacovara ,  Phillip Diana ,  Nam Tran

IPC: A61M11/04 ,  A24F40/51 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/53 ,  A61M15/06

Abstract: In the non-nicotine electronic vaping device, a saturation sensor measures at least one electrical characteristic of the wick between the heating element and the probe wire at a first time and a second time, wherein the at least one electrical characteristic includes a resistance, a capacitance, or both a resistance and a capacitance. Control circuitry is configured to cause the non-nicotine e-vaping device to: calculate a refill rate at which the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation flows onto the wick based on the at least one electrical characteristic at the first time and the at least one electrical characteristic at the second time; determine that the refill rate is less than a threshold refill rate; and output a low non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation alert in response to determining that the refill rate is less than the threshold refill rate.

公开(公告)号：US20220015447A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929402

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Niall GALLAGHER ,  Terrance Theodore BACHE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Jarrett KEEN ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Eric HAWES

IPC: A24F40/57 ,  A24F40/10 ,  A24F40/53

Abstract: The nicotine electronic vaping device includes a nicotine reservoir, a heater and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: determine a plurality of resistance values for the heater during a time window; calculate a percent change in resistance of the heater between a first of the plurality of resistance values and a second of the plurality of resistance values; decide whether the percent change in resistance of the heater exceeds a percent change in resistance threshold; and disable power to the heater in response to deciding that the percent change in resistance of the heater exceeds the percent change in resistance threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20220015440A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929452

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Niall GALLAGHER ,  Terrance Theodore BACHE ,  Rangaraj S. SUNDAR ,  Jarrett KEEN ,  Raymond W. LAU ,  Eric HAWES

IPC: A24F40/53 ,  A24F40/51

Abstract: A device assembly includes a controller, which is configured to control the nicotine electronic vaping device to output an indication of a current level of the nicotine pre-vapor formulation in the nicotine reservoir of a nicotine pod assembly in response to determining that an aggregate amount of nicotine pre-vapor formulation drawn from the nicotine reservoir or an aggregate amount of vaporized nicotine pre-vapor formulation is greater than or equal to the at least one nicotine pre-vapor formulation level threshold.

公开(公告)号：US20220015420A1

公开(公告)日：2022-01-20

申请号：US16929386

申请日：2020-07-15

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： John H. MILLER ,  Christopher S. TUCKER

IPC: A24F40/42 ,  A24F40/44

Abstract: A reservoir assembly for a non-nicotine e-vaping device includes an outer shell, a wick, and a membrane. The outer shell includes a first opening, an inner surface of the outer shell at least partially defining a reservoir configured to hold a non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The wick extends from an interior of the reservoir to an exterior of the reservoir. The wick is configured to draw the non-nicotine pre-vapor formulation held in the reservoir to the exterior of the reservoir. The first membrane covers the first opening. The first membrane is one or more layers of a fabric that is liquid impermeable and air permeable.