Hose End Sprayers And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same
Patent No. 11759807
A dispensing system including a hose-end-sprayer having a sprayer body assembled with a selected valve having a lever to selectively operate the hose-end-sprayer and a shipping clip capable of retaining the valve in a closed position during shipping; methods for manufacturing and assembling the same using a single sprayer body with multiple valve configurations.
Inventors: Brandon Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.); Jacob Vanbecelaere (Richmond)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Grandview, Mo.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Multifunctional Branched Polymers With Improved Low-temperature Performance
Patent No. 11760953
A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C.sub.3-C.sub.10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (III)-(V): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.6, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R.sub.7, R.sub.11, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.16, and R.sub.17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (III)-(V) is from 6 to 31.
Inventors: Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.); Arturo Carranza (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Methods And Devices For Cartridge Authentication
Patent No. 11758940
A device comprises a sensor and processing circuitry coupled to the sensor. The sensor is configured to obtain authentication information from an identification label of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device. The processing circuitry is configured to perform authentication of the cartridge based on the authentication information; and determine whether to unlock a battery section of the electronic vaping device to power the cartridge based on a result of the authentication of the cartridge.
Inventors: Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel); Bernard Juster (Netanya, Israel); Shmuel Gavrielov (Beit Shemesh, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Lighting Unit For Aerosol-generating Systems
Patent No. 11758948
A cartridge for use with an aerosol-generating system has a housing defining a liquid containing volume. The housing includes a sidewall extending from a mouthpiece end to a power supply end. The housing includes a transparent region forming at least a portion of the sidewall. The housing includes a light source fixed to the sidewall. The light source is configured to transmit light into the liquid containing volume. The light source may be fixed to an inner surface of the sidewall, fixed to an outer surface of the sidewall, or form a portion or the sidewall.
Inventors: Nikolaus Martin Ricketts (Geneva, Switz.); Philippe Ernest Wilhelm Slama (Putty, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Customizable Devices For Multiple Consumables
Patent No. 11758942
A customizable device may include a first inhalation device and a second inhalation device, each including a mouth end portion and an upstream end portion. In a storage configuration, the mouth end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. In an active configuration, the upstream end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. A connector hub may couple the inhalation devices.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Methods And Systems For Searching Data Exchanges That Comprise Information On Assets With Non-homogenous Functionality And Non-standardized Data Descriptions
Patent No. 11762857
Methods and systems searching data exchanges and assets with non-homogenous functionality and non-standardized data descriptions using credentials corresponding to users. The method includes receiving, from a user, a request to access a data exchange, retrieving a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile provides a credential for the user, and receiving a search string. The method includes determining a first search input for searching the data exchange based on the search string and the credential, performing, a first comparison of a first search input portion to respective first set of attributes for the plurality of asset types, and performing a second comparison of a second search input portion to respective second set of attributes for the plurality of asset types. The method includes generating for display a search result for the search string based on the first comparison and the second comparison.
Inventors: Singaram Subramanian (Dublin, Calif.); Sumod Soman (San Ramon, Calif.); Adwait Suresh Talathi (Kensington, Calif.); Jonathan Rodriguez (Richmond); Sheel Khanna (Glen Allen, Va.); Snehal Patil (San Ramon, Calif.); Heena Patel (Fremont, Calif.); Naveen Chandran (San Ramon, Calif.); John Prout (Castro Valley, Calif.); Tribhuvan Kambham (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Captial One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Soft Oral Product
Patent No. 11758938
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Pod Assembly, Dispensing Body, And E-vapor Apparatus Including The Same
Patent No. 11762977
An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
Inventors: Raymond Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.); Alistair Bramley (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Scalable Subscriptions For Virtual Collaborative Workspaces
Patent No. 11762809
Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer program products for scalable subscriptions for virtual collaborative workspaces. An indication of a process event associated with a computer-implemented process may be received. A population of subscribers subscribed to at least one property of one of the process event or the computer-implemented process may be determined. A virtual collaborative workspace for the process event may be generated, the virtual collaborative workspace operative to present context information associated with the process event to a plurality of subscribers. A message may be sent to the population of subscribers indicating the process event, the message comprising a link to access the virtual collaborative workspace. The virtual collaborative workspace may be generated for display responsive to selection of the link by the at least one of the population of subscribers.
Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bhavik Gudka (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Automated Rules Execution Testing And Release System
Patent No. 11763312
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for rules execution testing using live production data. Live production authorization requests may be received at a production computing device. Production authorization decisions may be determined at the production computing device for the live production authorization requests using a set of production rules. The production authorization requests, data used to arrive at the corresponding production authorization decisions, and/or the corresponding authorization decisions may be streamed in real-time to a test device. Test authorization decisions may be determined at the test device for the received live production authorization requests using the received data used to arrive at the production authorization decisions, and using a set of test rules. Production and test authorization decisions may be compared to determine decision differences. One or more user interfaces or reports may be generated for outputting the decision differences.
Inventors: Sathiyamurthy Thiruvengadathan (Glen Allen, Va.); Lakshmi Phani Kommaraju (Glen Allen, Va.); David Parsons (Glen Allen, Va.); Nirmit Patel (Henrico, Va.); Uday Kumar Dikshit (Loudoun County, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Distribution System For Flow Control Of Infusate From Branch Catheters To Selected Site
Patent No. 11759566
System and method to improve drug delivery to identified regions in the brain or elsewhere through direct infusion of a therapeutic agent or the like into that region. This direct infusion will allow for greater concentrations of the agent in the target region while reducing concentrations elsewhere in the body where these agents may be toxic. The system and method improves efficacy while reducing unwanted side effects. The system includes an array of multiple, independently targeted, microporous catheters for insertion into the target region and a distribution system that allows for individualized flow control to each catheter. The system may be connected to a reservoir that contains the therapeutic agent, and flow to the system is maintained through one or more pumps. This system will greatly improve on the current single catheter infusion design and shall provide therapy, delivered through multiple catheters, thus delivering the therapy evenly over a customizable volume.
Inventors: Edward H. Bertram (Charlottesville, Va.); Nathan Swami (Charlottesville, Va.); Walter Varhue (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Prescription Medicine Packaging System And Method For Using Same To Provide Range Of Compliance Options
Patent No. 11759393
A prescription medicine packaging system includes cells. Each cell stores prescription medicine. Each cell has an opening adapted for access by a user. A cap is aligned over and seals each opening. Each cap includes a first part and a second part that are independent of one another and uniquely identifiable by features thereof. Each of the caps is breached via one of removal and destruction of one of its first part and second part.
Inventors: Hassan Zakaria (Midlothian, Va.); Matthew Gaal (Gelang Patah, Malaysia)
Sept. 19, 2023
Gutter Broom
Patent No. 11759004
A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.
Inventors: Britt R. Calloway (Midlothian, Va.); Josh Coker (New Kent, Va.); Robert Mayes (Hanover, Va.); Tim Stumph (Midlothian, Va.); Chris Turner (Aylett, Va.)
Assignee: Old Dominion Brush Co. (Henrico, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Drainage Housewrap
Patent No. 11760052
A housewrap is a multi-layer drainage wrap. A nonwoven base web has a three-dimensional pattern embossed therein on one surface of the web. This embossed web is then extrusion coated with a polymer coating. The coating is extrusion-coated on to embossed side of the nonwoven base web. The nonwoven base web has the three-dimensionally embossed and coated side as its outward facing surface. The coated base web is then activated by stretching to provide moisture vapor permeance at a rate that allows a building to breathe. The result is a housewrap that is textured on both the inside and outside faces of the housewrap. The texture and weather resistive coating on exterior side facilitates both drainage of water off of the outside face of the housewrap and the circulation of air and moisture around and through the inside face of the housewrap and promotes a tighter seal and better adhesion to flashing tapes reducing further the points of entry for water into the structure.
Inventors: Geoffrey M. Baldwin (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert C. Anderson (Beaverdam, Va.)
Assignee: Specialty Coating & Laminating (Doswell, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Push-pull Electrical Connector
Patent No. 11764518
The invention relates to a plug connector (300), having: a receiving element (10) for receiving a plug-in element of the first type (100) or a plug-in element of the second type (200) at least in certain areas; and – a push-pull locking system (20) for producing a push-pull locking between the connector (300) and the plug-in element of the first type (100); wherein the push-pull locking system (20) has at least one locking element (13) which is arranged at least regionally in a recess (14) of the receiving element (10) provided for the at least one locking element (13), and wherein the receiving element (10) has at least one latching means (12) which is provided and designed to with at least one complementary latching means (230) of the plug element, of the second type (200) to be brought into engagement.
Inventors: Xuefeng Ge (Henrico, Va.); Matthias Bönsch (Bielefed, Germany)
Assignee: Weidmuller Interface Gmbh & Co (Detmold, Germany)
Sept. 19, 2023
Method Of Treating Smokeless Tobacco
Patent No. 11766068
The method includes first adding at least one first chelator to smokeless tobacco, second adding at least one first antioxidant to the smokeless tobacco, the at least one first antioxidant being different than the at least one first chelator, and third adding at least one first flavorant to the smokeless tobacco, wherein the first adding occurs before the third adding.
Inventors: Marc W. Fariss (Midlothian, Va.); Jeffery Edmiston (Mechanicsville, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); Randall Baren (Glen Allen, Va.); Yahya Kargalioglu (Glen Allen, Va.); James A. Strickland (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Semantic Entity Search Using Vector Space
Patent No. 11768837
A method may include storing a vector space representation of a set of concepts in a semantic ontology, wherein locations of the set of concepts in the vector space are based on weights of a neural network trained using triples from the semantic ontology; presenting a semantic search user interface including: a text input portion to receive a search query from an input device; a suggested search portion; and a search results portion; receiving, from a user computing device, the search query; converting, using at least one processor, the search query into a vector; computing, using the at least one processor; a set of possible concepts related to the search query based on a distance between the vector and other concepts in the vector space representation; and presenting the set of possible concepts related to the search query in the suggested search portion of the semantic search user interface.
Inventors: David Newman (Walnut Creek, Calif.); Omar B. Khan (Richmond); Alexander Joseph Kalinowski (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sept. 26, 2023
Optimized Tissue-preferred Promoter And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11767535
The present disclosure provides the identification of promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Jaemo Yang (Richmond); Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); Ujwala Warek (Chester, Va.); James Strickland (Richmond); Jesse Frederick (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Reservoir Filling System For An Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 11770879
A reservoir refill system for an electronic vaping device includes a refill container and a reservoir. The refill container contains a pre-vapor formulation. The refill container includes a body, an opening in the body, and a first interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein. The reservoir is configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation and includes a reservoir body, an opening in the reservoir body, and a second interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein at an opening of the reservoir. The first interlocking ring is configured to mate with the second interlocking ring so as to release the pre-vapor formulation from the refill container to the reservoir.
Inventors: Robert Levitz (North Miami Beach, Fla.); Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Compact Portable Plasma Reactor
Patent No. 11767242
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a small modular self-contained surface plasma device for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus using the technical process of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) surface plasma generation from ambient atmosphere for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. The primary application mode is for preservation of perishable commodities within industrial shipping containers through reduction of surface spoilage organisms and destruction of evolved gaseous ethylene that causes premature ripening. Additional implementations include deployment for oxidation of surfaces and/or container atmospheres in applications to diminish or eradicate pesticides, toxins, chemical residues, and other natural or introduced contaminants. Other embodiments envisioned include incorporation of device capabilities and or ancillary modules for feedback input (e.g. ozone sensor(s) to maintain steady state levels, self-tuning circuitry to adjust operating frequency), communication (e.g. among modules, RFID data loggers, Wi-Fi output), and programing (e.g. user input of container volume, transit time, ozone level, etc.).
Inventors: Subrata Roy (Gainesville, Fla.); Sherlie Eileen Portugal Atencio (Doral, Fla.);
Alexander Gustaw Schindler-Tyka (Richmond)
Assignee: Surfplasma (Gainesville, Fla.)
Sept. 26, 2023
E-vapor Device With Bimetallic Actuator For Opening And Sealing Reservoir
Patent No. 11766072
An e-vapor device may include a reservoir, a heater, and a bimetallic actuator. The reservoir is configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir defines an outlet configured to release the pre-vapor formulation therefrom. The heater is configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation released from the reservoir to generate a vapor. The bimetallic actuator may be configured to seal the outlet of the reservoir when vaping is not occurring and configured to unseal the outlet when vaping is occurring.
Inventor: Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Electrically Heated Smoking System With Internal Or External Heater
Patent No. 11766070
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element. The electrically heated smoking system and the heating element are arranged such that, when the aerosol forming substrate is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol forming substrate.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Olivier Greim (Villars-Burquin, Switzerland); Julien Plojoux (Geneva, Switzerland); Dani Ruscio (Cressier, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Coated Paperboard Containers Having An Aqueous Barrier Coating
Patent No. 11767639
A coated paperboard container includes a paperboard substrate and an aqueous barrier coating on the paperboard substrate. The coated paperboard container has a repulpability yield of 75% accepts or greater, a sidewall seam bond strength of 30 pounds per inch or greater, and a wet rigidity loss of 50% or less.
Inventors: Steven Parker (Raleigh, N.C.); Jiebin Pang (Glen Allen, Va.); Natasha G. Melton (Richmond); Teresa Krug (Henrico, Va.); Sergio A. Giuste (Midlothian, Va.); Wade Harris (Lumberton, Texas); Terrell J. Green (Raleigh, N.C.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sept. 26, 2023
Gaming Machines With Free Play Bonus Mode Presenting Only Winning Outcomes
Patent No. 11769374
A gaming machine includes a processor and a presentation device coupled to the processor. The processor is programmed to determine that a free play trigger condition is satisfied, and to execute one or more free plays based on the free play trigger condition to create one or more free play outcomes. Each free play outcome is a winning free play outcome or a non-winning free play outcome. The presentation device is configured to present winning free play outcomes when at least one free play outcome is a winning free play outcome. Non-winning free play outcomes are not presented.
Inventors: Mark Daniel Eubanks (Mechanicsville, Va.); Sarah Jean Gozdecki (Des Plaines, Ill.); Steve Nicodemus (Charlottesville, Va.); Richard Kerr Sisson (Charlottesville, Va.); Jeremy Michael Webb (Stanardsville, Va.)
Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies (Franklin, Tenn.)
Sept. 26, 2023
Hose End Sprayers And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same
Patent No. 11759807
A dispensing system including a hose-end-sprayer having a sprayer body assembled with a selected valve having a lever to selectively operate the hose-end-sprayer and a shipping clip capable of retaining the valve in a closed position during shipping; methods for manufacturing and assembling the same using a single sprayer body with multiple valve configurations.
Inventors: Brandon Ramsuer (Henrico, Va.); Jacob Vanbecelaere (Richmond)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Grandview, Mo.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Multifunctional Branched Polymers With Improved Low-temperature Performance
Patent No. 11760953
A viscosity index improver comprising a reaction product of (i) an acylated copolymer obtainable by acylating a copolymer of ethylene and one or more C.sub.3-C.sub.10 alpha-olefins having an Mn of 3,000 to 250,000 g/mol; and (ii) a compound of the formulae (III)-(V): ##STR00001##
wherein R.sub.6, R.sub.8, R.sub.9, R.sub.10, R.sub.12 and R.sub.15 are independently selected from a hydrogen and an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and R.sub.7, R.sub.11, R.sub.13, R.sub.14, R.sub.16, and R.sub.17 are independent selected from an optionally substituted linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, and a sum of the number of carbon atoms in each compound of the formulae (III)-(V) is from 6 to 31.
Inventors: Sheng Jiang (Glen Allen, Va.); Arturo Carranza (Henrico, Va.)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Methods And Devices For Cartridge Authentication
Patent No. 11758940
A device comprises a sensor and processing circuitry coupled to the sensor. The sensor is configured to obtain authentication information from an identification label of a cartridge of an electronic vaping device. The processing circuitry is configured to perform authentication of the cartridge based on the authentication information; and determine whether to unlock a battery section of the electronic vaping device to power the cartridge based on a result of the authentication of the cartridge.
Inventors: Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel); Bernard Juster (Netanya, Israel); Shmuel Gavrielov (Beit Shemesh, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Lighting Unit For Aerosol-generating Systems
Patent No. 11758948
A cartridge for use with an aerosol-generating system has a housing defining a liquid containing volume. The housing includes a sidewall extending from a mouthpiece end to a power supply end. The housing includes a transparent region forming at least a portion of the sidewall. The housing includes a light source fixed to the sidewall. The light source is configured to transmit light into the liquid containing volume. The light source may be fixed to an inner surface of the sidewall, fixed to an outer surface of the sidewall, or form a portion or the sidewall.
Inventors: Nikolaus Martin Ricketts (Geneva, Switz.); Philippe Ernest Wilhelm Slama (Putty, Switz.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Customizable Devices For Multiple Consumables
Patent No. 11758942
A customizable device may include a first inhalation device and a second inhalation device, each including a mouth end portion and an upstream end portion. In a storage configuration, the mouth end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. In an active configuration, the upstream end portion of at least one of the first inhalation device or the second inhalation device is removably coupled to the other inhalation device. A connector hub may couple the inhalation devices.
Inventor: Tony Reevell (London, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Methods And Systems For Searching Data Exchanges That Comprise Information On Assets With Non-homogenous Functionality And Non-standardized Data Descriptions
Patent No. 11762857
Methods and systems searching data exchanges and assets with non-homogenous functionality and non-standardized data descriptions using credentials corresponding to users. The method includes receiving, from a user, a request to access a data exchange, retrieving a user profile for the user, wherein the user profile provides a credential for the user, and receiving a search string. The method includes determining a first search input for searching the data exchange based on the search string and the credential, performing, a first comparison of a first search input portion to respective first set of attributes for the plurality of asset types, and performing a second comparison of a second search input portion to respective second set of attributes for the plurality of asset types. The method includes generating for display a search result for the search string based on the first comparison and the second comparison.
Inventors: Singaram Subramanian (Dublin, Calif.); Sumod Soman (San Ramon, Calif.); Adwait Suresh Talathi (Kensington, Calif.); Jonathan Rodriguez (Richmond); Sheel Khanna (Glen Allen, Va.); Snehal Patil (San Ramon, Calif.); Heena Patel (Fremont, Calif.); Naveen Chandran (San Ramon, Calif.); John Prout (Castro Valley, Calif.); Tribhuvan Kambham (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Captial One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Soft Oral Product
Patent No. 11758938
An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a polymer matrix and one or more flavorants and/or active ingredients embedded in the polymer matrix. The polymer matrix can include a copolymer of ethylene and one or more vinyl monomers or zein. For example, the polymer can be ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and/or ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. In some cases, the oral product can include tobacco and/or nicotine.
Inventors: Munmaya K. Mishra (Manakin Sabot, Va.); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Pod Assembly, Dispensing Body, And E-vapor Apparatus Including The Same
Patent No. 11762977
An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a pre-vapor formulation compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the pre-vapor formulation compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
Inventors: Raymond Lau (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.); Alistair Bramley (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 19, 2023
Scalable Subscriptions For Virtual Collaborative Workspaces
Patent No. 11762809
Systems, methods, articles of manufacture, and computer program products for scalable subscriptions for virtual collaborative workspaces. An indication of a process event associated with a computer-implemented process may be received. A population of subscribers subscribed to at least one property of one of the process event or the computer-implemented process may be determined. A virtual collaborative workspace for the process event may be generated, the virtual collaborative workspace operative to present context information associated with the process event to a plurality of subscribers. A message may be sent to the population of subscribers indicating the process event, the message comprising a link to access the virtual collaborative workspace. The virtual collaborative workspace may be generated for display responsive to selection of the link by the at least one of the population of subscribers.
Inventors: Eric K. Barnum (Midlothian, Va.); Bhavik Gudka (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Automated Rules Execution Testing And Release System
Patent No. 11763312
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer-readable media are provided for rules execution testing using live production data. Live production authorization requests may be received at a production computing device. Production authorization decisions may be determined at the production computing device for the live production authorization requests using a set of production rules. The production authorization requests, data used to arrive at the corresponding production authorization decisions, and/or the corresponding authorization decisions may be streamed in real-time to a test device. Test authorization decisions may be determined at the test device for the received live production authorization requests using the received data used to arrive at the production authorization decisions, and using a set of test rules. Production and test authorization decisions may be compared to determine decision differences. One or more user interfaces or reports may be generated for outputting the decision differences.
Inventors: Sathiyamurthy Thiruvengadathan (Glen Allen, Va.); Lakshmi Phani Kommaraju (Glen Allen, Va.); David Parsons (Glen Allen, Va.); Nirmit Patel (Henrico, Va.); Uday Kumar Dikshit (Loudoun County, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Distribution System For Flow Control Of Infusate From Branch Catheters To Selected Site
Patent No. 11759566
System and method to improve drug delivery to identified regions in the brain or elsewhere through direct infusion of a therapeutic agent or the like into that region. This direct infusion will allow for greater concentrations of the agent in the target region while reducing concentrations elsewhere in the body where these agents may be toxic. The system and method improves efficacy while reducing unwanted side effects. The system includes an array of multiple, independently targeted, microporous catheters for insertion into the target region and a distribution system that allows for individualized flow control to each catheter. The system may be connected to a reservoir that contains the therapeutic agent, and flow to the system is maintained through one or more pumps. This system will greatly improve on the current single catheter infusion design and shall provide therapy, delivered through multiple catheters, thus delivering the therapy evenly over a customizable volume.
Inventors: Edward H. Bertram (Charlottesville, Va.); Nathan Swami (Charlottesville, Va.); Walter Varhue (Glen Allen, Va.)
Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Prescription Medicine Packaging System And Method For Using Same To Provide Range Of Compliance Options
Patent No. 11759393
A prescription medicine packaging system includes cells. Each cell stores prescription medicine. Each cell has an opening adapted for access by a user. A cap is aligned over and seals each opening. Each cap includes a first part and a second part that are independent of one another and uniquely identifiable by features thereof. Each of the caps is breached via one of removal and destruction of one of its first part and second part.
Inventors: Hassan Zakaria (Midlothian, Va.); Matthew Gaal (Gelang Patah, Malaysia)
Sept. 19, 2023
Gutter Broom
Patent No. 11759004
A gutter broom is provided. The gutter broom can include a mandrel, one or more carriers, each carrier removably coupled to the mandrel, and one or more bristle strips, each bristle strip removably coupled to one of the carriers. The gutter broom components can be recyclable and modular, requiring no tools for assembly or servicing.
Inventors: Britt R. Calloway (Midlothian, Va.); Josh Coker (New Kent, Va.); Robert Mayes (Hanover, Va.); Tim Stumph (Midlothian, Va.); Chris Turner (Aylett, Va.)
Assignee: Old Dominion Brush Co. (Henrico, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Drainage Housewrap
Patent No. 11760052
A housewrap is a multi-layer drainage wrap. A nonwoven base web has a three-dimensional pattern embossed therein on one surface of the web. This embossed web is then extrusion coated with a polymer coating. The coating is extrusion-coated on to embossed side of the nonwoven base web. The nonwoven base web has the three-dimensionally embossed and coated side as its outward facing surface. The coated base web is then activated by stretching to provide moisture vapor permeance at a rate that allows a building to breathe. The result is a housewrap that is textured on both the inside and outside faces of the housewrap. The texture and weather resistive coating on exterior side facilitates both drainage of water off of the outside face of the housewrap and the circulation of air and moisture around and through the inside face of the housewrap and promotes a tighter seal and better adhesion to flashing tapes reducing further the points of entry for water into the structure.
Inventors: Geoffrey M. Baldwin (Mechanicsville, Va.); Robert C. Anderson (Beaverdam, Va.)
Assignee: Specialty Coating & Laminating (Doswell, Va.)
Sept. 19, 2023
Push-pull Electrical Connector
Patent No. 11764518
The invention relates to a plug connector (300), having: a receiving element (10) for receiving a plug-in element of the first type (100) or a plug-in element of the second type (200) at least in certain areas; and – a push-pull locking system (20) for producing a push-pull locking between the connector (300) and the plug-in element of the first type (100); wherein the push-pull locking system (20) has at least one locking element (13) which is arranged at least regionally in a recess (14) of the receiving element (10) provided for the at least one locking element (13), and wherein the receiving element (10) has at least one latching means (12) which is provided and designed to with at least one complementary latching means (230) of the plug element, of the second type (200) to be brought into engagement.
Inventors: Xuefeng Ge (Henrico, Va.); Matthias Bönsch (Bielefed, Germany)
Assignee: Weidmuller Interface Gmbh & Co (Detmold, Germany)
Sept. 19, 2023
Method Of Treating Smokeless Tobacco
Patent No. 11766068
The method includes first adding at least one first chelator to smokeless tobacco, second adding at least one first antioxidant to the smokeless tobacco, the at least one first antioxidant being different than the at least one first chelator, and third adding at least one first flavorant to the smokeless tobacco, wherein the first adding occurs before the third adding.
Inventors: Marc W. Fariss (Midlothian, Va.); Jeffery Edmiston (Mechanicsville, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); Randall Baren (Glen Allen, Va.); Yahya Kargalioglu (Glen Allen, Va.); James A. Strickland (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Semantic Entity Search Using Vector Space
Patent No. 11768837
A method may include storing a vector space representation of a set of concepts in a semantic ontology, wherein locations of the set of concepts in the vector space are based on weights of a neural network trained using triples from the semantic ontology; presenting a semantic search user interface including: a text input portion to receive a search query from an input device; a suggested search portion; and a search results portion; receiving, from a user computing device, the search query; converting, using at least one processor, the search query into a vector; computing, using the at least one processor; a set of possible concepts related to the search query based on a distance between the vector and other concepts in the vector space representation; and presenting the set of possible concepts related to the search query in the suggested search portion of the semantic search user interface.
Inventors: David Newman (Walnut Creek, Calif.); Omar B. Khan (Richmond); Alexander Joseph Kalinowski (Philadelphia, Penn.)
Assignee: Wells Fargo Bank (San Francisco, Calif.)
Sept. 26, 2023
Optimized Tissue-preferred Promoter And Uses Thereof
Patent No. 11767535
The present disclosure provides the identification of promoters that are preferentially active in tobacco axillary buds. Also provided are tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth. Also provided are methods and compositions for producing tobacco plants comprising reduced or no sucker growth.
Inventors: Chengalrayan Kudithipudi (Midlothian, Va.); Jaemo Yang (Richmond); Yanxin Shen (Glen Allen, Va.); Dongmei Xu (Glen Allen, Va.); Ujwala Warek (Chester, Va.); James Strickland (Richmond); Jesse Frederick (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Reservoir Filling System For An Electronic Vaping Device
Patent No. 11770879
A reservoir refill system for an electronic vaping device includes a refill container and a reservoir. The refill container contains a pre-vapor formulation. The refill container includes a body, an opening in the body, and a first interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein. The reservoir is configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation and includes a reservoir body, an opening in the reservoir body, and a second interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein at an opening of the reservoir. The first interlocking ring is configured to mate with the second interlocking ring so as to release the pre-vapor formulation from the refill container to the reservoir.
Inventors: Robert Levitz (North Miami Beach, Fla.); Arie Holtz (Jerusalem, Israel)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Compact Portable Plasma Reactor
Patent No. 11767242
Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a small modular self-contained surface plasma device for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus using the technical process of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) surface plasma generation from ambient atmosphere for decontamination of air and surfaces within enclosed volumes. The primary application mode is for preservation of perishable commodities within industrial shipping containers through reduction of surface spoilage organisms and destruction of evolved gaseous ethylene that causes premature ripening. Additional implementations include deployment for oxidation of surfaces and/or container atmospheres in applications to diminish or eradicate pesticides, toxins, chemical residues, and other natural or introduced contaminants. Other embodiments envisioned include incorporation of device capabilities and or ancillary modules for feedback input (e.g. ozone sensor(s) to maintain steady state levels, self-tuning circuitry to adjust operating frequency), communication (e.g. among modules, RFID data loggers, Wi-Fi output), and programing (e.g. user input of container volume, transit time, ozone level, etc.).
Inventors: Subrata Roy (Gainesville, Fla.); Sherlie Eileen Portugal Atencio (Doral, Fla.);
Alexander Gustaw Schindler-Tyka (Richmond)
Assignee: Surfplasma (Gainesville, Fla.)
Sept. 26, 2023
E-vapor Device With Bimetallic Actuator For Opening And Sealing Reservoir
Patent No. 11766072
An e-vapor device may include a reservoir, a heater, and a bimetallic actuator. The reservoir is configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation. The reservoir defines an outlet configured to release the pre-vapor formulation therefrom. The heater is configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation released from the reservoir to generate a vapor. The bimetallic actuator may be configured to seal the outlet of the reservoir when vaping is not occurring and configured to unseal the outlet when vaping is occurring.
Inventor: Jason Andrew Macko (Richmond)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Electrically Heated Smoking System With Internal Or External Heater
Patent No. 11766070
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol forming substrate includes a heater for heating the substrate to form the aerosol. The heater includes a heating element. The electrically heated smoking system and the heating element are arranged such that, when the aerosol forming substrate is received in the electrically heated smoking system, the heating element extends a distance only partially along the length of the aerosol forming-substrate, and the heating element is positioned towards the downstream end of the aerosol forming substrate.
Inventors: Gerard Zuber (Neuchatel, Switzerland); Olivier Greim (Villars-Burquin, Switzerland); Julien Plojoux (Geneva, Switzerland); Dani Ruscio (Cressier, Switzerland)
Assignee: Philip Morris USA (Richmond)
Sept. 26, 2023
Coated Paperboard Containers Having An Aqueous Barrier Coating
Patent No. 11767639
A coated paperboard container includes a paperboard substrate and an aqueous barrier coating on the paperboard substrate. The coated paperboard container has a repulpability yield of 75% accepts or greater, a sidewall seam bond strength of 30 pounds per inch or greater, and a wet rigidity loss of 50% or less.
Inventors: Steven Parker (Raleigh, N.C.); Jiebin Pang (Glen Allen, Va.); Natasha G. Melton (Richmond); Teresa Krug (Henrico, Va.); Sergio A. Giuste (Midlothian, Va.); Wade Harris (Lumberton, Texas); Terrell J. Green (Raleigh, N.C.)
Assignee: WestRock MWV (Atlanta, Ga.)
Sept. 26, 2023
Gaming Machines With Free Play Bonus Mode Presenting Only Winning Outcomes
Patent No. 11769374
A gaming machine includes a processor and a presentation device coupled to the processor. The processor is programmed to determine that a free play trigger condition is satisfied, and to execute one or more free plays based on the free play trigger condition to create one or more free play outcomes. Each free play outcome is a winning free play outcome or a non-winning free play outcome. The presentation device is configured to present winning free play outcomes when at least one free play outcome is a winning free play outcome. Non-winning free play outcomes are not presented.
Inventors: Mark Daniel Eubanks (Mechanicsville, Va.); Sarah Jean Gozdecki (Des Plaines, Ill.); Steve Nicodemus (Charlottesville, Va.); Richard Kerr Sisson (Charlottesville, Va.); Jeremy Michael Webb (Stanardsville, Va.)
Assignee: Video Gaming Technologies (Franklin, Tenn.)
Sept. 26, 2023