Top Inventors for class "Tobacco" |
Rank | Inventor's name | Country | City/State | Last publication | # of patent apps in this class |
1 | Qiuming Liu | CN | Shenzhen | May 18, 2017 / 20170135403 - ATOMIZATION ASSEMBLY AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | 63 |
2 | Munmaya K. Mishra | US | Manakin Sabot, VA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378283 - COATED TOBACCO PARTICLES SUITABLE FOR USAGE IN A SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCT | 35 |
3 | Qiuming Liu | CN | Shenzhen City | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150296884 - Electronic Cigarette and Its Soft Sucking Rod | 31 |
4 | Stephen Benson Sears | US | Siler City, NC | Jul 21, 2022 / 20220226303 - MULTI-PHASE DELIVERY COMPOSITIONS AND PRODUCTS INCORPORATING SUCH COMPOSITIONS | 28 |
5 | William R. Sweeney | US | Richmond, VA | Jun 30, 2022 / 20220202062 - MOIST TOBACCO PRODUCT AND METHOD OF MAKING | 27 |
6 | Michael Francis Dube | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Jan 06, 2022 / 20220000168 - METHOD FOR PREPARING FLAVORFUL COMPOUNDS ISOLATED FROM BLACK LIQUOR AND PRODUCTS INCORPORATING THE FLAVORFUL COMPOUNDS | 27 |
7 | Firooz Rasouli | US | Midlothian, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 24 |
8 | Daniel S. Sinclair, Jr. | US | Mandeville, LA | Feb 16, 2017 / 20170042218 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONICAL FORM MANDREL CONSTRUCTED FROM CYLINDRICAL BLANK | 23 |
9 | Georgios D. Karles | US | Richmond, VA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273020 - LIQUID AEROSOL FORMULATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 23 |
10 | Karl Kaljura | GB | London | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210368851 - CONSUMABLE FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING AEROSOLISABLE MATERIAL | 21 |
11 | Anthony Richard Gerardi | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296501 - ORAL COMPOSITION WITH POLYMERIC COMPONENT | 20 |
12 | Andries Don Sebastian | US | Clemmons, NC | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200404970 - MICROTEXTURED LIQUID TRANSPORT ELEMENT FOR AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | 20 |
13 | Christopher S. Tucker | US | Midlothian, VA | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210361890 - NON-COMBUSTIBLE SMOKING DEVICE AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | 19 |
14 | Szu-Sung Yang | US | Midlothian, VA | Dec 09, 2021 / 20210378283 - COATED TOBACCO PARTICLES SUITABLE FOR USAGE IN A SMOKELESS TOBACCO PRODUCT | 17 |
15 | Daniel Verdin Cantrell | US | Lewisville, NC | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279833 - SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPOSITION INCORPORATING A BOTANICAL MATERIAL | 17 |
16 | Yonghai Li | CN | Shenzhen City | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170196272 - ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING SAME | 17 |
17 | Zhongli Xu | CN | Shenzhen City | Jul 13, 2017 / 20170196272 - ATOMIZER AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE HAVING SAME | 17 |
18 | Manabu Yamada | JP | Tokyo | Sep 15, 2022 / 20220287377 - POWER SOURCE UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, MAIN BODY UNIT OF AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, AEROSOL GENERATION DEVICE, AND NON-COMBUSTION-TYPE ASPIRATOR | 16 |
19 | Shengsheng Liu | US | Richmond, VA | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160095350 - BIOPOLYMER FOAMS AS FILTERS FOR SMOKING ARTICLES | 16 |
20 | Timothy S. Sherwood | US | Midlothian, VA | Aug 20, 2020 / 20200260776 - NOVEL BANDED CIGARETTE WRAPPER WITH OPENED-AREA BANDS | 16 |
21 | Barry S. Smith | US | Hopewell, VA | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210361890 - NON-COMBUSTIBLE SMOKING DEVICE AND COMPONENTS THEREOF | 15 |
22 | Lik Hon | HK | North Point | Jun 22, 2017 / 20170172213 - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | 15 |
23 | Geoffrey Brandon Jordan | US | Midlothian, VA | Jul 01, 2021 / 20210203174 - CHARGER ASSEMBLY AND CHARGING SYSTEM FOR AN ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICE | 15 |
24 | Andries D. Sebastian | US | Clemmons, NC | Jan 26, 2017 / 20170021994 - MOISTURE BARRIER COATED TOBACCO PRODUCT PACKAGING | 15 |
25 | Peter J. Lipowicz | US | Midlothian, VA | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220265941 - METHOD AND DEVICES FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC VAPING DEVICES | 15 |
26 | John-Paul Mua | US | Advance, NC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296501 - ORAL COMPOSITION WITH POLYMERIC COMPONENT | 14 |
27 | Shuzhong Zhuang | US | Richmond, VA | Jun 01, 2017 / 20170150750 - IMMOBILIZED DILUENTS FOR SMOKING ARTICLES | 14 |
28 | San Li | US | Midlothian, VA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273020 - LIQUID AEROSOL FORMULATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 14 |
29 | Jerry Wayne Marshall | US | Stokesdale, NC | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279833 - SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPOSITION INCORPORATING A BOTANICAL MATERIAL | 13 |
30 | Vernon Brent Barnes | US | Advance, NC | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210360963 - FILTERED CIGARETTE INCORPORATING A BREAKABLE CAPSULE | 13 |
31 | Frank Scott Atchley | US | Midlothian, VA | Jan 23, 2014 / 20140021077 - Container Device for Tobacco Articles | 13 |
32 | Marc W. Rose | US | Mechanicsville, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 13 |
33 | Billy Tyrone Conner | US | Clemmons, NC | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273023 - HEAT GENERATION APPARATUS FOR AN AEROSOL-GENERATION SYSTEM OF A SMOKING ARTICLE, AND ASSOCIATED SMOKING ARTICLE | 13 |
34 | Manabu Takeuchi | JP | Tokyo | Nov 25, 2021 / 20210360976 - FLAVOR COMPONENT GENERATION CONTROL DEVICE, FLAVOR COMPONENT GENERATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM | 13 |
35 | Dongmei Xu | US | Glen Allen, VA | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220267787 - GENETIC LOCUS IMPARTING A LOW ANATABINE TRAIT IN TOBACCO AND METHODS OF USING | 12 |
36 | Ping Li | US | Glen Allen, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 12 |
37 | Charles Kuersteiner | CH | Jouxtens-Mezery | Oct 21, 2021 / 20210321665 - SMOKING ARTICLE FILTER FOR EASY EXTINGUISHING | 12 |
38 | Alex Hearn | GB | London | Apr 07, 2016 / 20160095355 - SIMULATED CIGARETTE | 12 |
39 | Mark Scatterday | US | Scottsdale, AZ | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220256910 - PUFFED CANNABIS FLOWER EXTRUSION PROCESS | 12 |
40 | Balager Ademe | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279839 - APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FILLING RODS WITH BEADED SUBSTRATE | 12 |
41 | Yonghai Li | CN | Shenzhen | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220295895 - Susceptor used in aerosol generating device and the aerosol generating device | 12 |
42 | Zhongli Xu | CN | Shenzhen | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220295895 - Susceptor used in aerosol generating device and the aerosol generating device | 12 |
43 | Feng Gao | US | Midlothian, VA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279834 - ORAL PRODUCT | 12 |
44 | Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. | US | Clemmons, NC | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220296509 - ORAL COMPOSITION INCLUDING GELS | 12 |
45 | Evon Llewellyn Crooks | US | Mocksville, NC | Aug 18, 2022 / 20220256907 - TOBACCO-CONTAINING SMOKING ARTICLE | 11 |
46 | Jay A. Fournier | US | Richmond, VA | May 12, 2016 / 20160128380 - AMPHIPHILE-MODIFIED SORBENTS IN SMOKING ARTICLES AND FILTERS | 11 |
47 | Philip Morris Usa Inc. | US | Richmond, VA | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130199552 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 11 |
48 | James Arthur Strickland | US | Richmond, VA | Oct 29, 2015 / 20150305399 - Peroxides to Limit Biofilms and Tobacco-Specific Nitrosamines | 11 |
49 | Gerd Kobal | US | Sandy Hook, VA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273020 - LIQUID AEROSOL FORMULATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 11 |
50 | Raymond M. Robertson | US | Blacksburg, VA | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160031589 - CONFIGURABLE SHIPPING CONTAINER | 11 |
51 | Clement Besso | CH | Neuchatel | Oct 13, 2016 / 20160295910 - SMOKING ARTICLE WITH LIQUID DELIVERY MATERIAL | 11 |
52 | Phillip M. Hulan | US | Midlothian, VA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279834 - ORAL PRODUCT | 11 |
53 | Milton E. Parrish | US | Midlothian, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 11 |
54 | Altria Client Services Inc. | US | Richmond, VA | Aug 01, 2013 / 20130192623 - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | 11 |
55 | Timothy Frederick Thomas | US | High Point, NC | Mar 19, 2020 / 20200085107 - INDUCTION HEATED AEROSOL DELIVERY DEVICE | 10 |
56 | William Monroe Coleman, Iii | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Nov 12, 2015 / 20150320107 - TOBACCO-DERIVED CASING COMPOSITION | 10 |
57 | Paul Stuart Chapman | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Aug 25, 2022 / 20220264931 - CAPSULE-CONTAINING POUCHED PRODUCT FOR ORAL USE | 10 |
58 | Chandra Kumar Banerjee | US | Clemmons, NC | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073687 - SMOKING ARTICLE | 10 |
59 | John Richardson | GB | London | Dec 02, 2021 / 20210368851 - CONSUMABLE FOR USE WITH APPARATUS FOR HEATING AEROSOLISABLE MATERIAL | 10 |
60 | Ramon Alarcon | US | Los Gatos, CA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273047 - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | 10 |
61 | Oleg Mironov | CH | Neuchatel | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220248503 - AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH PUFF DETECTOR | 10 |
62 | Zhiping Chen | CN | Shenzhen | Jan 14, 2021 / 20210007399 - ATOMIZER CAPABLE OF PREVENTING LIQUID LEAKAGE CAUSED BY AIR INSIDE A LIQUID RESERVOIR AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE WITH THE SAME | 10 |
63 | Qiuming Liu | CN | Huizhou | Dec 29, 2016 / 20160374401 - ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE OIL VAPORIZATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CONTROL CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE | 10 |
64 | Donald E. Miser | US | Chesterfield, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 9 |
65 | Richard Jupe | US | Richmond, VA | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220095679 - ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 9 |
66 | Shuzhong Zhuang | US | Glen Allen, VA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279834 - ORAL PRODUCT | 9 |
67 | John Larkin Nelson | US | Lewisville, NC | May 18, 2017 / 20170135393 - TOBACCO SLITTING MACHINE | 9 |
68 | Evon L. Crooks | US | Mocksville, NC | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073686 - TOBACCO-DERIVED FILTER ELEMENT | 9 |
69 | Steven E. Brown | US | Oak Ridge, NC | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220242598 - DEVICE FOR REFILLING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE | 9 |
70 | Serban C. Moldoveanu | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279833 - SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPOSITION INCORPORATING A BOTANICAL MATERIAL | 9 |
71 | Frederic Philippe Ampolini | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210338949 - METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A CARTRIDGE FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE | 9 |
72 | Tony A. Phan | US | Richmond, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 9 |
73 | Christopher Joseph Dinovi | US | Ruther Glen, VA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279834 - ORAL PRODUCT | 9 |
74 | Adam Bowen | US | San Francisco, CA | Apr 19, 2018 / 20180103686 - VAPORIZATION DEVICE SYSTEMS AND METHODS | 9 |
75 | Shalva Gedevanishvili | US | Richmond, VA | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160066618 - IN SITU FORMATION OF CATALYTIC CIGARETTE PAPER | 9 |
76 | Darlene Madeline Lawson | US | Kernersville, NC | May 12, 2016 / 20160128294 - INFUSED PLANT SEEDS | 9 |
77 | Grady Lance Dooly | US | Winston-Salem, NC | Dec 30, 2021 / 20210401059 - RESERVOIR AND HEATER SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLABLE DELIVERY OF MULTIPLE AEROSOLIZABLE MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 9 |
78 | Dietmar Volgger | AT | Schwaz | May 05, 2016 / 20160120214 - Cigarette Paper that Gives a Cigarette a Uniform Drawing Profile | 9 |
79 | Yi-Ping Chang | US | Greensboro, NC | Mar 10, 2022 / 20220071307 - ADAPTOR FOR USE WITH NON-CYLINDRICAL VAPOR PRODUCTS | 9 |
80 | Randall E. Baren | US | Glen Allen, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 8 |
81 | Diane L. Gee | US | Chesterfield, VA | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279834 - ORAL PRODUCT | 8 |
82 | Jose Nepomuceno | US | Beaverdam, VA | Mar 31, 2022 / 20220095673 - CIGARETTES AND FILTER SUBASSEMBLIES WITH SQUEEZABLE FLAVOR CAPSULES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE | 8 |
83 | James M. Rossman | US | Tampa, FL | Mar 10, 2016 / 20160066620 - Fabric Having Tobacco Entangled with Structural Fibers | 8 |
84 | Japan Tobacco Inc. | JP | Tokyo | Aug 08, 2013 / 20130199550 - CIGARETTE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF | 8 |
85 | Jane Nicholls | GB | London | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150296874 - PRODUCTS INCLUDING CAPSULES, USES AND PREPARATION THEREOF | 8 |
86 | David Rushforth | GB | London | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220218033 - AEROSOL PROVISION DEVICE | 8 |
87 | Munmaya K. Mishra | US | Richmond, VA | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220273020 - LIQUID AEROSOL FORMULATION OF AN ELECTRONIC SMOKING ARTICLE | 8 |
88 | Rajesh K. Garg | US | Richmond, VA | Mar 17, 2016 / 20160073685 - BANDED PAPERS, SMOKING ARTICLES AND METHODS | 8 |
89 | Edward Awty | GB | London | Oct 22, 2015 / 20150296874 - PRODUCTS INCLUDING CAPSULES, USES AND PREPARATION THEREOF | 8 |
90 | Lawton E. Kizer | US | Blacksburg, VA | Feb 04, 2016 / 20160031589 - CONFIGURABLE SHIPPING CONTAINER | 8 |
91 | Timothy Brian Nestor | US | Advance, NC | Nov 04, 2021 / 20210338949 - METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING A CARTRIDGE FOR A SMOKING ARTICLE | 8 |
92 | Charanjit Nandra | GB | London | May 07, 2015 / 20150122277 - SMOKING ARTICLES AND OTHER FLOW DELIVERY ARTICLES | 8 |
93 | Luis A. Sanchez | US | Greensboro, NC | Aug 04, 2022 / 20220242598 - DEVICE FOR REFILLING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE CARTRIDGE | 8 |
94 | Andrew Nathan Carroll | US | Chester, VA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220295865 - PRODUCT PORTION ENROBING PROCESS AND APPARATUS, AND RESULTING PRODUCTS | 8 |
95 | Ali A. Rostami | US | Glen Allen, VA | Dec 31, 2020 / 20200404963 - MULTIPLE DISPERSION GENERATOR E-VAPING DEVICE | 8 |
96 | Ralph E. Dewey | US | Apex, NC | Sep 01, 2022 / 20220275388 - ALTERATION OF TOBACCO ALKALOID CONTENT THROUGH MODIFICATION OF SPECIFIC CYTOCHROME P450 GENES | 7 |
97 | Kazuhiko Katayama | JP | Tokyo | Jul 14, 2022 / 20220218015 - ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT | 7 |
98 | Gerald Schmekel | DE | Elmshorn | May 21, 2015 / 20150136151 - Extractive Tobacco Material Extrusion | 7 |
99 | Alexis Louvet | CH | Lausanne | Sep 08, 2022 / 20220279838 - AEROSOL GENERATING ARTICLE WITH RETAINER | 7 |
100 | Shannon Maxwell Black | US | Richmond, VA | Sep 22, 2022 / 20220295865 - PRODUCT PORTION ENROBING PROCESS AND APPARATUS, AND RESULTING PRODUCTS | 7 |