Article Carrier And Blank Therefor
Patent No. 12528629
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a package, a carrier (90) for packaging one or more articles (B, B1, B2) and a blank (10; 110; 210; 310A, 310B) for forming the carrier. The package comprises an article carrier and one or more articles. The carrier comprises a main panel (14) having at least two article retention structures for receiving and securing the main panel to a respective article. Each of the at least two article retention structures comprises a center. The center C of the at least two article retention structures is spaced apart from the center of an adjacent one of the at least two article retention structures by a distance. The distance is greater than the maximum diameter of each of the at least two articles.
Inventors: Alex N. Barrette (Richmond); Matthew E. Zacherle (Chesterfield, Va.); Julien D. Merzeau (Chateauroux, France)
Assignee: WestRock Packaging Systems (Atlanta, Ga.)
Jan. 20, 2026
Capsules Including Internal Filters, Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Devices, And Methods Of Generating An Aerosol
Patent No. 12527352
A capsule for an aerosol-generating device may include a housing, a filter, and an aerosol-forming substrate. The housing may have a gas-permeable end and an impermeable end. The filter may be disposed within the housing so as to be adjacent to the impermeable end. The aerosol-forming substrate may be disposed within the housing so as to be between the filter and the gas-permeable end. The housing may be configured to facilitate a heating of the aerosol-forming substrate via one of conduction, convection, or both conduction and convection so as to generate an aerosol.
Inventors: Zack W. Blackmon (Richmond); Patrick Good (Richmond); Rangaraj S. Sundar (Midlothian, Va.); Jarrett Keen (Richmond); Eric Hawes (Glen Allen, Va.); Yannick Hourmand (Haslingfield, Great Britain); Niall Gallagher (Cambridge, Great Britain)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Pharmaceutical Composition And Method For Suppressing Degeneration
Patent No. 12527820
A pharmaceutical composition is used for improving health, curing abnormalities and degenerative diseases, and achieving anti-aging therapeutic effect in mammals. The pharmaceutical composition includes a pharmaceutical carrier and an isotope selective component including at least one of a chemical element in which the isotopic ratio of at least one light isotope is altered to exceed natural abundance.
Inventors: Max Temnik (Miami, Fla.); Sergey Gurin (Richmond); Oleksandr Balakin (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine); Peter Novak (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.)
Assignee: Vector Vitale IP
Jan. 20, 2026
Methods Of Reducing Lead Corrosion In An Internal Combustion Engine
Patent No. 12529006
The present disclosure describes lubricant compositions effective to reduce lead corrosion through an admixture of lubricant additives including at least a base oil of lubricating viscosity, a dispersant, a friction modifier, and boron-containing compound.
Inventor: Samuel Bruce Field (Windsor, Great Britain)
Assignee: Afton Chemical Corp. (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Filling Station For Heat-not-burn (HNB) Aerosol-generating Capsules And Automated Production Line Including The Same
Patent No. 12528610
A filling station for heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating capsules may include a filling receptacle, a plurality of carriages, and at least one vacuum source. The filling receptacle defines a first series of vacuum ports. The filling receptacle is configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate. The plurality of carriages are arranged underneath the filling receptacle. Each of the plurality of carriages define a second series of vacuum ports and, optionally, a third series of vacuum ports. Each of the plurality of carriages are configured to receive and hold capsule casings for filling with the aerosol-forming substrate. The at least one vacuum source is configured to draw a vacuum through the capsule casings such that the aerosol-forming substrate is drawn through the first series of vacuum ports in the filling receptacle and into the capsule casings underneath.
Inventors: Jeremy Straight (Midlothian, Va.); Charles Dendy (Ruther Glen, Va.); David Choe (Henrico, Va.); Christopher R. Newcomb (Powhatan, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Hose End Sprayers And Methods Of Manufacturing The Same
Patent No. 12528095
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 (Olathe, Kansas)
Assignee: Silgan Dispensing Systems Corp. (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Nicotine E-vaping Device With Integral Heater-thermocouple
Patent No. 12527353
A nicotine e-vaping device may include a device body configured to receive a nicotine cartridge. The nicotine cartridge includes a nicotine pre-vapor formulation, a wick, and an integral heater-thermocouple. The wick is configured to transport the nicotine pre-vapor formulation by capillary action. The integral heater-thermocouple includes a first segment made of a first alloy and a second segment made of a second alloy. The device body includes a power supply, at least one sensor, and a controller. The power supply is configured to deliver electrical energy to the integral heater-thermocouple to heat the nicotine pre-vapor formulation to generate a nicotine vapor. The at least one sensor is configured to measure a voltage difference between the first segment and the second segment of the integral heater-thermocouple during such heating. The controller is configured to adjust the electrical energy to the integral heater-thermocouple based on the measured voltage difference.
Inventors: Raymond W. Lau (Richmond); Eric A. Hawes (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Non-combustible Smoking Device And Components Thereof
Patent No. 12527926
At least one example embodiment discloses a non-combustible smoking element including a pre-vapor formulation reservoir element configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation material, a pre-vapor heating element coupled to the pre-vapor formulation reservoir element and configured to heat at least a portion of the pre-vapor formulation material into a vapor and provide the vapor to a channel, a tobacco heating element configured to heat at least a portion of tobacco and generate an aroma and a tobacco housing configured to contain the tobacco and provide the aroma to the channel.
Inventors: San Li (Midlothian, Va.); Raquel Olegario (Richmond); Richard Jupe (Richmond); Christopher S. Tucker (Midlothian, Va.); Barry S. Smith (Hopewell, Va.); Edmond J. Cadieux (Mechanicsville, Va.); David Bennett (Richmond); Georgios D. Karles (Richmond); Ben Ragland (Providence Forge, Va.)
Assignee: Altria Client Services (Richmond)
Jan. 20, 2026
Data Attribute Dependent Rules And Data Orchestration
Patent No. 12530358
In some implementations, a device may obtain a rule set that includes one or more rules that are defined using respective data attributes. The device may determine, based on the respective data attributes, a first level of data, including a first one or more data sources, associated with determining an outcome of the rule set. The device may determine, for at least one data source of the first one or more data sources, a second level of data associated with obtaining data from the at least one data source. The device may determine an execution protocol associated with obtaining protocol data that is associated with determining the outcome of the rule set. The device may obtain the protocol data. The device may apply, to the protocol data, the rule set to determine the outcome.
Inventors: Karen L. Diggs (Henrico, Va.); Emily Kate Gallagher (Midlothian, Va.); Malay Udeshi (Fairfax, Va.); David Lomelin (Vienna, Va.); Saji Asok (Brambleton, Va.); Owais Mohaideen (Aldie, Va.); Jeremy Hanford (Reston, Va.); Daniel Darrell Grey Silcox (Glen Allen, Va.); Manish Srivastava (Glen Allen, Va.); Christopher R. Burks (Midlothian, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 20, 2026
Client Device Authentication Using Contactless Legacy Magnetic Stripe Data
Patent No. 12532170
A technique for generating a diversified encryption key for a contactless legacy magnetic stripe card is disclosed. The diversified key can be generated using a master key, a key diversification value and an encryption algorithm. In one example embodiment, the key diversification value can be provided by the user as a fingerprint, numeric code or photo. The user can provide the key diversification value to the card or a cellphone. The card can generate the diversified key using the user provided key diversification value. The card or the cellphone can transmit the user provided diversification value to the server and the server can regenerate the diversified key using the user provided diversification value.
Inventors: Evan Lerner (Midlothian, Va.); Lara Mossler (McLean, Va.)
Assignee: Capital One Services (McLean, Va.)
Jan. 20, 2026