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Aerosol-generating capsule

Granted 13 Apr 2021 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Altria Client Services · originally Altria Group, Inc.

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Inventors: Carl Kite, Terrance Bache, Cristian Popa, Raymond Lau +6 · Examiner: Marissa J Cash · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/696,088
filed 25 Jun 2019
Publication
Not published
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US D916361
granted 13 Apr 2021

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a first top perspective view…

FIG. 1 is a first top perspective view of an aerosol-generating capsule showing our new design.

FIG. 2 is a second top perspective view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a first bottom perspective view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 4 is a second bottom perspective view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 5 is a top plan view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 6 is a bottom plan view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 7 is a first side view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 8 is a second side view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

FIG. 9 is a proximal end view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a distal end view of the aerosol-generating capsule of FIG. 1 .

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the aerosol-generating capsule that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D27/162

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USthis patentUS-D916361-SS113 Apr 202125 Jun 2019grantedAerosol-generating capsule
USUS-D970100-SS115 Nov 20221 Feb 2021grantedAerosol-generating capsule
USUS-D1003507-SS131 Oct 202327 Oct 2022grantedAerosol-generating capsule
USUS-D1038506-SS16 Aug 202410 Oct 2023grantedAerosol-generating capsule
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JPJP-1667117-SS31 Aug 202025 Dec 2019grantedno title held

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