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Aerosol-generating capsule

Granted 15 Nov 2022 · 2 office actions

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

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Inventors: Patrick Good, Carl Kite, David Alvarez, Eric Hawes +6 · Examiner: Rebecca Tsehaye · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application

29/768,742

filed 1 Feb 2021

Publication

Not published

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US D970100

granted 15 Nov 2022

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6 dated events

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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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1 granted claims

›1.independentThe ornamental design for an aerosol-generating capsule, as shown and described.

Classifications

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USPC · US Patent Classification

D27/162

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Pendency

1.8 y

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Office actions

non-final + final

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Examiner

Rebecca Tsehaye

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Worldwide family

6 members · 2 offices

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US · JP

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Office	Publication	Kind	Published	Filed	Status	Title
US	US-D916361-S	S1	13 Apr 2021	25 Jun 2019	granted	Aerosol-generating capsule
USthis patent	US-D970100-S	S1	15 Nov 2022	1 Feb 2021	granted	Aerosol-generating capsule
US	US-D1003507-S	S1	31 Oct 2023	27 Oct 2022	granted	Aerosol-generating capsule
US	US-D1038506-S	S1	6 Aug 2024	10 Oct 2023	granted	Aerosol-generating capsule
US	US-D1059677-S	S1	28 Jan 2025	24 Jun 2024	granted	Aerosol-generating capsule
JP	JP-1667117-S	S	31 Aug 2020	25 Dec 2019	granted	no title held

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