A24B 15/16
Of tobacco substitutes
Official title: of tobacco substitutes
A24B15/16 (Of tobacco substitutes) appears on 1,344 US grants and 2,327 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24B- Granted patents
- 1,344
- Published applications
- 2,327
- Assignees
- 353
- Inventors
- 2,298
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 20 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 6 | 0 |
| 1981 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 15 | 0 |
| 1991 | 28 | 0 |
| 1992 | 20 | 0 |
| 1993 | 12 | 0 |
| 1994 | 12 | 0 |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 |
| 1996 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 9 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 6 | 11 |
| 2005 | 3 | 16 |
| 2006 | 0 | 7 |
| 2007 | 1 | 12 |
| 2008 | 2 | 16 |
| 2009 | 2 | 14 |
| 2010 | 9 | 12 |
| 2011 | 8 | 23 |
| 2012 | 4 | 20 |
| 2013 | 15 | 22 |
| 2014 | 23 | 41 |
| 2015 | 13 | 56 |
| 2016 | 21 | 75 |
| 2017 | 24 | 98 |
| 2018 | 56 | 122 |
| 2019 | 74 | 150 |
| 2020 | 92 | 220 |
| 2021 | 81 | 235 |
| 2022 | 113 | 263 |
| 2023 | 146 | 215 |
| 2024 | 167 | 273 |
| 2025 | 170 | 247 |
| 2026 | 100 | 165 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Aerosol-generating material6 Oct 2026US 12,751,483 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Consumable22 Sep 2026US 12,740,585 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aromatic cartridge22 Sep 2026US 12,740,589 B2Future Technology Co., Ltd.
- Conductive aerosol generating composite substrate for aerosol source member22 Sep 2026US 12,742,266 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Systems and methods of cryo-curing22 Sep 2026US 12,742,594 B2Fortunata, LLC
- Flavor carriers for electronic vaping device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305679 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Crumbed Tobacco Substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305680 A1JT International SA
- Aerosol-generating material8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305683 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aerosol Generating Article for an Aerosol Generating Device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305684 A1JT International SA
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305687 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electronic atomization cigarette779US 7,832,410 B2Best Partners Worldwide Limited · 2010
- Tobacco-containing smoking article622US 7,726,320 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2010
- Smoking article440US 4,793,365 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1988
- Smoking article428US 4,714,082 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1987
- Tobacco treatment process389US 4,986,286 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1991