A24D 3/062
Characterised by structural features
Official title: {characterised by structural features}
A24D3/062 (Characterised by structural features) appears on 166 US grants and 330 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24D- Granted patents
- 166
- Published applications
- 330
- Assignees
- 78
- Inventors
- 508
- Latest grant
- 11 Aug 2026
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| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 1 | 7 |
| 2003 | 5 | 7 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 1 | 9 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13 |
| 2014 | 2 | 20 |
| 2015 | 13 | 21 |
| 2016 | 7 | 14 |
| 2017 | 9 | 18 |
| 2018 | 11 | 14 |
| 2019 | 16 | 14 |
| 2020 | 10 | 17 |
| 2021 | 8 | 19 |
| 2022 | 13 | 25 |
| 2023 | 11 | 28 |
| 2024 | 12 | 37 |
| 2025 | 11 | 27 |
| 2026 | 9 | 20 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Smoking article including a flavour delivery member11 Aug 2026US 12,702,157 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Filter for smoking or vaping article comprising a two-layer material11 Aug 2026US 12,702,158 B2SWM Holdings US, LLC
- Heated aerosol-generating article comprising homogenised botanical material4 Aug 2026US 12,696,922 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Structured filter material for nicotine delivery products4 Aug 2026US 12,696,929 B2delfortgroup AG
- Aerosol provision system14 Jul 2026US 12,677,867 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Aerosol provision system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305687 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Cooling segment for aerosol generating article and aerosol generating article comprising the same27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248172 A1Kt&G Corporation
- Smoking Filter27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248173 A1Snap Wrap, LLC
- Rod filters having high hardness values27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248178 A1Eastman Chemical Company
- Aerosol-generating article having compressible upstream element20 Aug 2026US 2026/0240226 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom74US 5,620,641 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom73US 5,607,766 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997
- High efficiency cigarette filters having shaped microcavity fibers impregnated with adsorbent or absorbent materials72US 6,584,979 B2Philip Morris Incorporated · 2003
- Polyethylene terephthalate sheath/thermoplastic polymer core bicomponent fibers, method of making same and products formed therefrom67US 5,633,082 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1997
- Bicomponent fibers and tobacco smoke filters formed therefrom57US 5,509,430 AAmerican Filtrona Corporation · 1996