# US 2014/0196736 A1 · Article including identification information for use in an electrically heated smoking system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196736 A1 - Document ID: US20140196736A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/141,116 - Filed: 2013-12-26 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2008-12-24 - Assignees: Philip Morris USA Inc. - Applicants: Philip Morris USA Inc. - Inventors: Felix Fernando; Jean-Pierre Cordey - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196736A1 ## CPC - B08B 9/0808: {by methods involving the use of tools, e.g. by brushes, scrapers} - A24D 1/20: Cigarettes specially adapted for simulated smoking devices - A24F 40/50: Control or monitoring - A24F 40/51: Arrangement of sensors - A24F 40/53: Monitoring, e.g. fault detection - A24F 40/57: Temperature control - A24F 40/85: Maintenance, e.g. cleaning - G06V 30/2253: {Recognition of characters printed with magnetic ink (G06V30/2247 takes precedence)} - H05B 1/0244: {Heating of fluids (H05B1/0247 takes precedence)} - A24F 40/20: Devices using solid inhalable precursors - G09F 2003/0272: {Labels for containers} - B08B: CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL - A24D: CIGARS; CIGARETTES; TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS; MOUTHPIECES OF CIGARS OR CIGARETTES; MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO SMOKE FILTERS OR MOUTHPIECES - A24F: SMOKERS' REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES (inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes A61M15/06) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING - H05B: ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL - G09F: DISPLAYING; ADVERTISING; SIGNS; LABELS OR NAME-PLATES; SEALS ## Abstract A smoking article includes identification information encoded on the smoking article. The smoking article can be used with an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the smoking article and distinguishing the smoking article from other articles based on the identification information. A cleaning article includes identification information encoded on the cleaning article. The cleaning article cleans an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the cleaning article and distinguishing the cleaning article from other articles based on the identification information. An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an article configured for use with the smoking system includes: a cavity for receiving the article having identification information encoded thereon, a heating element, a power supply, electrical hardware, and a detector capable of detecting the presence of the article in the cavity and distinguishing the article from other articles based on the identification information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A smoking article comprising: encoded identification information on the smoking article, said smoking article being configured for use with an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting a smoking article and distinguishing a smoking article from other articles based on the encoded identification information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The smoking article of claim 1, wherein the identification information is printed on the article. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The smoking article of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes at least one of visible ink, ultra violet (UV) ink, infra red (IR) ink, phosphorescent ink, fluorescent ink or metallic ink. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The smoking article of claim 1, wherein the identification information includes one or more of: smoking article type, aerosol-forming substrate type, cleaning article type, cleaning means information, cleaning ingredient type, date of production, place of production, production batch number, production details, and use-by date. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The smoking article of claim 1, wherein the identification information is arranged to change as the article is used. ### Claim 6 A cleaning article comprising: encoded identification information on the cleaning article, said cleaning article being configured for cleaning an electrically heated smoking system having a detector for detecting the cleaning article and distinguishing the cleaning article from other articles based on the encoded identification information. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The cleaning article of claim 6, wherein the identification information is printed on the article. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The cleaning article of claim 6, wherein the identification information comprises at least one of visible ink, ultra violet (UV) ink, infra red (IR) ink, phosphorescent ink, fluorescent ink or metallic ink. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The cleaning article of claim 6, wherein the identification information comprises one or more of: smoking article type, aerosol-forming substrate type, cleaning article type, cleaning means information, cleaning ingredient type, date of production, place of production, production batch number, other production details, and use-by date. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The cleaning article of claim 6, wherein the identification information is arranged to change as the article is used. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) An electrically heated smoking system for receiving the cleaning article of claim 6, the system comprising: a cavity for at least partially receiving the cleaning article, the cleaning article including the encoded identification information thereon; at least one heating element; a power supply for supplying power to the at least one heating element; electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the at least one heating element; and a detector capable of detecting the presence of the cleaning article in the cavity and distinguishing the cleaning article from a smoking article receivable in the cavity among articles, based on the identification information. ### Claim 12 (canceled) ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The electrically heated smoking system of claim 11, wherein the system is arranged to initiate, when the detector detects the cleaning article in the cavity. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The electrically heated smoking system of claim 11, wherein the electrical hardware is arranged to establish a heating protocol for the at least one heating element based on the cleaning article identified by the detector. ### Claim 15 (canceled) ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The electrically heated smoking system of claim 11, wherein the detector comprises an optical sensor including at least one light emitter and at least one light sensor, and the identification information is printed on the cleaning article. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The electrically heated smoking system of claim 11, wherein the identification information is configured to be altered during heating so as to indicate whether the cleaning article has been used. ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) A smoking article specially adapted for use with the electrically heated smoking system of claim 1.