U.S. patent number RE47,573 [Application Number 15/080,341] was granted by the patent office on 2019-08-20 for electronic cigarette. This patent grant is currently assigned to FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.. The grantee listed for this patent is FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.. Invention is credited to Lik Hon.
United States Patent | RE47,573 |
Hon | August 20, 2019 |
An electronic cigarette comprises nicotine without harmful tar. The cigarette includes a shell, a cell, nicotine solution, control circuit, and an electro-thermal vaporization nozzle installed in the air suction end of the shell. The advantages of the present invention are smoking without tar, reducing the risk of cancer, the user still gets a smoking experience, the cigarette is not lit, and there is no fire danger.
Inventors: | Hon; Lik (Beijing, CN) | ||||||||||
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Assignee: | FONTEM HOLDINGS 1 B.V.
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Appl. No.: | 15/080,341 | ||||||||||
Filed: | March 24, 2016 |
Application Number | Filing Date | Patent Number | Issue Date | ||
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13088276 | Apr 15, 2011 | 8511318 | |||
10547244 | Feb 27, 2006 | ||||
Reissue of: | 13921582 | Jun 19, 2013 | 8910641 | Dec 16, 2014 | |
Apr 29, 2003 [CN] | 03 1 11582 | |||
Mar 8, 2004 [WO] | PCTCN2004000182 | |||
Current U.S. Class: | 1/1 |
Current CPC Class: | A24B 15/167 (20161101); H05B 1/0244 (20130101); H05B 1/0244 (20130101); A24F 40/485 (20200101); A24F 40/40 (20200101); H05B 1/0202 (20130101); H02J 7/00 (20130101); A24F 40/60 (20200101); A24B 15/167 (20161101); H02J 7/0045 (20130101); A61K 9/007 (20130101); H05B 3/0014 (20130101); H02J 7/0045 (20130101); A61K 9/007 (20130101); H05B 1/0202 (20130101); H05B 3/0014 (20130101); A24F 40/10 (20200101); A24F 40/90 (20200101) |
Current International Class: | A61K 9/00 (20060101); H05B 3/00 (20060101); A24B 15/16 (20060101); A24F 47/00 (20060101); H02J 7/00 (20060101); H05B 1/02 (20060101) |
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