US 11,849,769 B2
Apparatus for heating smokable material and article of smokable material
Duane Anthony Kaufman, Hollandale, WI (US); and Jesse Eugene Robinson, Janesville, WI (US)
Assigned to Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed by British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London (GB)
Filed on May 6, 2020, as Appl. No. 15/929,508.
Application 15/929,508 is a continuation of application No. 15/127,204, granted, now 10,687,553, previously published as PCT/EP2015/055972, filed on Mar. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/968,780, filed on Mar. 21, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0260790 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A24F 47/00 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A61M 15/06 (2006.01); A24B 15/167 (2020.01); G01D 5/24 (2006.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/50 (2020.01) [A24B 15/16 (2013.01); A24B 15/167 (2016.11); A61M 15/06 (2013.01); G01D 5/24 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an apparatus for enabling smokable material to be heated to volatize at least one component of the smokable material; and
an article of smokable material,
the apparatus comprising:
a housing, and
a resistive sensor arranged to provide a measure of electrical resistance when the article of smokable material has been introduced into the housing in use to enable the article of smokable material to be identified,
the article of smokable material having a non-metallic electrically conductive region for detection by the resistive sensor of the apparatus arranged to cause heating of the smokable material.