US 12,219,986 B2
Article for use with apparatus for heating smokable material
Thomas P. Blandino, Cottage Grove, WI (US); Andrew Wilke, Madison, WI (US); James J Frater, Madison, WI (US); and Benjamin J. Paprocki, Cottage Grove, WI (US)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by Nicoventures Trading Limited, London (GB)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,115.
Application 18/489,115 is a continuation of application No. 17/187,077, filed on Feb. 26, 2021, granted, now 11,825,870.
Application 17/187,077 is a continuation of application No. 15/772,386, abandoned, previously published as PCT/EP2016/075739, filed on Oct. 26, 2016.
Application 15/772,386 is a continuation of application No. 14/927,532, filed on Oct. 30, 2015, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2024/0041095 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. A24C 5/01 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); H05B 6/10 (2006.01)
CPC A24C 5/01 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); H05B 6/105 (2013.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/465 (2020.01); H05B 2206/023 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize the smokable material, the article comprising:
the smokable material; and
a heater for heating the smokable material;
wherein the heater comprises heating material that is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field, the heating material comprising a plurality of discontinuities or holes; and
wherein the heating material comprises a first portion of the heating material that has a first Curie point temperature and a second portion of the heating material that has a second Curie point temperature that is different from the first Curie point temperature.