US 12,262,747 B2
Article for generating an inhalable medium and method of heating a smokable material
Alfred Vincent Spencer, London (GB); Anna Azzopardi, London (GB); and Paul Frobisher, London (GB)
Assigned to NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
Appl. No. 16/096,863
Filed by NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED, London (GB)
PCT Filed Apr. 28, 2017, PCT No. PCT/EP2017/060270
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2018,
PCT Pub. No. WO2017/186946, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1607475 (GB), filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2019/0133187 A1, May 9, 2019
Int. Cl. A24F 40/00 (2020.01); A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/46 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)
CPC A24F 40/46 (2020.01) [A24D 1/20 (2020.01); A24F 40/50 (2020.01); A24F 40/20 (2020.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An article for generating an inhalable medium, the article comprising:
smokable material comprising at least two regions having a different composition from each other;
the article being arranged such that the at least two regions of smokable material can be heated by light emitted by an irradiative light source of an apparatus with which the article can be engaged in use;
wherein the smokable material is a layer removably adhered to at least one surface of the article.