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David Alvarez — 15 Patents

ASAltria Client Services: 13 patents #103 of 418Top 25%
UNUnknown: 2 patents #12,644 of 83,584Top 20%
Richmond, VA: #155 of 2,372 inventorsTop 7%
Virginia: #1,885 of 34,511 inventorsTop 6%
Overall (All Time): #307,048 of 4,157,543Top 8%
15 Patents All Time
David Alvarez has been granted 15 US patents while listed as an inventor at Altria Client Services. The first was granted in 1997 and the most recent in July 2025. David Alvarez ranks #307,048 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 7.4%). Patent records list David Alvarez in Richmond, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1997 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 3 patents in 2022.peak 31997: 1 patents19972003: 1 patents20032019: 1 patents20192020: 2 patents20202021: 1 patents20212022: 3 patents20222023: 2 patents20232024: 1 patents20242025: 3 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–15 of 15 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12369230 Heater of an electronic vaping device Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, Patrick S. McElhinney 2025-07-22
D1059677 Aerosol-generating capsule Gregory James Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +4 more 2025-01-28
12194226 Capsules, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol Gregory James Griscik, Thien Nguyen, Carl Kite, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +6 more 2025-01-14
D1038506 Aerosol-generating capsule Gregory James Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +4 more 2024-08-06
11832357 Method of making a heater of an electronic vaping device Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, Patrick S. McElhinney 2023-11-28 $40,090,000
D1003507 Aerosol-generating capsule Gregory James Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +4 more 2023-10-31
D970100 Aerosol-generating capsule Gregory James Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +4 more 2022-11-15
11458262 Capsules, heat-not-burn (HNB) aerosol-generating devices, and methods of generating an aerosol Gregory James Griscik, Thien Nguyen, Carl Kite, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +6 more 2022-10-04 $59,489,000
11388783 Method of making a heater of an electronic vaping device Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, Patrick S. McElhinney 2022-07-12 $48,250,000
D916361 Aerosol-generating capsule Gregory James Griscik, Carl Kite, Thien Nguyen, Terrance Theodore Bache, Zack W. Blackmon +4 more 2021-04-13
10874139 E-vapor device including capsule containing pre-vapor formulation 2020-12-29 $71,417,000
10575560 Method of making a heater of an electronic vaping device Christopher S. Tucker, Charles Dendy, Nam Tran, Patrick S. McElhinney 2020-03-03 $46,825,000
10336597 Capsule-based alcoholic beverage forming apparatus and components thereof Gregory James Griscik, Jonathan David Watson, Carl Gregory Miller, Rosana C. Altoveros, Lawrence E. Tipton +2 more 2019-07-02 $84,391,000
6606304 System for real-time monitor and response Richard C. Grinter 2003-08-12
5613270 Motorless floor washing machine John Alvarez 1997-03-25