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Gerd Kobal — 75 Patents

ASAltria Client Services: 58 patents #11 of 418Top 3%
PUPhilip Morris Usa: 10 patents #112 of 564Top 20%
Sandy Hook, VA: #1 of 8 inventorsTop 15%
Virginia: #129 of 34,511 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #25,505 of 4,157,543Top 1%
75 Patents All Time
Gerd Kobal has been granted 75 US patents while listed as an inventor at Altria Client Services. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in December 2025. Gerd Kobal ranks #25,505 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.61%). Patent records list Gerd Kobal in Sandy Hook, VA, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 1987 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 15 patents in 2025.peak 151987: 1 patents19872015: 5 patents2017: 4 patents20172018: 8 patents2019: 14 patents20192020: 6 patents2021: 4 patents20212022: 4 patents2023: 4 patents20232024: 10 patents2025: 15 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 75 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12501928 Multiple dispersion generating e-vaping device having a dual piston cylinder, configured to reduce a transmission of a pressure force from a carbon dioxide capsule to a tank configured to store a pre-aerosol formulation Ali A. Rostami, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Christopher S. Tucker, Georgios D. Karles, Munmaya K. Mishra +1 more 2025-12-23
12453379 Multiple dispersion generator e-vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, David B. Kane, Christopher S. Tucker, Peter Lipowicz +5 more 2025-10-28
12446613 Methods to add menthol, botanic materials, and/or non-botanic materials to a cartridge, and/or an electronic vaping device including the cartridge San Li, Peter Lipowicz 2025-10-21
12446622 Combined cartridge for electronic vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, David B. Kane, Peter Lipowicz, Georgios D. Karles +1 more 2025-10-21
12439962 Multiple dispersion generator e-vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Christopher S. Tucker, Georgios D. Karles, Munmaya K. Mishra +1 more 2025-10-14
12438608 E-vaping device cartridge holder Ali A. Rostami, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, David B. Kane, Christopher S. Tucker, Peter Lipowicz +6 more 2025-10-07
12420034 Cartridge for electronic vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, David B. Kane, Peter Lipowicz, Georgios D. Karles +1 more 2025-09-23
12350306 Modifying taste and sensory irritation of smokeless tobacco and non-tobacco products Georgios D. Karles, Munmaya K. Mishra 2025-07-08
12303634 Cover for an electronic dispersion device Buket Sahin, Qiang Wang, Christopher S. Tucker 2025-05-20
12292316 Sensor apparatus David B. Kane, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Srinivasan Janardhan 2025-05-06
12290631 Electronic smoking article Srinivasan Janardhan, Georgios D. Karles, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, San Li 2025-05-06
12274276 Dissolvable-chewable tablet Feng Gao, Diane L. Gee, Phillip M. Hulan, Shuzhong Zhuang, William J. Burke 2025-04-15
12245632 Combined cartridge for electronic vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, David B. Kane, Peter Lipowicz, Georgios D. Karles +1 more 2025-03-11
12193472 Liquid aerosol formulation of an electronic smoking article Peter Lipowicz, Pauline Marcq, Munmaya K. Mishra, Georgios D. Karles, San Li 2025-01-14
12185750 Acyl nornicotines reduce sensory irritation in tobacco and nicotine products Douglas Oliveri, Peter Reeh, Tatjana Kichko 2025-01-07
12178256 Multiple dispersion generator e-vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, David B. Kane, Christopher S. Tucker, Peter Lipowicz +5 more 2024-12-31 $65,771,000
12178234 Methods to add menthol, botanic materials, and/or non-botanic materials to a cartridge, and/or an electronic vaping device including the cartridge San Li, Peter Lipowicz 2024-12-31 $65,771,000
12171262 Combined cartridge for electronic vaping device Ali A. Rostami, Christopher S. Tucker, David B. Kane, Peter Lipowicz, Georgios D. Karles +1 more 2024-12-24 $50,314,000
12161145 Inhibition of sensory irritation during consumption of non-smokeable tobacco products Justin Heynekamp, Timothy B. Langston, Peter Reeh, Munmaya K. Mishra, Jason Flora 2024-12-10 $25,794,000
12109313 Soluble fiber lozenge Feng Gao, Diane L. Gee, Shuzhong Zhuang, Phillip M. Hulan, William J. Burke 2024-10-08 $43,278,000
12053032 Method establishing first airflow and second airflow in e-vaping cartridge San Li, Eric Hawes, Raymond Lau, Robert ARENTS 2024-08-06 $48,047,000
11974602 Electronic smoking article San Li, Georgios D. Karles, Richard Jupe, Munmaya K. Mishra 2024-05-07 $20,792,000
11953354 Sensor apparatus David B. Kane, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Srinivasan Janardhan 2024-04-09 $41,797,000
11930856 Devices, systems and methods for performing age verification Srinivasan Janardhan, Yezdi B. Pithawalla, Timo Engelke, Ulrich Bockholt 2024-03-19 $30,993,000
11904086 Electronic dispersion device Buket Sahin, Qiang Wang, Christopher S. Tucker 2024-02-20 $32,136,000