Cabbacis Granted U.S. Patent for Vaporizer Pods

Business Wire

17-07-2025

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cabbacis (OTCQB: CABI), a U.S. federally-licensed tobacco-product manufacturer focused on harm-reduction products being developed under the iBlend™ brand name, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued a patent to Cabbacis for vaporizer pods for oral electronic vaporizers.
The worldwide patent portfolio of Cabbacis includes 35 issued patents and various pending patent applications across the United States, Europe, China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Brazil.
U.S. Patent No. 12,349,724, which expires on July 27, 2038, includes ten claims on pods for electronic vaporizers. The claims cover vaporizer pods comprising blends of at least 5 mg of conventional-nicotine reconstituted tobacco and at least 5 mg of hemp, and separately, at least 5 mg of reduced-nicotine reconstituted tobacco and at least 5 mg of hemp. Reconstituted tobacco is typically used in closed-end electronic vaporizer pods. Commercial examples of popular, closed-end electronic vaporizers – also known as heat-not-burn products – include IQOS®, Ploom® and glo®.
Vaporizer pods covered under the 724 patent that contain conventional-nicotine tobacco and hemp will provide consumers with pleasant and differentiated taste and sensory characteristics, as compared to the above vaporizer brands that contain conventional-nicotine tobacco without any hemp.
Cabbacis owns two other previously-issued U.S. patents on vaporizer pods containing tobacco and hemp: 10,777,091 and 10,973,255 along with various international vaporizer pod patents.
The Company's patented, reduced-nicotine, iBlend™ vaporizer pods and patented, reduced-nicotine, iBlend™ cigarettes in development are to assist vapers or smokers of conventional tobacco products to vape or smoke less or transition to less harmful tobacco or nicotine products. iBlend™ reduced-nicotine cigarettes contain approximately 95 percent less nicotine than conventional cigarette brands. The Company's products in development are patented in many of the largest tobacco markets across the globe including the United States, China, Europe, Brazil and Japan.
Joseph Pandolfino, Chief Executive Officer of Cabbacis, commented, 'We are thrilled to announce this new patent for vaporizer pods, further fortifying our already robust intellectual property position. This patent, when taken in tandem with our existing patents, comprehensively cover, across more than 30 countries, any ratio of reduced-nicotine tobacco and hemp blended together in cigarettes and/or any ratio of conventional-nicotine tobacco and hemp or reduced-nicotine tobacco and hemp blended together in vaporizer products.'
About Cabbacis
Cabbacis (OTCQB: CABI) is committed to commercializing groundbreaking tobacco harm-reduction products in the global tobacco market for the world's one billion smokers with its flagship iBlend™ reduced-nicotine cigarettes and vaporizer pods in development. These patent protected products combine reduced-nicotine tobacco with non-intoxicating hemp to assist in vaping or smoking less, transitioning to less harmful tobacco products, and/or increasing quit attempts. Both types of products in development are predominately tobacco and include hemp. In a recent clinical trial, the Company's patented, reduced-nicotine iBlend™ cigarettes were highly rated for satisfaction on the standardized mCEQ questionnaire and significantly reduced cravings for usual brand cigarettes. The Company also plans to commercialize reduced-nicotine tobacco cigarettes and little cigars without hemp and vaporizer pods with conventional-nicotine tobacco and hemp.
The worldwide patent portfolio of Cabbacis LLC includes 35 issued patents and various pending patent applications across the United States, Europe, China, India, Japan, Indonesia, Russia, South Korea, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Brazil and other countries – where approximately two-thirds of the world's smokers reside. Cabbacis holds 7 U.S. patents. Cabbacis LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cabbacis Inc.
To learn more about Cabbacis, please visit cabbacis.com.
About Reduced-Nicotine Cigarettes
Reduced-nicotine cigarettes without hemp that contain about 95 percent less nicotine than conventional cigarettes have been evaluated in dozens of independent studies. Results demonstrate, as reviewed in Donny and White 2022 (Int J Drug Policy 99:103436), that subjects smoked fewer cigarettes per day, reduced their nicotine dependence and exposure, doubled their quit attempts, and/or increased their number of smoke-free days.
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