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Reduction of constituents in tobacco

US10045557B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC · US
Phasex Corporation · US

Inventors

Val Krukonis · Lexington, US
Hans Schonemann · Newburyport, US
Anthony Gudinas · Atkinson, US
Paula Wetmore · Chelmsford, US
Kara Williams · Saugus, US
Carl H. Midgett · Ashland City, US
Clifford Brown Bennett · Brentwood, US
Harry Y. Zheng · Smyrna, US
Kathleen S. Johnston · Nashville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2013
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 29, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA24B15/287
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Methods of selectively reducing constituents in tobacco as well as the tobacco obtained by such methods are disclosed. Subcritical fluids, e.g., liquid carbon dioxide, serve as the reduction media.

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