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Reduction of constituents in tobacco

US8555895B2 · 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	Sep 15, 2010
Grant date	Oct 15, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2030

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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