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Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable products

US9155772B2 · kind B2 · utility

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39References

14Claims

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Assignee

Philip Morris USA Inc. · US

Inventors

Feng Gao · Midlothian, US
Shalva Gedevanishvili · Richmond, US
Shengsheng Liu · Forest Meadow Mobile Home Park, US
Munmaya K. Mishra · Manakin, US
William R. Sweeney · Richmond, US
Randall E. Baren · Glen Allen, US
Qinglin Li · Richmond, US
Darin Colassaco · Midlothian, US
Salem Chouchane · Midlothian, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 2009
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA23V2002/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product includes a biopolymer-sugar based matrix and botanical powder dispersed throughout the biopolymer-sugar based matrix. The biopolymer-sugar based matrix includes at least one biopolymer, at least one sugar and optional additives. Soft, chewable and orally dissolvable and/or disintegrable product can also include flavor beads.

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