Tobacco inventions 02/07

20070039627 - Smoker's appliance: A smoker's appliance or apparatus which reduces a quantity smoke from a cigarette during periods of time when the cigarette is not being smoked, by dissipating the heat energy and diminishing the oxygen supply to a cigarette holding receptacle.... Agent: Fraser Martin & Miller LLC

20070039628 - Cigarette making apparatus: A cigarette making apparatus comprises a filter-plug attachment mechanism arranged to butt a filter plug coaxially against a cigarette and then wrap tip paper around the cigarette and filter plug to cover a joint where the cigarette and the filter plug meet, a laser hole-forming device arranged to form air... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070034216 - Cigar extinguisher & saver device: An improved portable cigar extinguisher and saver device consisting of an assembly of two hollow, cylindrical tube sections coupled together in a slidable, telescopic manner capable of being hermetically sealed by a movable top cap attached to the top tube section and a detachable bottom cap on the bottom tube... Agent: Ms. Lily Liu

20070034217 - Device and a method for storing and making available semi-manufactured tobacco products: Semi-manufactured tobacco products are stored and made available by a device comprising a plurality of storage units filled directly from a maker machine, at least one bin containing the storage units in ordered arrangement, and at least one mobile collection unit by which a given number of storage units can... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20070034219 - Disposable water pipe liner: A Disposable Water Pipe Liner is disclosed. Also disclosed is a liner that is insertible into the chamber tube of conventional water pipe whereby it prevents tar buildup on the inside walls of the chamber tube. The chamber tube liner also has a pre-formed aperture designed to be aligned with... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates

20070034218 - Object securing fire-ignition devices to tobacco pipes of various sizes and forms used to smoke tobacco: The Invention provides an improved device for storing a fire-ignition device and attaching such device to a tobacco pipe. The Invention is comprised of a large Fabric Band, which attaches securely to a tobacco pipe, a Small Fabric Loop which attaches securely to a fire-ignition device, and a tether which... Agent: Justin Simon

20070034220 - Reduced-exposure tobacco products: The present invention provides methodologies, including the utilization of genetically modified (GM) tobaccos, for the development and production of consumer acceptable PREPs encompassing the following: 1) production of low tar-to-nicotine ratio cigarettes, which allow smokers to obtain satisfying amounts of nicotine more efficiently than conventional cigarettes while reducing whole smoke... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070028935 - Screening method for the identification of compositions suitable for the treatment of oral cavity malodor associated with smoking a tobacco product: This invention generally relates to a screening method for identifying compositions suitable for use in an oral composition (e.g., a confection or chewing gum product) effective for the treatment of oral cavity malodor associated with smoking a tobacco product. In particular, this invention relates to a screening method for determining... Agent: Senniger Powers (wwy)

20070023056 - Smoking article: A smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes a lighting end and a mouth end. The lighting end is a longitudinally extending segment comprising smokable material that is intended to be lit and burned, and the resulting smoke generated by the burning of that smokable material is intended to be... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070023057 - Tobacco cake subdividing apparatus for use in cut tobacco expanding system: A subdividing apparatus for use in an cut tobacco expanding system comprises a primary de-clumper arranged to receive a tobacco cake of impregnated cut tobacco taken out of an impregnation container and subdivide the received tobacco cake into tobacco loaves, and a secondary de-clumper arranged to receive the tobacco loaves... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070023058 - Extraction and storage of tobacco constituents: A method of forming a liquor comprising tobacco solutes, the method comprising extracting tobacco solutes from tobacco by flowing an extraction solvent through tobacco to form a tobacco solutes-rich extraction solvent and a tobacco solutes-poor tobacco, and forming tobacco solutes-rich liquor by flowing the tobacco solutes-rich extraction solvent through an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070023059 - Tobacco reconstitution: The invention relates to the extrusion of filamentary strands of reconstituted tobacco through a die plate and the downstream handling thereof. The die plate is configured such that each filament is of a square or rectangular cross-section, the downstream handling of which effects draw down of the extruded filament.... Agent: Pitney Hardin LLP

20070023060 - Green tea-based cigarette and method for manufacturing the same: A green tea-based cigarette is made from a blend comprising 60-70 wt % of dry green tea leaves, each being 1-5 mm in width and 5-15 mm in length, as a main component, 25-35 wt % of cut dry tobacco leaves, and 3-7 wt % of tobacco spice; a blend... Agent: Natter & Natter