Tobacco inventions 04/08

20080092912 - Tobacco-containing smoking article: A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080087289 - Gaming table smoke control systems and processes: Smoke control systems and processes for controlling tobacco smoke, in association with a gaming table in which the smoke control system does not interfere with the gaming and allows the table to be used for both smoking and non-smoking applications.... Agent: Eugene Berman Law Offices Of Eugene Berman

20080087290 - Cigarette filter material and cigarette filter: A cigarette filter material useful for selectively and efficiently reducing formaldehyde while maintaining a palatable component such as nicotine or tar is provided. A cigarette filter material is obtained by adhesively treating a substrate (such as a cellulose acetate fiber) with a dispersion comprising a particulate polysaccharide having an amino... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080078416 - Multi component cigarette filter assembly: A cigarette filter assembly comprises a hollow paper tube with a spaced apart solid fiber plugs inside the tube together with granular filter material in the spaces between the plugs. Energy activated adhesive is only between the solid filter plugs and interior surface portions of the tube. After the spaced... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080078417 - Process for making a bandcast tobacco sheet and smoking article therefrom: A bandcast tobacco sheet for use in a cigarette includes from about 5 to 15% by weight of wood pulp, from about 15 to 40% by weight of binder and from about 15 to 40% by weight of tobacco. A humectant may be included up to 30% by weight and... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger