Tobacco inventions 07/08

20080178894 - Methods and apparatus for the selective removal of constituents from aqueous tobacco extracts: Methods for the selective removal of specific constituents of tobacco extract include contacting an extract with a nitrosamine selective adsorption agent, a metal selective adsorption agent and/or a nitrate selective adsorption agent. Preferred characteristics of such agents are identified.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080178895 - Cigarette with smoke constituent attenuator: Smoke constituent reduction is achieved by resolving from puff-to-puff analysis at which location along a tobacco rod production of a particular smoke constituent is maximized, and locally applying an attenuator at said resolved location to reduce production of the constituent. A remainder of the rod is left untreated so as... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080173317 - Smokeless tobacco: A smokeless tobacco product is provided. A water-permeable pouch containing a tobacco formulation and configured for insertion into the mouth of a user of that product is provided. The tobacco formulation includes granular tobacco and a buffer comprised of sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate. An outer packaging material enveloping the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080173318 - Ring for relieving the urge to smoke: A device adapted to be worn on a human finger and used to relieve the wearer of the urge to smoke by addressing some of the mentally addictive aspects of smoking. The device has first and second portions that cooperate to define an opening having an axis and sized to... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.c.

20080173319 - Smokeable product with reduced content of pathogens: Smokeable products, such as tobacco, substantially free of pathogens, and methods for the preparation of such products, are disclosed.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080173320 - Filtered smoking articles: A smoking article is provided including (a) a tobacco rod comprising a smokable filler material contained within a circumscribing outer wrapping material, wherein the smokable filler material comprises at least about 45% by weight flue-cured tobacco based on the total dry weight of the smokable filler material; (b) one or... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080168997 - Cigarette filter for reducing tar and decreasing toxicity and equipment for producing it: A cigarette filter for reducing tar and decreasing toxicity and equipment for producing the filter are provided in tobacco field. The rod core is made from staple fiber, specially natural plant fiber, specially wood fiber, more specially short wood pile fiber. The cigarette filter can be the complex filter, or... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20080168998 - Slim cigarette: A filter cigarette comprising a tobacco rod which is circumscribed by a cigarette paper and a filter, said filter comprising a tobacco-side filter element and a mouth-side filter element, said filter cigarette having a diameter of about 4 mm to about 7 mm, yielding a smoke yield of 1 mg... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080163877 - Smoking article with concentric hollow core in tobacco rod and capsule containing flavorant and aerosol forming agents in the filter system: A smoking article having a cylinder of smoking material and a central tube within the cylinder of the smoking material wherein heat is convectively transferred with smoke from a lit end of the cylinder of smoking material through the central tube to a mouth end of the cylinder of smoking... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080163878 - Ash tray for use with disposable ash collection vessel: An ash tray for use with disposable ash collection vessels that receive and collect cigarette and/or cigar ashes and butts. The vessels may be inserted and removed from the ash tray to provide for ash and butt collection and disposal. In an exemplary embodiment, the vessels comprise previously used beverage... Agent: CourseyIPLaw, P.C.

20080163879 - Smoking article: A smoking article comprising discrete segments of smokable material having an encapsulated flavourant contained within a component of the smokable material to provide a stable release of flavourant at different points during smoking, and in particular in the final puffs. The encapsulated flavourant is incorporated within a reconstituted tobacco material... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080156335 - Apparatus for inserting tobacco into a cigarette tube: The invention concerns an apparatus for inserting tobacco into an empty cigarette tube. The apparatus comprises a sleeve (15) designed to be inserted into the empty cigarette tube (63); means for retaining the empty cigarette tube (63) in place; a fixed blade (19) and a movable blade (18) facing each... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20080156336 - Smoking article with encapsulated flavourant: A filter cigarette comprises a tobacco rod and a filter attached to the tobacco rod by a band of tipping paper. The surface of the band of tipping paper is coated with a solution of cells having at least one flavourant encapsulated therein. In use, when the filter cigarette is... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080156337 - Filter component cutting system: A filter component cutting system comprises a supply hopper of elongate filter rods and a cutting drum with spaced apart flutes on an exterior surface of the drum for receiving the elongate filler rods. A transfer mechanism receives the elongate filter rods from the supply hopper and delivers the rods... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080156338 - Sterilized moist snuff and method: Sterilized moist tobacco products and methods for sterilizing moist tobacco products are provided. The moist tobacco is subjected to a thermal stabilization treatment after it has been packaged in its final, consumer-ready container. Such thermal stabilization pasteurizes, sterilizes or otherwise treats the finished moist tobacco so that the concentration of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc