Tobacco inventions 08/08

20080202532 - Method for portioning and depositing ground tobacco into containers: Embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus and method for portioning and depositing processed tobacco into a container. The method may include compressing the processed tobacco into a column, wherein a portion is disposed in a shuttle pocket, moving the shuttle pocket to a second position and placing the... Agent: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. Pacwest Center, Suite 1900

20080202533 - Moist tobacco product and method of making: A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080202534 - Ashtray: An improved structure of an ashtray includes a body, a hollowed rim at the center of the body, an ash disk placed on the bottom of the hollowed rim, and multiple needles erected at equal distance from one another on the bottom of the hollowed rim; the ash disk being... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080202535 - Cigar cutter, lighter, corkscrew, and knife: A cigar cutter and lighter storage housing for cutting off a mouthy end of a cigar is disclosed. The housing has a body with a compartment located in an upper end for receiving a disposable lighter and an elastic membrane which removably secures the lighter within the body. A cutter... Agent: Patentry

20080202536 - Oral pouch product with flavored wrapper: Provided is an oral pouch flavor product with a fibrous flavored wrapper that encloses an inner filling material. Preferably, the fibrous flavored wrapper includes embedded flavorants. The fibrous flavored wrapper may also include a softening agent, colorants, and/or browning inhibitors. The inner material may include non-tobacco, plant material fibers and... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080202537 - Machine for manufacturing and/or packing tobacco products: An automatic cigarette maker and/or packer incorporates a welding or sealing head with an electrically conductive heating foil mounted to an electrically insulating backing element; the foil is retained on the backing element by an overlay of ceramic material, which is covered in turn by a further overlay of smooth... Agent: Harbin King & Klima

20080202538 - Spray and/or soil treatment of tobacco to reduce tsnas: Methods for increasing the concentration of antioxidants during senescence and curing of tobacco leaves include application of a chemical solution. The methods include spraying the solution onto the tobacco plant prior to harvest and/or applying the chemical solution to the soil surrounding roots of growing tobacco plants. The application of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080202539 - Fibre: A method for forming a polycomponent fibre comprising a first, fibre-forming component comprising a polymer, and a second, component comprising an active ingredient that will selectively reduce or remove components of tobacco smoke, the method comprising the steps of: i. forming a dispersion, second solution or liquid comprising the second... Agent: Hammer & Associates, P.C.

20080202540 - Cigarette customization apparatus and associated method: An apparatus for customizing an as-formed cigarette is provided, wherein the as-formed cigarette has a cylindrical rod configuration defining a longitudinal axis, and includes a filter rod portion and a contiguous tobacco rod portion. Such an apparatus comprises a feeder unit configured to feed an as-formed cigarette, from a plurality... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080202541 - Alteration of tobacco alkaloid content through modification of specific cytochrome p450 genes: Compositions and methods for reducing the level of nornicotine and N′-nitrosonornicotine (NNN) in Nicotiana plants and plant parts thereof are provided. The compositions comprise isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides for cytochrome P450s that are involved in the metabolic conversion of nicotine to nornicotine in these plants. Expression cassettes, vectors, plants, and... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080202542 - Wrappers for smoking articles having reduced diffusion leading to reduced ignition proclivity characteristics: Smoking articles having reduced ignition proclivity characteristics are disclosed. The smoking articles include a wrapper comprising cellulosic fibers and a filler. In accordance with the present disclosure, the filler has a particle size of at least about 3.2 microns and is present in the wrapper in an amount less than... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080196730 - Smokeless tobacco product: The present invention relates generally to a smokeless tobacco product in the form of a completely dissolvable vehicle (1; 11) comprising concentrated tobacco extract contained in a dissolvable matrix. In one embodiment, the vehicle (11) is a multilayer three-dimensional vehicle whose several layers (12, 13, 14) dissolve layer by layer... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080196731 - Processing of tobacco materials containing a high proportion of tobacco fines: The invention relates to a method of processing tobacco fines, whereby the tobacco preparation for producing smoking articles from an initial material to be processed, which contains tobacco fines and tobacco material, is subjected to an increased mechanical pressure in order to bind the tobacco fines permanently to the tobacco... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080190439 - Tobacco smoke filter production: A method and apparatus for tobacco smoke filter production wherein a train of tobacco smoke filtering material, whilst continuously advanced longitudinally, is gathered towards rod shape and then shaped to and secured in rod form, and wherein there is discontinuous pneumatic injection of particulate additive through an injector conduit laterally... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.c.

20080190440 - Novel cigar: A novel cigar is provided with an elongated cigar puller device which extends into the interior of the cigar. By removing the cigar puller from the device, the tobacco fill material of the cigar is disrupted so as to improve the draw of the cigar. Some of the cigar puller... Agent: Stuart D. Frenkel Frenkel & Associates, P.c.

20080185010 - Interleaved transparent cellulose paper with opaque adhesive: A method for applying adhesive to highly transparent cellulose rolling paper for a smoking article is provided, comprising the steps of holding the cellulose sheet under tension, applying a cellulose-based adhesive to a selected edge of the cellulose sheet, and drying the cellulose-based adhesive onto the cellulose sheet. The cellulose... Agent: Chris P. Perque Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP

20080185011 - Sealed cigarette filter: Smoking articles, such as cigarettes and cigarette filters, methods of manufacturing smoking articles including sealed filters, and methods of treating tobacco smoke are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a smoking article contains sealed filters, wherein additives are sealed within the sealed filters.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC