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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110155155 | Filter for a Smoking Article A multi-section filter (5) for a smoking article comprises at least a first (5B) and a second filter section (5A). The first filter section (5B) is at a mouth end of the filter (5) and the second filter section includes a set of ventil... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20100319718 | Ventilated smoking article The invention concerns a smoking article filter plug (16) for a cigarette, the filter plug being cylindrical and having a plug wrap (18), grooves (20) being impressed into the plug wrap, and a tipping paper (22) for the attachment of the filt... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20090293894 | SMOKING ARTICLE WITH TRANSPARENT SECTION A smoking article includes a tobacco rod, a filter located at the mouth end of the smoking article, at least one tipping material, to attach the filter to the tobacco rod, wherein the at least one tipping material includes at least one transparent section, wherein the s... | 12/03/2009 |
| 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 feede... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080017204 | Smoking article with impaction filter segment A smoking article having a cylinder of smoking material and a filter system attached to the cylinder of smoking material. The filter system includes an upstream plug of filtering material, a downstream plug of filtering material, and a cavity between the upstream plug o... | 01/24/2008 |
| 20070267034 | Ventilated smoking article A cigarette includes a rod comprising a wrapped tobacco column that is joined to an axially aligned filter by a band of air impermeable tipping paper. The filter end of the rod is inserted into a mouthpiece having an air impermeable outer surface that comprises a ventil... | 11/22/2007 |
| 20050150507 | Method and a device for making filters for tobacco products Filters for tobacco products are manufactured by a device comprising a conveyor drum rotatable about a horizontal axis and furnished with peripheral grooves, each holding a leaf of paper material preassembled with a first filter element. The single groove is flanked by ... | 07/14/2005 |
| 20050076927 | Ventilated smoking article The invention concerns a smoking article filter plug (16) for a cigarette, the filter plug being cylindrical and having a plug wrap (18), grooves (20) being impressed into the plug wrap, and a tipping paper (22) for the attachment of the filt... | 04/14/2005 |
| 20050066983 | Filtered cigarette incorporating an adsorbent material A filter element incorporating an adsorbent material is provided. The filter element may comprise a first section of filter material and a second section of filter material spaced apart to form a compartment therebetween. The compartment may be filled with one or more a... | 03/31/2005 |
