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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110179519 | Methods of Affecting Nitrogen Assimilation In Plants Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding CCA1, GLK1 or bZIP1, operably linked to a plant-specific promote, wherein the CCA1, GLK1 or... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110104218 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING HYDROGEL CAPSULES COATED FOR LOW PERMEABILITY AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY Methods and compositions for producing hydrogel capsules enveloped with at least one coating layer is disclosed. The coating formulations deposited on the surface of the capsules can improve the physical integrity and the water-retention properties of the alginate beads... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110083684 | METHODS FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM AQUEOUS EXTRACTS OF TOBACCO Disclosed is a method for removing one or more heavy metals from an aqueous plant extract, comprising: contacting the aqueous plant extract with, and sorbing at least a portion of the one or more heavy metals on, at least one sorbent selected from the group consisting o... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110083683 | COMBINATION TREATMENT OF TOBACCO EXTRACT USING ANTIOXIDANTS AND ANTIOXIDANT SCAVENGERS A process for treating a tobacco material comprising: (a) extracting a tobacco material with a solvent to produce a tobacco extract and a tobacco residue; (b) contacting the tobacco extract with an antioxidant; and (c) contacting the mixture of (b) with an antioxidant s... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110048434 | THERMAL TREATMENT PROCESS FOR TOBACCO MATERIALS A method of preparing a tobacco material for use in a smoking article is provided, including (i) mixing a tobacco material, water, and an additive selected from the group consisting of lysine, glycine, histidine, alanine, methionine, glutamic acid, aspartic acid, prolin... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110005534 | REDUCED RISK TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND USE THEREOF Reduced risk tobacco-related products and methods of use. These tobacco-related products (e.g., cigarettes or filters) are designed to reduce the biological insult, for example, DSBs, cell death or perturbation of RNA transcriptome or proteome as compared to the amount ... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100206317 | REDUCED RISK TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND USE THEREOF Reduced risk tobacco-related products and methods of use. These tobacco-related products (e.g., cigarettes or filters) are designed to reduce the biological insult, for example, DSBs, cell death or perturbation of RNA transcriptome or proteome as compared to the amount ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100200008 | E-Cigarette With Vitamin Infusion A smokeless cigarette that provides for the dispensation of vitamins to the user by way of a vitamin infused cartridge whereby a liquid mixture of vitamins and/or botanicals are injected into a liquid supplying bottle within the nicotine cartridge for inhalation and abs... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100180904 | Smoking Article and a Method and Apparatus for the Manufacture of Smoking Articles One embodiment of the invention provides apparatus for manufacturing a smoking article. The apparatus includes an ecreteur having at least one trimming disk configured to trim a tobacco rod for a smoking article to have at least one end region of increased tobacco densi... | 07/22/2010 |
| 20100175703 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS FOR IMPREGNATING SOLID ADSORBENT PARTICLES INTO SHAPED MIRCO-CAVITY FIBERS A process of impregnating fine adsorbent particles such as carbon dust or APS silica gel powder into the micro-cavities of shaped fibers comprises the steps of continuously conveying shaped fibers with micro-cavities to a reservoir of the fine adsorbent particles. The f... | 07/15/2010 |
| 20100132725 | REDUCTION OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND NITRIC OXIDE IN SMOKING ARTICLES USING NANOSCALE PARTICLES AND/OR CLUSTERS OF NITRIDED TRANSITION METAL OXIDES Smoking article components, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided that use nitrided transition metal oxide nanoscale particles and/or nitrided transition metal oxide clusters capable of catalyzing and/or oxidizing carb... | 06/03/2010 |
| 20100108086 | TOBACCO AND TOBACCO PACKAGING MATERIAL FOR PREVENTING OR REDUCING TOBACCO-ASSOCIATED INJURY IN THE AERODIGESTIVE TRACT OF A SUBJECT Articles of manufacturing for preventing or reducing tobacco smoke- and smokeless-tobacco associated injury in the aerodigestive tract of a subject are disclosed, which comprise at least one agent capable of reducing or preventing tobacco associated loss of peroxidase a... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100068120 | CATALYSTS FOR LOW TEMPERATURE OXIDATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE CuO—ZnO—CeO2 catalyst and aged CuO—ZnO catalyst catalytically active for low temperature oxidation of carbon monoxide. The catalysts are co-precipitated, filtered, washed, dried, and calcined. The catalysts can be incorporated into a component of a ciga... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100037905 | FILTER OR FILTER ELEMENT FOR TOBACCO SMOKE CIGARETTE CONTAINING SUCH A FILTER OR FILTER ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A FILTER OR FILTER ELEMENT The invention relates to a filter or filter element with a substantially cylindrical filter body, which contains, in particular, at least two different additives, the additives being located in at least two zones which are arranged one after the other in the longitudina... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090301503 | Method A method of preparing a rod for use in the preparation of a smoking article is described. The rod has a first end and a second end. The rod has located therein a solid support. The solid support extends in a linear fashion from the first end of said rod to the second en... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090288671 | Smoking Article Filter A filter element having a longitudinally extending core and a wrapper (8) engaged around the core, wherein the core comprise filtration material (6) and optionally a particulate material (7) interspersed in the filtration material, and the wrapper (... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090260645 | METHOD FOR NEUTRALIZATION, ADSORPTION, AND ABSORPTION OF HAZARDOUS OR OTHERWISE UNDESIRED COMPOUNDS IN A TOBACCO PRODUCT A tobacco product comprising nanocrystalline particles and methods of reducing the levels of undesirable compounds in tobacco smoke are provided. The nanocrystalline particles are effective sorbents of numerous toxic compounds released by burning tobacco and may be inco... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090139533 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR TOBACCOLESS NICOTINE DELIVERY A tobaccoless nicotine delivery device permits delivery of nicotine in a manner similar to a cigarette. The device may include an impermeable outer layer surrounding a micro-encapsulated nicotine layer that includes a measured amount of nicotine in a form that allows ni... | 06/04/2009 |
| 20090119806 | TOBACCO CULTIVAR AOB 175 AND PRODUCTS THEREFROM The present invention relates to a novel tobacco cultivar designated AOB 175, which has low to intermediate nicotine content. The invention provides seeds of the cultivar AOB 175, plants and parts thereof of the cultivar AOB 175, a tissue culture derived from the cultiv... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090094711 | Methods of affecting plant growth with microRNA Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific p... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090090373 | Cigarette Having Configured Lighting End The lighting end or tip of the smoking article is configured in such a manner that the entire front or upstream face thereof does not lie in a plane that is generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the smoking article. For example, at least a portion of the f... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090050166 | SHREDDED TOBACCO AND METHOD OF TREATING TOBACCO Shredded tobacco of the invention is treated with metal iodate. A method of treating tobacco of the present invention includes adding metal iodate to shredded tobacco to decompose tobacco specific nitrosamines and polyphenols in the shredded tobacco, thereby reducing th... | 02/26/2009 |
| 20090000631 | Smoking articles and method for incorporating salts of lanthanide metals for reducing TPM cytotoxicity and targeted constituents in tobacco smoke Provided is a smoking article and method for reducing TPM cytotoxicity and targeted constituents in mainstream smoke. The smoking article includes tobacco material including a salt of a lanthanide metal. The method includes combining a salt of a lanthanide metal, water,... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20090000632 | Smoking articles and method for treating tobacco material with a suspension containing bismuth containing compounds and optionally glycerin Provided is a method for reducing TPM cytotoxicity, mutagenicity, and/or phenolic compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the particulate phase of mainstream smoke. Also provided is a smoking article including tobacco material treated with a bismuth containing... | 01/01/2009 |
| 20080314401 | Smoking Article A smoking article comprises a distal end which, in use, contains a smoke producing substance. A proximal end has smoke drawn from it during smoking. At least one channel is provided which runs from the proximal end to at least part way towards the distal end. At least o... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080264433 | Cucurbituril Added Cigarettes and Manufacturing Method Thereof Provided is a cucurbituril-containing tobacco. The cucurbituril-containing tobacco includes a cucurbituril represented by Formula 1. The cucurbituril-containing tobacco can produce a reduced amount of harmful substances.... | 10/30/2008 |
| 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... | 08/28/2008 |
| 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 pull... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080023016 | Nanolayer catalysts useful in promoting oxidation, and their manufacture and use A novel nanocatalyst is disclosed containing titanium oxide, iron oxide, and calcium oxide. The catalyst comprises a layer of iron oxide in the gamma form supported on a titanium oxide core. Addition of calcium cations helps to stabilize the iron oxide in the gamma form... | 01/31/2008 |
| 20070261704 | Cigarette package, wrapping paper for cigarette package, and method and machine for manufacturing wrapping paper A cigarette package is provided with an outer box (44) and an inner pack (56) contained within the outer box (44), and the inner pack (56) includes a cigarette bundle and an inner wrapper (58) covering the cigarette bundle. The inner w... | 11/15/2007 |
| 20070251535 | Smoking article and method of making the same A cigarette has a wire running lengthwise through the tobacco. A section of the wire may project from the end of the cigarette to be lit, and such section can be provided with an abutment which contacts this end of the cigarette. ... | 11/01/2007 |
| 20070215168 | Smoking article A smoking article, such as a cigarette, includes a carbonaceous heat source. A mouth end piece segment is located at the mouth end of the smoking article, and the mouth end piece segment allows the smoking article to be placed in the mouth of the smoker to be drawn upon... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070215167 | Smoking article A smoking article, such as a cigarette, comprises a lighting end and a mouth end. The smoking article possesses an aerosol-generation system that includes (i) a heat generation segment, and (ii) an aerosol-generating region or segment. A mouth end piece segment can be l... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070204870 | Catalysts to reduce carbon monoxide such as in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette Catalysts for the conversion, or oxidation, of carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide. Cigarettes with filters containing the catalysts have acceptable resistance to draw. Additionally, the catalysts can be used to reduce the concentration of carbon monoxide from a vehicle e... | 09/06/2007 |
| 20070169786 | Corrugated catalytic cigarette paper and cigarettes comprising the same A catalyst-modified corrugated cigarette paper wrapper comprises a fibrous web, an optional web-filler material supported by the web, and catalyst particles supported by the web and/or the web-filler material. In cigarettes comprising the catalyst-modified corrugated ci... | 07/26/2007 |
| 20070157940 | Smoking articles comprising inner wrapping strips The present invention is directed to a cigarette comprising a tobacco rod having a smokable filler material contained within a circumscribing outer wrapping material, and one or more inner wrapping strips positioned between the tobacco rod and the outer wrapping materia... | 07/12/2007 |
| 20070137667 | Smoking article with coaxial tobacco rod A smoking article having a cylindrical tube of smokable material having an outer wrapper, a concentric rod of smokable material coaxially positioned within the cylindrical tube of a smokable material, and an inner wrapper separating the cylindrical tube and the concentr... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070137666 | Incorporation of ammonia-release compounds in smoking articles A tobacco smoking mixture including an ammonia-release compound adapted to be formed into a lit-end cigarette is provided. The ammonia-release compound is incorporated in or on tobacco cut filler in an amount effective to reduce the cytotoxicity, and/or selective smoke ... | 06/21/2007 |
| 20070119467 | Filter-tipped cigarette A filter-tipped cigarette comprises tobacco core 1 contained in casing 3, and filter 2, the filter having first filtering member 4 connected by its one end to tobacco core 1, and a second filtering member provided within first filterin... | 05/31/2007 |
| 20070113862 | Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide Cut filler compositions, cigarettes, methods for making cigarettes and methods for smoking cigarettes are provided, which involve the use of nanoparticle additives capable of reducing amounts of at least one constituent from mainstream and/or sidestream tobacco smoke, t... | 05/24/2007 |
