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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4600025 | Smoking products comprising nicotine substitutes A smoking product comprising an inert combustible substrate to which has been applied a nicotine-substitute-effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of 2-methyl-5-(pyrrolidinomethyl) thiazole and 2-methyl-5-(piperidinomethyl) thia... | 07/15/1986 |
| 4545392 | Tobacco product A smokeless tobacco product is disclosed which contains cut or otherwise comminuted tobacco treated with a particulated gum composition that adheres as a discontinuous coating to the surface of the tobacco. The gum composition provides improved "gathering... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4528993 | Process for producing moist snuff A method in which moist snuff is produced, differing radically from the prior art. The tobacco is hogshead-aged for only about two years. Instead of producing snuff taste characteristics through fermentation, the tobacco is cased and chemical reactions, i... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4516588 | Process for improving the filling capacity of tobacco, in particular cut tobacco leaf The impairment of the taste of smoke, observed in processes for improving the filling capacity of tobacco by expansion of the tobacco with a vaporizable expanding agent, can be avoided if an anti-oxidant, in particular ascorbic acid, is added to the tobac... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4498485 | Interferon and interferon inducers combined with tobacco products Methods and compositions are provided for preparing stabilized interferons and for combining stabilized interferon with cigarettes. Special domains of the interferon molecule are recognized by methods which are described. A means for constructing these do... | 02/12/1985 |
| 4483353 | Tobacco processing A tobacco-treatment process comprises mechanically expressing cell-sap from yellowed, substantially undried, tobacco-leaf material, impregnating the fibrous material remaining after the expression with said cell-sap or with parts or components of said cel... | 11/20/1984 |
| 4476881 | Microbial digestion of tobacco materials using mixed cultures A mixed complementary culture of bacteria and fungi are used to degrade pectin and cellulose components of tobacco materials.... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4452257 | Treatment for natural leaf tobacco wrapper A treatment system for natural leaf tobacco wrapper is provided for comprising in combination: (a) a humectant/plasticizer component; (b) a preservative component; (c) a solvent carrier selected from the group comprising water and water/alcohol mixtures; and (... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4449541 | Tobacco treatment process Cut shredded or otherwise comminuted tobacco is treated with a volatile flavoring additive in a continuous process wherein the additive is combined with a polyhydric alcohol carrier and the additive/polyhydric alcohol combination is applied to the tobacco... | 05/22/1984 |
| 4434804 | Smoking article Smoking articles, e.g. cigarettes, are disclosed into the fuel rod of which particulate smoke-modifying agent has been introduced in such a manner that the concentration of the agent is greater at one or each end of the fuel rod than that at the middle re... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4355648 | Method of curing tobacco Harvested green tobacco is cured by photobleaching followed by thermal browning. Photobleaching is preferably effected after incubation in vapors of an organic liquid or steam.... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4350823 | Carbomethoxy methyl norbornanes Described are compounds defined according to the generic structure: ##STR1## wherein the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond; and one of R1 and R2 is methyl and the other of R1 | 09/21/1982 |
| 4347859 | Acid curing of tobacco A process for artificially curing mature green tobacco is provided wherein the tobacco is immersed in an acidic medium and incubated therein at at least room temperature until the desired color develops. Incubation at pH 1.5 to 3.5 at about 50° C. for as... | 09/07/1982 |
| 4319036 | Carboalkoxy alkyl norbornanes and process for preparing same Described are compounds having the generic structure: ##STR1## wherein the dashed line is either a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond and each of R1, R2, R3 and R4 represents hydrogen ... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4298013 | Method for recycling cellulosic waster materials from tobacco product manufacture A method for utilizing waste cellulosic material by conversion to sugars suitable for use in tobacco manufacturing is disclosed. The method comprises comminuting waste cellulose products, which are generated during tobacco product manufacturing, deesterif... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4127136 | Treatment of tobacco A method for the treatment of tobacco, including curing and drying thereof, comprises applying a leaf-wilt accelerating chemical agent to parts of growing mature tobacco plants, allowing the leaves to wilt over a period of 2 to 50 days to effect a reducti... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4072155 | Stiffening of tobacco with dialdehyde The stiffness of tobacco is increased by treating tobacco with a dialdehyde. The treatment is carried out in the presence of a suitable catalyst. The reaction of the dialdehyde with tobacco may be at room temperature, but is accelerated by heating to 120Â... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4034766 | Reinforcement of tobacco structure Expanded tobacco is appropriately treated to improve its physical strength and prevent collapse of the tobacco walls following expansion.... | 07/12/1977 |
