Chewing gum which is a substitute for tobacco smoke
Patent 5488962 Issued on February 6, 1996. Estimated Expiration Date: 
December 2, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
December 2, 2014. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3877468 Pharmaceutical preparation possessing antinicotine effect and method of producing same in a gum carrier Patent #: 4971079 InventorApplicationNo. 348768 filed on 12/02/1994US Classes:131/270, ANTISMOKING PRODUCT OR DEVICE, I.E., DETERENT131/271, No smoke to user424/48CHEWING GUM TYPEExaminersPrimary: Bahr, JenniferAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA24B 015/00Foreign Application Priority Data1990-10-10 ITAbstractChewing gum which is a substitute for tobacco smoke, formed into three 3 g strips, characterized in that each strip contains not more than 25 wt % of a gum base and not more than 0.4 mg of nicotine dispersed in the gum base. The invention provides a nicotine-containing gum which simulates cigarette smoking (by providing a level of nicotine retention in the blood and saliva very similar in intensity and duration to that due to cigarette smoking), without accompanying problems with respect to unpleasant taste, poor chewing characteristics and undesirable side-effects. | |
