R.J. Reynolds Tobacco issued US patent for 'filtered cigarette'; patent filed on Oct. 2, 2006

Nevin Barich

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia , June 13, 2014 (U.S. Official News) – United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent no. 8,739,802, on June 03, 2014, to R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (North Carolina), titled as "Filtered cigarette"

Inventors: Fagg; Barry Smith (Winston-Salem, NC)

Assignee: R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company (Winston-Salem, NC)

According to the abstract released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtered cigarette possesses a smokable rod and a filter element. The filter element possesses a segment incorporating filter material (e.g., cellulose acetate tow) having carbonaceous material (e.g., activated charcoal particles) or other adsorbent dispersed throughout the filter material, and encapsulated flavoring agent (e.g., flavor-containing microcapsules) dispersed throughout the filter material."

The patent was filed on October 2, 2006 Application no. 11/537,812

For more information please visit: http://www.uspto.gov/. In case of any query regarding this article or other content needs please contact: editorial@plusmediasolutions.com

(c) 2014 Plus Media Solutions

* All content is copyrighted by Industry Intelligence, or the original respective author or source. You may not recirculate, redistrubte or publish the analysis and presentation included in the service without Industry Intelligence's prior written consent. Please review our terms of use.