Philip Morris USA Inc.

Philip Morris Inc.

Courtaulds Fibres (holdings) Ltd.

Kenneth A Newman

William R Sweeney

Danielle R Crawford

Munmaya K Mishra

Robert T Mitten

Steven J Hovjacky

Bruce Neidle

Cynthia S Hayes

Shensheng Liu

Donald E Laslie

Gus D Keritsis

Fernando L Chappell, Sr

Cynthia W Arterbery

W Timothy Callaham

Morris F White, Jr

Roger S Slagle

Karen Brooks

Georgios D Karles

William B Edwards, Iii

Michael S Braunshteyn

Calvin Roger Woodings

Navin Gautam

Paul N Gauvin

A portioned moist tobacco product with a super-hydrated membrane coating and method of manufacturing is disclosed. The super-hydrated membrane coating is formed by ionic cross-linking using two polymers. The soluble component of the super-hydrated membrane coating dissolves upon placement in the mouth, while the insoluble component maintains the tobacco within the coating for the duration of the use of the product. The moist tobacco product is soft and flexible so as to fit comfortably in an oral cavity when placed therein.

Moist tobacco product and method of making

A flavor pouch includes a porous covering that encloses a carrier having a flavorant. The carrier may be solid or particulate. Flavorants may be one or more of tea, coffee, rose hips, honey, royal jelly, fruit extracts, mint, sweeteners, ginger, pepper extract, exotic flavors, ethnic flavors and the like. Where the carrier comprises a plurality of beads, the beads may have randomly dissolvable encapsulation to extend the time duration of flavor release. To use the flavor pouch, it is placed in the mouth and masticated or exposed to saliva to thereby release the flavorant.

Flavor pouch

Provided is a tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product that provides and engaging and flavorful experience to a user. The pouch product includes a porous pouch wrapper and an inner filling material. The inner filling material can include a non-tobacco, botanical component, at least one functional ingredient and a solid flavor component dispersed throughout the inner filling material. The pouch product delivers multiple textures to the user's mouth.

Tobacco-free oral flavor delivery pouch product

A dispenser for dispensing a metered amount of liquid into a porous plug includes a casing which has an inlet passage adapted to receive a manually insertable porous plug. A reservoir disposed in the cavity contains the liquid. The reservoir has an outlet which is communicable with the inlet passage. A discharge mechanism disposed in the casing is actuable in response to the insertion of a porous plug into the inlet passage for producing a pressurized air flow which bears against a piston in the reservoir for discharging a metered amount of the liquid from the reservoir into the porous plug. The plug could constitute a filter attached to a tobacco column.

Apparatus for dispensing a metered amount of liquid to a porous plug

Filter materials

A concentric smoking filter in which the peripheral filter medium is a fibrous tow, such as fibrous cellulose acetate tow, and the core filter medium is a web material, such as paper, loaded with carbon particles, is provided. The filter improves the taste, particularly, of 'ultra-light' cigarettes.

Concentric smoking filter having cellulose acetate tow periphery and

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Prince George, VA, United States of America

Kenneth A Newman