R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company

Margarette Elisa Lovette

John-Paul Mua

Barry Bratcher

Joshua D Morton

Kyle Ford

Samuel Mark Debusk

Leigh Ann Blevins Joyce

Leigh Hagan

Charles Jacob Novak, Iii

Vernon Brent Barnes

Jerry Wayne Pipes

William Robert Collett

Quentin Paul Guenther, Jr

Robert William Benford

Gong Chen

Charles Jacob Iii Novak

An apparatus is provided for forming a cigarette filter rod member defining a longitudinal axis. A rod-forming unit is configured to form a continuous supply of a filter material into a continuous cylindrical rod member. An insertion unit configured to insert a carrier carrying a plurality of frangible microcapsule objects into the rod member. Associated apparatuses and methods are also provided.

Apparatus for inserting microcapsule objects into a filter element of a smoking article, and associated method

The present disclosure describes methods of obtaining and/or deriving proteins from plants of thespecies and methods for incorporation of such proteins into various products. For example, a method for obtaining a protein-enriched material from a plant of thespecies or portion thereof is provided, comprising: extracting one or more proteins from the plant material into a solvent to form a liquid protein-containing extract; separating a solid extracted plant material from the liquid protein-containing extract; clarifying the liquid protein-containing extract to form a clarified protein-containing extract and a solids fraction; and treating the clarified protein-containing extract so as to provide a protein-enriched material comprising at least about 60% protein by weight.

Protein-enriched tobacco-derived composition

The present disclosure describes methods of obtaining and/or deriving a sugar-enriched extract from plants of thespecies and methods for incorporation of such extracts into various tobacco compositions. One exemplary method for preparing a sugar-enriched extract comprises contactingplant material with a solvent and extracting sugars into the solvent to form a liquid sugar-containing extract; separating a solid extracted plant material from the liquid sugar-containing extract; clarifying the liquid sugar-containing extract to form a clarified sugar-containing extract and a solids fraction; and isolating the liquid sugar-containing extract to provide a sugar-enriched extract comprising a combined weight of fructose and glucose of at least about 10% by dry weight. In certain embodiments, the sugars of the extract comprise at least about 50% by weight fructose.

Sugar-enriched extract derived from tobacco

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Winston-Salem, NC, United States of America

Margarette Elisa Lovette