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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Firooz Rasouli, Midlothian, VA (US);
Gianluca Sechi, Colombier, CH;
Irfan Gunduz, Lemont-sur-lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/38 (2006.01); A24B 15/24 (2006.01); A24B 15/26 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24D 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/385 (2013.01); A24B 15/245 (2013.01); A24B 15/246 (2013.01); A24B 15/26 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24D 1/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A liquid tobacco composition comprises tobacco dissolved in an ionic liquid. Removal of selected tobacco constituents is aided by dissolving the tobacco in the ionic liquid. The tobacco, having selected constituents removed, may be regenerated from the liquid tobacco composition by separating the tobacco from the ionic liquid.