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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
JAPAN TOBACCO INC., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 5/16 (2006.01); A24B 3/18 (2006.01); A24B 7/00 (2006.01); A24B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 5/16 (2013.01); A24B 3/18 (2013.01); A24B 7/00 (2013.01); A24B 13/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method of manufacturing a cut stem with increased filling capacity comprises tearing a rod-like stem material having a water content of 20 to 50% by weight, shredding the torn rod-like stem material, and subjecting the rod-like cut stem material to expansion treatment.