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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Philip Morris Products S.a., Neuchatel, CH;
Inventors:
Charles Kuersteiner, Jouxtens-Mezery, CH;
Alen Kadiric, Orpund, CH;
Martha Martha, Surabaya, ID;
Nicolas Cusnir, Lausanne, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris Products S.A., Neuchatel, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/04 (2006.01); A24D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 3/04 (2013.01); A24D 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a smoking article comprising a tobacco rod, a filter and tipping material attaching the tobacco rod and the filter. The filter comprises a plug of filtration material that defines a downstream end segment of the smoking article, the plug being surrounded by one or more filter wrappers. The hardness of the smoking article at the downstream end segment is at least about 90%, and the filtration material extends to the furthest downstream end of the filter.