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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2020
Applicant:
Philip Morris Usa Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Clement Besso, Neuchatel, CH;
Anne Wyss-Peters, Lausanne, CH;
Charles Kuersteiner, Jouxtens-Mezery, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D 1/02 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01); A24D 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 15/283 (2013.01); A24B 15/282 (2013.01); A24D 1/02 (2013.01); A24D 3/048 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is 'over tipped' with a band or strip of 'Peel and Sniff' microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.