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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. 10, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2014
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Feng Gao, Midlothian, VA (US);
Diane L. Gee, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Shuzhong Zhuang, Glen Allen, VA (US);
Phillip M. Hulan, Midlothian, VA (US);
William J. Burke, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
Altria Client Services LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/16 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/16 (2013.01);
Abstract
A exhausted-tobacco tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and exhausted-tobacco is dispersed in the solid solution, and one or more additives dispersed in the solid solution such that at least one additive is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an adult tobacco consumer's oral cavity.