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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. 25, 1977
Filed:
Oct. 03, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vello Norman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Herman G Bryant, Jr, Durham, NC (US);
Assignee:
Liggett & Myers Incorporated, Durham, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131-9 ; 131 / ; 131 / ;
Abstract
The amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in tobacco smoke is reduced and a substantially diminished biological activity of the tobacco smoke condensate when evaluated on experimental animals following conventional protocol is achieved by adding to the tobacco palladium, either in metallic or salt form, and an inorganic nitric oxide generating compound.