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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:
Apr. 15, 1986
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
John N Jewell, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation, Louisville, KY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ; A24B / ; A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131303 ; 131296 ;
Abstract
An improved tobacco treating process for smoking articles including the steps of moistening and shredding tobacco stems at a preselected temperature range and drying such shredded stems under high humidity conditions controlled to obtain unexpectedly high fill values.