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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. 23, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Benedict M Lee, Kingsport, TN (US);
James E Harris, Kingsport, TN (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131342 ; 131331 ; 131341 ; 131345 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel tobacco smoke filter material comprising a filter element such as cellulose acetate crimped tow having at least about 1 weight percent of micro acicular crystals of a compound such as sodium carbonate present on the surfaces of the filter element. Also disclosed is a process for preparation of such tobacco smoke filter material.