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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:
Jun. 20, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Adams, Mechanicsville, VA (US);
Angel Amendola, Millersville, MD (US);
Frederick M Della Crosse, White Plains, NY (US);
Robert Gallino, Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Jeffrey M Haskin, LaGrange, GA (US);
David Moir, Annapolis, MD (US);
Xuan M Pham, Richmond, VA (US);
Kenneth B Shepard, Chesterfield, VA (US);
Ronald R Stewart, Goshen, KY (US);
Assignee:
Philip Morris Management Corp., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53463 ; 533767 ;
Abstract
A sealed cigarette carton is formed by activating an adhesive pre-applied to a carton blank and then setting the adhesive. Cigarette packaging apparatus and method utilizing packaging stock comprising a pre-applied adhesive forms cigarette cartons that are sealed by heat-activating and then setting the pre-applied adhesive.