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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:
Aug. 29, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Brinkley, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jack G Flinchum, Jr, Pfafftown, NC (US);
James S Thomasson, Statesville, NC (US);
Assignee:
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131297 ; 131298 ;
Abstract
Tobacco extracts are provided within a polyhydric alcohol carrier. Tobacco strip is extracted with ammonia and steam to provide a mixture of water, tobacco extract and ammonia. The mixture is contacted with a polyhydric alcohol to provide a resulting mixture. The water then is evaporated from the resulting mixture to provide a mixture of 30 weight parts tobacco extract, 65 weight parts polyhydric alcohol and 5 weight parts water.