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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jiunn-Yann Tang, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., Louisville, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
131194 ; 131359 ; 131364 ;
Abstract
A smoking article including a porous inner core of an aerosol-generating composition circumscribed by a porous ceramic insulator tube which in turn is circumscribed by a porous charcoal fuel tube. Upon ignition, the smoking article, which is preferably in a cigarette rod form, produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke.