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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:
Dec. 09, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Theodore K. Kyle, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Saul Shiffman, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 9/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/144 ; A61K 9/68 ;
Abstract
This invention is an improved method for reducing or eliminating tobacco usage and the nicotine dependency associated with tobacco usage by gradually decreasing an individual's tobacco consumption over a time period while replacing nicotine from tobacco with an alternative nicotine source.