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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:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vladimir Hampl, Jr., Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/00 ; D21H 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 1/00 ; D21H 2/700 ;
Abstract
The present invention is generally directed to smoking articles having reduced carbon monoxide delivery. In order to reduce carbon monoxide delivery, the wrapping papers used to construct the smoking article has a fiber basis weight of less than about 18 gsm. Smoking articles constructed in accordance with the present invention can have a carbon monoxide delivery less than about 18 mg per smoking article.