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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. 21, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2003
Applicant:
Mark A. Conkling, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Inventor:
Mark A. Conkling, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Assignee:
Vector Tobacco Ltd., Hamilton, HMCX, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24D001/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention generally relates to tobacco and tobacco products having a reduced amount of nicotine and/or tobacco specific nitrosamines (TSNA). More specifically, several ways to make tobacco plants that have reduced nicotine and TSNA levels have been discovered. Embodiments include tobacco harvested from said tobacco plants, cured tobacco from said tobacco plants, tobacco products made with said cured tobacco and methods of making these compositions.