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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Robert D. Bereman, Apex, NC (US);
Patrick Rainey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Inventors:
Robert D. Bereman, Apex, NC (US);
Patrick Rainey, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Vector Tobacco Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B015/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to catalytic systems containing metallic or carbonaceous particles that reduce the content of certain harmful or carcinogenic substances, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, carbazole, phenol, and catechol, in mainstream cigarette smoke and in side stream cigarette smoke.