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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Thomas Badertscher, Cernier, CH;
Inventor:
Thomas Badertscher, Cernier, CH;
Assignee:
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J 20/284 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A filter cigarette comprising a tobacco rod which is circumscribed by a cigarette paper and a filter, said filter comprising a tobacco-side filter element and a mouth-side filter element, said filter cigarette having a diameter of about 4 mm to about 7 mm, yielding a smoke yield of 1 mg condensate or less and yielding a nicotine yield of 0.2 mg or less. The filter cigarette is characterized in that the overall length of the filter is about 25 mm to about 40 mm, the length of the tobacco-side filter element is about 10 mm to about 25 mm and the tobacco-side filter element comprises a ventilation zone.