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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2010
Val Krukonis, Lexington, MA (US);
Hans Schonemann, Newburyport, MA (US);
Anthony Gudinas, Atkinson, NH (US);
Paula M. Wetmore, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Kara Williams, Saugus, MA (US);
Carl H. Midgett, Ashland City, TN (US);
Clifford Brown Bennett, Brentwood, TN (US);
Harry Y. Zheng, Smyrna, TN (US);
Kathleen S. Johnston, Nashville, TN (US);
Val Krukonis, Lexington, MA (US);
Hans Schonemann, Newburyport, MA (US);
Anthony Gudinas, Atkinson, NH (US);
Paula M. Wetmore, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Kara Williams, Saugus, MA (US);
Carl H. Midgett, Ashland City, TN (US);
Clifford Brown Bennett, Brentwood, TN (US);
Harry Y. Zheng, Smyrna, TN (US);
Kathleen S. Johnston, Nashville, TN (US);
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Phasex Corporation, Lawrence, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods of selectively reducing constituents in tobacco as well as the tobacco obtained by such methods are disclosed. Subcritical fluids, e.g., liquid carbon dioxide, serve as the reduction media.