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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2004
Ping LI, Richmond, VA (US);
Shalva Gedevanishvili, Richmond, VA (US);
Firooz Rasouli, Midlothian, VA (US);
Weijun Zhang, Richmond, VA (US);
Rajesh K. Garg, Richmond, VA (US);
Hector Alonso, Richmond, VA (US);
Ping Li, Richmond, VA (US);
Shalva Gedevanishvili, Richmond, VA (US);
Firooz Rasouli, Midlothian, VA (US);
Weijun Zhang, Richmond, VA (US);
Rajesh K. Garg, Richmond, VA (US);
Hector Alonso, Richmond, VA (US);
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A wrapper for a smoking article includes a web; and a patterned deposit on at least a portion of one surface of the wrapper, wherein the patterned deposit comprises catalyst particles. The patterned deposit can include a nanoparticle catalyst that is capable of catalyzing the conversion of a constituent gas component in the mainstream and/or sidestream smoke of the smoking article. The constituent gas component can be carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide and the catalyst particles can be iron oxide. Also provided is a smoking article comprising a tobacco rod having a wrapper formed around the tobacco rod, the wrapper including a patterned deposit on at least a portion of one surface of the wrapper. A method of making the wrapper and a method of making a smoking article utilizing the wrapper are also provided.