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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2015
Applicant:
Altria Client Services Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Frank Scott Atchley, Tarpon Springs, FL (US);
James M. Rossman, Tampa, FL (US);
Munmaya K. Mishra, Manakin Sabot, VA (US);
Assignee:
ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2006.01); A24F 23/00 (2006.01); A24B 15/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24B 13/00 (2013.01); A24B 15/28 (2013.01); A24F 23/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smokeless tobacco product includes smokeless tobacco and a polymeric material in intimate contact with the smokeless tobacco and stabilized in conformance to a surface topography of the tobacco's fibrous structures such that the stabilized polymeric material secures the smokeless tobacco together. The smokeless tobacco product has a moisture-permeable porous surface and an overall oven volatiles content of at least 10 weight percent.