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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:
U.s. Smokeless Tobacco Company Llc, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
David Karl Bried, Brentwood, TN (US);
James Arthur Strickland, Richmond, VA (US);
Mark T. Nielsen, Nicholasville, KY (US);
Frank Scott Atchley, Midlothian, VA (US);
Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Brentwood, TN (US);
Gregory A. Pace, Nunnelly, TN (US);
Assignee:
U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 23/00 (2006.01); B65D 51/16 (2006.01); B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B65D 85/00 (2006.01); B65B 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A24F 23/00 (2013.01); B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B65D 51/16 (2013.01); B65B 29/00 (2013.01); B65D 85/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.