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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2015
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Medwick Vaughan Byrd, Jr., Raleigh, NC (US);
David Neil McClanahan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Samuel Mark Debusk, Lexington, NC (US);
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A paper material is provided herein, wherein the paper material includes a fibrous material including at least 5 dry weight percent of fibers derived from a plant of thespecies; wherein the paper material has a basis weight ranging from about 5 g/mto about 450 g/m; and wherein the paper material has a caliper ranging from about 0.01 mils to about 200 mils. The paper material can be suitable for use in a smoking article in the form of at least one of a tipping material, a plug wrap and a wrapping material. The paper material can be suitable for use in at least one of a soft carton container suitable to house smoking articles, a label, a paper substrate of a barrier layer, a hard carton suitable to house smoking articles and a container suitable to house smokeless tobacco products.