Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Smoking article with contoured filter portion
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Application No.: US14428486Application Date: 2013-09-18
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Publication No.: US10779566B2Publication Date: 2020-09-22
- Inventor: Clement Besso , Dorothy Tritz , Charles Kuersteiner , Alexandre Camus
- Applicant: Philip Morris Products, S.A.
- Applicant Address: CH Neuchatel
- Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: CH Neuchatel
- Agency: Mueting Raasch Group
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@4ecd6b45
- International Application: PCT/IB2013/058647 WO 20130918
- International Announcement: WO2014/049495 WO 20140403
- Main IPC: A24D3/04
- IPC: A24D3/04 ; A24C5/47 ; A24D1/04

Abstract:
A smoking article includes a contoured filter element having a cylindrical rod end portion and a cylindrical mouth end portion and a contoured portion between the cylindrical rod end portion and the cylindrical mouth end portion. The contoured portion defines an exterior surface of the smoking article and having a first cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of either the cylindrical rod end portion or the cylindrical mouth end portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150272206A1 SMOKING ARTICLE WITH CONTOURED FILTER PORTION Public/Granted day:2015-10-01
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