公开(公告)号：US12193470B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US18062832

申请日：2022-12-07

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Frank Scott Atchley ,  Gregory James Griscik ,  Christopher Joseph Dinovi ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  Diane L. Gee ,  Munmaya K. Mishra ,  James Arthur Strickland

IPC: A24B13/00

Abstract: An oral tobacco product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix and tobacco fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral tobacco product can be formed by extruding a mixture of mouth-stable polymer and tobacco fibers.

公开(公告)号：US11771127B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-03

申请号：US14505814

申请日：2014-10-03

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Diane L. Gee ,  Shuzhong Zhuang ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  William J. Burke

IPC: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

CPC classification number: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

Abstract: A nicotine tablet that includes a solid solution of soluble fiber and one or more sugar alcohols, the solid solution having a glass transition temperature of less than 40° C., and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the solid solution such that the nicotine or derivative thereof is released from the tablet when the tablet is chewed or dissolved within an oral cavity.

公开(公告)号：US11541001B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-03

申请号：US16840820

申请日：2020-04-06

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Frank Scott Atchley ,  Gregory James Griscik ,  Christopher Joseph Dinovi ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  Diane L. Gee ,  Gerd Kobal

IPC: A24B13/00 ,  A61K9/00 ,  A61K9/20

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and an additive dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the additive from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.

公开(公告)号：US20220312822A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-06

申请号：US17223709

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Anthony H. Kieu ,  David J. Phillips ,  Pauline Marcq ,  Benjamin L. Ragland ,  Rebecca M. Gray

IPC: A23P10/30 ,  A23L27/12 ,  A23L27/30 ,  A23L29/25

Abstract: A method for forming encapsulated sweetener granules (ESGs) may include heating a first mixture to form a molten mixture, the first mixture includes one or more polyols and one or more hydrocolloids; cooling the molten mixture to a first temperature to form a cooled molten mixture; adding one or more high-intensity sweeteners to the cooled molten mixture to form a second mixture; cooling the second mixture to a second temperature to form one or more sheets, the second temperature being different from the first temperature; and fragmenting the one or more sheets to form a plurality of encapsulated sweetener granules. The first temperature may be between about 120° C. and about 200° C. The second temperature may be below a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the one or more polyols and the one or more hydrocolloids. For example, the second temperature may be between about 65° C. and about 200° C.

公开(公告)号：US11076631B2

公开(公告)日：2021-08-03

申请号：US16507243

申请日：2019-07-10

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Shuzhong Zhuang ,  Diane L. Gee

IPC: A24B15/16 ,  C07D401/04 ,  A24B15/30 ,  A24B15/28 ,  A23G4/06 ,  A24B13/00

Abstract: This document provides methods and systems for stabilizing nicotine and incorporating nicotine into one or more oral products. This document also provides oral products. Nicotine can be stabilized by mixing liquid nicotine with cellulosic fiber such that the liquid nicotine absorbs into pores of the cellulosic fiber to form a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture. In some cases, a cellulosic fiber-nicotine mixture can be combined with one or more binders and molded into an oral product.

公开(公告)号：US09999243B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-19

申请号：US14506002

申请日：2014-10-03

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Diane L. Gee ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  Shuzhong Zhuang ,  William J. Burke

IPC: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

CPC classification number: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

Abstract: An exhausted-tobacco lozenge provided herein includes a body that is partially or wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a soluble-fiber matrix, exhausted-tobacco fiber, and one or more additives (e.g. nicotine or a derivative thereof) dispersed in the soluble-fiber matrix. In some cases, an exhausted-tobacco lozenge provided herein includes at least 40 weight percent of soluble fiber. In some cases, soluble fiber in exhausted-tobacco lozenge provided herein can include maltodextrin. The exhausted-tobacco lozenge is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity of an adult tobacco consumer and exposed to saliva. A method of making exhausted-tobacco lozenges provided herein includes forming a molten mixture of at least 40 weight percent soluble fiber, exhausted-tobacco fiber, one or more additives (e.g., nicotine), and less than 15 weight percent water while maintaining a mixture temperature of less than 150° C. and portioning the molten mixture into a plurality of exhausted-tobacco lozenges. In some cases, the ingredients can be mixed to form the molten mixture in an extruder.

公开(公告)号：US09930909B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-03

申请号：US13744973

申请日：2013-01-18

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Frank Scott Atchley ,  Gregory Griscik ,  Christopher Joseph DiNovi ,  Phillip M. Hulan

IPC: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

CPC classification number: A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-soluble polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-soluble polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or a derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.

公开(公告)号：US09884015B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-06

申请号：US13744905

申请日：2013-01-18

Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Frank Scott Atchley ,  Gregory Griscik ,  Christopher Joseph DiNovi ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  Diane Gee ,  Gerd Kobal

IPC: A61K9/70 ,  A61K9/00 ,  A61K9/20

CPC classification number: A61K9/0056 ,  A61K9/006 ,  A61K9/2031 ,  A61K9/2054 ,  A61K9/2072 ,  A61K9/2095

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and an additive dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the additive from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.

公开(公告)号：US09872516B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US14162194

申请日：2014-01-23

Applicant: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Inventor： Feng Gao ,  Frank Scott Atchley ,  Gregory James Griscik ,  Christopher Joseph DiNovi ,  Phillip M. Hulan ,  Diane L. Gee ,  Jason Flora ,  Shuzhong Zhuang

IPC: A24B15/10 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16

CPC classification number: A24B15/10 ,  A24B13/00 ,  A24B15/16 ,  A61K31/465

Abstract: An oral product includes a body that is wholly receivable in an oral cavity. The body includes a mouth-stable polymer matrix, cellulosic fibers embedded in the mouth-stable polymer matrix, and nicotine or a derivative thereof dispersed in the mouth-stable polymer matrix. The oral product is adapted to release the nicotine or derivative thereof from the body when the body is received within the oral cavity and exposed to saliva.