Patents
US 12121040 B2: Dissolvable films impregnated with encapsulated tobacco, tea, coffee, botanicals, and flavors for oral products
- Granted
- 2024-10-22
- Filed
- 2021-03-19 application 17206361
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A process for preparing an orally-enjoyable film of encapsulated plant material includes combining particles of finely divided plant material, a first coating material, and a second coating material, then inducing gelation to form a gel matrix of the particles coated with the first coating material embedded in the second coating material, followed by forming a film from the gel matrix. Also disclosed is a film of coated particles of finely-divided plant material, made of a gel matrix of plant material at least partially surrounded by a first coating material and embedded in a second coating material.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241022.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Morris USA Inc. 523 patents | US company or organization | Richmond, VA | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tapashi Sengupta | Barrington, IL | 13 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Munmaya K. Mishra | Manakin, VA | 139 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| William R. Sweeney | Richmond, VA | 66 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A23F | Coffee; tea; their substitutes; manufacture, preparation, or infusion thereof | A23F3/14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23L | Foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages, not otherwise provided for; preparation or treatment thereof | A23L27/79 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23P | Shaping or working of foodstuffs, not fully covered by a single other subclass | A23P10/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A24B | Manufacture or preparation of tobacco for smoking or chewing; tobacco; snuff | A24B13/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| A23V | Indexing scheme relating to foods, foodstuffs or non-alcoholic beverages and lactic or propionic acid bacteria used in foodstuffs or food preparation | A23V2002/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
No recorded assignments or security interests on file for this patent.
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