Patents
US 12514280 B2: Moist botanical pouch processing and moist oral botanical pouch products
- Granted
- 2026-01-06
- Filed
- 2024-04-22 application 18641767
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
An oral pouched product comprising a pouch containing moist botanical beads comprising compacted loose, fibrous moist botanical material and method of manufacture thereof. The loose, fibrous moist botanical material can comprise moist smokeless tobacco. The pouch comprises a porous outer web, and the beads comprise a majority amount of loose, fibrous moist botanical material having a moisture content of at least about 50% OV.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 (ipgb20260106.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Morris USA Inc. 523 patents | US company or organization | Richmond, VA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diane Gee | Chesterfield, VA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 | ||
| David R. Golob | Richmond, VA | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 | ||
| Stephen G. Zimmermann | Midlothian, VA | 12 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A24B | Manufacture or preparation of tobacco for smoking or chewing; tobacco; snuff | A24B15/308 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
| A24F | Smokers' requisites; match boxes; simulated smoking devices | A24F23/00 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D65/46 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-02-13 |
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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