Production of tobacco smoke filters
CA 1113334 A · Owner: American Filtrona Corporation · Inventors: Hayes, Ernest B.; Byrne, Stanley W.; Tompkins, Barry J.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Tobacco smoke filters comprising a rod of tobacco smoke filtering material, such as cellulose acetate tow including a thread incorporated therein or a tape wrapped therearound, the thread or tape carrying a smoke-modifying agent, such as a flavoring material and methods and apparatus for forming such filters.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted December 1, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended December 1, 1998.
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