Tobacco product
CA 1214324 A · Owner: Reynolds (R.J.) Tobacco Company · Inventors: Rice, William Y. Jr.; Fearrington, George W. Jr.; Crepps, Dewitt C.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
Abstract of the Disclosure A smokeless tobacco product is disclosed which contains cut or otherwise comminuted tobacco treated with a particulated gum composition that adheres as a discontinuous coating to the surface of the tobacco. The gum composition provides improved "gathering" characteristics and other benefits when the treated smokeless tobacco product is placed in the mouth of the consumer of such products.
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Why it's free to use
- Granted November 25, 1986. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended November 25, 2003.
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