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US 12,185,749 · App. 16/348,764 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Tobacco blend

Inventor: Joseph Sutton (London, GB)
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
A24B15/10A24B15/167A24B15/306A24F40/30A24F40/42A24F15/015A24F40/10A24F40/20
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Patent No.
US 12,185,749
App. No.
16/348,764
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Described here in a composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising (i) 0-50% by weight of air-cured and/or fire-cured tobacco (ii) 40-80% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has not been subjected to any further treatment which affects the flavor properties of tobacco, and (iii) 0-40% by weight of flue-cured and/or sun-cured tobacco that has been further treated to enhance the flavor properties of tobacco.

Claims (25)

1. A composition for use in a device for generating an inhalable medium, the composition comprising:

0-50% by weight of a first tobacco component that has been air-cured, fire-cured, or both air-cured and fire-cured, said first tobacco component having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond air-curing and/or fire-curing;

40-80% by weight of a second tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, said second tobacco component having not been subjected to any flavor treatment beyond flue-curing and/or sun-curing; and

10-40% by weight of a third tobacco component that has been flue-cured, sun-cured, or both flue-cured and sun-cured, wherein only the third tobacco component has been subjected to a flavor enhancing Maillard reaction following the flue-curing and/or sun-curing, the Maillard reaction enhancing the flavor properties of the third tobacco component.

2. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the further treatment comprises providing a tobacco material within a moisture-retaining material and exposing the tobacco material to a processing temperature at least about 45° C. wherein the tobacco material has a packing density on a dry weight basis of at least 200 kg/m 3 at the start of the process and has a moisture content of between about 10% and 23% before and during treatment.

3. The composition of claim 1 , wherein the composition comprises:

10-30% by weight of the first tobacco component,

50-70% by weight of the second tobacco component, and

10-30% by weight of the third tobacco component.

4. The composition of claim 1 , comprising:

40-50% by weight of the first tobacco component,

40-50% by weight of the second tobacco component, and

10-15% by weight of the third tobacco component.

5. The composition of claim 1 , comprising:

20-40% by weight of the first tobacco component,

40-60% by weight of the second tobacco component, and

20-40% by weight of the third tobacco component.

6. The composition of claim 1 , comprising

10-30% by weight of the first tobacco component,

40-60% by weight of the second tobacco component, and

30-40% by weight of the third tobacco component.

7. The composition of claim 1 , comprising:

25-45% by weight of the first tobacco component,

45-65% by weight of the second tobacco component, and

10-15% by weight of the third tobacco component.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 24, 2021
From: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
To: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
Reel/Frame 055405/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2019
From: SUTTON, JOSEPH
To: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050419/0032 →
Priority Claims (1)
GB 1618994 · Nov 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190357590A1 · Nov 28, 2019
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