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Granted Patent B2
US 10,080,384 · App. 15/142,523 · Granted Sep 25, 2018

Oral tobacco composition

Inventors: Kimitaka Uchii (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhiko Katayama (Tokyo, JP); Takuma Nakano (Tokyo, JP); Manabu Yamada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
A24B13/00A23G4/068A23G4/20A24B15/303A24B15/32
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,080,384
App. No.
15/142,523
Granted
Sep 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chewable oral tobacco composition ( 1 ) including a tobacco raw material for eluting a tobacco component and a gum base comprises: a first gum portion ( 10 ) including the tobacco raw material and a first gum base; and a second gum portion ( 20 ) including a second gum base. The second gum portion does not include the tobacco raw material or includes the tobacco raw material in an amount less than an amount of the tobacco raw material included in the first gum portion. A weight of the first gum base is 0.3 g or more. Wt. % of the first gum base is 50 wt. % or more when wt. % of the first gum portion is 100 wt. %. Total wt. % of the first gum base and the second gum base is 50 wt. % or less when wt. % of the oral tobacco composition is 100 wt. %.

Claims (13)

1. A chewable oral tobacco composition including a tobacco raw material for eluting a tobacco component and a gum base, the oral tobacco composition comprising:

a first gum portion including the tobacco raw material and a first gum base; and

a second gum portion including a second gum base, wherein

the second gum portion does not include the tobacco raw material or includes the tobacco raw material in an amount less than an amount of the tobacco raw material included in the first gum portion,

a weight of the first gum base is 0.3 g or more,

a wt. % of the first gum base is 50 wt. % or more when a wt. % of the first gum portion is 100 wt. %, and

a total wt. % of the first gum base and the second gum base is 50 wt. % or less when a wt. % of the oral tobacco composition is 100 wt. %.

2. The oral tobacco composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the second gum portion comprises a perfume, and

a wt. % of the second gum base is 30 wt. % or less when a wt. % of the second gum portion is 100 wt. %.

3. The oral tobacco composition according to claim 1 , wherein

the total wt. % of the first gum base and the second gum base is 25 wt. % or more but 50 wt. % or less when the wt. % of the oral tobacco composition is 100 wt. %.

4. The oral tobacco composition according to claim 1 , wherein a weight of the oral tobacco composition is in the range from 0.6 to 2.0 g.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2016
From: UCHII, KIMITAKA; KATAYAMA, KAZUHIKO; NAKANO, TAKUMA; YAMADA, MANABU
To: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Reel/Frame 038435/0975 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-226406 · Oct 31, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2014078983 · Oct 30, 2014
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