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US 12,599,160 · App. 17/836,794 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Lipid-containing oral composition

Inventors: John E. Bunch (Cary, NC); Anthony Richard Gerardi (Winston-Salem, NC); Darrell Eugene Holton, Jr. (Clemmons, NC); Ronald K. Hutchens (East Bend, NC); Thomas H. Poole (Winston-Salem, NC); Luis Monsalud (Kernersville, NC); John Paul Mua (Advance, NC); Frank Kelley St. Charles (Bowling Green, KY)
Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
A24B15/16A24B13/00A24B15/303A24B15/403A24B15/42A61K31/465A61K31/658A61K36/185A61K47/24A61K47/38A61K47/44
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Patent No.
US 12,599,160
App. No.
17/836,794
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure provides a composition including a filler, a lipid having a melting point of about 29° C. or above, water, and a flavoring agent or an active ingredient or both a flavoring agent and an active ingredient, which is optionally substantially free of isomalt and substantially free of tobacco material, excluding any nicotine component present, based on the total weight of the composition. The disclosure also provides compositions including a filler, a lipid having a melting point of about 29° C. or above, water in an amount of at least about 15% by weight, based on total weight of the composition, and a flavoring agent or an active ingredient or both a flavoring agent and an active ingredient.

Claims (6)

1 . A composition comprising: microcrystalline cellulose in an amount from about 40% to about 70% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, a lipid having a melting point of about 29° C. or above, the lipid present in an amount from about 30% to about 60% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, water in an amount by weight of less than 7.5%, based on the weight of the composition, nicotine in an amount from about 0.5% to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, lecithin in amount from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, and sodium chloride in an amount from about 0.1% to about 5% by weight, based on the weight of the composition, wherein the composition is substantially free of isomalt and substantially free of tobacco material, excluding any nicotine component present.

2 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid has a melting point of about 36° C. to about 45° C.

3 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the lipid is selected from the group consisting of palm oil, palm kernel oil, soybean oil, cottonseed oil, and combinations thereof.

4 . The composition of claim 1 , wherein the filler further comprises a cellulose derivative.

5 . The composition of claim 4 , wherein the cellulose derivative is hydroxypropylcellulose.

6 . The composition of claim 1 , comprising less than about 5% water by weight, based on the total weight of the composition.

Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTIB2020061605 · Dec 7, 2020
Continuation 16706974 · Dec 9, 2019
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