Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,517,046 · App. 06/631,963
Device for making grooves in cigarette filters
Inventors:
Richard Heaney, Erik I. Naslund
Patented Case
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Granted: May 14, 1985
Filed: Jul 18, 1984
Inventors
Richard Heaney
Erik I. Naslund
Assignee (at issue)
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
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