Granted Patent
Utility
US 4,582,072 · App. 06/624,433
Cigarette filter
Inventor:
Robert A. Sanford
Patented Case
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Granted: Apr 15, 1986
Filed: Jun 25, 1984
Inventor
Robert A. Sanford
Assignee (at issue)
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
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