IP Library Granted Patent US 6,198,537
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US 6,198,537 · App. 08/893,538

Optical inspection system for the manufacture of banded cigarette paper

Inventors: Gordon H. Bokelman, Thomas A. Fletcher, D. Anh Phan, Yeu-Hwa Shyy, Ernest S. Houck
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Granted: Mar 6, 2001 Filed: Jul 11, 1997
Inventors
Gordon H. Bokelman
Thomas A. Fletcher
D. Anh Phan
Yeu-Hwa Shyy
Ernest S. Houck
Assignee (at issue)
Philip Morris Inc.

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,198,537
App. No.
08/893,538
Filed
1997-07-11
Granted
2001-03-06
Kind
A