Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,257,243 · App. 09/341,545
Smoking articles
Inventors:
Bernd-Henrik Muller, Adolf Schluter, Werner Schneider, Christopher Cook, Joseph Wanna, Frank Kelley St. Charles
Patented Case
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Granted: Jul 10, 2001
Filed: Sep 9, 1999
Inventors
Bernd-Henrik Muller
Adolf Schluter
Werner Schneider
Christopher Cook
Joseph Wanna
Frank Kelley St. Charles
Assignee (at issue)
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
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