Granted Patent
Utility
US 6,514,014 · App. 09/676,442
Method and apparatus for collecting and transporting cigarettes and cigarette rejects
Inventors:
Gregory Alan Holmes, Philip A. Deal, David Wayne Tatum
Patented Case
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Granted: Feb 4, 2003
Filed: Sep 29, 2000
Inventors
Gregory Alan Holmes
Philip A. Deal
David Wayne Tatum
Assignee (at issue)
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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