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US3720214A
US3720214A US00094949A US3720214DA US3720214A US 3720214 A US3720214 A US 3720214A US 00094949 A US00094949 A US 00094949A US 3720214D A US3720214D A US 3720214DA US 3720214 A US3720214 A US 3720214A
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V Norman
H Bryant
T Williams
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24BMANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B15/00Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
    • A24B15/18Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
    • A24B15/24Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by extraction; Tobacco extracts
    • A24B15/241Extraction of specific substances
    • A24B15/246Polycyclic aromatic compounds
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24BMANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B15/00Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
    • A24B15/10Chemical features of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A24TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
    • A24BMANUFACTURE OR PREPARATION OF TOBACCO FOR SMOKING OR CHEWING; TOBACCO; SNUFF
    • A24B15/00Chemical features or treatment of tobacco; Tobacco substitutes, e.g. in liquid form
    • A24B15/18Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes
    • A24B15/28Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances
    • A24B15/287Treatment of tobacco products or tobacco substitutes by chemical substances by inorganic substances only

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US00094949A 1970-12-03 1970-12-03 Smoking composition Expired - Lifetime US3720214A (en)

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BE (1) BE776125A (de)
BR (1) BR7108004D0 (de)
CA (1) CA987992A (de)
CH (1) CH547611A (de)
DE (1) DE2159921A1 (de)
FR (1) FR2117355A5 (de)
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US20040040566A1 (en) * 2002-08-30 2004-03-04 Ping Li Manganese oxide mixtures in nanoparticle form to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US6769437B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2004-08-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Use of oxyhydroxide compounds for reducing carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
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US20040250826A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Ping Li Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide and nitric oxide from the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040250827A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Sarojini Deevi Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040250828A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Zhaohua Luan Nanoscale catalyst particles/aluminosilicate to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
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US20050263162A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-12-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts from nanoscale particles
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US20060037621A1 (en) * 2000-11-10 2006-02-23 Bereman Robert D Method of making a smoking composition
US20060196517A1 (en) * 2005-02-04 2006-09-07 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Tobacco powder supported catalyst particles
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US3807416A (en) * 1971-06-11 1974-04-30 Brown & Williamson Tobacco Reconstituted-tobacco smoking materials
US3893464A (en) * 1973-12-19 1975-07-08 Liggett & Myers Inc Tobacco composition
US6153119A (en) * 1997-05-09 2000-11-28 Sung; Michael Method and product for reducing tar and nicotine in cigarettes
US20060037621A1 (en) * 2000-11-10 2006-02-23 Bereman Robert D Method of making a smoking composition
US20030131859A1 (en) * 2001-08-31 2003-07-17 Ping Li Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide
US7017585B2 (en) 2001-08-31 2006-03-28 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide
US20040025895A1 (en) * 2001-08-31 2004-02-12 Ping Li Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide
US7011096B2 (en) 2001-08-31 2006-03-14 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20070113862A1 (en) * 2001-08-31 2007-05-24 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Oxidant/catalyst nanoparticles to reduce tobacco smoke constituents such as carbon monoxide
US20040159328A1 (en) * 2002-04-08 2004-08-19 Mohammad Hajaligol Use of oxyhydroxide compounds for reducing carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US6769437B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2004-08-03 Philip Morris Incorporated Use of oxyhydroxide compounds for reducing carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US7228862B2 (en) 2002-04-08 2007-06-12 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Use of oxyhydroxide compounds for reducing carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040007241A1 (en) * 2002-04-12 2004-01-15 Ping Li Partially reduced nanoparticle additives to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US7168431B2 (en) 2002-04-12 2007-01-30 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Partially reduced nanoparticle additives to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US6782892B2 (en) 2002-08-30 2004-08-31 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Manganese oxide mixtures in nanoparticle form to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040040566A1 (en) * 2002-08-30 2004-03-04 Ping Li Manganese oxide mixtures in nanoparticle form to lower the amount of carbon monoxide and/or nitric oxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US9107452B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2015-08-18 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040250826A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Ping Li Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide and nitric oxide from the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US7165553B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2007-01-23 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Nanoscale catalyst particles/aluminosilicate to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US9119421B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2015-09-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarette wrapper with printed catalyst
US20040250825A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Sarojini Deevi Nanoscale composite catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20050051185A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2005-03-10 Firooz Rasouli Cigarette wrapper with catalytic filler and methods of making same
US7243658B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2007-07-17 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Nanoscale composite catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20050022833A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2005-02-03 Shalva Gedevanishvili Shredded paper with catalytic filler in tobacco cut filler and methods of making same
US7152609B2 (en) 2003-06-13 2006-12-26 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide and nitric oxide from the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20070095358A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2007-05-03 Ping Li Cigarette wrapper with printed catalyst
WO2004110189A2 (en) 2003-06-13 2004-12-23 Philip Morris Products S.A. Cigarette wrapper with catalytic filler and methods of making same
US20040250828A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Zhaohua Luan Nanoscale catalyst particles/aluminosilicate to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US20040250827A1 (en) * 2003-06-13 2004-12-16 Sarojini Deevi Catalyst to reduce carbon monoxide in the mainstream smoke of a cigarette
US7568485B2 (en) 2003-08-22 2009-08-04 Philip Morris Usa Inc. System for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
US7028694B2 (en) 2003-08-22 2006-04-18 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Method for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
US20060124142A1 (en) * 2003-08-22 2006-06-15 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Method for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
US20050039765A1 (en) * 2003-08-22 2005-02-24 Philip Morris Usa, Inc. Method for dispersing powder materials in a cigarette rod
US20050109356A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-05-26 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Reduction of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in smoking articles using nanoscale particles and/or clusters of nitrided transition metal oxides
US8496012B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2013-07-30 Philip Morris Usa Inc. In situ synthesis of composite nanoscale particles
US20060174903A9 (en) * 2003-10-27 2006-08-10 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials
US20060032510A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2006-02-16 Philip Morris Usa Inc. In situ synthesis of composite nanoscale particles
US20050263162A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-12-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts from nanoscale particles
US20050263164A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-12-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Methods for forming transition metal oxide clusters and smoking articles comprising transition metal oxide clusters
US20050263163A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-12-01 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Formation and deposition of sputtered nanoscale particles in cigarette manufacture
US20050211259A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-09-29 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarette wrapper with nanoparticle spinel ferrite catalyst and methods of making same
US20090071489A9 (en) * 2003-10-27 2009-03-19 Philip Morris Usa Inc. In situ synthesis of composite nanoscale particles
US7509961B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2009-03-31 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials
US20090139534A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2009-06-04 Phillip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials
US20050166934A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2005-08-04 Philip Morris Usa Inc. In situ synthesis of composite nanoscale particles
US7640936B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2010-01-05 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts from nanoscale particles
US7677254B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2010-03-16 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Reduction of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in smoking articles using iron oxynitride
US20100071710A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2010-03-25 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Preparation of mixed metal oxide catalysts from nanoscale particles
US7712471B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2010-05-11 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Methods for forming transition metal oxide clusters and smoking articles comprising transition metal oxide clusters
US20100132725A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2010-06-03 Reddy Budda V Reduction of carbon monoxide and nitric oxide in smoking articles using nanoscale particles and/or clusters of nitrided transition metal oxides
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US9351520B2 (en) 2003-10-27 2016-05-31 Philip Morris Usa Inc. Cigarettes and cigarette components containing nanostructured fibril materials
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US20110197902A1 (en) * 2003-10-27 2011-08-18 Shahryar Rabiei Tobacco cut filler including metal oxide supported particles
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FR2117355A5 (de) 1972-07-21
BR7108004D0 (pt) 1973-05-24
JPS536240B1 (de) 1978-03-06
CH547611A (de) 1974-04-11
CA987992A (en) 1976-04-27
NL7116687A (de) 1972-06-06
BE776125A (fr) 1972-04-04
GB1336623A (en) 1973-11-07
NL151253B (nl) 1976-11-15
DE2159921A1 (de) 1972-08-31

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