EP 3934457 A1 20220112 - TOBACCO PROCESSING METHOD
Title (en)
TOBACCO PROCESSING METHOD
Title (de)
VERFAHREN ZUR VERARBEITUNG VON TABAK
Title (fr)
PROCÉDÉ DE TRAITEMENT DE TABAC
Publication
Application
Priority
- GB 201903083 A 20190307
- GB 2020050355 W 20200214
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO2020178546A1] The present disclosure provides a method of processing pH-treated tobacco material comprising contacting at least one pH-treated tobacco material with an effective amount of one or more gases, wherein the one or more gases reduce the pH of the pH-treated tobacco material, and wherein the reduction in pH of the pH-treated tobacco material is reversible. Also provided are methods of storing pH-treated tobacco and the use of a gas to improve the shelf-life or bulk storage time of pH-treated tobacco material.
IPC 8 full level
A24B 15/28 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP KR US)
A24B 3/12 (2013.01 - KR); A24B 3/18 (2013.01 - US); A24B 15/18 (2013.01 - KR); A24B 15/287 (2013.01 - EP KR US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 2020178546 A1 20200910; EP 3934457 A1 20220112; GB 201903083 D0 20190424; JP 2022524353 A 20220502; JP 7395602 B2 20231211; KR 102662254 B1 20240429; KR 20210134750 A 20211110; US 2022125097 A1 20220428
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 2020050355 W 20200214; EP 20707790 A 20200214; GB 201903083 A 20190307; JP 2021552925 A 20200214; KR 20217031987 A 20200214; US 202017436846 A 20200214