Global Patent Index - EP 4268617 A1

EP 4268617 A1 20231101 - TOBACCO MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD

Title (en)

TOBACCO MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD

Title (de)

VERFAHREN ZUR HERSTELLUNG VON TABAKMATERIAL

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ DE FABRICATION DE MATÉRIAU À BASE DE TABAC

Publication

EP 4268617 A1 20231101 (EN)

Application

EP 21910056 A 20211117

Priority

  • JP 2020214901 A 20201224
  • JP 2021042191 W 20211117

Abstract (en)

A method of producing a tobacco material, including a step of impregnating a tobacco raw material with a medium in the state selected from the group consisting of gas, liquid, and supercritical states or thus a step of obtaining a tobacco material having a surface migration rate X of more than 1 defined as surface migration rate X = S/P, where S is a GC peak area for a flavor component present on the surface of a tobacco raw material after impregnation, and P is a GC peak area for the flavor component present on the surface of the tobacco raw material before impregnation.

IPC 8 full level

A24B 15/16 (2020.01); A24B 15/24 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A24B 3/12 (2013.01); A24B 15/16 (2013.01); A24B 15/24 (2013.01)

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

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4268618 A1 20231101; EP 4268618 A4 20241030; EP 4268617 A1 20231101; JP WO2022137903 A1 20220630; JP WO2022137904 A1 20220630; WO 2022137903 A1 20220630; WO 2022137904 A1 20220630

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 21910057 A 20211117; EP 21910056 A 20211117; JP 2021042191 W 20211117; JP 2021042195 W 20211117; JP 2022571964 A 20211117; JP 2022571965 A 20211117