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EP 0 212 234 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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13.05.1987 Bulletin 1987/20 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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04.03.1987 Bulletin 1987/10 |
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Date of filing: 14.07.1986 |
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AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE |
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26.08.1985 US 769532
23.10.1985 US 790484
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Applicant: R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY |
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- Banerjee, Chandra Kumar
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- Farrier, Ernest Gilbert
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- Harris, James Luther
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- Norman, Alan Benson
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- Resce, James Lee
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- Reynolds IV, John Hughes
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- Ridings, Henry Thomas
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- Sensabaugh, Andrew Jackson, Jr.
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- Shannon, Michael David
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- Shelar, Gary Roger
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(57) The present invention relates to a smoking article, preferably in cigarette form,
which produces an aerosol that resembles tobacco smoke. The article preferably comprises
a short combustible fuel element (10) having a density greater than 0.5 g/cc, a separate
substrate bearing an aerosol forming material (12), a heat conducting member (14)
recessed from the lighting end of the fuel element, which preferably encloses the
substrate, a resilient insulating jacket (72) encircling at least a portion of the
fuel element, and an optional tobacco jacket (44) encircling at least a portion of
the aerosol forming material.