METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR MENTHOLATION OF CIGARETTES - Patent 1455608

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EP 1 455 608 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	15.09.2004 Bulletin 2004/38

(21)	Application number: 02792448.9

(22)	Date of filing: 18.12.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A24B 15/30

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2002/040642

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2003/053177 (03.07.2003 Gazette 2003/27)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO

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Priority:

19.12.2001 US 343010 P

(71)	Applicant: Vector Tobacco Inc.
	Timberlake, NC 27853 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	BEREMAN, Robert, D. Apex, NC 27502 (US)

(74)	Representative: Harrison Goddard Foote
	Belgrave Hall,Belgrave Street Leeds, LS2 8DD Leeds, LS2 8DD (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR MENTHOLATION OF CIGARETTES