METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING CONSTITUENT YIELDS IN TOBACCO SMOKE USING A MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODEL - Patent 1559054

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EP 1 559 054 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	03.08.2005 Bulletin 2005/31

(21)	Application number: 03773838.2

(22)	Date of filing: 04.11.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G06F 19/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/GB2003/004776

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/042635 (21.05.2004 Gazette 2004/21)

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

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Priority:

08.11.2002 GB 0226062

(71)	Applicant: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
	London WC2R 3LA (GB)

(72)	Inventors:
	CASE, P.D.,c/oBritish American Tobacco R&D Cen. Southampton SO15 8TL (GB) WARREN, N.D.,c/oBritish American Tobacco R&D Cen. Southampton SO15 8TL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Davies, Simon Robert
	D Young & Co120 Holborn London, EC1N 2DY London, EC1N 2DY (GB)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING CONSTITUENT YIELDS IN TOBACCO SMOKE USING A MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION MODEL