A HYBRID AIR AND FIRE CURING COMBINATION PROCESS TO REDUCE HARMFUL AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CONSTITUENTS IN CURED TOBACCO - Patent 4152966

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EP 4 152 966 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	29.03.2023 Bulletin 2023/13

(21)	Application number: 21739187.9

(22)	Date of filing: 19.05.2021

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A24B 1/02^(2006.01)

A24B 3/12^(2006.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	A24B 3/12; A24B 3/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2021/033190

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2021/236791 (25.11.2021 Gazette 2021/47)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	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 States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

20.05.2020 US 202063027443 P

(71)	Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
	Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	HART, Robert Franklin, III Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US) XU, Dongmei Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US) LUSSO, Marcos Fernando de Godoy Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US) MORRIS, Jerry Whit Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US) LION, Kenworth Elliott, III Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US) DELOACH, Lionel Richmond, Virginia 23230 (US)

(74)	Representative: Mewburn Ellis LLP
	Aurora Building Counterslip Bristol BS1 6BX Bristol BS1 6BX (GB)

(54)	A HYBRID AIR AND FIRE CURING COMBINATION PROCESS TO REDUCE HARMFUL AND POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CONSTITUENTS IN CURED TOBACCO