Patents by Inventor Rebecca Hersh

Rebecca Hersh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20020179103
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even within the paper or wrapper surrounding the tobacco product. In the cigarette filter, be it internal or external filters, the antioxidant complex is capable of scavenging and neutralizing the free radicals emanating from the burning or heated tobacco and passing through the filter as the smoker inhales. The composition is also capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity, respiratory tract and lungs resulting from tobacco smoke. The composition includes glutathione and preferaby L-glutathione and sources of the antioxidant enzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Theodore Hersh, Rebecca Hersh
  • Patent number: 6470894
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even within the paper or wrapper surrounding the tobacco product. In the cigarette filter, be it internal or external filters, the antioxidant complex is capable of scavenging and neutralizing the free radicals emanating from the burning or heated tobacco and passing through the filter as the smoker inhales. The composition is also capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity, respiratory tract and lungs resulting from tobacco smoke. The composition includes glutathione and preferably L-glutathione and green tea and/or grape seed extract.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: Thione International, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Hersh, Rebecca Hersh
  • Publication number: 20020117180
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even within the paper or wrapper surrounding the tobacco product. In the cigarette filter, be it internal or external filters, the antioxidant complex is capable of scavenging and neutralizing the free radicals emanating from the burning or heated tobacco and passing through the filter as the smoker inhales. The composition is also capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity, respiratory tract and lungs resulting from tobacco smoke. The composition includes glutathione and preferaby L-glutathione and green tea and/or grape seed extract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2001
    Publication date: August 29, 2002
    Inventors: Theodore Hersh, Rebecca Hersh
  • Patent number: 6415798
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar, pipe or smokeless tobacco. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned within the paper or wrapper surrounding the tabacco product. In the cigarette filter, be it internal or external filters, the antioxidant complex is capable of scavenging and neutralizing the free radicals emanating from the burning or heated tobacco and passing through the filter as the smoker inhales. The composition is also capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity, respiratory tract and lungs resulting from tobacco smoke. The composition includes glutathione and preferaby L-glutathione and sources of the antioxidant enzymes catalase and superoxide dismutase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: Thione International, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Hersh, Rebecca Hersh
  • Patent number: 6138683
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a quantity of smokeless tobacco. The composition of antioxidants is capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity of a user resulting from consumption of smokeless tobacco. The composition includes L-glutathione and a source of selenium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Thione International, Inc.
    Inventors: Ted Hersh, Rebecca Hersh
  • Patent number: 5829449
    Abstract: A composition for inclusion within a cigarette, cigar or pipe. The composition can be included within the tobacco itself, a filter for filtering tobacco smoke once burned or even within the paper or wrapper surrounding the tobacco product. The composition is capable of reducing free radical damage to the oro-pharyngeal cavity, respiratory tract and lungs resulting from tobacco smoke. The composition includes L-glutathione and a source of selenium such as selenomethionine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Thione International, Inc.
    Inventors: Theodore Hersh, Rebecca Hersh