Patents Assigned to British-American Tobacco
  • Package for smoking articles and the like
    Patent number: 7681727
    Abstract: A packet comprises an outer shell (0) and an inner shell (I) connected by a spring member (12). The outer shell (0) defines a cavity for receiving the inner shell (I) and comprises a bottom wall (4B), a front wall (1) and two side walls (3R, 3L) upstanding from respective edges of the bottom wall. The inner shell (I) comprises a front wall (11), a rear wall (7) and two side walls (8R, 8L), the rear wall being connected to the bottom wall of the outer shell. The spring member (12) is hingedly connected by a first hinge (H 1) at a lower portion of the front wall (11) of the inner shell and is hingedly connected by a second hinge (H2) to the inner surface of the front wall of the outer shell. The inner shell (I) is hingedly connected to the outer shell (0) by a third hinge (H3) at the said bottom wall such that the inner shell moves with spring action between closed and open positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Philip Richard Hunt, Steven Holford
  • Smoking Article Filter
    Publication number: 20090288671
    Abstract: A filter element having a longitudinally extending core and a wrapper (8) engaged around the core, wherein the core comprise filtration material (6) and optionally a particulate material (7) interspersed in the filtration material, and the wrapper (8) comprises a particulate material (9) adhered to two or more portions of said wrapper (8) wherein at least one of said two or more portions extends over the full longitudinal length of said wrapper. Also taught herein is a smoking article comprising said filter element and/or filter comprising said filter element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Rex White, Martin Graham Duke, William David Lewis
  • Method and apparatus for packaging side opening cigarette packets
    Patent number: 7578113
    Abstract: A method and a device of constructing a side-opening cigarette package. The method comprises gathering cigarettes into a bundled charge. A flat shell (10) is propped open to facilitate insertion of the bundled cigarettes. The shell containing the cigarettes is rotated and placed in a desired orientation onto a blank. The blank is folded to form the side opening cigarette package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: British-American Tobacco (Singapore) Private Limited
    Inventors: Edwin Cheng Siew Lim, Eric C L Kuek, Zhong Hai Yang, Kia Swee Tan
  • Smoking article packaging
    Patent number: D591899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle, Paul Hodges
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D591901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Alan Douglas Tearle
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D592496
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Daniel Tabrah
  • Cigarette package
    Patent number: D593406
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Bela Verebelyi, Edward Arthur Charles Mitchell, John William Hall
  • Transparent packaging for smoking articles
    Patent number: D594322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco Japan, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin Blick
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D595127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Paul Gibson
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D596349
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Daniel Tabrah
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D599654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Yuichi Kosaka, Daniel Tabrah
  • Tobacco box
    Patent number: D599953
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Paul Gibson, Aaron McKenzie
  • Cigarette packet
    Patent number: D601747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Daniel Tabrah
  • Smoking article packaging
    Patent number: D603090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Jonathan Bray, Alan Douglas Tearle, Paul Hodges
  • Blank for a box
    Patent number: D606397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Alan Tearle
  • Cigarette package
    Patent number: D607316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Nicholas Bela Verebelyi, Edward Arthur Charles Mitchell, John William Hall
  • Side-opening springbox pack
    Patent number: D607320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Alan Tearle
  • Packaging
    Patent number: D607717
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventor: Paul Hodges
  • Moist snuff refill cartridge
    Patent number: D608499
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
    Inventors: Richard Hodgson, Steve Dickason
  • Slide box
    Patent number: D608635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2010
    Assignee: British American Tobacco Japan, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kevin David Blick