Patents Assigned to R.U. Reynolds Tobacco Company
  • Flavoring a cigarette by using a flavored filter plug wrap
    Patent number: 7381277
    Abstract: A method of flavoring a filter plug wrap of a smoking article, such as a cigarette, is disclosed. Furthermore, a method of incorporating flavoring into the plug wrap and using the plug wrap to wrap the filter of the smoking article is disclosed. A smoking article and a filter having a flavored filter plug wrap are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: R.U. Reynolds Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Ricky A. Gonterman, Douglas R. Hicks