Patents Assigned to U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
  • Flavored smokeless tobacco and methods of making
    Patent number: 7901512
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of imparting flavor to smokeless tobacco, and the flavored smokeless tobacco produced therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Phillip F. Quinter, Frank Atchley
  • TOBACCO NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE GENOMIC CLONE AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20110048437
    Abstract: The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N?-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • Cloning of cytochrome P450 genes from
    Patent number: 7855318
    Abstract: The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • Container Device for Tobacco Articles
    Publication number: 20100307113
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
  • Tobacco articles and methods
    Patent number: 7819124
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco article may include tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco article may provide tobacco, tobacco constituents, or both tobacco and tobacco constituents to the consumer's mouth in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to provide tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. In some circumstances, the tobacco may be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: James Arthur Strickland, Frank Scott Atchley
  • CLONING OF CYTOCHROME P450 GENES FROM NICOTIANA
    Publication number: 20100261192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • Cloning of cytochrome p450 genes from
    Patent number: 7812227
    Abstract: The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • Container device for tobacco articles
    Patent number: 7798319
    Abstract: Some embodiments of a tobacco product package device can be used to enhance freshness and other characteristics of tobacco products or other products contained therein. Certain features can improve product freshness both during shelf life and during consumer use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: David Karl Bried, James Arthur Strickland, Mark T. Nielsen, Frank Scott Atchley, Lamar Eugene Walters, II, Gregory A. Pace
  • NICOTIANA NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20100235945
    Abstract: The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen
  • Nicotiana Nucleic Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20100235952
    Abstract: The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY, a Delaware corporation
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen
  • Nicotiana Nucleic Acid Molecules and Uses Thereof
    Publication number: 20100235938
    Abstract: The present invention features Nicotiana nucleic acid sequences such as sequences encoding constitutive, or ethylene or senescence induced polypeptides, in particular cytochrome p450 enzymes, in Nicotiana plants and methods for using these nucleic acid sequences and plants to alter desirable traits, for example by using breeding protocols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen
  • TOBACCO PLANTS HAVING A MUTATION IN A NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE GENE
    Publication number: 20100218270
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco plants having reduced levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine. In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, tobacco plants comprising mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen, Yanxin Shen
  • Tobacco Granules and Method of Producing Tobacco Granules
    Publication number: 20100170522
    Abstract: A smokeless tobacco product includes a plurality of orally disintegrable granules. Each granule has a core and at least one layer surrounding the core. The at least one layer includes tobacco particles and a binder. Also disclosed are methods of making tobacco granules that comprise a core and at least one layer having tobacco particles and a binder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Yan Helen Sun, Frank Scott Atchley
  • Smokeless Tobacco Articles
    Publication number: 20100163062
    Abstract: Tobacco articles having tobacco disposed in a porous matrix. The tobacco articles can provide tobacco to an adult consumer in the form of particles, liquid, or vapor so as to furnish tobacco satisfaction to the consumer. The tobacco can be integrally molded with a plastic material so that at least a portion of the tobacco is disposed in pores of the matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Frank Scott Atchley, James Arthur Strickland, James M. Rossman
  • Conditioning Process for Tobacco and/or Snuff Compositions
    Publication number: 20100154811
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing smokeless tobacco and/or snuff compositions using steam alone in an open vessel or in combination with pressure and venting to alter organoleptic properties of the smokeless tobacco and/or snuff compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Frank S. Atchley, Vernie A. Due, James C. Breslin, Scott A. Williams, Jerry B. Elliot
  • Tobacco nicotine demethylase genomic clone and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7700851
    Abstract: The present invention features tobacco nicotine demethylase nucleic acid and amino acid sequences, tobacco plants and plant components containing such sequences, including tobacco plants and plant components having reduced expression or altered enzymatic activity of nicotine demethylase, methods of use of nicotine demethylase sequences to create plants having altered levels of nornicotine or N?-nitrosonornicotine (“NNN”) or both relative to a control plant, as well as tobacco articles having reduced levels of nornicotine or NNN.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventor: Dongmei Xu
  • Conditioning process for tobacco and/or snuff compositions
    Patent number: 7694686
    Abstract: A process is provided for producing smokeless tobacco and/or snuff compositions using steam alone in an open vessel or in combination with pressure and venting to alter organoleptic properties of the smokeless tobacco and/or snuff compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventors: Frank S. Atchley, Vernie A. Due, James C. Breslin, Scott A. Williams, Jerry B. Elliot
  • TOBACCO PLANTS HAVING REDUCED NICOTINE DEMETHYLASE ACTIVITY
    Publication number: 20100012137
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to methods and materials involved in producing tobacco plants having reduced levels of conversion of nicotine to nornicotine. In certain embodiments, the invention is directed to mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, tobacco plants comprising mutations in a nicotine demethylase gene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof. In other embodiments, the invention is directed toward nicotine demethylase RNA interference, tobacco plants comprising a nicotine demethylase RNA interference transgene, and tobacco compositions and products thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Dongmei Xu, Mark T. Nielsen, Yanxin Shen
  • NOVEL TOBACCO COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING
    Publication number: 20080209586
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes tobacco varieties having reduced levels of DVTs, methods of making such varieties, and tobacco compositions including such varieties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: U.S. SMOKELESS TOBACCO COMPANY
    Inventors: Mark T. Nielsen, Marcos F. Lusso, Francis Antoine
  • Container for consumable goods
    Patent number: D611806
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
    Inventor: David Karl Bried