Patents Examined by Mchael J Felton
  • Filter cigarillo and process of manufacturing filter cigarillos
    Patent number: 9326546
    Abstract: A filter cigarillo comprises a bunch, which includes tobacco surrounded by a binder. A first section, different from a general bunch and providing some strengthening effect, is arranged at one end of the bunch. A natural-leaf wrapper surrounds the general bunch and the first section. A second section, which comprises filter material, is arranged downstream of the first section. The second section is connected to the natural-leaf wrapper by an outer tipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: Imperial Tobacco Ltd.
    Inventors: Miguel Angel Garcia Urbano, Jorge Alonso Rueda, Regine Wolfgramm, Henning Seidel, Fabian Rieth