Patents by Inventor Heinz Rudhard

Heinz Rudhard 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).

  • Method of endothermic fermentation of tobacco
    Patent number: 4343318
    Abstract: A method of fermenting and aging tobacco under endothermic conditions in which the tobacco is fermented in an atmosphere containing more than 25% by volume oxygen and preferably in either pure oxygen or oxygen-enriched air. The tobacco product is thereby fermented more rapidly than with earlier endothermic techniques, with reduction in the nicotine content, less condensate, and reduced pesticide content.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: Linde Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Wenzel Brenik, Heinz Rudhard