Patents by Inventor Helmut R. R. Wakeham

Helmut R. R. Wakeham 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).

  • Smokable material containing thermally degraded tobacco by-products and its method of preparation
    Patent number: 4256123
    Abstract: A method of producing a smokable material containing tobacco by-products, such as stems or stalks, having reduced particulate matter, particularly, tar and nicotine, and which additionally has no undesirable "woody taste" is disclosed. The method for producing this smokable material comprises subjecting tobacco by-products material to pyrolysis, adding the pyrolyzed material to a tobacco-parts slurry, homogenizing the slurry, drying and processing the resultant reconstituted product to a form desired for the smoking material. The smoking material obtained by such method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1981
    Assignee: Philip Morris Incorporated
    Inventors: Andrew T. Lendvay, Helmut R. R. Wakeham, Gus D. Keritsis