Patents by Inventor Keith Milsom

Keith Milsom 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).

  • Tipping assembly for an elongate smoking article
    Patent number: 4582071
    Abstract: A cigarette is provided with a cylindrical ungrooved filter plug which is surrounded by a ventilated tipping wrapper spaced radially from the plug by a slotted sheet laminated to the inner surface of the tipping wrapper. The slots communicate with the ventilated portions of the tipping wrapper and provide channels extending to the mouth end of the plug, whereby ventilating air is drawn into the smoker's mouth unmixed with smoke passing through the filter plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1986
    Assignee: Imperial Group Limited
    Inventors: David T. Westcott, Noel Evans, Keith Milsom