Patents by Inventor Robert Bereman

Robert Bereman 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 making a smoking composition
    Publication number: 20060037621
    Abstract: The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to catalytic systems containing metallic or carbonaceous particles that reduce the content of certain harmful or carcinogenic substances, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, carbazole, phenol, and catechol, in mainstream cigarette smoke and in side stream cigarette smoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2005
    Publication date: February 23, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Bereman, Patrick Rainey
  • Method and composition for mentholation of cigarettes
    Publication number: 20050000528
    Abstract: The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to a method and composition for mentholation of cigarettes. The tobacco rod of the cigarette contains a compound that decomposes upon exposure to elevated temperatures to yield menthol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Bereman
  • Method of making a smoking composition
    Publication number: 20050000532
    Abstract: The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to catalytic systems containing metallic or carbonaceous particles that reduce the content of certain harmful or carcinogenic substances, including polyaromatic hydrocarbons, tobacco-specific nitrosamines, carbazole, phenol, and catechol, in mainstream cigarette smoke and in side stream cigarette smoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Bereman
  • Method and compositions for imparting cooling effect to tobacco products
    Publication number: 20050000529
    Abstract: The present invention relates to smoking articles such as cigarettes, and in particular to a method and composition for providing a cooling effect to cigarettes. The tobacco rod of the cigarette contains a compound that imparts a cooing effect and sensation of freshness to tobacco smoke.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Bereman, Xuling Shi