Patents by Inventor Robert D. Bereman

Robert D. 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: 20080236602
    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: May 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Applicant: Liggett Vector Brands Inc.
    Inventor: Robert D. Bereman
  • Method of making a smoking composition
    Patent number: 6959712
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Vector Tobacco Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert D. Bereman, Patrick Rainey
  • Method of making a smoking composition
    Patent number: 6789548
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Vector Tobacco Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert D. Bereman
  • Method and product for removing carcinogens from tobacco smoke
    Publication number: 20030000538
    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: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: January 2, 2003
    Inventor: Robert D. Bereman