Patents by Inventor Ruediger HARTMAN

Ruediger HARTMAN 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).

  • Methods for treating tobacco material, apparatus for treating tobacco material, treated tobacco material and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20210068443
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of treating tobacco material comprising intermittently contacting a tobacco starting material with a heated surface to produce a dried treated tobacco material. Also provided is an apparatus for treating tobacco material. The invention also provides treated tobacco material that is seared and dried, as well as products comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Dietmar FRANKE, Oliver GRÜNER, Josef KNOTHE, Thorsten KÖNIG, Volker KUHL, Matthias LINK, Frank PLÜCKHAHN, Ruediger HARTMAN