Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Losty

Thomas A. Losty 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 for reducing nitrosamines in tobacco
    Patent number: 7757697
    Abstract: Nitrosamines are reduced in tobacco by treating a whole tobacco leaf with ferulic acid. Treatment is conducted by applying an aqueous solution of ferulic acid to the whole tobacco leaf immediately before, at, or after harvesting, or fire curing the whole tobacco leaf with wood smoke containing the ferulic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignees: Swisher International, Inc., University of Kentucky Research Foundation
    Inventors: Terry Thomas, John Brandon, William A. Bailey, Thomas A. Losty
  • METHOD FOR REDUCING NITROSAMINES IN TOBACCO
    Publication number: 20070149408
    Abstract: Nitrosamines are reduced in tobacco by treating a whole tobacco leaf with ferulic acid. Treatment is conducted by applying an aqueous solution of ferulic acid to the whole tobacco leaf immediately before, at, or after harvesting, or fire curing the whole tobacco leaf with wood smoke containing the ferulic acid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicants: UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, SWISHER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Terry THOMAS, John BRANDON, William A. BAILEY, Thomas A. LOSTY