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- Patent Title: Menthol detection on tobacco
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Application No.: US16909186Application Date: 2020-06-23
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Publication No.: US11340168B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Edmond J. Cadieux, Jr.
- Applicant: Altria Client Services LLC
- Applicant Address: US VA Richmond
- Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US VA Richmond
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G01N21/64
- IPC: G01N21/64 ; B07C5/342 ; B07C5/36 ; A24B15/10 ; A24B13/00 ; G01N21/84 ; A24B1/04 ; G01N21/359 ; G01N21/55 ; G01N21/85 ; G01N21/94 ; C10L1/00 ; B65G27/00 ; G01N21/95 ; G01N21/952 ; C10N40/00
Abstract:
A method for detecting mentholated tobacco, comprising irradiating tobacco containing menthol and a fluorescent taggant with radiation and observing the tobacco for fluorescence from the taggant. A system and method for detecting and separating mentholated tobacco from non-mentholated tobacco within a product stream is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200319109A1 MENTHOL DETECTION ON TOBACCO Public/Granted day:2020-10-08
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