A24
Tobacco
Official title: Tobacco; cigars; cigarettes; simulated smoking devices; smokers' requisites
A24 (Tobacco) appears on 16,434 US grants and 21,699 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24- Granted patents
- 16,434
- Published applications
- 21,699
- Assignees
- 2,616
- Inventors
- 17,555
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 229 | 0 |
| 1977 | 260 | 0 |
| 1978 | 214 | 0 |
| 1979 | 185 | 0 |
| 1980 | 262 | 0 |
| 1981 | 301 | 0 |
| 1982 | 222 | 0 |
| 1983 | 160 | 0 |
| 1984 | 186 | 0 |
| 1985 | 227 | 0 |
| 1986 | 224 | 0 |
| 1987 | 210 | 0 |
| 1988 | 175 | 0 |
| 1989 | 190 | 0 |
| 1990 | 180 | 0 |
| 1991 | 192 | 0 |
| 1992 | 215 | 0 |
| 1993 | 142 | 0 |
| 1994 | 144 | 0 |
| 1995 | 139 | 0 |
| 1996 | 143 | 0 |
| 1997 | 142 | 0 |
| 1998 | 179 | 0 |
| 1999 | 147 | 0 |
| 2000 | 155 | 0 |
| 2001 | 109 | 27 |
| 2002 | 96 | 117 |
| 2003 | 103 | 159 |
| 2004 | 125 | 259 |
| 2005 | 74 | 258 |
| 2006 | 67 | 220 |
| 2007 | 82 | 214 |
| 2008 | 54 | 218 |
| 2009 | 73 | 209 |
| 2010 | 129 | 210 |
| 2011 | 120 | 280 |
| 2012 | 115 | 309 |
| 2013 | 199 | 373 |
| 2014 | 213 | 580 |
| 2015 | 294 | 780 |
| 2016 | 335 | 823 |
| 2017 | 415 | 1011 |
| 2018 | 730 | 1133 |
| 2019 | 827 | 1164 |
| 2020 | 853 | 1482 |
| 2021 | 876 | 1732 |
| 2022 | 937 | 2027 |
| 2023 | 1003 | 2020 |
| 2024 | 1538 | 2430 |
| 2025 | 1382 | 2016 |
| 2026 | 862 | 1648 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subclasses
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Systems and apparatus for reducing tobacco-specific nitrosamines in dark-fire cured tobacco through electronic control of curing conditions6 Oct 2026US 12,751,480 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Smoking article including novel flavoring agent6 Oct 2026US 12,751,481 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Tongue with pre-folding section6 Oct 2026US 12,751,482 B2Altria Client Services LLC
- Aerosol-generating material6 Oct 2026US 12,751,483 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Consumable for use with a non-combustible aerosol provision device6 Oct 2026US 12,751,484 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Non-wrap pillow pouch8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305678 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Flavor carriers for electronic vaping device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305679 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Crumbed Tobacco Substrate8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305680 A1JT International SA
- Solid flavour-generating material for use in a flavour delivery system8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305681 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- A Method for Manufacturing an Aerosol Generating Article8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305682 A1JT Internationa lSA
Most cited
By later US patents
- Flavor generating article1,074US 5,060,671 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1991
- Flavor-delivery article1,043US 5,144,962 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1992
- Dispenser1,019US 5,894,841 APonwell Enterprises Limited · 1999
- Smoking articles utilizing electrical energy956US 4,947,874 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1990
- Flavor-generating device934US 6,155,268 AJapan Tobacco Inc. · 2000