A24B 5/16
Stripping tobacco: other treatment of stems or ribs
Official title: Other treatment of stems or ribs, e.g. bending, chopping, incising (humidifying A24B3/04)
A24B5/16 (Stripping tobacco: other treatment of stems or ribs) appears on 40 US grants and 20 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24B- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 26
- Inventors
- 108
- Latest grant
- 18 Aug 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Method of processing tobacco fines into a non-continuous tobacco material18 Aug 2026US 12,708,134 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Method of making tobacco cut filler1 Oct 2024US 12,102,111 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Stem screening and conditioning device and method of using the same26 Dec 2023US 11,849,755 B2China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Device and method for separating light flaky cut rolled stems (CRSs) by throwing roller4 Jul 2023US 11,690,394 B2China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
- Grinding apparatus4 Apr 2023US 11,617,473 B2
- Aerosol-generating compositions20 Feb 2025US 2025/0057205 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Method for improving sensory quality of cut rolled stem using ganoderma lucidum fermentation broth28 Nov 2024US 2024/0389633 A1China Tobacco Sichuan Industrial Co., Ltd.
- A method of processing tobacco fines into a non-continuous tobacco material23 Nov 2023US 2023/0371573 A1British American Tobacco Exports Limited
- A method of processing tobacco fines into a non-continuous tobacco material9 Nov 2023US 2023/0354876 A1British American Tobacco Exports Limited
- Stem screening and conditioning device and method of using the same22 Jun 2023US 2023/0189868 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Process for expanding tobacco45US 4,366,824 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1983
- Tobacco stem treatment and expanded tobacco product38US 4,388,933 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1983
- Process for expanding tobacco24US 4,366,823 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1983
- Process and apparatus for providing roll reconstituted tobacco material21US 4,787,402 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1988
- Machine head assembly and torque-transmitting device incorporated in the same18US 4,138,804 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1979