A24C 5/3406
Controlling cigarette combustion
Official title: {Controlling cigarette combustion}
A24C5/3406 (Controlling cigarette combustion) appears on 54 US grants and 39 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 54
- Published applications
- 39
- Assignees
- 30
- Inventors
- 170
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1980 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2006 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 6 | 2 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Adaptor devices for use in emissions testing of smoking or vaping products and methods of use1 Jan 2026US 2026/0000106 A1Ohio State Innovation Foundation
- Sensor apparatus24 Jul 2025US 2025/0237535 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Sensor apparatuses and systems5 Jun 2025US 2025/0176611 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Sensor apparatus4 Jul 2024US 2024/0219213 A1Altria Client Services LLC
- Method for evaluating cigarette burning quality indicators18 Apr 2024US 2024/0122229 A1China Tobacco Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd
Most cited
By later US patents
- Reduction of toxic substances in tobacco smoke17US 4,142,534 A1979
- Filter holder for cigarette research testing17US 4,184,360 AGelman Sciences, Inc. · 1980
- Cigarette monitoring17US 7,100,420 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited · 2006
- Filter device for cigarette testing14US 4,362,047 AGelman Sciences, Inc. · 1982
- Cigarette butt marking for smoking machines14US 6,584,982 B1Lorillard Licensing Company, LLC · 2003