A24C 5/345
Removing defective cigarettes
Official title: Removing defective cigarettes (A24C5/31 takes precedence)
A24C5/345 (Removing defective cigarettes) appears on 33 US grants and 33 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 33
- Published applications
- 33
- Assignees
- 22
- Inventors
- 104
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2004 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2010 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2017 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 |
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| 2020 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 |
| 2023 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 5 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Apparatus and method for aligning rod-shaped aerosol-generating articles16 Jun 2026US 12,653,223 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Inspection device for the quality control of rod-shaped articles24 Feb 2026US 12,560,621 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Apparatus for recovering tobacco material and related method23 Sep 2025US 12,419,343 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
- Orientating a tobacco product11 Feb 2025US 12,219,985 B2Mprd Limited
- Extraction station for the extraction from a transport system for an at least partially complete cartridge, in particular for an electronic cigarette2 Apr 2024US 11,945,663 B2G. D. Societa per Azioni
- Method for evaluating an aerosol-generating article with a susceptor element for manufacturing defects13 Nov 2025US 2025/0344748 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Closed loop system and method for controlling a position of a susceptor in an aerosol-generating article9 Oct 2025US 2025/0311766 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Device and method for measuring rod-like item, and device and method for manufacturing rod-like device27 Feb 2025US 2025/0064104 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Device and method for measuring rod-shaped article, and device and method for manufacturing rod-shaped article27 Feb 2025US 2025/0069249 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Hopper for rod-shaped articles and method for removing rod-shaped articles from a hopper9 Jan 2025US 2025/0009009 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Cigarette detection and rejection device42US 4,445,520 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1984
- System and method for high speed control and rejection23US 7,079,912 B2Philip Morris USA Inc. · 2006
- Cigarette monitoring apparatus19US 4,011,950 AGallaher Limited · 1977
- Article transfer rejection apparatus and method19US 5,232,079 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1993
- Method and apparatus for acting on articles in the tobacco-processing industry18US 7,127,315 B2Hauni Maschinenbau AG · 2006