A24C 5/47
Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes
Official title: Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes, e.g. inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces (A24C5/52 takes precedence)
A24C5/47 (Attaching filters or mouthpieces to cigars or cigarettes) appears on 316 US grants and 243 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24C- Granted patents
- 316
- Published applications
- 243
- Assignees
- 66
- Inventors
- 507
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1983 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 8 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3 |
| 2002 | 5 | 7 |
| 2003 | 2 | 8 |
| 2004 | 7 | 18 |
| 2005 | 3 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 | 9 |
| 2007 | 10 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
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| 2018 | 11 | 11 |
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| 2021 | 7 | 11 |
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| 2023 | 10 | 14 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
| 2026 | 5 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- A24C 5/471By means of a connecting band192
- A24C 5/478Transport means for filter- or cigarette-rods in view of their assembling70
- A24C 5/475Adapted for composite filters30
- A24C 5/476Adapted for cigars or cigarettes with a hollow mouthpiece9
- A24C 5/474By inserting filters into cigarettes or their mouthpieces7
Recent patents
- Aerosol-generating article and method of manufacturing the same22 Sep 2026US 12,740,586 B2Kt&G Corporation
- Smoking article and method for a cigar or cigarillo using optional second filter and slidable sleeve11 Aug 2026US 12,702,152 B1IP Trademark Holdings, Inc.
- Cutting and arranging rods for tobacco industry products21 Jul 2026US 12,685,333 B2British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited
- Elastic contact element for wrapping a sheet around a group of segments3 Mar 2026US 12,564,211 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Aerosol-generating article having bridging element with reflectance factor3 Mar 2026US 12,564,212 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Heated tobacco system, device and consumable1 Oct 2026US 2026/0293969 A1Imperial Tobacco Limited
- Wrapper with ph indicator for aerosol-generating article24 Sep 2026US 2026/0283227 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Positioning of segments for aerosol-generating articles with a positioning wheel having adjustable receiving positions27 Aug 2026US 2026/0248171 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Consumable for a non-combustible aerosol provision system13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232014 A1Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Method for producing plant extract30 Jul 2026US 2026/0215479 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
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By later US patents
- Electrical smoking system and method446US 6,688,313 B2Philip Morris Incorporated · 2004
- Cigarette and method of manufacturing cigarette for electrical smoking system254US 5,666,976 APhilip Morris Incorporated · 1997
- Opposed seam electrically heated cigarette smoking system143US 7,690,385 B2Philip Morris USA Inc. · 2010
- Opposed seam electrically heated cigarette smoking system131US 7,163,015 B2Philip Morris USA Inc. · 2007
- Cigarette and method of making same117US 5,819,751 AR. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 1998