A24D 3/0295
Process control means
Official title: {Process control means}
A24D3/0295 (Process control means) appears on 78 US grants and 77 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A24D- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 77
- Assignees
- 41
- Inventors
- 191
- Latest grant
- 10 Mar 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Article10 Mar 2026US 12,569,005 B2Nicoventures Trading Limited
- Method and device for examining rod-shaped products of the cigarette industry25 Nov 2025US 12,478,092 B2Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
- Method and device for identifying capsule defects in a filter of the tobacco processing industry14 Oct 2025US 12,439,954 B2TEWS Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG
- Forming apparatus and method for forming a continuous tubular rod30 Sep 2025US 12,427,700 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- Filter manufacturing apparatus13 May 2025US 12,295,407 B2Philip Morris Products S. A.
- On-line crimp control and measurement for tow26 Feb 2026US 2026/0055540 A1Acetate International LLC
- Forming apparatus and method for forming a continuous tubular rod6 Nov 2025US 2025/0339997 A1Philip Morris Products S. A.
- A device and a method for manufacturing multi-segment rod-like articles31 Oct 2024US 2024/0358063 A1INTERNATIONAL TOBACCO MACHINERY POLAND Sp.z.o.o.
- Filler element, filler element manufacturing method, and filler element manufacturing device26 Sep 2024US 2024/0315319 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
- Inspection device and inspection method for filter12 Sep 2024US 2024/0302288 A1Japan Tobacco Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Control process and apparatus for the production of cigarette filters82US 5,116,298 AIntertaba, S.p.A. · 1992
- Equipment for insertion of objects into smoking articles68US 7,479,098 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2009
- Method of and apparatus for making streams containing fibrous materials of the tobacco processing industry58US 5,060,664 AKorber AG · 1991
- System for analyzing a filter element associated with a smoking article, and associated method36US 8,186,359 B2R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company · 2012
- Method and apparatus for the production of filter rod sections or the like30US 3,974,007 AHauni-Werke Korber & Co. KG · 1976